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THE PINES OF LORY
“It is no gardener’s cottage”
THE
PINES OF LORY
By
J. A. Mitchell
Author of “Amos Judd,” “That First Affair,”
“Gloria Victis,” etc.
DECORATIONS BY ALBERT D. BLASHFIELD
New York
Life Publishing Company
1901
Copyright, 1901
By J. A. Mitchell
New York City
Entered at Stationers’ Hall, London
Printed in the United States
All rights reserved
TO
ALL LOVERS OF LOVERS
AND LOVERS OF OUT-OF-DOOR THINGS
AND MILDER FORMS OF
FOLLY
THIS BOOK
IS AFFECTIONATELY
DEDICATED
| There is a pleasure in the pathless wood, There is a rapture on the lonely shore. |
| Byron. |
9I
A RELIC FROM AFRICA
The Maid of the North was ready for sea.
Only the touch of the engineer was wanting to send her, once again, on a homeward voyage to the St. Lawrence. Meanwhile, in solemn undertones, she was breathing forth her superabundant steam.
Behind the wharf lay the city of Boston.
A score of passengers, together with friends who had come aboard to see them off, were scattered about the little steamer. Among them, on the after deck, indifferent to the hot June sun, moved a gentleman of aristocratic mien. His raiment was above reproach. He gave the impression of being a distinguished person. But this impression was delusive, his distinction being merely social. He was too 10well provided for, too easily clever and in too many ways, to achieve