The Argosy — page 147: what you’re looking at

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132 Among the Welsh. Arrived at a certain gate, the driver announced that he could go no farther. The remainder of the distance—about a mile—must be walked, and it is certainly one of the loveliest walks in Wales, overlooking a valley which narrows until it becomes almost a ravine. The slopes were richly wooded—a great and unbroken extent of foliage. At the bottom of the valley, surrounded by trees, reposed a house, more out of the world than any we had yet seen. But lovely as it and its surroundings were, it was fearfully shut in, and those hill- sides must weigh down with an oppression that would soon become unendurable to any one who could not do without broad outlines—the expanse of the ocean, the far-off horizon, and the free air from the four quarters of the heavens, which is to many as the breath of life. 3) TE: iia ANY ay, rail | Wh a {ci Nes fi a Ne - = mat oe a ‘i al ft SAS PPE Se “ig oo. oe oy eS ee ae ‘, NK Hs = = —————— Fo Ti bet. a FP a) ae a Ay “ WA ‘ — Beare Sires ey iW = My i\\\ = i il i HA = ; 3 ; : \ " Tis a , yA pl > | ~ Ps Y J d } J ; ; z i: ii n\ Ph { wat ji) te “ >t NY b\ a \ i ‘ ay Ww d\ es . eS ~ a NN ‘a: Mat Vie LON ¥ er : GREAT ORME’S HEAD AND LIGHTHOUSE. I walked on and on in this lovely valley, with high cliffs on the left. But the caves were not to be seen, and I began to wonder whether f had missed them. Presently there appeared a cottage, and atthe door the neatest and civilest maiden I think in all Wales. She was trimly dressed, her hair beautifully braided, her face a picture. The caves, she said, were reached through the next wicket gate on the left, where I should find a girl who would act as guide. The gate was soon found, indeed, but not the guide. She evidently was playing truant, for though searched for she was not forthcoming. In the absence of this Open Sesame the caves remained as a sealed book. They were locked and barricaded as though they contained the treasures of Aladdin’s wonderful garden. Perhaps the loss was not very great; at any rate it was best to think so. But the view from the summit of the steep cliff repaid one for much trouble, and was better and more satisfying than all the caves in existence. COMMICLOOOKS EO)