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memoir of benjamin franklin stevens

by Fenn George Manville

Originally published in 1903. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume.

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...literally wading. But it was all interesting even if cold, and going on down- ward a dull gray gleam soon taught them that they were in the right diredion, coming out in time upon the water's edge, probably an arm of Lake Memphramagog, and, better still, a 22 MEMOIR OF tethered boat was ready to their hand. In the earl y morn the place appeared lovely in its novelty and the grouping of the rocks upon the farther side. Stevens knew the spot by report, for it possessed a fame given by its curious echo, and upon raising a shout a response was thrown back from the opposite shore. This seems to have been satisfying to the dodor, but his guide knew from report that if a certain posi- tion were reached the echo reverberated, being repeated many times. After a sufficiency of investigation and testing in the silence of the early morn, the right spot was found, and in answer to a shout the voice came back many times, to the wonderment of both. Stevens's principal recoUedion of that morn- ing was...

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