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Marjorie’s Maytime

CHAPTER XV
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The approach, along the shores of the beautiful harbor, was most picturesque, and both the children and their parents were impressed by the beauty of the scene.

The setting sun turned the rippling water to gold, and the shipping loomed against the sky like a forest of bare tree-trunks.
"Oh," exclaimed Marjorie, clasping her hands, "isn't it lovely to go motor-carring with your own dear family, and see such beautiful landscapes on the river ?" "Your expressions are a little mixed," said her father, laughing, "but I quite agree with your sentiments.

And, now, who is ready for a good dinner ?" "I am," declared Kitty, promptly; and they all laughed, for Kitty was always the first in the dining-room.
The automobile stopped in front of a large hotel which overlooked the College Green.

While Mr.Maynard was engaging rooms, Mrs.Maynard and the children lingered on the veranda.

The beautiful trees of the City of Elms waved high above their heads, and across the Green they could see the stately college buildings.
"Can we go over there ?" asked King, who was interested, because he hoped, himself, some day to go to college.
"Not to-night," said his father, who had just rejoined the group; "to-morrow morning, King, we will all go through the college grounds and buildings.


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