Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 109
After dinner, without even taking the pre-caution of locking the door, we all strolled downthe lane and the steeply sloping meadow to our wood-lot and the banks of the Moodna Creek. Mywife had never seen this portion of our place be-fore, and she was delighted with its wild beautyand seclusion.… … MERTON BRINGS DOWN THE SCREECH-OWL. haling the fresh woody odors,and listening to the murmursof the creek and the song ofthe birds. Then I asked : • Is nt this better than a cityflat and a noisy street ? Are notthese birds pleasanter neighborsthan tetts?; Her glad smile was more elo-quent than…
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