Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 24
his retirement,and hit at last upon the vicinity of Sceaux andFontenay-aux-Roses, only seven miles from the igo8.] A VILLAGE IN THE TREE-TOPS 585 city. A lovely spot. The quiet lane was hedgedwith wild rose, and ran along the shoulder ofthe hill, flanked by immemorial elms and im-mense chestnuts,… … A TYPICAL TREE-HOUSE IN THE GARDEN. found he must occupy his mind with other thingsbesides planting cabbages. For his had been anactive life. He therefore decided to open a littlestore, and thus keep his slender capital from di-minishing too quickly. He wondered why theweary brain-workers of the…
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