The real America in romance, with reading courses : being a complete and authentic history of America from the time of Columbus to the present day . had found a clew to the labyrinth. Anopening leading into the thicket had been concealedby a perfect curtain of closely woven vines, coveredwith thick foliage and flowers. At first it appearedto be a natural door to the avenue which led fromthis spot, but a slight examination showed thatthese vines had been trained by human hands, andthat the path itself had been kept open by thesame agency. Branches were here and therelopped off and cast aside, a
The real America in romance, with reading courses : being a complete and authentic history of America from the time of Columbus to the present day . had found a clew to the labyrinth. Anopening leading into the thicket had been concealedby a perfect curtain of closely woven vines, coveredwith thick foliage and flowers. At first it appearedto be a natural door to the avenue which led fromthis spot, but a slight examination showed thatthese vines had been trained by human hands, andthat the path itself had been kept open by thesame agency. Branches were here and therelopped off and cast aside, and the ground had themarks of footsteps. The track was clear andbeaten, and Arthur, ordering his men to follownoiselessly in Indian file, took the lead. For atleast two miles they traced the windings of thisnarrow, secret path, through a dark wood occa-sionally opening out into green, flowery bright sky began to gleam through the on, and the breaks became larger and morefrequent. An extensive clearing was near athand. They reached it, but to their astonishment,instead of a cultivated farm, which they expected, imp; *. fS^fc mmmm^
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