THE FAMILY ADVISES No qualms of homesickness visited Kit the first two months after school opened.

Not even New England could eclipse the glory of autumn when it swept in full splendor over this corner of the Lake States.

Down east there was a sort of middle-aged relaxation to this season of the year.

Kit always said it reminded her of the state of mind Cousin Roxy had reached, where one stood on the Delectable Mountains and could look both ways.
But here autumn came as a veritable gypsy.

The stretches of forest that fringed the ravines rioted in color.