. St. Nicholas [serial] . JL l^l II IASS THE I IME. BY HENRY HEELER, JR., AGE I7. IGOLD BADGE. SILVER \MN Jl NE, 1919) MY BEST HOLIDAY BY MARGARET A. EARLE WALKER (aGE I7) (Silver Badge)It WAS a perfect summer day. Blue sky, blue waterand a lovely mountain breeze ruffling the surface ofthe water. Grandfather and I launched a canoe and settleddown to a long, lazy paddle and natural-history les-son. We paddled out into the middle of the lake, whereyou could feel the breeze, and the water splashed intiny wavelets against the sides of the canoe. Wepaddled briskly for a mile, and then enter
. St. Nicholas [serial] . JL l^l II IASS THE I IME. BY HENRY HEELER, JR., AGE I7. IGOLD BADGE. SILVER \MN Jl NE, 1919) MY BEST HOLIDAY BY MARGARET A. EARLE WALKER (aGE I7) (Silver Badge)It WAS a perfect summer day. Blue sky, blue waterand a lovely mountain breeze ruffling the surface ofthe water. Grandfather and I launched a canoe and settleddown to a long, lazy paddle and natural-history les-son. We paddled out into the middle of the lake, whereyou could feel the breeze, and the water splashed intiny wavelets against the sides of the canoe. Wepaddled briskly for a mile, and then entered thestream which led to Little Rovind Lake. The streamwas quite narrow, and the sides were lined withwild mint. We crushed some leaves in our handsand inhaled the spicy fragrance. When at last wecame to Little Round Lake, I felt as if we were thefirst that ever burst into that silent sea. Only ithappened to be a lake. I had never been there be-fore, and it was glorious. The water was covered almost entirely with water-l
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