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1、更多好书请点击www.uus8.orgTHEMESSENGERSTHEMESSENGERSByRichardHardingDavis1更多好书请点击www.uus8.orgTHEMESSENGERSWhenAinsleyfirstmovedtoLoneLakeFarmallofhisfriendsaskedhimthesamequestion.Theywantedtoknow,ifthefarmerwhosoldittohimhadabandoneditasworthless,howoneoftheidlerich,wh
2、ocouldnotdistinguishaploughfromaharrow,hopedtomakeitpay?Hisanswerwasthathehadnotpurchasedthefarmasameansofgettingricherbyhonesttoil,butasaretreatfromtheworldandasatestoftruefriendship.HearguedthatthepeopleheknewacceptedhishospitalityatSherry'sbecause,inanyevent,t
3、heythemselveswouldbediningwithinataxicabfareofthesameplace.ButiftoseehimtheytravelledallthewaytoLoneLakeFarm,hemightfeelassuredthattheywerefriendsindeed.LoneLakeFarmwasspreadovermanyacresofrockyravineandforest,atapointwhereConnecticutapproachesNewYork,andbetweeni
4、tandthenearestrailroadstationstretchedsixmilesofanexecrablewoodroad.Inthiswilderness,directlyuponthelonelylake,andataspotequallydistantfromeachofhisboundarylines,Ainsleybuilthimselfaredbrickhouse.Here,insolitude,heexiledhimself;ostensiblytobecomeagentlemanfarmer;
5、inrealitytowaituntilPollyKirklandhadmadeuphermindtomarryhim.LoneLake,whichgavethefarmitsname,wasapondhardlylargerthanacityblock.Itwasfedbyhiddensprings,andfringedaboutwithreedsandcat-tails,stuntedwillowsandshiveringbirch.Fromitssurfacejuttedpointsofthesamerocktha
6、thadmadefarmingunremunerative,andtotheseminiaturepromontoriesandislandsAinsley,inkeepingwithafanciedresemblance,gavesuchnamesastheNeedles,St.Helena,theIsleofPines.Fromtheedgeofthepondthatwasfartherfromthehouseroseahighhill,heavilywooded.Atitsbase,oakandchestnuttr
7、eesspreadtheirbranchesoverthewater,andwhentheairwasstillweresoclearlyreflectedinthepondthattheleavesseemedtofloatuponthesurface.To2更多好书请点击www.uus8.orgTHEMESSENGERSthesmilingexpanseofthefarmthelakewaswhattheeyeistothehumancountenance.Theoakswereitseyebrows,thefrin
8、geofreedsitslashes,and,inchangingmood,itflashedwithhappinessorbroodedinsombremelancholy.ForAinsleyitheldadeepattraction.Throughthesummerevenings,asthesunset,he
