Clinton : or, Boy-life in the country . r in Jail 84 Clinton AT THE Fireside 117 Hatmarket Square 143 Sea-Sickness 162 The Snow Image 177 The Log House 199 The Loggers Camp 219 The Settle 248 Bouncers Tail 264 The Reform School 269 CLINTON. CHAPTER I. Cl/NTON,AND HIS HOME. \/rOST pvi^ople on entering tlie little village of Brook-dale for the first time, are struck with the beautyof its location. Those who were born there, and whohave always lived in sight of its green hills, and pleas-ant valleys, and frolicsome rivulets, probably do notthink so much of these things as does the stranG^ei* whoh
Clinton : or, Boy-life in the country . r in Jail 84 Clinton AT THE Fireside 117 Hatmarket Square 143 Sea-Sickness 162 The Snow Image 177 The Log House 199 The Loggers Camp 219 The Settle 248 Bouncers Tail 264 The Reform School 269 CLINTON. CHAPTER I. Cl/NTON,AND HIS HOME. \/rOST pvi^ople on entering tlie little village of Brook-dale for the first time, are struck with the beautyof its location. Those who were born there, and whohave always lived in sight of its green hills, and pleas-ant valleys, and frolicsome rivulets, probably do notthink so much of these things as does the stranG^ei* whohappens to come among them, and who has an eye forthe beauty of nature. Beautiful objects often losetheir attractions when they become familiar to a man were permitted to behold the splendors of a 2 14 MAP OF BKOOKDALE. clear evening firmament but once in his lifetime, hewould be aim,ost enraptured with the sight; but givebim the opportunity of gazing at the stars every cloud-less night in the year, and he will seldom notice A range of high hills skirt the eastern side of Brook-dale, and stretch away to the north, as far as the eyecan reach. Towards the west, in a clear day, can beseen the shadowy form of a distant mountain, lookinglike a dim cloud on the horizon. Near the centre ofthe village is one of those beautiful little lakes, so com-mon in the State of Maine. Several rivulets, ^ed by THE FAKM-HOUSE. 15 springs in the hills, flow through the village during thegreater portion of the year, and empty their sparklingwaters into this lake, or pond as it is generally is from this circumstance that the town is calledBrookdale. It was near the foot of one of the hills in this pleas-ant little village, in a snug farm-house a story and ahalf high, that Clinton lived. Mr. Davenport, hisfather, had formerly been a carpenter in another partof the S^ate; but having a taste for farming, he gaveup his trade after he had accumulated a little property,and bought the p
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