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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. 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
ment, as it were, under the potent stimulus of a railroad and a water privilege. Twenty years ago it consisted of only one factory and about a dozen houses. Now it is a great, bustling village, and probably in a few years will become a city. Trains of cars arrive and depart every hour, as the Traveller's Guide says; and a double row of factories extends along the sides 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 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. AVE SPRUNG INTO EXISTENCE IN A MOMENT AS IT WERE UNDER THE POTENT STIMULUS OF A RAILROAD AND A WATER PRIVILEGE TWENTY YEARS AGO IT CONSISTED OF ONLY ONE FACTORY AND ABOUT A DOZEN HOUSES NOW IT IS A GREAT BUSTLING VILLAGE AND PROBABLY IN A FEW YEARS WILL BECOME A CITY TRAINS OF CARS ARRIVE AND DEPART EVERY HOUR AS THE TRAVELER'S GUIDE SAYS AND A DOUBLE ROW OF FACTORIES EXTENDS ALONG THE SIDES 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
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