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The retired shipmaster loved the beautiful in nature, and his first view of the silver lake and the surrounding country enabled him to decide that this spot should be his future habitation. THE RETIRED SHIPMASTER LOVED THE BEAUTIFUL IN NATURE AND HIS FIRST VIEW OF THE SILVER LAKE AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY ENABLED HIM TO DECIDE THAT THIS SPOT SHOULD BE HIS FUTURE HABITATION
s hotels, its dozen churches, and its noisy streets--indeed, almost all the pomp and circumstance of a great city. About a mile from the village was the beautiful residence of Captain Sedley--Frank's father. He was a retired shipmaster, in which capacity he had acquired a handsome fortune. His house was built within a few rods of Wood Lake--a beautiful sheet of water, nearly three miles in length, and a little more than a mile in width. On the river, which formed the outlet of this lake, the village of Rippleton was situated; and its clear waters turned the great wheels of the factories. Captain Sedley had chosen this place in which to spend the evening of his days, because it seemed to him the loveliest spot in all New England. The glassy, transparent lake, with its wood-crowned shores, its picturesque rocks, its little green islands, indeed, everything about it was so grand and beautiful, that it seemed more like the creation of an enthusiastic imagination than a substantial reality.  OF THE RIVER IT HAS ITS BANKS ITS HOTELS ITS DOZEN CHURCHES AND ITS NOISY STREETS INDEED ALMOST ALL THE POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE OF A GREAT CITY ABOUT A MILE FROM THE VILLAGE WAS THE BEAUTIFUL RESIDENCE OF CAPTAIN SEDLEY FRANK'S FATHER HE WAS A RETIRED SHIPMASTER IN WHICH CAPACITY HE HAD ACQUIRED A HANDSOME FORTUNE HIS HOUSE WAS BUT WITHIN A FEW RODS OF WOOD LAKE A BEAUTIFUL SHEET OF WATER NEARLY THREE MILES IN LENGTH AND LITTLE MORE THAN A MILE IN WIDTH ON THE RIVER WHICH FORMED THE OUTLET OF THIS LAKE THE VILLAGE OF RIPPLETON WAS SITUATED AND ITS CLEAR WATERS TURNED THE GREAT WHEELS OF THE FACTORIES CAPTAIN SEDY HAD CHOSEN THIS PLACE IN WHICH TO SPEND THE EVENING OF HIS DAYS BECAUSE IT SEEMED TO HIM THE LOVELIEST SPOT IN ALL NEW ENGLAND THE GLASSY TRANSPARENT LAKE WITH ITS WOOD CROWNED SHORES ITS PICTURESQUE ROCKS ITS LITTLE GREEN ISLANDS INDEED EVERYTHING ABOUT IT WAS SO GRAND AND BEAUTIFUL THAT IT SEEMED MORE LIKE THE CREATION OF AN ENTHUSIASTIC IMAGINATION THAN A SUBSTANTIAL REALITY
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