New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-21
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from now till Monday morning.
a. picnic in mid-winter," / replied, mot
io- me-"
1--WE sent the provisions, and eggs at 10
..,ts dozen cannot be wasted. Think Of
~ A shack in the woods-a huge open fire,
,lort,, Of warm blankets-snow all around and
he smell Of the pines"
Whose shack?" asked.
NV shack. A Christmas present from my
row brother-in-law He used to spend half his
tine there when he was bachelor, but now
no has Angelica on his hands-wel you cant
imagine Angelica roughing it, can you? So ne
cave it to nre as a Christmas present. Hurry,
row. the train leaves in half an hour"
Of course we went. Philippe always has her
wsv After an hour in the train we arrived
a. tiny country station. A dilapidated 'deepo
carriage" was waiting and we scrambled into 1t
and were jounced over rutty country roads
until we we finally came in sight of lonely
little house hidden away among the tall pines
It was only one story high, built OF rough
boards which the weather had stained lovely
soft gray. ssAsiAi
Our chariot departed and we were alone in
wilderness of snow and pine trees. Philippe
unlocked the door and we were greeted by
gust of cold air.
"ITl have fire going before you can say
Jack Robinson" she said, and disappeared
through an open door.
stepped inside. The house consisted appar-
entity of one large room with big held-stone
fireplace in the middle Of the wall was facing.
The walls were stained a warm wood color and
there were curtains of large checked bingham
in yellow and white at the windows. A narrow
frin Of the same material hung from the man
tel shelf The furniture was all simple, stained
a very dark oak, almost black.
What particularly attracted my attention in
that first glimpse was a cosy nook which had
been built on one side of the fireplace. At the
first glance got only the impression Of green
cushions and yellow pillows against back
ground Of black oak with table and lamp IN
Just the right spot
When ! came to examine it in detail, 1T was
made Of two seats, each seven feet long and
wide enough so that they could be used to sleep
on fitted into corner; one end buttlng up
against the chimney breast and the other I'm
shed with a high sawn-out arm like the end OF
an old settle The seats had cushions covered
with russell green denim, with plenty OF pillows
covered with the same material and two or
three of bright yellow by way of what Philippe
would call fire works" The walls at the back
Of these seats were stained up the height OF
the arm and finished with moulding so that
the whole had the appearance of two old set
ties at right angles TO each other. The space
underneath was closed in with boards stained
70 match the rest and in these cupboards the
bedding and pillows were kept.
common fve-foot kitchen table stained TO
the color of dark oak stood in front Of the seats
with yellow wooden lamp with checked
gingham shade at one end. Three people could
sit on the seat the long way Of the table and
one on the other seat at the end; but In case
more seats were required there was common
wooden wash bench, five feet long and stained
like the rest, which stood at the opposite side
Of the table. In case of need, Windsor chair
could be drawn up to the other end so that
eight people could be seated very comfortably