"
"You can at least pride yourself on their being an industrious lot.
Think of all their crafts--they were armorers and goldsmiths, and
silversmiths and blacksmiths."
CHAPTER XII
THE BERKSHIRES AND BENNINGTON
Greenfield, where the party spent the night, they found to be a
pleasant old town with the wide, tree-bordered streets to which they
were growing accustomed in this trolleying pilgrimage. A quiet hotel
sheltered them and they slept soundly, their dreams filled with
memories of colleges and rose gardens and Indians in romantic
confusion. The next day they started westward.
Pittsfield they found to be a large town whose old houses surrounded by
ancient trees gave a feeling of solidity and comfort.
"Longfellow wrote 'The Old Clock on the Stairs' here," said Mr. Emerson
pointing out the Appleton house. "The first stanza describes more than
one of the old mansions," and he recited:--
"Somewhat back from the village street
Stands the old-fashioned country seat.
Across its antique portico
Tall poplar-trees their shadows throw,
And from its station in the hall
An ancient timepiece says to all,--
'Forever--never!
Never--forever!'"
"I remember that poem, but I never liked it much;" acknowledged
Dorothy; "it's too gloomy.
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