And the Wilderness Blossomed

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Hortense, looking up seriously from her needlework, in reply to some observation of mine on the joys of a lodge in the Wilderness. You know I could not take the children in there; the flies and the mosquitoes would simply eat them up alive. Now, if you would buy that island we see on passing Insley Lake and build a comfortable house on it, I'd take the children there and stay all summer.