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A sharp turn of the road to the right disclosed a slope down the creek,

across which showed orchards and fields, and a cottage nestling at the

base of the wall The ford at this crossing gave Carley reater volume and depth

of water One of the horses slipped on the rocks, plunged up and on with

great splash They crossed, however, without more mishap to Carley than

further acquaintance with this iciest of waters Fro the creek, passed between orchards and fields,

and drove along the base of the red wall to coe

rustic house that had been hidden froainst the stone cliff, from which poured a white foamy sheet of water

The house was built of slabs with the bark on, and it had a lower and

upper porch running all around, at least as far as the cliff Green

growths fro the upper porch A column of blue

smoke curled lazily upward fron with rude lettering: "Loloe"

"Hey, Josh, did you fetch the flour?" called a woit nothin'," replied thelady froht Mrs Hutter out on the porch