Cape Cod, new & old . ile atour gypsy paraphernalia, packed naively onbehind our open cart. The blue eyes andpeachblow face of my sunny-haired friend be-side me probably did not detract in the leastfrom the picture we presented. Who has time,to-day, to notice whether the tourists to theCape are blue-eyed or brown, or whether it isa coffee-pot or an automobile kit that is slungon behind. The old road to the Cape is lost — and withit much of the dust, both of reality and ro-mance. But a new road has opened, bring-ing every year hundreds and hundreds ofautomobiles; and literally thousands of mena
Cape Cod, new & old . ile atour gypsy paraphernalia, packed naively onbehind our open cart. The blue eyes andpeachblow face of my sunny-haired friend be-side me probably did not detract in the leastfrom the picture we presented. Who has time,to-day, to notice whether the tourists to theCape are blue-eyed or brown, or whether it isa coffee-pot or an automobile kit that is slungon behind. The old road to the Cape is lost — and withit much of the dust, both of reality and ro-mance. But a new road has opened, bring-ing every year hundreds and hundreds ofautomobiles; and literally thousands of menand women who would otherwise never breathethe balmy air or see those windswept moors. XVI THE LOST ROAD Surely, we old Cape-Codders must and dogreet them all hospitably. It is for their specialwelcoming that this little book is written. Andif, perhaps, it is touched too fondly by thespirit of reminiscence, that fault may be for-given by the newcomers, and may endear itmore to. those who are not strangers to CAPE COD NEW AND OLD 1 HI jj^
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