The Price He Paid — page 14: what you’re looking at

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THE PRICE HE PAID. CHAPTER I. A DARK SPOT. The whole landscape lay in. bright sunshine. Clear asa mirror gleamed the broad smooth surface of the lake, faithfully reflecting the image of the town which rose in picturesque beauty on its shores, while in the distance, vividly distinct, appeared the jagged peaks and dazzling summits of the snow- covered mountains. A suburb rich in villasand gardens lined the shore. In its midst stood a pretty, detached habita- tion of modest aspect. It was a one storied cottage, by no means spacious, and showing signs of no special luxury within or without. An open. vine- traceried veranda formed well-nigh its sole orna- — ment; yet there was an air of refinement about the little place, and it had a right friendly pleasant look, thanks to its fresh white walls and green jalousies; while the surrounding garden, not very large, truly, but highly cultivated, and stretching away to the border of the lake, had a peculiar charm of its own, and greatly added to the general attract- iveness of the little country-house. In the veranda, which afforded ample _ protec- tion from the sun’: ardent rays, and where, even at noonday, a certain degree of coolness: might Eomicboo SS (EO)