Nature's Serial Story

the air than would have been accomplished by the fall of an equal amount of red-hot sand. But more potent than the freezing parti

ouse. If you will trust yourself to me and Thunder, you shall skim the

ment of the grand scenery. First they crossed Newburgh Bay, with the city rising steeply on one side, and the Beacon Mountains further away on the other. The snow covered the ice unbrokenly, except as tracks crossed here and there to various points. Large flocks of crows were feeding on these extemporized roadways, and they looked blacker than crows in the general whiteness. As the sleigh glided here and there it was hard for Amy to believe that they were in the track of steamers and innumerable sail

glittering icicles, seemed tenfold more vast than when seen from a distance. The furrowed granite cliffs, surmounted by snow, looked like giant faces, lined and wrinkled by age and passion. Even the bright su

these mountains! They could not have looked very

hat Adam would have found Eve more attractive than all the mountains in the world, just as I find your fac

with deepening color, for the young fellow's frequ

t I seem to have known you all my life," he re

grown up together," and then she changed the subject so decidedly that even impetuous Burt felt that he must be more

d house! Who live

about, I imagine. Have

Wor

girl h

ver one hundred years ago. At the beginning of the Revolution, the Continental authorities were stupid enough to spend considerable money, for tha

the fort. Tell me

e. I'll row you down in the spring after they return. They are not there in winter, I am

ne who longs to see her and speak with her. I am not curious about celebrities in general, but there are some

You will find it a charming place to visit occasionally,

what i

e world as if carved out of wood. They gradually get over their stiffness, however, and as officers usually have a fine bearing, as you may see if we

nger, then, of a

er part of their course. You need not laugh. If you knew how many women-some of them

u are a little jea

d if you took a fa

penalties of having brothers. Are

ice, and were climbing

l wooden houses. They are chiefly occupied by enlisted men and civilian employees. That large building is the band bar

ide parade and drill ground, n

of land, right in among

military school. It is very accessible, yet easily guarded, and the latter is an

ike other young fellows. W

s place after the spring fairly opens. I shall bring you down to see it, and 'tis a pretty sight. T

. These substantial buildings on our rig

ho have made an honorable record for themselves. The latter has entire charge of the post, and the position is a very respons

social life here wou

usekeeping, and acquire something of a soldier's knack of doing without many things which would naturally occupy their time and thought if they looked forward to a settled life. Thus they have more time for reading and society. Those that I have met have

it will be o

may be to take possession of your house. Quarters are assigned in accordance with rank, and you would be compelled to gather up your household goods and take them to some smaller dwelling. Then your husband-how dr

iding an antidote against the cadet

you, nor can they slip through here as some of us did at college. All must abide the remorseless examinations,

outhward almost to Fort Montgomery, and returning skirted the West Point plain by the river road, pointing out objects of interest at almost every turn, and especially calling the attention of his companion to old Fort Putnam, which he assured her should be the scene of a family picnic on some bright summer da

my home is in suc

g fellow replied, looking at

er's fleet steps carried them through what seemed a realm of enchantment, and they were at h

rrily, as the horse dashed o