Only the whir of the great mills gave evidence that
iron and steel were being moved by it.
"How Roger would enjoy this!" cried Ethel Brown, and "Wouldn't Helen be
just crazy over all the history of this region?" added Ethel Blue,
while Dorothy, who had travelled much but never without her mother,
silently wished that she were there to enjoy it all.
"There's another girl's college of note," and Mrs. Emerson pointed out
Mt. Holyoke at South Hadley, northeast of Mt Tom.
"And we're going to see Smith College to-day! I feel as if I wanted to
go to all of them!" cried Ethel Blue.
"You might take a year at each and find out which was best suited to
your temperament," laughed Mrs. Emerson.
From the foot of the mountain they went northward again to Northampton.
"Here's where I ought to go if names count for anything," decided
Dorothy.
"If all the girls named Smith who go to college anywhere should go here
because of the name there wouldn't be room for any other students,"
said Mr. Emerson jokingly.
"They say," returned Dorothy on the defensive, "that in the beginning
all the people in the world were named Smith and it was only those who
misbehaved who had their names changed.
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