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She had walked between three and four miles when that prescriptive

coht--broke at

last upon her searching eyes It was so very ser, but to her it hat she sought She pushed

forward, and the di was disclosed

The house was a square cot of one story only, sloping up on all sides

to a chimney in the midst It had formerly been the home of a

charcoal-burner, in times when that fuel was still used in the county

houses Its only appurtenance was a paled enclosure, there being no

garden, the shade of the trees preventing the growth of vegetables

She advanced to the hence the rays of light proceeded, and the

shutters being as yet unclosed, she could survey the whole interior

through the panes

The room within was kitchen, parlor, and scullery all in one; the

natural sandstone floor orn into hills and dales by long treading,

so that none of the furniture stood level, and the table slanted like a

desk A fire burned on the hearth, in front of which revolved the

skinned carcass of a rabbit, suspended by a string fro with one arm on theani on it concerning his thoughts, more than that they were not

with the scene before hied a

little since she saw theht did not enable her to

perceive that they were positively haggard