Darey

THE flooding of the Valley still seemed unreal and remote, but nature gave us an appetizer in late spring, when the wide beaver dam at the outlet of Darey Pond gave way after heavy rains.

Stillwater William F. Weld 2002

Our destination was a depth of between two and three feet, which described most of the south cove of Darey Pond, once you were a few feet offshore.

Stillwater William F. Weld 2002

In the latter two cases, the terms outlived the incumbents, as Quisenberry was dead from scarlet fever and Darey hit by lightning while woodcock shooting before the reservoir was half full.

Stillwater William F. Weld 2002

I kept an old Grumman aluminum canoe chained to an oak in dense brush by the south end of Darey Pond in Ripton.

Stillwater William F. Weld 2002

When Kincaid got to the turnoff for his place in Ripton, we slowed down, but he kept right on going, past Darey Pond and the switching yards, to a spot a mile from the beginning of the Wachusett tunnel.

Stillwater William F. Weld 2002

I kept an old Grumman aluminum canoe chained to an oak in dense brush by the south end of Darey Pond in Ripton.

Stillwater William F. Weld 2002

Our destination was a depth of between two and three feet, which described most of the south cove of Darey Pond, once you were a few feet offshore.

Stillwater William F. Weld 2002

I took the pine paddle and gave Hannah the ash, and we were off to Darey Pond.

Stillwater William F. Weld 2002

So Miss Pettingill was elected to another three-year term, and so was Uncle Ed, and so were Clayton Hawley and Seth Quisenberry Jr. and Hamilton Darey.

Stillwater William F. Weld 2002

THE flooding of the Valley still seemed unreal and remote, but nature gave us an appetizer in late spring, when the wide beaver dam at the outlet of Darey Pond gave way after heavy rains.

Stillwater William F. Weld 2002