A tour around New York, and My summer acre; being the recreations of MrFelix Oldboy . eir imposing effect, and I have only partly revivedthe antique by insisting upon dining at my grand-mothers massive mahogany table, having my ancientmahogany chairs with tall backs placed on guard inhall and parlor, and having time dealt out to us by aclock above whose face the moon rolls out its changesand whose case reaches quite up to the ceiling. Thusthe old keeps its ground, even if the new challengesit at every turn. Snug, said my friend, the old colonel, as he stoodin the hall and looked about him, tak
A tour around New York, and My summer acre; being the recreations of MrFelix Oldboy . eir imposing effect, and I have only partly revivedthe antique by insisting upon dining at my grand-mothers massive mahogany table, having my ancientmahogany chairs with tall backs placed on guard inhall and parlor, and having time dealt out to us by aclock above whose face the moon rolls out its changesand whose case reaches quite up to the ceiling. Thusthe old keeps its ground, even if the new challengesit at every turn. Snug, said my friend, the old colonel, as he stoodin the hall and looked about him, taking in, with atwitch of satisfaction at his mouth, the wood fire thatblazed on the parlor hearth in the chill May morn-ing. Upon my word, Felix, it is not half as bad asit might be. For a dreamer like you, its snug. Thatwas praise indeed. For be it known that the colonel,who prides himself upon being a man of action, laborsunder the conceit that, because I love the past and amapt to be happy in the company of ghosts, and, in-deed, at times to seek their fellowship, I am a ;:rffll!;:Sr|:i:i!i;!iai:i;;in:ipi:j||| MY SUMMER ACRE 355 He is young, intensely young. His family Bible de-clares that he has passed the earthly limit of four-score years, and this one fact has almost led me todoubt the testimony of that book and to declare my-self an agnostic. Though I am much his junior, hepersists in declaring that I am the elder of the two,and to look at him one might believe him my con-temporary in years. When he enters and calls for meto come out and take a constitutional, I drop pen orbook and surrender at discretion. If on these occa-sions I can get off with a march of five miles, I countmyself fortunate. I verily believe he will be able todo his ten miles a day when he rounds the centurypoint. If the old colonel has an aggressive quality it is hisintensity. He does nothing by halves. Upright inevery thought and act, he would never be content togo to a half-way heaven, or s
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