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I landed and roamed idly over leaf-strealks past

nearly a hundred cottages, to whose s and verandas

the winter blinds gave a dreary and inhospitable

air There was, at one point, a casino, whose broad veranda

hung over the edge of the lake, while beneath, on

the water-side, was a boat-house I had froe of it to

fix in ion I could

see the bold outlines of Glenarray tower of the little chapel beyond

the wall rose above the ith a placid dignity

Above the trees everywhere hung the shadowy smoke of

autumn

I walked back to the wharf, where I had left

at a siht

craft of the same type as my own, but painted dark

maroon I was sure the canoe had not been there when

I landed Possibly it belonged to Morgan, the caretaker

I walked over and exahtly in the water to test its weight The paddle lay

on the dock besidethat it was a trifle light for my own taste

"Please-if you don't irl in the red

ta away from the

canoe