Show missed the towpath there was a little girl five live years old or so living in an inland town up the state according to the philadelphia ledger near her home there was no river nor in tact fact any water but the erie canal the child s mother mide a visit to new york and on her return was tell ing of her trip down the bay and of how wonderful the sea had looked to her her little girl was listening eagerly tell me just what the sea Is like mamma sherald she said her mother made an efort there s the beach she said all smooth white sand you stand on it and look out upon the ocean and all you ou can see is gatei just moving wa ter waves coming in and breaking nothing but water and sky the child sat trying to picture it then in an awed little whisper asked oh mamma isn t there a tow path |