. Strong and steady; or, Paddle your own canoe . y into the buildhig, which appearedto contain two rooms on the first floor, and probablythe same number of chambers above. There was noeutiy, but the door opened at once into the kitchen. Come up to the fire if youre wet, said thewoman. The invitation was hospitable, but the manner wasnot. However, Walter was glad to accept the invita-tion, without thinking too much of the manner inwhich it was expressed, for his clothes were prettywell saturated by the rain. There was no stove, butan old brick fireplace, on which two stout logs wereburning. The
. Strong and steady; or, Paddle your own canoe . y into the buildhig, which appearedto contain two rooms on the first floor, and probablythe same number of chambers above. There was noeutiy, but the door opened at once into the kitchen. Come up to the fire if youre wet, said thewoman. The invitation was hospitable, but the manner wasnot. However, Walter was glad to accept the invita-tion, without thinking too much of the manner inwhich it was expressed, for his clothes were prettywell saturated by the rain. There was no stove, butan old brick fireplace, on which two stout logs wereburning. There was one convenience at least aboutliving in the woods. Fuel was abundant, andrequired nothing but the labor of cutting it. * I think Ill take off my shoes, said Walter. You can if you want to, said his grim hostess. He extended his wet feet towards the fire, and fella sense of comfort stealing over him. He couldhoar the rain falling fierce^ against the sides of thecabin, and felt glad that he was not compelled tostand the brunt of the PADDLE YOUR OWN CANOE. 263 He looked around bim guardedly, not wisbiug tolet his hostess see that he was dohig so, for shelooked like one who might easily be offended. Theroom seemed remarkably bare of furniture. Therewas an unpainted table, and there were also threechairs, one of which had lost its back. These wereplain wooden chairs, and though they appeared onceto have been painted, few vestiges of the originalpaint now remained. On a shelf were a few articlesof tin, but no articles of crockery were visible,except two cracked cups. Walter had before thisvisited the dwellings of the poor, but he had neverseen a home so poorly provided with what are gen-erally regarded as the necessaries of life. I wonder what Lem would say if he should seeme now, thought Walter, his thoughts going back tothe Essex Classical Institute, and the fi-iend whosestudies he shared. They seemed far away, thosedays of careless happiness, when as 3et the burdens
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