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It was a big pile, with the lofty portico which our great-grandfathers loved. Its fluted Corinthian pil lars and garlanded pediment shone white through the trees; below, the flowering terraces stepped down to the soft greenery of orchard and pasture; above, the house was backed by wooded hills. Atherton's Folly the Fairport people had named the place; for the house was built by the first mayor of the town (atherton, not Fairport, then), a man of vast schemes that had discounted the future too lavishly; wherefore he came to grief. His Own downfall he could have borne, being a stanch and stout fighter; but the town was crippled a while by the crash, and this broke his heart; he only lived a few months after his failure. For years the house stood empty, gray and haggard with neglect,' while time charred and twisted its shingles. Final ly, Winslow, the plow manufacturer, bought the estate for a song; and it began a new career of pros perity, as Overlook.
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It was a big pile, with the lofty portico which our great-grandfathers loved. Its fluted Corinthian pil lars and garlanded pediment shone white through the trees; below, the flowering terraces stepped down to the soft greenery of orchard and pasture; above, the house was backed by wooded hills. Atherton's Folly the Fairport people had named the place; for the house was built by the first mayor of the town (atherton, not Fairport, then), a man of vast schemes that had discounted the future too lavishly; wherefore he came to grief. His Own downfall he could have borne, being a stanch and stout fighter; but the town was crippled a while by the crash, and this broke his heart; he only lived a few months after his failure. For years the house stood empty, gray and haggard with neglect,' while time charred and twisted its shingles. Final ly, Winslow, the plow manufacturer, bought the estate for a song; and it began a new career of pros perity, as Overlook.
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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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In the early eighties Fairport considered herself a city; but she was, in fact, an overgrown, delightful town sprawling among the low hills of the Mississippi Valley.
Near enough the town's origin still to distinguish its outlines, but remote enough to idealize them, the old settlers were a power, and could be found of a sunny afternoon at Luke Darrell's livery stable, busy with the apotheosis of the days when they shot quail before breakfast; true brotherly love prevailed among men; and the river was the highway of commerce.
Despite the pioneers' lamentations, Fairport was a kindly town, where every one went to the High School before his lot in life gave him college or work for his daily bread; and old acquaintance was not forgot. Like most middle-western towns, also, obscure though they may be, it was touched by all the great issues of the world.
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