. Down the eastern and up the Black . most pleasing. Northward is the long line of the Valley Hills,with a great gap at Dowlins Forge ; underneath you is SolitudePicnic Grounds, with its sombre pine trees, silver stream andrich green meadows, dotted here and there with piles of paperboards, while southward the Brandywine and the Electric Roadto West Chester run companionably together for some miles,until they lose themselves among the hills of Bradford. At the foot of the railroad embankment on the westernside of the Brandywine, apath leads up to theYoung Mens Christian As-sociati
. Down the eastern and up the Black . most pleasing. Northward is the long line of the Valley Hills,with a great gap at Dowlins Forge ; underneath you is SolitudePicnic Grounds, with its sombre pine trees, silver stream andrich green meadows, dotted here and there with piles of paperboards, while southward the Brandywine and the Electric Roadto West Chester run companionably together for some miles,until they lose themselves among the hills of Bradford. At the foot of the railroad embankment on the westernside of the Brandywine, apath leads up to theYoung Mens Christian As-sociation Quarters at thetop of Laurel Hill. Thewalk to these quarters isone that taxes wind andmuscle. The hill is cov-ered with small chestnuttimber, everywhere inter-spersed with laurel, thepath itself being lined with. ferns. Up ! up ! up ! over •^% slippery stones, until a flag-pole shows itself, then ten puffs more and you are at the top, in the midst of cottages and agreeable people. On the south side of Laurel Hill a well traveled foot-pathgoes down to the Creek Road. This road is a favorite drive anddeservedly so. On the right are precipitous hills bristling withtrees, on the left are sunny meadows, and a stream just noisyenough to be companionable. A few years ago the West Chester Electric Railway Com-pany laid out a park for colored people in one of the meadows,and tried to woo them by giving it the name of a few boards show the site of a dancing pavilion, and a 133 ] couple of broken planks mark the location of a former bridgeleading to it. A mile or so from the railroad bridge, at one of the turns in the Creek Road, a huge rockraises itself and apparentlyblocks the highway. Appar-ently only ; for the road windsgracefully around it, and hav-ing done so, straightens itself
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