and calmness, and peace, and they wuz a journeyin' along with us
on the smooth road under the great trees, a bendin' down on each
side on us. And pretty soon we came to a beautiful piece of
water crossed by a rustick bridge, and all surrounded by green
trees on every side. Then up on the broad road agin, sweepin'
round a curve where we could see a little ways off a great mansion
with a wall built high round it as if to shet in the repose and
sweet home-life and shet out intrusion, sort a protect it from the
too curius glances of a curius generation. Some as I hold my hand
up before my face to keep off the too-scorchin' rays of the sun,
when I am a lookin' down the western road for my Josiah.

It wuz a good lookin' spot as I ever want to see, sheltered,
quiet and lovely. But we left it behind us as we rode onwards,
till we came out along another broad piece of the water, and we
rode along by the side of it for some time.

Beautiful water with the trees growin' up on every side of it,
and their shadows reflected so clearly in the shinin' surface,
that they seemed to be trees a growin' downwards, tall grand
trees, wavin' branches, goin' down into the water and livin' agin
in another world, -- a more beautiful one.

The sun wuz a gettin' low and piles of clouds wuz in the west and
all their light wuz reflected in the calm water. And the beautiful
soft shadows rested there on that rosy and golden light, some like
the shadow of a beautiful and sorrowful memory, a restin' down and
reposin' on a divine hope, an infinite sweetness.