,frontispiece3 8,hush thy babble1 ,o fountain6 ,let me listen1 let me listen60 ,,the ,,speaker',s ,ideal ,entertainments2 ,,for ,,home1 ,,church ,,and ,,school4 ,,consisting ,,of ,recitals1 ,dialogues and ,dramas4 ,,written ,,and ,,edited ,,by ,,george ,m4 ,,vickers4 ,with ,annotations1 ,hints upon ,gesture and ,dramatic ,poses1 by ,,frances ,e4 ,,peirce1 ,,principal ,,of ,,mt4 ,,vernon ,,institute ,,of ,,elocution ,,and ,,languages1 ,,philadelphia4 ,s4 ,i4 ,,bell ,,co4 ,,philadelphia ,,and ,,chicago4 ,,copyright1 #ahib1 ,,by ,s4 ,i4 ,,bell4 ,,introduction4 ,in preparing this work for the public it has been our aim to choose the very best1 and every selection has been made with a special view to elocutionary merits4 ,the 8,speakers' ,ideal0 is composed of carefully selected pieces from the writings of well known authors1 and as a source of supply to the giver of dramatic entertainments1 from which they may obtain at once a suitable subject for declamation1 recital1 dialogue and drama1 this volume is without a peer4 ,the work contains many new pieces not found in any other book1 and we have been able to secure a number of selections in the original manuscript1 which are here published for the first time4 ,most of the recitations are accompanied by ,annotations for ,gesture1 by which the amateur1 as well as the elocutionist1 may be guided in the necessary action1 and by a method so extremely simple that the novice who has never had the privilege of instructions in the art of elocution will be enabled to give that indispensable accompaniment1 without which1 there can be neither natural1 oratorical1 nor dramatical delivery4 ,this important feature has been carefully prepared by one who stands at the head of the profession as an instructor of elocution1 and is found in no other 8,speaker40 ,another of the chief characteristics of this work is the large number of full-page and exquisitely engraved half-toned plates1 which have been taken from life and produced at large expense expressly for this book4 ,the 8,speakers' ,ideal0 contains every characteristic of a complete book of elocution1 and is1 strictly speaking1 the only 8,speaker0 ever published4 ,the unprecedented success that has attended the sale of the first editions1 is proof that our hope to supply a long-felt want has been fully realized1 and it is with entire confidence in its merits that we present this work to the public4 ,,the ,,publishers4 ,,notation ,,of ,,gesture4 ,as a tree without leaves1 so is recitation without gesture2 but the most beautiful pieces are sometimes marred and burlesqued by awkward or inappropriate action4 ,our object1 therefore1 in presenting our system of notation is not to teach gesturefor that can only be acquired from a teacherbut to guide the reciter in a general way4 ,,gestures are divided1 #ast1 into front1 oblique1 lateral and backward2 and #b;d1 into descending1 horizontal and ascending2 for instance1 if the hand is thrown to the front1 it must take a position on a level with the shoulder1 or above1 or below1 which three divisions constitute the positions last named4 ,the same applies to the oblique1 which lies anywhere between the front and the lateral2 to the lateral1 which1 as its name indicates1 lies to the side2 and to the backward4 ,these positions are designated by the following letters3 ,d4 ,f41 descending front2 ,d4 ,o41 descending oblique2 ,d4 ,l41 descending lateral2 ,d4 ,b41 descending backward2 ,h4 ,f41 horizontal front2 ,h4 ,o41 horizontal oblique2 ,h4 ,l41 horizontal lateral2 ,h4 ,b41 horizontal backward2 ,a4 ,f41 ascending front2 ,a4 ,o41 ascending oblique2 ,a4 ,l41 ascending lateral2 ,a4 ,b41 ascending backward4 b placed before the above combinations indicates that both hands are used4 ,when not mentioned to the contrary1 the supine hand1 palm upwards1 is used4 ,p4 represents prone hand1 or palm downward2 ,v4 vertical1 or palm outward2 ,ind41 index finger as in pointing4 ,this must be carefully distinguished from ,p4 ,ind41 which means ,prone ,index or the back of the hand upward1 and finger pointing4 ,cl41 expresses clinched hand or fist4 ,par4 expresses both arms parallel towards right or left4 ,if a gesture is illustrative and cannot be expressed by any of the above letters1 it will be called special and designated by ,sp4 ,all ,,gestures of a bold1 descriptive1 or emphatic character should be made from the shoulder1 whilst unimportant or conversational gestures proceed from the elbow4 ,good taste dictates that a few gestures1 properly made1 are preferable to a large number crudely constructed4 ,let your gestures be so modulated1 and so accord with the sentiment1 that they may seem a part of a perfect whole4 ,,frances ,l4 ,,peirce4 ,the ,gallant ,fifty-,first4 ,then came the memorable order from ,burnside1 which must have thrilled every member of the regiment3 8,tell ,sturgis to send the ,fifty-first ,pennsylvania to take the bridge40 ,along the valley's narrow gorge ,the morning mist outspread1 ,while rifle-pit and breast-work strong ,frowned grimly overhead4 ,the sluggish stream that only served ,to slake the thirst of kine1 ,was soon to see a drearier sight ,with men drawn up in line4 ,along the crest a flash of fire ,breaks red against the sky1 ,along the hillside's narrow slope ,comes back the quick reply4 ,ferraro dashes up in haste1 ,his countenance aflame1 8,the ,fifty-first must storm the bridge10 ',twas thus the order came4 8,fix bayonets60 over ,hartranft's face ,a strange smile sent its beam2 ,the red blood flushed1 his dusky cheek ,his dark eyes all agleam4 ,sturgis and ,cook in vain essayed1 ,and others yet may try1 ,but now the gallant ,fifty-first ,must storm the bridge or die4 ,bright flashed the sword their leader drew 8,charge60 ,like a simoon's blast1 ,the ,fifty-first1 mid shot and shell1 ,dashed onthe bridge is passed2 ,the beaten foe in wild retreat ,is flying o'er the bridge1 ,huzza6 huzza6 ,the ,fifty-first ,has stormed ,antietam's bridge6 ,oh1 men of ,pennsylvania1 ,along your bloody route ,lies many a comrade1 dull of ear1 ,who may not have heard you shout2 ,but o'er your country's wide domain ,a pan grand shall burst2 ,a nation's accolade be thine ,o gallant ,fifty-first6 ,the ,dead ,letter4 ,there1 now6 ,i've read your letter through ,three times2 ,i'll read it once again ,if you say so2 it rests with you4#b ,what8 loan you paper1 ink and pen8 ,why1 man you're weaker than a child4 ,to-morrow ,i will gladly write ,whate'er you wish4 ,be reconciled1#c ,compose yourself and rest to-night4 ,you think we nuns are good to tend ,the sick1 to count our beads1 and pray1 ,but that we do not comprehend ,how worldly people dread delay ,in getting word from those they love3 ,why1 sir1 you know not what you say ,ah6 this dark robe too well doth prove ,the sorrow of that by-gone#d day ,no1 no2 ,i fully understand ,what you would say4 ,there's no offence2 ,naught to forgive4 ,there take#e my hand4 ,we now are friends4 ,in confidence ,the story of a broken life1 ,before the doctor comes1 ,i'll tell3 ,of how ,i shunned#f the cold world's strife ,and sought a quiet convent cell4 ,far back#g in life ,i loved a man1 ,a gen'rous1 noble heart and true3 ,and he loved me as only can1 ,as only gallant natures do4 ,our days passed by so quietly1 ,love's dream so rosy-hued had grown ,that seasons glided by#h ere we ,would note that e'en a month had flown4 ,thus ran my girlhood and his youth1 ,till came the naming of the happy day ,our wedding daythat would in truth ,have made us man and wife for aye1 ,when1 like a blow from one we love1 ,there came an unexpected woe2 ,in vain 'gainst#i fate we madly strove2 ,each cherished hope lay scattered#aj low4 ,a crime had been committed in ,the village where lived he and ,i2 ,and 'mid the first wild1 senseless din ,that marked the people's hue and cry1 ,suspicion on him#aa fell1 and so1 ,to 'scape the frenzied1 #8vengeful mob1 ,he1 innocent1 resolved to go ,away#ab;and ,i to stay and sob4 ,then1 bending low1 said he1 8,this thing ,will only for a season last1 ,a moment full relief may bring2 ,at most our grief will soon be past2 ,but1 darling1 should it not be so1 ,write0 7he whispered a fictitious name71 8,and ,i will by your letter know ,that in your eyes ,i bear no shame40 ,the rain fell from a dark'ning sky1#ac ,the apple blossoms scattered#ad lay1 ,the chill wind moaned1 and night drew nigh1 ,as with a sigh he turned away#ae ,i watched#af his form till lost in gloom1 ,and1 save the dripping of the rain1#ag ,there fell a stillness#ah of the tomb ,a lull that seemed to daze my brain4#ai ,the morning after that sad night ,the guilty one was found2 and ,i1 ,with woman's haste1 sat down to write1 ,and wrote in joyous ecstasy2 ,the letter mailed1 each moment seemed ,an age2 but days and weeks passed by ,with visions dread my fancy teemed ,but came he not1 nor made reply4 ,one day1 when hope had almost fled1 ,the post-man thrust it in my hand3 8,this is from ,washington10#bj he said1 8,dead-letter office1 understand80 ,with throbbing heart ,i broke the seal1 ,my face grew whiter than a sheet1 ,the dreadful blunder made me reel ,and drop#ba the letter at my feet4 ,instead of the fictitious name ,he gave1 it bore his own1 ,which knowing not1 he could not claim ,to him my lines were never known ,in loneliness he died3 and here ,i nurse the sick2 but ,i have done ,and1 sir#bb no longer have a fear ,to trust me1 though ,i'm but a nun4 ,you've heard a portion of my tale ,before8 ,from whom8 ,oh1 tell#bc me quick6 ,from my lost love8 ,you both set sail ,in the same ship8 ,my heart#bd grows sick ,what8 ,still alive8#be ,oh1 ,god be praised6 ,oh1 joy6#bf ,oh1 joy6 ,and ,i will write8 ,now that my dead to life is raised ,will ,i8 ,yes1 nowthis very night4 ,geo4 ,m4 ,vickers4 ,,gestures4 #a ,locate person spoken to1 slightly to left of front #b ,left ,h4 ,o4 #c ,p4 ,h4 ,f4 #d ,h4 ,b4 #e ,h4 ,f4 #f ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #g ,h4 ,b4 #h ,h4 ,sweep4 #i ,b4 ,par4 ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #aj ,b4 ,d4 ,o4 #aa ,p4 ,h4 ,f4 #ab ,h4 ,l4 #ac ,b4 ,a4 ,o4 #ad ,b4 ,d4 ,o4 #ae ,h4 ,o4 #af ,hands over eyes4 #ag ,h4 ,o4 #ah ,b4 ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #ai ,hand to head4 #bj ,h4 ,f4 #ba ,d4 ,f4 #bb ,left ,h4 ,f4 #bc ,b4 ,h4 ,f4 #bd ,hand to heart #be ,clasp hands4 #bf ,b4 ,a4 ,o4 ,illustration3 8,nathan said unto ,david1 #8,thou art the man4'0 ,,pa4 ,i've got one of the best ,pa's in this world4 ,pa is very fond of me1 too2 in fact1 no one ever comes to our house when ,pa's home that he don't commence to praise me before he even asks the guest to be seated4 ,pa's not rich1 so we often have to make both ends meet by resorting to novel expedients2 and even then1 the ends don't stay together worth speaking of4 ,pa's memory is none of the best2 poor1 dear man1 ,i've known him to eat two soft-boiled eggs while trying to determine whether or not he had seasoned them4 ,the other day ,pa brought young ,judson1 the lawyer1 home to dinner2 we had codfish and potatoes with warmed-up coffee from breakfast4 ,ma almost fainted4 ,judson said he doted on cod-fishbut then he is a lawyer,ma trod on my footsaid she in a whisper1 8,tell your father not to ask him to have more coffee40 ,pa caught the word coffee4 8,why1 yes10 yelled out ,pa1 8,judson1 my boy1 pass over your cup60 ,i never felt so mortified in my life2 there wasn't a single drop in the pot6 8,you must pardon us10 stammered ,ma4 8,never mind excuses10 interrupted ,pa1 8,pour out the nectar1 ,matildawhywhy0 8,yes1 why10mother's face was scarlet8it is whywhy have you not had the hole in the bottom of this pot mended8 the coffee's all leaked out40 ,poor ma6 how ,i pitied her4 ,last night the ,higgins girls called to know if we liked the style of their new silk dressessuch stuck-up mortals ,i never sawtheir father used to mend ,pa's bootsowes his fortune to a judicious use of chalk and an old pumpand styles himself a retired milk dealer4 ,pa happened to be in the parlor when the ,higgins girls floated in4 8,hannah10 said ,pa1 8go upstairs and get the silk dress you've just finished40 8,why ,pa1 how you do talk10 said ,i1 my heart almost ceasing to beat4 8,don't be so modest1 ,hannah10 he continued1 8show the young ladies how handy you are40 8,oh1 ,pa60 ,i cried1 trying to get his mind off the dress1 8did you ever see such beautiful bonnets80 ,the fates were against me4 8,ladies10 said ,pa1 8that girl is worth her weight in gold2 she's just finished trimming over a last season's hat1 and has just made the handsomest dress out of her ,ma's old silk frock that ever a human eye rested on60 ,the ,higgins girls giggled1 and ,i,i could have sunk through the floor4 ,one day ,pa said he would take us to a matinee4 ,it was on a ,monday1 but ,ma said she'd put off the washing1 although the washerwoman declared she'd never put up with such tomfoolery again4 ,pa came home later than usual1 and almost hurried us to death4 ,at last we arrived at the theatre1 streaming with perspiration4 ,a grand opera was to be given1 and the entrance was crowded4 ,pa began searching for his tickets4 ,he first dove into one pocket1 then into another2 meantime we were elbowed and jostled by the throng4 8,strange10 groaned ,pa1 8,i put them in my vest pocket40 ,just at that moment ,judson and his two sisters alighted from a hack4 ,pa turned white as chalk1 then red as a canned lobster4 8,come1 quick10 he gasped1 8this way40 ,we followed him to the corner4 8,what's the matter1 dearie80 asked ,ma4 8,why10 groaned ,pa1 8,judson's got my tickets4 ,i gave them to him last night1 but forgot all about it until he just now jumped out of the hack40 ,so we lost that opera and a good washerwoman1 too4 ,still1 ,pa's awful nice4 ,geo4 ,m4 ,vickers4 ,dying to ,win4 ,fierce blows the gale and cold1 ,loudly the windows#bg rattle2 ,why1 the stars seemed never half so bright4 ,hark6#bh ',twas a bell that tolled ,there1 again6 must ,i battle ,through another dreadful winter night8 ,better by far to die4 ,who#bi in this mighty city ,wastes a thought on such a wretched life8 ,who heeds my weary sigh8 ,who sheds a tear in pity8 ,all alone ,i wage#cj the bitter strife4 ,bright gleams yon chandelier1#ca ,gay sound the reckless voices2 ,and how tempting warm the red grate glows6 ,no6#cb rather perish here ,ah1 nomy soul rejoices1#cc ,for ,i triumph spite of all my woes4 ,now1 that ,i've made my vow1 ,who#cd comes to help me keep it8 ,are the saints that preach asleep or dead8 ,ripe is the harvest now1 ,yet comes there none to reap it4 ,not a cent6#ce no home2 no crust of bread4 ,fie1#cf upon hearts so cold6 ,not one will deign to aid me2 ,and my own sex turn#cg me off with scorn2 ,sneer at me2 call me bold2 ,taunt me1 and then upbraid me ,o1 my ,god1#ch how can ,i wait till morn8 ,mother1 is that you#ci there8 ,surely1#dj ,i must be dreaming ,do not leave me1 mother2#da take me home6 ,oh1 how keen#db bites the air6 ,yonder#dc the dawn is gleaming4 ,it is ,i1 your child3 ,oh1 mother1#dd come6 ,sleepy1 indeed1 am ,i ,wait till ,i kneel#de down1 mother ,now#df ,i lay me down to sleepkeep off#dg ,help6 help6 help6 ,i shall die ,give me some air,i smother6 ,i am saved6#dh ,now let the cold world scoff4 99 99 99 99 99 ,fierce blows the gale and cold1 ,loudly the windows#di rattle1 ,and the stars are paling#ej out with fright3 ,oh1 'tis a tale oft told3 ,done is the hard-fought battle ,and a weary soul has said good-night4 ,geo4 ,m4 ,vickers4 ,,gestures4 #bg ,h4 ,o4 #bh ,hand raised to listen4 #bi ,h4 ,o4 #cj ,clasp hands4 #ca ,h4 ,f4 #cb ,b4 ,v4 ,h4 ,f4 #cc ,a4 ,o4 #cd ,h4 ,o4 #ce ,d4 ,l4 #cf ,p4 ,ind4 ,h4 ,o4 #cg ,ver4 ,h4 ,l4 #ch ,look up4 #ci ,b4 ,h4 ,f4 #dj ,hand to brow4 #da ,b4 ,h4 ,f4 #db ,shiver4 #dc ,ind4 ,h4 ,o4 #dd ,b4 ,h4 ,f4 #de ,kneel4 #df ,clasp hands4 #dg ,b4 ,par4 ,h4 ,o4 #dh ,b4 ,a4 ,o4 #di ,h4 ,o4 #ej ,v4 ,a4 ,sweep4 ,,little ,,brown ,,eyes4 ,many years ago there lived in a tiny cottage1 a widow and her two children1 ,frank and ,edith4 ,the cottage stood by the roadside1 not far from a village1 and was almost hidden from view by the pretty roses and vines that clung to its sides4 ,one warm summer afternoon1 when ,frank was away to the village with his donkey and cart1 and the widow was busy sewing in the back part of the cottage1 little ,edith1 who had been weaving a wreath of flowers1 lay fast asleep on the front porch1 shaded from the rays of the sun by the arbor that covered the door4 ,she lay there with her long golden hair partly hiding her pretty face1 with the unfinished wreath still held in her hands1 and her little straw hat filled with buds and sprays1 upset at her side4 ,now1 the road that passed the cottage was much used by travelers1 as it led in both directions to large cities2 but on this particular afternoon not a human being1 nor an animal1 nor a vehicle of any sort could be seen on its white1 gleaming surface2 and save the drone of a passing bee1 or an occasional chirp from a cricket under the porch1 not a sound broke the deep stillness4 ,even the birds seemed to be dozing1 so nap-inspiring was that sultry summer afternoon4 ,an hour later and ,edith was still sleeping1 when the distant rumble of wheels could be heard4 ,they were yet a long way down the road1 although from their peculiar rattle it was evident they belonged to a light wagonperhaps some farmer returning from market4 ,presently a cloud of white dust rose above the trees and indicated the point reached by the wagon1 but the latter could not yet be seen from the cottage on account of the intervening foliage that skirted the roadside4 ,a few moments later an odd-looking1 top-heavy vehicle1 drawn by two lank horses1 emerged into view4 ,behind the wagon1 mounted on a mule1 rode a dark-visaged man4 ,when the wagon arrived in front of the house it stopped1 and the man on the mule advanced to the garden fence1 dismounted1 and threw his reins over the gate post4 ,he then opened the gate1 and was about to pass to the rear of the cottage when he spied little ,edith4 ,the slanting sunbeams had crept so close to her face that it was only a question of a few moments when the bright glare would end her sleep4 ,the man paused and glanced cautiously about him2 then1 taking another look at ,edith1 he stealthily moved on until he reached the back part of the house4 ,the widow sat in a large arm-chair near the kitchen door1 which was open4 ,in her lap lay an old garment that she had been mending2 the cool breeze that came through the door from the front of the house blew the pendant honey-suckle against her cheek1 but she heeded it not1 for she1 too1 like little ,edith1 had succumbed to the influence of the sleepy afternoon4 ,the dark-visaged man no sooner took in the situation than he quickly1 but quietly1 returned to the wagon and said some strange words to a big1 stupid-looking fellow who was perched on the front seat of the odd-shaped vehicle1 and from whose hands dangled the lines of the lank horses4 ,the fellow stood up1 and shading his eyes with his huge1 brawny hand1 peered toward the house3 then fastening his lines to a hook in the wagon bow1 he jumped lightly to the ground and followed his companion to where little ,edith lay sleeping4 ,in the back portion of the wagon sat two persons2 one was an old woman with a swarthy1 wrinkled face1 and the other was a beautiful little girl about ten years of age4 ,her hair was not black as was that of the old woman1 it was of a rich chestnut hue1 and her complexion1 although darkened by the sun1 was extremely fair2 but her eyes6 oh1 they were the rarest of brown eyes6 and as she turned them inquiringly towards the old crone1 they seemed like pansies wet with dew2 so velvety1 so liquid4 ,without saying a word1 she let her long silken lashes drop until her lovely eyes were fixed upon the blankets that lay at her feet4 ,the old woman was restless and looked through the curtain windows towards the cottage4 ,mean while the men had reached the porch4 ,their movements were noiseless and cat-like4 ,the dark-visaged man drew a handkerchief from his breast pocket1 and the stupid looking fellow held a stout cord in his right hand4 ,in an instant they gagged and bound little ,edith and rapidly bore her to the rear of the wagon1 when1 opening the leather door1 they handed her struggling form to the old crone1 who stood ready to receive her4 ,quickly shutting the wagon door1 the stupid-looking fellow mounted his seat1 the dark-visaged man leaped upon the back of his mule1 and in a twinkling the gypsies had disappeared behind a bend in the road4 ,as soon as the little girl with brown eyes saw the men bring ,edith to the wagon she trembled and began to weep4 ,the old crone shook her finger at her and bade her to have a care what she did4 ,then turning to ,edith she said1 8,i will remove the gag from your mouth if you promise not to make any noise40 ,edith1 who was almost frightened to death1 nodded her head whereupon the old crone untied the handkerchief not from kindness1 but fear that the child would suffocate4 ,poor ,edith sobbed as though her heart would break1 and more than once looked appealingly at the brown-eyed girl4 ,the latter1 whenever the crone turned her head1 glanced at ,edith and tried in every possible way to mutely assure her of her sympathy and friendship4 ,the gypsies drove very fast for several miles1 when they suddenly left the main road and turned into a narrow lane that led through a dense forest4 ,the horses were then allowed to slacken their speed4 ,after an hour's drive the party came upon a gypsy encampment in an open space4 ,the forest trees formed a semi-circle about the sides and rear of the camp while the front was somewhat protected from view by the wagons1 which were ranged on a line with the lane4 ,the lank horses neighed as they entered the clearing1 and in a moment the wagon was surrounded by a swarm of tawny-skinned people1 men1 women and children4 ,without speaking a word to any one1 save the crone1 the dark-visaged man led ,edith and the brown-eyed little girl to a tent which they entered4 8,now10 said he1 for the first time speaking to ,edith1 8if you are a good girl1 you will be treated well1 but if you are a cross and troublesome1 look out6 ,and you1 ,little ,brown ,eyes10 he3 continued1 8see that your mate eats her supper when it comes4 ,that's all40 ,he then left them4 ,edith advanced to the little girl and was about to speak1 when the latter raised her finger1 shook her head1 and pointed to the door4 ,edith looked in the direction indicated1 and saw the old crone seated without1 just in the act of lighting her pipe4 8,you can talk1 but speak low2 old ,myra will try to hear what we say10 and the little brown-eyed girl kissed ,edith on the forehead4 8,oh1 ,i am so dreadfully frightened10 whispered ,edith1 8will they never take me home again80 8,i cannot tell10 replied the child4 8,i1 too1 was taken from my home1 a long1 long time ago2 but ,myra and ,ikethat was ,ike who came with us to the tentsay they will take me home some day4 ,my name is ,mary1 yet they call me ,little ,brown ,eyes2 maybe they'll call you ,little ,blue ,eyes40 ,this conversation was cut short by the entrance of a gypsy boy1 who brought two tin plates of chicken stew1 some bread and a big bowl of milk4 ,he said nothing1 merely placing their supper on the ground1 when he walked out again without so much as looking at them4 ,little ,brown ,eyes sat on one end of an empty sack and motioned ,edith to sit on the other end2 which she did4 ,the little girls1 in spite of their low spirits1 could not resist the savory smell of the stew1 for they were very hungry1 and in a short time nothing remained of what the gypsy boy brought them except the empty bowls and the two tin plates4 ,all at once there was a great noise in the camp4 ,the tramping of horses' feet could be heard1 and the voices of men shouting2 what could it mean8 ,the little girls looked at one another in utter wonderment4 8,let us peep out10 said ,little ,brown ,eyes1 and raising one corner of the canvas they looked out4 ,everything was in confusion4 ,a body of horsemen were pulling down the tents1 some of the gypsies were fleeing to the woods1 while others were opposing the horsemen with all their might4 ,just then the dark-visaged man and ,myra entered the tent4 8,come1 quick10 yelled the man1 8this way10 and taking hold of each little girl1 he pulled them to the door4 ,edith uttered a scream4 ,immediately the horsemen galloped toward them4 8,my papa6 my papa60 cried ,little ,brown ,eyes4 ,a fine looking gentleman leaped from his horse1 and in a moment his daughter was clasped in his arms4 8,take these people prisoners10 said he1 8they shall pay dearly for kidnapping my daughter4 ,who is this80 he continued1 looking at ,edith4 8,this1 papa1 is a little girl ,ike stole to-day1 as she lay asleep on her front porch40 8,poor child1 we must return her to her parents10 spoke ,little ,brown ,eyes' papa2 8come1 we will go away from here at once40 ,so the little girls were led away to the lane where stood waiting a splendid carriage4 8,oh1 see6 there comes brother ,frank in his donkey-cart10 and clapping her hands with joy1 ,edith pointed down the lane1 where1 sure enough1 her brother came jogging along as complacently as if nothing had happened4 ,the rest of the horsemen rode up to the carriage1 and were about to start1 when one of their number said1 8,look6 we have fixed the gypsies40 ,all looked toward the camp4 ,it was in a blaze2 both tents and wagons were being devoured by the red-tongued flames4 8,why1 ,edith10 shouted ,frank1 who had just reached the carriage1 8what on earth are you doing here80 ,the heat from the burning camp became so intense that ,edith's face was almost scorched1 8,edith10 shouted ,frank1 louder than before4 ,edith looked at her brother1 rubbed her eyes1 and then looked again4 8,where are the gypsies80 she asked8,ha6 ha6 ha60 laughed ,frank1 8you have been dreaming2 you are almost baked by the sun40 ,geo4 ,m4 ,vickers4 ,illustration3 8,when1 lo6 from out the lake arose a horrid monster form40 ,the ,last ,salute4 ,yes1 the ranks are growing smaller ,with the coming of each ,may1 ,and the beards and locks once raven ,now are mingled thick with gray2 ,soon the hands that strew the flowers ,will be folded still and cold1 ,and our story of devotion ,will forever have been told4 ,years and years have passed by1 comrades1 ,though it seems but yesterday ,since the ,blue-garbed ,northern legions ,marched to meet the ,southern ,gray ,but a day since ,massachusetts ,bade her soldier boys good-bye ,but a day since ,alabama ,heard her brave sons' farewell cry4 ,those are days we all remember1 ,in our hearts we hold them yet2 ,and the kiss we got at parting1 ,who can ever that forget8 ,and it may have been a mother1 ,a fond father1 or a wife1 ,or a maid whose love was dearer ,to the soldier's heart than life4 ,then the silent midnight marches1 ,and the fierce-fought battle's roar1 ,and the sailor's lonely watches1 ,gone1 please ,god1 forevermore3 ,though these ne'er can be forgotten ,while the dew our graves shall wet1 ,yet the color of our jackets ,let each gallant heart forget2 ,for the ranks are growing smaller1 ,and though decked in blue or gray1 ,soon both armies will be sleeping ,in their shelter-tents of clay4 ,but the loud reverberation ,of the last salute shall be ,oft re-echoed through the ages ,as the tocsin of the free6 ,for we both but did our duty1 ,in the ,great ,jehovah's plan1 ,and the world has learned a lesson ,that all men may read who can2 ,and when gathered for the muster ,on the last and dreadful day1 ,may that ,god extend ,his mercy ,sweet1 alike to ,blue and ,gray4 ,geo4 ,m4 ,vickers4 ,studying ,for ,the ,contest4 ,oh dear6 ,if ever ,i try to learn another piece ,i hope to be swallowed by a whale ten times the size of the one that lunched on ,jonah4 ,here ,i've been three weeks trying to get 8,the ,flight of the ,hottentots0 by heart1 and to-morrow night ,i am to recite at the contest2 but ,i'm bound that that squint-eyed ,caddy ,screech shall not out-do me this time4 ,well1 here it goes again3 ,reads from the book without gesture4 ,the swarthy forms steal one by one ,like shadows past the guard2 ,now soft they creep1 now leap1 now run1 ,from tyrants base and hard2 ,but hark6 what sound is that which comes ,across the sandy plain8 ,the sentry's cry1 the roll of drums6 ,alas6 their flight is vain4 ,behold6 a thousand torches flash ,like meteors into view6 ,while swift the ,pagans onward dash ,the bold dragoons pursue6 ,see6 now the captives reach a stream1 ,a rushing torrent wild2 ,they cannot pass,throws book on floor4 ,oh1 grief6 now for the gestures3 ,with hesitation as though forgetting lines4 ,the swarthy forms steal#ea one by one ,like shadows past the guard ,confound#eb the gestures6 they bother me worse than anything else4 ,why didn't the fool that wrote the piece say which way they stole1 up#ec a hill1 down#ed a hill1 or across#ee the road8 ,well1 ,i'll try the next two lines4 ,now soft they creep1#ef now leap1#eg now run#eh ,from tyrants base and hard ,they must have been acrobats to get over the ground in that shape2 ,i'm desperate1 ,i am6 ,but hark6#ei what sound is that which comes ,across the sandy plain8 ,no2 ,i mustn't put my finger up like that4#fj ,why should a person when alone be required to do it8 ,am ,i to warn myself to listen when ,i have ears8 or if at all necessary1 why not do it effectually and hold up both fingers1 thus8#fa ,i'll skip that part4 ,the sentry's cry1 the roll of drums1 ,alas6 their flight is vain#fb ,now this is a puzzler4 ,the sentry's cry ,was it a whoop1 a yell1 a shriek1 a halloobut fiddle6 ,who ever heard a sentry cry8 ,why soldiers are brave men1 and never weep4 ,that is unquestionably a poetical li-cence4 the roll of drums4 ,what on earth were the drums rolled for8 ,it looks to me as though the ,hottentots were drummed out of camp4 ,alas6 their flight is vain ,i don't believe there was a flight of the ,hottentots4 ,what authority#fc is there for the flight8 ,what made them fly anyhow8 ,well1 ,i must move on3 ,behold6#fd a thousand torches flash ,like meteors into view6 ,while swift the ,pagans onward#fe dash ,the bold dragoons#ff pursue6 ,that's better4 ,the ,principal could not beat that1 particularly the ,behold1 and the s-w-i-f-t4 ,next comes the climaxa long respiration1 andand ,see6#fg the captives pass a stream1 ,a rushing torrent#fh wild1 ,they cannot pass ,now ,i object to this vague style of literature4 ,the poet is silent as to how they reached it4 ,with their hands1 thus6#fi or with their feet1 thus6#gj or on horseback1 with a whoa6#ga whoa6 ,dobbin8 ,how am ,i to gesticulate correctly1 not knowing the facts8 ,i'll do the poem to suit myself1 and if ,i fail to win the prize1 it will be through the stupidity of the judges1 so there6 ,geo4 ,m4 ,vickers4 ,,gestures4 #ea ,uncertain motions of hand4 #eb ,d4 ,f4 #ec ,a4 ,o4 #ed ,d4 ,o4 #ee ,h4 ,f4 #ef ,p4 ,d4 ,f4 #eg ,b4 to imitate leaping4 #eh ,h4 ,o4 #ei ,index finger raised to listen4 #fj ,turn finger round and look at it4 #fa ,raise index finger of both hands4 #fb ,d4 ,l4 #fc ,h4 ,f4 #fd ,left ,h4 ,o4 #fe ,h4 ,o4 #ff ,left ,h4 ,o4 #fg ,h4 ,o4 #fh ,b4 ,v4 ,par4 ,h4 ,o4 #fi ,special4 #gj ,run4 #ga ,h4 ,f4 ,b4 draw back4 ,crazy ,nell4 8,come1 ,rosy1 come60 ,i heard the voice and1 looked ,out on the road that passed my window wide1 ,and saw a woman and a fair-haired child ,that knelt and picked the daisies at the side4 ,the child ran quickly with its gathered prize1 ,and1 laughing1 held it high above its head2 ,a light glowed bright within the woman's eyes1 ,and in that light a mother's love ,i read4 ,she took the little hand1 and both passed on2 ,the prattle of the child ,i still could hear1 ,mixed with the woman's fond1 caressing tone1 ,that came in loving words upon my ear4 8,come1 ,rosy1 come60 ,years1 many years had gone1 ,but yet had left the recollection of that scene ,the woman and the fair-haired child that knelt ,and picked the daisies on the roadside green4 ,i looked4 ,the old familiar road was there ,a woman1 wan and stooping1 stood there too2 ,and beckoned slowly1 and with vacant stare ,that fixed itself back where the daisies grew4 8,come1 ,rosy1 come60 ,i saw no fair-haired child ,run from the daisies with its gathered prize2 8,come1 ,rosy1 come60 ,i heard no merry laugh ,to light the love-glow in the mother's eyes4 8,come1 ,rosy1 come60 ,she turned1 and down the road ,the plaintive voice grew fainter on my ear2 ,caressing tonesnot mixed with prattle now1 ,but full of loving words,i still could hear4 ,i1 wondering1 asked a gossip at my door2 ,he told the storyall there was to tell3 ,a little mound the village churchyard bore2 ,and this1 he said1 is only ,crazy ,nell4 ,joseph ,whitton4 ,illustration3 8,fly1 fly1 beloved mistress1 the devils of the mountains are upon us60 ,sir ,rupert's ,wife4 ,you see where the cliffs frown yonder in a line of dingy red8 ,that wild1 fierce crag1 the highest1 is known as ,sir ,rupert's ,head3 ,it's five hundred feet and over from the brow to the sea below1 ,and it won its name in the winter1 a hundred years ago4 ,there wasn't a squire in ,devon so famous as ,rupert ,leigh2 ,he was lord of the broad1 rich acres1 good-looking and fancy free4 ,he came of a race of giants1 stood six feet two in his socks1 ,and once1 for a drunken wager1 with his fist he had felled an ox4 ,dare-devil ,leigh was his nick-name2 he was last of a lawless line ,who had gone to the deuce full gallop1 through women and cards and wine4 ,he wasn't so bad as they werehe was more of a hunting squire1 ,and he freed the name a little from some of the ancient mire4 ,his wasn't an easy country1 but he'd take it every inch1 ,and ride as straight as an arrow where the boldest well might flinch4 ,when a lad he had climbed yon headland1 climbed it from base to crest1 ,for a short-frocked hussy who wanted the eggs from a seagull's nest4 ,one winter he went to ,londonhe then was about forty-three2 ,his steward had told the parson he'd lawyers in town to see4 ',twas dull in the place without him1 for his mansion was ,liberty ,hall2 ,there was always a warm1 wet welcome for neighbors who chose to call4 ,he was gone for a twelvemonth nearly1 writing to no old friends1 ,but a ,devonshire man in ,london news to the parson sends4 ,sir ,rupert had married a madam1 a play-acting1 mincing wench1 ,who painted and patched and powdered1 and was finiking1 fine and ,french4 ,she was no more ,french than ,i am1 but this was about the time1 ,that ,french was the title given to nigh every kind of crime4 ,she sang in a minor play-housein opera1 so they say ,and he saw her as ,polly ,peachum in that famous work by ,gay4 ,he was always an easy target for a wench's rolling eye1 ,so it got to bouquets and presents1 and to letters by-and-by1 ,he was wax in the hussy's fingers1 and she moulded with practiced skill1 ,till he took the form of a husband1 the slave of her slightest will4 ,they traveled about a little1 saw ,paris1 the ,hague and ,rome ,then the news went abroad ,sir ,rupert was bringing his lady home4 ,the people about here liked him1 and no warmth did their welcome lack1 ,but they looked askance at my lady1 and she gave them their glances back4 ,they hated her then directly1 they chafed at her cold disdain1 ,and they gossiped her story over in language a bit too plain4 ,they called her a 8stuck-up stroller10 and somehow the scandal grew1 ,till my lady as 8,polly ,peachum0 the whole of the country knew4 ,sir ,rupert was broken-hearted when he heard of the mocking tone1 ,and he quarreled with all his comrades until he was left alone ,alone at the ,hall with 8,polly10 for the gentry had cut her dead1 ,but his heart was as true as ever to the woman he had stooped to wed4 ,to him she was just an angel who had come from the holy skies ,that his heart might bask forever in the light of her lustrous eyes4 ,no wine1 no cards1 and no hunting3 he kept at my lady's side ',twas a great big boy with a sweetheart1 not a man with a year-won bride4 ,she pined in the lonely mansion3 she wanted society-life ,she wanted to play my lady as well as ,sir ,rupert's wife4 ,sir ,rupert must ask a partynot of bumpkins1 but folks from the town2 ,he had plenty of friends in ,london2 would he not ask them down8 ,they came1 and the sound of laughter rang through the ,hall once more1 ,and my lady was proud and happy1 but her husband's heart was sore2 ,he had learned from an idle whispera whisper not meant for him ,a secret that sapped his life-blood and the strength of each stalwart limb4 ,he reeled when he heard the whisper and guessed at the ghastly truth3 ',twas the tale of a play-woman and a curled and scented youth1 ,a dandy of six-and-twenty1 the son of an old1 old chum ,he was one of the guests invited1 and one of the first to come4 ,sir ,rupert had been in ,london a guest of his father's1 too1 ,and this young fop1 he remembered1 had led him his wife to woo2 ,he had raved of this ,polly ,peachum1 and dragged him to hear her sing2 ,he said at the time he knew her'twas a planned and plotted thing6 ,and now she was always with him1 they chatted and laughed away2 ,she was cold and dull with ,sir ,rupert1with him she was kind and gay4 ,she was weary of playing my lady1 and of being ,sir ,rupert's wife ,she pined for the tinsel glories of the old ,bohemian life4 ,she hated the dull decorum1 she hated the legal tie ,her cage was a cage1 though gilded4 ,then the tempter whispered 8,fly60 ,one night their chairs were empty1 and slowly the news leaked out3 ,two horses were gone from the stable'twas a settled thing1 no doubt4 ,sir ,rupert was white with horror1 but he turned to the gaping crew ,and cried1 8,it's a lie1 ,i tell you6who dares to say its true80 ,then seizing his holster pistols1 he mounted his fleetest mare ,and made straight for the ,red ,cliff roadwayhe guessed they had gone by there1 ,for that was the way to ,london1 from ,exmouth the pair would post1 ,and the road they were bound to travel was the road by the rugged coast4 ,if you look you will see it passes right over the headland's brow ,only a century distant it wasn't as good as now4 ,he dug his spurs in the hunter1 and it flew up the fearful steep1 ',twas a wild1 fierce night in winter1 and the snow lay thick and deep2 ,but the moon through the clouds had broken1 and right on the ,head he spied ,a horse that had slipped and fallen1 and the rider by its side2 ,and over them bent a figure1 but whose he could scarcely see1 ,then he uttered a cry to ,heaven that his wife unharmed might be2 ,and lashing his steed to fury it flew through the slippery snow1 ,while the wild waves roared a warning five hundred feet below4 ,a slip1 and both horse and rider would roll to a hideous fate1 ,but ,sir ,rupert1 with set white features1 rode to the headland straight4 ,they heard him now1 and the woman rose from her knees and moaned1 ,and the man gave a sudden shudder and opened his eyes and groaned4 ,sir ,rupert reined up so fiercely that the mare on the precipice reared1 ,and the woman sprang back with horror1 in the jaws of the death she feared4 ,for a moment she seemed to totter1 and then with a piercing cry ,went over that awful headland that seems to touch the sky4 ,for a second no sound was uttered1 only the billows roared1 ,while up from its nest a sea-gull1 startled and shrieking1 soared2 ,then1 shouting for help1 ,sir ,rupert clutched at the snow-clad turf1 ,and glanced with a look of horror down at the boiling surf4 ,and as he lay there peering1 right at the farthest edge1 ,something his eyes detecteda heap on a narrow ledge2 ,it was thirty feet between them1 but he knew 'twas his wretched wife1 ,and he vowed1 though his own paid forfeit1 he would save her guilty life4 ,he could see there were tiny juttings where his foot might find a hold1 ,and the man he had quite forgotten was worth his weight in gold4 ,the booby was bruised and shaken1 and fancied that he should die1 ,but ,sir ,rupert bade him help him1 or he'd shoot him by-and-by ,then the white-faced coward whimpered and lifted his jeweled hands1 ,and ,sir ,rupert set him tearing his mantle in narrow bands4 ,then the strips were twined together and tied to a rough stone seat1 ,and over went brave ,sir ,rupert1 clinging with hands and feet4 ,the waves in their winter fury shrieked for a human life1 ,but down and down crept ,rupert till he swung by his senseless wife1 ,stooping1 he clasped her firmly1 one hand on the doubtful rope1 ,pressed his lips on her marble forehead1 and whispered her1 8,darlinghope60 ,then breathing a prayer to ,heaven to save them both that night1 ,he toiled with his heavy burden up the face of the frowning height4 ,a fall of the soft red sandstone1 a slip of his bleeding hand1 ,and their bodies had lain together1 crushed on the cruel strand4 ,safe6 safe at last on the summit6 safe on the firm hard road6 ,there where the moonbeams glittered1 he glanced at his senseless load4 ,her face was bruised and battered1 and the warm blood welled and gushed2 ,and he saw that his wife was injured1 and her tender bones were crushed4 ,no trace of the lady's gallant2 he'd limped to a horse and flown3 ,sir ,rupert and 8,polly ,peachum0 were there on the heights alone4 ,he leaped on the gallant hunter2 took his wife in his brawny arms1 ,and galloped across the country to one of his tenants' farms4 ,for six long months my lady hovered 'twixt death and life ',twas a surgeon who came from ,london that saved ,sir ,rupert's wife ,and when she was out of danger it was known she was marked and maimed1 ,a battered1 misshapen cripple1 distorted and scarred and lamed4 ,but ,sir ,rupert clung closer to her2 they traveled from place to place1 ,and he never winced or shuddered at the sight of her injured face4 ,it was he who carried the cripple1 who nursed her with tenderest care3 ,and never in knightly story such gallant had lady fair4 ,for many a year she lingered'twas up at the ,hall she died1 ,and here in the village churchyard they're sleeping side by side4 ,she died in his arms confessing the worth of his noble love1 ,and in less than a year he sought her in the mansions of ,god above4 ,there stands the great bluff headlandthere swells the sea below ,and the story ,i've told you happened nigh a hundred years ago1 ,yet there isn't a soul that visits those towering crags of red ,but thinks of the love and daring that hallowed 8,sir ,rupert's ,head40 ,george ,r4 ,sims4 ,illustration3 8,and one sly maiden spake aside1 #8,the little witch is evil-eyed4'0 ,civilization4 ,,as ,,discovered ,,by ,,professor ,,peekwell1 ,,samuel ,,searcher ,,and ,,philip ,,deadlight4 ,,professor4,civilization is the science of discontent4 ,,searcher4,how do you make that out8 ,,professor4,gentlemen1 allow me to explain4 ,in the first place1 all that man requires on this terrestrial ball can be expressed in three words1 namely3 food1 shelter and raiment4 ,,searcher4,how about a wife8 ,,deadlight4,and segars8 ,,professor4,i use the term man as including the human race4 ,,searcher4,well1 go on4 ,,deadlight4,i'm ashamed of you1 ,professor2 would you have us go back to savage life8 ,,professor4,yes1 but only in fancy1 for the purpose of illustration4 ,let us drop down on a remote island in the ,indian ,ocean4 ,it is night-fall4 ,the last rosy tints of sunset are fading from the western sky4 ,the murmur of the distant surf mingles with the soft lullaby of the ,indian mother who soothes her babe to sleep4 ,,searcher4,why didn't the goose use soothing syrup8 ,,deadlight4,or a cradle8 ,,professor4,beneath a tall palm1 circled about the embers of a dying fire1 sit the tawny natives4 ,they are listening to the words that fall from the lips of an aged chief4 ,with rapture they hang upon the oft-told legend of the isle4 ,in their hearts they wonder at the old man's wisdom4 ,as he dilates upon their by-gone deeds1 and their present might1 their eyes involuntarily wander toward the rich foliage that gently sways on yonder high hill top2 now they glance at the bright stars that peep forth from the upper blue1 and now at the dim ocean that stretches away on either hand like a desert waste4 ,contentment almost perfect sits on every brow4 ,each savage has his spear1 his hut of twigs3 thus the ,great ,creator hath set them to fulfill their mission2 and yet the spear and hut are the initial steps in the march of civilization2 only luxury lies beyond them2 comparative luxury is the acme of civilization4 ,,searcher4,you're a crank6 ,,deadlight4,no1 he's a philosopher4 ,think of the blessings of savage life6 ,no creditors to ring your door bell1 and make you leap out of your chair with consternation4 ,,searcher4,that is a point4 ,,deadlight4,then there's no fashion to ruin a man every time the seasons change4 ,look at that bonnet yonder6 ,i'll wager it cost thirty dollars4 ,,searcher4,and that dude's coat1 to say nothing of his monstrous collar4 ,,professor4,hold on ,,deadlight4,and there's no bank cashier to skip away with your limited balance4 ,,professor4,hold on1 ,i say4 ,civilization is good2 it elevates mankind2 but the higher our civilization the greater our wants2 therefore civilization is the science of discontent4 ,,searcher4,humph6 ,,deadlight4,ahem6 ,,professor4,we will now adjourn4 ,geo4 ,m4 ,vickers4 ,getting ,ready4 ,,characters4 ,,nicholas ,,neverslip1 a modern husband4 ,,patrick ,,dolan1 an ,irish lad4 ,,matilda1 ,neverslip's wife4 ,,miss ,,spyall1 a gossip4 ,,biddy ,,crogan1 a domestic4 ,,scene3,a drawing room4 ,time1 evening4 ,table and two chairs1 ,c4 ,nicholas discovered standing near ,l4 ,e4 with cane and gloves in his hands3 he calls to his wife1 who is supposed to be up stairs dressing for the opera4 ,,nicholas4,my dear1 it is half-past seven2 do hurry2 ,i am sure we will be late4 ,,matilda4,i am comingbe with you in one minute4 ,has ,biddy fastened the back gate8 ,,nicholas 7aside74,i know we'll be late 7calls71 ,biddy6 7crosses to ,r4 ,e47 ,,biddy4,i'm here1 sur4 ,enter ,biddy ,r4 ,e4 ,what do you want wid me1 sur8 ,,nicholas4,biddy1 is the back gate fastened8 ,,biddy4,i'll see1 sur1 7turns to go74 ,,nicholas4,biddy6 ,,biddy4,sur6 ,,nicholas4,biddy1 ,i am going to the opera2 that is1 we are1 ,mrs4 ,neverslip and myself4 ,,matilda 7calls74,nicholas6 ,,nicholas4,well1 what's the matter8 ,,matilda4,where did you lay my fan8 ,,nicholas4,i never touched your fan4 7looks at his watch47 ,it is twenty minutes to eight2 ,i declare we will be late4 ,,biddy 7aside74,i wonder if he manes to keep me shtandin' here all night8 ,,nicholas 7to ,matilda74,i am going6 ,,matilda4,here ,i come4 ,,nicholas4,it is time you were coming4 ,,matilda4,oh1 dear6 ,,nicholas4,what's the matter8 ,,matilda4,oh1 you've hurried me so that ,i've gone and dressed without my fichu2 ,i can never go without it4 ,,nicholas 7aside74,confound her fish-hook4 7aloud7 ,snails and turtles6 are you never coming8 ,,biddy 7aside74,i'm nather a gate post nur a clothes prop4 7aloud7 ,mr4 ,neverslip1 ,i'll be goin' to the kitchen2 ,i lift the banes on the sthove2 ,i think they're burnin'4 ,exit ,biddy ,r4 ,e4 ,,nicholas4,for mercy sake do come4 ,,matilda 7singing74,i am coming1 darling1 coming ,,nicholas4,how provokingly cool you are4 ,enter ,matilda ,l4 ,e4 ,,matilda4,now1 my dear1 we'll be off4 ,both start toward ,l4 ,e4 ,why1 where's your hat8 ,,nicholas 7feels his head74,good gracious6 ,it is up stairs,matilda1 dear1 will you get it for me8 ,,matilda4,you cruel man7knock heard from without47 ,,both4,horrors6 ,some one at the door6 ,,nicholas4,biddy6 ,,biddy4,ay1 sur6 ,enter ,biddy ,r4 ,e4 ,,nicholas4,biddy1 we're out4 ,,biddy4,yer what8 ,,nicholas4,we're out2 that is1 we soon will be4 ,we do not wish to see anyoneyou comprehend8 ,,biddy 7angrily74,don't want to see anyone ,i comprehend6 ,sur1 ,i'm an honest ,irish girl1 and ,i niver comprehended anybody4 7arms akimbo7 ,niver6 ,prolonged knock at the door4 ,,nicholas4,go to the door and say we're out6 ,,biddy 7aside74,the man is surely out of his head4 ,exit ,biddy ,l4 ,e4 ,,matilda4,oh my6 we'll never get off4 ,,nicholas4,my dear it's all your own fault4 ,,matilda 7puts handkerchief to eyes74,dear1 dear6 ,nicholas4 ,hark6 ,,miss ,,spyall 7from without74,take this card to ,,biddy 7from without74,they're out1 mum4 ,,miss ,,spyall4,then ,i'll just step in a moment and write a line or two4 ,,biddy4,but they're out6 ,,matilda4,oh grief6 ,it is that awful ,spyall2 good-bye opera to-night4 ,,nicholas4,we might as well give up now4 ,enter ,biddy ,l4 ,e4 walking backward followed by ,miss ,spyall4 ,,miss ,,spyall 7aside74,out of the street2 ah6 ,i understand6 7,extends hands to ,nicholas and ,matilda77aloud7 ,how delighted ,i am to see you6 ,what6 going out8 ,,biddy4,yis1 out2 they're outoutward bound1 ,i forgot part of the wurruds4 ,,nicholas4,silence1 ,bridget6 ,,matilda4,we need you no longer1 ,biddy4 ,,biddy4,indade1 ye'll give me two wakes' notice4 ,i'll not lave now4 ,,matilda4,i mean we do not need you here4 ,you may go to the kitchen4 ,oh1 bother6 ,my hair is coming down4 ,biddy get me a hair-pin1 quick6 ,exit ,biddy ,r4 ,e4 ,,miss ,,spyall4,what a beautiful dress2 is it all silk8 ,,nicholas4,part muslin1 ,miss4 ,,matilda4,nicholas1 you shock me4 ,,nicholas 7,pulls out watch and starts to go74,oh1 oh1 oh6 ,,miss ,,spyall4,going to church8 ,,nicholas4,no1 not to church4 ,,miss ,,spyall4,oh1 ,i see2 the museum4 ,,nicholas4,we have an engagement4 ,,miss ,,spyall4,a wedding8 ,that's it6 ,i know4 ,who is it8 ,do tell me if it is ,nancy ,beadle8 ,i thought she and ,john ,,matilda4,my husband and ,i are about going down town on important business1 it is time we were there now4 ,,miss ,,spyall4,anything important8 ,you know ,i can be trusted4 ,,nicholas4,gone6 gone6 gone6 ,,miss ,,spyall4,hey8 ,,matilda4,miss ,spyall1 you will please excuse me this evening1 we must go at once4 ,enter ,biddy ,r4 ,e4 with1 clothes-pins in each hand4 ,,nicholas 7pointing to watch74,we've lost our seats4 7,matilda and ,miss ,spyall take seats47 ,,biddy 7to ,nicholas74,niver moind me2 still1 ,i'll bring two chairs from the dining-room if ye insist4 7,to ,matilda7 ,here's the puns1 mum4 ,,matilda4,stupid girl1 these are clothes-pins4 ,,miss ,,spyall4,what a silly creature4 ,,biddy 7aside74,the spalpeen6 ,,nicholas4,excuse me4 ,i must get my hat4 ,exit ,l4 ,e4 ,,matilda4,oh1 he's a darling man6 ,,miss ,,spyall4,spe-len-did6 7,a crash heard47 ,,matilda4,what have you done8 ,,nicholas 7groans74,broken my shins1 smashed my hat and upset your toilet stand6 ,,matilda4,you wretch-edly unfortunate man4 ,enter ,nicholas ,l4 ,e4 limping with smashed hat in hand4 ,,miss ,,spyall4,i must be going4 ,,matilda4,we are going to the opera4 ,,nicholas4,to hear the final chorus4 ,,miss ,,spyall4,how delightful6 ,,matilda4,biddy1 keep a sharp look out4 ,exit all except ,biddy ,l4 ,e4 ,,biddy4,yis1 ,i'll kape a sharp look out4 ,i'll first take a look at the back gate4 ,poor ,pat's been waitin' at that same gate for a whole hour2 faith he's stharved wid the cold 7starts and listens7 ,arrah1 what's that8 ,sure some one's in the kitchen4 ,i hear a brogan on the stairsthe saints protect me4 ,enter ,pat ,r4 ,e41 looking around cautiously4 ,oh1 ,pat ,dolan6 ,how dare ye frighten me loike that8 ,how did ye enter the house8,what if the folks had been in8 ,,pat4,whist1 me darlin'2 ,i saw them lave by the front door1 and in the wink of an eye1 its meself that lepped over the fince2 ,i thried the back door1 it was unlatched1 and here ,i am1 ,biddy dear6 ,,biddy4,niver do the loikes of that again4 ,you might be shot for a burglar or a dynamiter4 ,,pat4 7sitting at table74,niver fear1 ,biddy dear2 go ye and bring a crust of bread and sup ofof something stronger than tay1 if yer have it2 sure ,i've room here for a loaf1 and ,i'm thrimblin' wid wakeness ,,biddy4,i'll see what's lift in the pantry4 ,be aisy till ,i come back4 7,starts to go47 ,,pat4,biddy6 ,,biddy4,what1 darlint8 7,pauses47 ,,pat4,do ye hear anything8 ,,biddy4,its the ,niverslips6 ,run for your life6 ,,pat4,be aisy2 it's me poor heart beatin'2 and nothin' more4 ,it always bates whin ,i see that face4 ,,biddy 7,looks over her shoulder74,what face8 ,i see no face6 ,,pat4,don't be a greenhorn4 ,i mane your own lovely countenance4 ,,biddy4,oh1 ye blarney6 ,exit ,r4 ,e4 ,,pat4 7,rises from chair and walks up and down the stage74,humph6 this is a very foine house4 ,it lacks the comforts of a home1 howiver1 for there's not the sign of a pipe or a 'bacca bowl about the room4 ,they're evidently mane people4 ,enter ,biddy ,r4 ,e4 carrying tray1 on which are loaf of bread1 a knife1 a black bottle and two glasses4 ,look at that now6 ,if that isn't the tip of hospitality my name's not ,patrick ,dolan4 ,,biddy 7places tray on table74,now1 ,pat1 ye must not thrifle over the sup1 7fills glass from bottle7 but drink it at once4 ,it would niver do to have the folks foind ye here4 ,,pat 7takes glass74,here's to our wedding day1 7drinks7 ,oh6 ah6 7jumps to his feet and runs about stage holding his throat7 ,i'm pizened1 ,i'm kilt4 ,,biddy 7following him about74,shpeak1 shpeak1 me darlint ,pat4 ,,pat 7gasping and pointing to bottle74,looklooklook at that6 ,what's in the bottle8 ,,biddy4,sure ,i can't read4 7,hands bottle to ,pat47 ,,pat4,saint ,patrick defind me6 7reads7 8,pure ,jamaica ,ginger10 ,oh6 its atin me up6 7,noise heard without47 ,,biddy4,hark6 7,both listen47 ,,nicholas 7from without74,we should have taken an umbrella2 hurry in or we shall be drowned with the rain4 ,,pat 7agitated74,put me away6 hide me6 cover me up6 ,,biddy4,run6 ,noshtopthey're here6 get under the table4 ,,pat 7crawls under table74,bad luck to the rain6 ,,biddy4,arrah6 ,what shall ,i do8 ,he's opening the door wid the noight key4 ,kape shtill1 ,pat4 ,,nicholas4,walk in ,miss ,spyall2 it is only a shower4 ,enter ,neverslip1 ,matilda and ,miss ,spyall ,l4 ,e4 ,,miss ,,spyall 7aside74,refreshments1 as ,i live6 7,aloud7 ,i feel real chilly6 ,if ,i were home ,i'd have a bowl of hot tea1 or something warm4 ,,biddy4,i was thinkin' mum1 that ye might be cold4 ,,matilda4,what's that1 ,biddy8 ,,biddy4,i thought ye'd need a warrum drink and a bite1 so ,i've the bottle and bread handy for yez4 7,points to bottle47 ,,nicholas 7takes bottle74,jamaica ,ginger4 ,,matilda4,the idea6 ,bread and ginger4 ,why1 ,biddy1 you are certainly becoming insane4 ,,miss ,,spyall 7aside74,i thought they were too mean to have cake and wine1 ,i thought it was a pound cake4 ,how disappointed and hungry ,i feel4 7,aloud7 ,i wonder if it still rains8 ,,nicholas4,be seated1 ladies4 ,biddy1 go to the door1 and see if it has stopped raining47,matilda and ,miss ,spyall take seats at table74 ,i will see if ,i can find an umbrella for ,miss ,spyall4 ,exit ,l4 ,e4 ,,pat47,pat's head rises slowly from behind table74 ,,miss ,,spyall4,does ,mr4 ,neverslip smoke much8 ,,matilda4,never at all4 ,why do you ask8 ,,miss ,,spyall4,i thought ,i detected a strong odor of an old pipe4 ,,pat47aside7 ,ye spalpeen6 7,pulls her ear and stoops behind table74 ,,miss ,,spyall4,oh6 7indignantly74,don't do that again4 ,i dislike such familiarity4 ,,matilda 7astonished74,why1 what's the matter with you8 ,,miss ,,spyall4,i guess if ,i were to pull your ear you would know how it feels4 ,there6 7,they turn their backs to each other angrily74 7,pat peeps from under table and pulls ,matilda's ear74 ,,matilda 7springing to her feet74,you impudent gossip6 ,how dare you8 7rubs her ear7 ,if you want exercise1 try pedestrianism2 ,i will excuse your presence4 7,points to door74 ,,miss ,,spyall 7rising and backing off74,i am shocked beyond expression4 7aside7 ,if ,i only get outthe woman's surely mad4 ,enter ,nicholas ,l4 ,e4 with umbrella4 ,,matilda4,my dear1 give ,miss ,spyall the umbrella2 she is surely ill and should get home with all possible speed4 ,,miss ,,spyall4,not at all1 not at all1 sir2 it is your insolent wife who needs your attention4 ,,nicholas4,what is the meaning of such singular language8 7picks up bottle7 ,you have not been tampering with this8 ,enters ,biddy ,r4 ,e4 holding shawl in her hands4 ,,biddy4,look at me shplendid shawl6 ,an illigant present that oi've just received4 7unfolds shawl and advances towards rear of table47 ,,nicholas4,some other time1 ,biddy2 we are engaged at present4 ,,miss ,,spyall 7aside74,the whole family are certainly crazy4 ,,matilda4,i'm in no humor to look at shawls2 ,i prefer taking a dissolving view of somebody's back4 7looks at ,miss ,spyall47 ,,biddy 7holds up shawl with both hands74,pat1 get behind the shawl4 ,,pat47crawls behind the shawl1 screens himself from view1 and moves off with ,biddy74 ,,biddy4 7backing towards the door7,it shows better at a distance1 mum4 ,,nicholas4 7advancing to ,biddy74,this must cease4 ,,biddy4,don't come too close2 ye'll shpoil the effect4 ,,matilda4,take the shawl from her4 ,,nicholas4,let me have it4 7pulls shawl from ,biddy1 exposing ,pat to view74 ,,pat 7bowing74,yez'll pardon me1 but ,i was always bashful4 ,,nicholas4,explain yourself1 at once6 ,,matilda4,look after the teaspoons6 ,,miss ,,spyall 7aside74,here's a nut to crack6 ,here's a scandal4 ,,biddy 7crying and holding apron to eyes74,i'll tell yez the truth4 ,patsy and meself are engaged to be married1 and seein' as ,i was to be lift alone in this big barn of a house1 an' bein' timid1 the poor man jist happened in to kape me company for a few minutes4 ,,pat4,what she says is intirely true1 your honors2 it's meself that can bring a reference the lingth of me arrum4 ,,nicholas4,enough4 ,biddy is too good a girl to be guilty of even a wrong thought4 ,our spoons are safe1 and ,i 7all advancing to front7 have but one suggestion to make1 that in future you entertain him in the kitchen1 where you will not be likely to be disturbed by unwelcome visitors4 ,,matilda4,if ,i thought ,i would be free from unwelcome visitors 7looking at ,miss ,spyall7 ,i'd go to the kitchen too4 ,,pat4,the nixt kitchen we mate in will be the kitchen of ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,patrick ,dolan2 how do ye loike that8 ,,miss ,,spyall 7aside74,well ,i'm supplied with a lot of fresh news anyhow4 7,all take positions47 ,,nicholas4,and as there appears to be a wedding near at hand1 we must prepare for it2 so we'll say good nightand dream of getting ready4 ,,curtain4 ,geo4 ,m4 ,vickers4 ,illustration3 8,i hate him1 for he is a ,christian40 ,the ,humors of ,elocution ,sitting in our ,library some few weeks ago we were startled by a resounding knock upon the door1 and in answer to our summons1 8,come in10 a large woman entered1 followed by a bouncing girl of seventeen or thereabouts4 ,the costumes of both bespoke them to be just from the rural districts4 ,after a courtesy from the woman1 followed by a fac-simile from the girl1 the former said3 8,we've heard that you was a good hand at learnin' people fur to speak pieces1 and ,samanthy here hez to spout at the next meetin' of our ,lyceum1 and she wants you fur to larn her somethin' funny4 ,you see1 all the young folks down our way has gone just cracked over speakin' pieces1 and the school ma'am has been coachin' 'em1 but ,samanthy wants to do better nor the rest1 and wants to hev it to say that she has took lessons from a reg'lar purfessor1 so ,i thought if you would find her a piece and coach her on it1 ,i wouldn't begrudge a quarter of a dollar1 even if ,i has to save it out of my egg-money1 then if she'll hold on to what she larns she can go ahead of the hull caboodle of 'em40 ,seeing in the credulous face of the old woman a rich chance for some fun at her expense we said3 8,is it howld on ye say8 ,an' didn't ,i howld on till the heart of me was clane broke intoirely1 an' me wastin' that thin you could clutch me wid yer two hands40 8,oh1 law60 exclaimed the old woman1 8is elocution so bad on you as that1 but you don't seem to look the wuss for it now40 8,seems6 madam1 nay1 it is6 ,i know not seems6 ,oh that this too1 too solid flesh would melt1 thaw1 and resolve itself into a dew40 8,oh1 ,i catch your meanin' now4 ,you mean you was thin and then you got fleshy4 ,that's just like my husband's sister's son's wife4 ,you see she was always kind o' sickly1 but she was such a shrew408,oh1 yes1 'tis about twenty years since ,abel-,law1 a short1 round-favored1 merry old soldier of the ,revolutionary war was wedded to a most abominable shrew40 8,no marm1 you're mistaken1 her husband's name was ,timothy ,titcomb1 and he never was a soldier1 but he was jest like a rollin' stone1 he never made nothin'0 8,off a rollin' shtone vas der root of all efil1 und a settin' hens vould catch der early vorm by chance der usual vay1 alzo der early bird vould not got fat on moss ofer he don't had vorms1 ain't it80 ,the girl who had been standing at one side with her mouth wide open1 here pulled her mother's sleeve and whimpered1 8,mom1 let's go4 ,i'm afeared6 ,i think that woman's mad40 ,we turned upon her with 8,i'm mad1 ,i'm mad1 ,i know ,i'm mad1 ,enough to drive one mad1 ,stark1 raving1 howling1 crazy mad1 ,it is to lose one's child40 ,samantha subsided and flew behind her mother like a chicken behind an old hen4 ,the old woman laid her hand tenderly on our shoulder1 and said sympathizingly3 8,poor creetur she's lost a child2 ,i think ,i'd go crazy1 too1 if ,i lost ,samanthy4 ,poor lamb60 8,mary haf got a leetle lambs already1 ,dose wool vas vite like shnow1 ,und efery times dot ,mary did vend oud1 ,dot lambs vent oud vid ,mary40 8,massy sakes60 cried the woman1 8what do you call yourself1 ,dutch1 ,irish or ,american80 8,my father and mother are ,irish1 and ,i am ,irish too40 8,mon dieu1 madame1 vat you please40 8,is this a dagger which ,i see before me1 its handle toward my hand8 ,come1 let me clutch thee1 ,i have thee not1 and yet ,i see thee still4 ,what light is this which surrounds me and seems to set fire to my brain8 ,what whistle that1 yelling so shrilly8 ,ah6 ,i know now1 'tis the train40 ,the woman then said1 8,samanthy1 ,i think it is time we was takin' the train4 ,i don't think ,i could trust you to come here alone4 ,good day1 marm1 we must be goin'4 ,i would like to send you some of my yarb tea4 ,its powerful soothin' to the nerves40 8,be that word our sign of parting1 ,get thee back into the tempest and the night's ,plutonian shore2 ,leave no black plume as a token of that he thy soul has spoken1 ,leave my loneliness unbroken40 ,by this time she had the door shut1 but she went to some of the neighbors and asked if our place was not a private lunatic asylum4 ,f4 ,lizzie ,peirce4 ,the ,reason ,why4 ,can anybody tell why1 when ,eve was manufactured from one of ,adam's ribs1 a hired girl wasn't made at the same time to wait on her8 ,we can1 easily4 ,because ,adam never came whining to ,eve with a ragged stocking to be darned1 a collar button to be sewed on1 or a glove to be mended 8right away quick now40 ,because he never read the newspaper until the sun got down behind the palm trees1 and then stretched himself1 yawning out1 8,ain't supper most ready1 my dear40 ,not he4 ,he made the fire and hung over it the tea-kettle himself we'll venture1 and pulled the radishes and peeled the bananas1 and did everything else that he ought to4 ,he milked the cows and fed the chickens and looked after the pigs himself4 ,he never brought home half a dozen friends to dinner when ,eve hadn't any fresh pomegranates and the mango season was over4 ,he never stayed out until #aa o'clock to a ward meeting1 hurrahing for the out-and-out candidate1 and then scolded because poor ,eve was sitting up and crying inside the gates4 ,to be sure he acted rather cowardly about the apple-gathering time1 but that don't depreciate his general helpfulness about the garden6 ,he never played billiards1 nor drove fast horses1 nor choked ,eve with cigar-smoke4 ,he never loafed around corner groceries while solitary ,eve was rocking little ,cain's cradle at home4 ,in short1 he did not think she was specially created for the purpose of waiting on him1 and wasn't under the impression that it disgraced a man to lighten his wife's cares a little4 ,that is the reason that ,eve did not need a hired girl1 and we wish it was the reason that none of her descendants did4 ,anon4 ,illustration3 8,ha1 ha6 take that6 and that6 and that60 ,nothing to ,wear4 ,toby ,simpson1 a dealer most worthy and just1 ,slowly wended his way through the rattle and dust ,of the city4 ,he mused on the cholera scare1 ,on his relative chance as a wheat or a tare ,in the prophesied raid4 ,then he mumbled a prayer1 ,and each mud hole he eyed seemed a villainous snare1 ,while his conscience said1 solemnly1 8,simpson1 beware60 ,on the strength of a limited balance in cash ,he had planned for himself and his family a dash ,to the mountains1 the seaside1 it mattered not where2 ,to delay any longer was more than he dare2 ,some relief must be had from the terrible flare ,of the midsummer sun1 which would surely impair ,the good health of ,dame ,simpson1 now cross as a bear4 ',twas quite late in ,july and old ,sol was aglow1 ,all the people had gone who had money to go ,from the city to seek a few sniffs of fresh air1 ,and forgot for a season their burdens of care2 ,then no wonder ,dame ,simpson was heard to declare ,that the ,joneses looked up with an insolent stare1 ,as she stood at her window exposed to the glare4 ,but her husband that ev'ning when rising from tea1 ,with his hands full of tickets and heart full of glee1 ,quite as proud as a lion could be in its lair1 ,shouted out3 8,to the ,capes1 yes1 to-morrow1 prepare1 ,i've engaged jolly quarters and paid all the fare60 ,to which mother and daughters1 with mock debonair1 ,chorused forth3 8,why1 dear papa1 we've nothing to wear60 ,with a look most bewildered he clutched at a tray1 ,for his mercantile courage was oozing away1 ,and his features were grim 'neath his carroty hair2 ,twenty bills he had paid for goods costly and rare ,for those females6 and now could not possibly spare ,an additional stamp4 ,unaccustomed to swear1 ,it was startling to hear him say3 8,darned if it's fair60 ,in an eight by ten office1 half sweltered with heat1 ,sat ,t4 ,simpson1 the jobber4 ,he gazed at his feet ,which reposed on a desk1 just in front of his chair1 ,while his face was dejected and full of despair2 ,and he owed not a cent2 his accounts were all square ,no1 not that1 but the problem of ,nothing to ,wear ,was just why the poor fellow sat pondering there4 ,george ,m4 ,vickers4 ,echo and the ,ferry4 ,ay1 ,oliver6 ,i was but seven1 and he was eleven2 ,he looked at me pouting and rosy4 ,i blushed where ,i stood ,they had told us to play in the orchard 7and ,i only seven6 ,a small guest at the farm72 but he said1 8,oh6 a girl was no good60 ,so he whistled and went1 he went over the stile to the wood4 ,it was sad1 it was sorrowful6 ,only a girlonly seven6 ,at home in the dark ,london smoke ,i had not found it out4 ,the pear-trees looked on in their white1 and blue-birds flashed about1 ,and they1 too1 were angry as ,oliver4 ,were they eleven8 ,i thought so4 ,yes1 every one else was eleveneleven6 ,so ,oliver went1 but the cowslips were tall at my feet1 ,and all the white orchard with fast-falling blossom was littered2 ,and under and over the branches those little birds twittered1 ,while hanging head downward they scolded because ,i was seven4 ,a pitya very great pity4 ,one should be eleven4 ,but soon ,i was happy1 the smell of the world was so sweet1 ,and ,i saw a round hole in an apple-tree rosy and old4 ,then ,i knew1 for ,i peeped1 and ,i felt it was right they should scold4 ,eggs small and eggs many4 ,for gladness ,i broke into laughter2 ,and then some one elseoh6 how softly6came after1 came after ,with laughterwith laughter came after4 ,and no one was near us to utter that sweet1 mocking call1 ,that soon very tired sank low with a mystical fall4 ,but this was the countryperhaps it was close under heaven2 ,oh6 nothing so likely2 the voice might have come from it even4 ,i knew about heaven4 ,but this was the country1 of this ,light1 blossom1 and piping1 and flashing of wings1 not at all4 ,not at all4 ,no4 ,but one little bird was an easy forgiver3 ,she peeped1 she drew near as ,i moved from her domicile small1 ,then flashed down her hole like a dartlike a dart from the quiver4 ,and ,i waded atween the long grasses1 and felt it was bliss4 ,so this was the country2 clear dazzle of azure and shiver ,and whisper of leaves1 and a humming all over the tall ,white branches1 a humming of bees4 ,and ,i came to the wall ,a little low walland looked over1 and there was the river1 ,the lane that led on to the village1 and then the sweet river1 ,clear shining and slow1 she had far1 far to go from her snow2 ,but each rush gleamed a sword in the sunlight to guard her long flow1 ,and she murmured1 methought1 with a speech very softvery low4 8,the ways will be long1 but the days will be long10 quoth the river1 8,to me a long liver1 long1 long60 quoth the riverthe river4 ,i dreamed of the country that night1 of the orchard1 the sky1 ,the voice that had mocked coming after and over and under4 ,but at lastin a day or two namely,eleven and ,i ,were very fast friends1 and to him ,i confided the wonder4 ,he said that was ,echo4 8,was ,echo a wise kind of bee ,that had learned how to laugh2 could it laugh in one's ear and then fly1 ,and laugh again yonder80 8,no2 ,echo0he whispered it low 8,was a woman1 they said1 but a woman whom no one could see4 ,and no one could find2 and he did not believe it1 not he2 ,but he could not get near for the river that held us asunder4 ,yet ,i that had moneya shilling1 a whole silver shilling ,we might cross if ,i thought ,i could spend it40 8,oh6 yes1 ,i was willing0 ,and we ran hand in hand1 we ran down to the ferry1 the ferry1 ,and we heard how she mocked at the folk with a voice clear and merry ,when they called for the ferry2 but1 oh6 she was verywas very ,swift-footed4 ,she spoke and was gone2 and when ,oliver cried1 8,hie over6 hie over6 you man of the ferrythe ferry60 ,by the still water's side she was heard far and wideshe replied1 ,and she mocked in her voice sweet and merry1 8,you man of the ferry1 ,you man ofyou man of the ferry60 8,hie over60 he shouted4 ,the ferryman came at his calling2 ,across the clear reed-bordered river he ferried us fast4 ,such a chase6 ,hand in hand1 foot to foot1 we ran on2 it surpassed ,all measure her doublingso close1 then so far away falling1 ,then gone1 and no more4 ,oh6 to see her but once unaware1 ,and the mouth that had mocked1 but we might not 7yet sure she was there71 ,nor behold her wild eyes1 and her mystical countenance fair4 ,we sought in the wood1 and we found the wood-wren in her stead2 ,in the field1 and we found but the cuckoo that talked overhead2 ,by the brook1 and we found the reed-sparrow1 deep-nested1 in brown2 ,not ,echo1 fair ,echo1 for ,echo1 sweet ,echo1 was flown4 ,so we came to the place where the dead people wait till ,god call4 ,the church was among them1 gray moss over roof1 over wall4 ,very silent1 so low4 ,and we stood on a green1 grassy mound ,and looked in at the window1 for ,echo1 perhaps1 in her round ,might have come in to hide there4 ,but1 no2 every oak-carven seat ,was empty4 ,we saw the great ,bibleold1 old1 very old4 ,and the parson's great prayer-book beside it2 we heard the slow beat ,of the pendulum swing in the tower2 we saw the clear gold ,of a sunbeam float down to the aisle1 and then waver and play ,on the low chancel step and the railing2 and ,oliver said1 8,look1 ,katie6 look1 ,katie6 when ,lettice came here to be wed ,she stood where that sunbeam drops down1 and all white was her gown2 ,and she stepped upon flowers they strewed for her40 ,then quoth small ,seven3 8,shall ,i wear a white gown and have flowers to walk upon ever80 ,all doubtful3 8,it takes a long time to grow up10 quoth ,eleven2 8,you're so little1 you know1 and the church is so old1 it can never ,last on till you're tall40 ,and in whispersbecause it was old ,and holy1 and fraught with strange meaning1 half felt1 but not told1 ,full of old parsons' prayers1 who were dead1 of old days1 of old folk4 ,neither heard nor beheld1 but about usin whispers we spoke4 ,then we went from it softly1 and ran hand in hand to the strand1 ,while bleating of flocks and birds' piping made sweeter the land4 ,and ,echo came back e'en as ,oliver drew to the ferry1 8,o ,katie60 ,o ,katie60 8,come on1 then60 8,come on then60 8,for see1 ,the round sun1 all red1 lying low by the tree08by the tree40 8,by the tree40 ,ay1 she mocked him again1 with her voice sweet and merry2 8,hie over60 8,hie over60 8,you man of the ferry08the ferry40 8,you man of the ferry0 8,you man ofyou man ofthe ferry40 ,ay1 hereit was here that we woke her1 the ,echo of old2 ,all life of that day seems an echo1 and many times told4 ,shall ,i cross by the ferry to-morrow1 and come in my white ,to that little low church8 and will ,oliver meet me anon8 ,will it all seem an echo from childhood passed overpassed on8 ,will the grave parson bless us8 ,hark6 hark6 in the dim failing light ,i hear her6 ,as then the child's voice clear and high1 sweet and merry1 ,now she mocks the man's tone with 8,hie over6 ,hie over the ferry60 8,and1 ,katie40 8,and1 ,katie40 8,art out with the glow-worms to-night1 ,my ,katie80 8,my ,katie60 ,for gladness ,i break into laughter ,and tears4 ,then it all comes again as from far-away years2 ,again1 some one elseoh1 how softly6with laughter comes after1 ,comes afterwith laughter comes after4 ,jean ,ingelow4 ,roderick ,lee4 ,this is a wild1 lone valley1 and the road that threads it through ,is the loneliest road ,i know of1 and ,i've traveled not a few2 ,those hills on the left#gb so barren1 and yon#gc towering1 rocky ridge1 ,look down on a sluggish river that is spanned by a moss-grown bridge ,and nigh to the bridge like a sentry1 a tall1 gray chimney stands1 ',mid the wreck that time has buried 'neath the tangled weeds and sands4 ,in this valley three ruins moulder that were once three happy homes1 ,and where once fond voices mingled1 now the sly fox fearless roams2 ,then these locks#gd were thick and glossy1 that are now so sparse and gray2 ,then ,i'd clamber these rocks as willing by night as ,i would by day ,but1 if a royal scepter1 if the world#ge were promised mine ,to cross again this valley1 ,i would shudder and decline4 ,roderick ,lee was a miller1 and as grist was hard to find ,down in his old ,new ,hampshire1#gf he had little or naught to grind2 ,so1 with his young wife blooming and his brown-eyed daughter ,nell1 ,together with two young farmers1 he came to this#gg place to dwell3 ,and many's the mile of prairie1 and many's the forest drear1 ,that lay 'twixt the far-off ,merrimack#gh and the stream#gi that ripples here4 ,yet with a heart as buoyant and as brave as it was true1 ,young ,lee1 'mid the cheers at parting1 bade his native town adieu2 ,then came the weeks of toiling1 aye1 months1 ere the scorching plain ,was crossed1 and his eyes were greeted by the distant mountain chain2 ,but the white-topped1 dusty wagons at last made their final stand1 ,and he knelt to breathe thanksgiving with his little pilgrim band4 ,stay6 even now in fancy1 ,i can see their forms once more1 ,i can see their peaceful faces and the look of hope they wore ,poor ,kate and ,nell and ,edith1 young ,harry1 ,mag and ,joe ',neath that oak#hj ,i see them kneeling1 tho' 'tis thirty years ago6 ,and long ere the hazy autumn had mellowed another year1 ,our huts were built in the clearing1 and our corn hung ripe in the ear4 ,joe was a model husband1 as fair ,edith1 his wife1 well knew1 ,and ,mag and her raw-boned ,harry1 lived as loving couples do2 ,but1 as their homes were childless1 very natural-like it fell ,that these kind and worthy people thought the world of little ,nell4 ,many a time they kept her whole days 'gainst her mother's will1 ,first in the hut by the river#ha1 then in the hut by the hill#hb4 ,once in the chill ,november1 when the slender moon#hc hung low1 ,and the barren hill tops yonder#hd were clad in a gauze of snow2 ,kate with a gleam of mischief in her bright and twinkling eye1 ,started across the river#he to the hut of ,joe1 hard by2 ,and ,roderick sat by the window1 watching her out of sight1 ,dreamily watching the shadows of that chill ,november night4 ,ere it had seemed a moment she again stood by his chair2 ,she had called at their neighbor's cabin1 but ,nellie had not been there4 ,roderick slowly rising took his rifle from the rack1 ,for the road was wild and lonely and led through a forest tract2 ,over the ruts and boulders1 chatting1 they strode#hf along ,till the voice of raw-boned ,harry was heard in a merry song4 8,singing for ,nell's amusement10 said the wife1 as she hurried on2 8,pity10 she added1 musing1 8that they have no child of their own40 ,soon with a hearty greeting they were met at the cabin door1 8,and where is your little daughter80 asked ,mag1 as she scanned them o'er4 8,question your good man1 ,harry#hg1 for ,i'll venture that he can tell10 ,said ,kate1 then smiling added1 8we must stop lending little ,nell40 ,mag1 with a playful gesture drew the bed-room screen#hh aside1 8,see60 she exclaimed1 8she's not here2 now ,i hope you are satisfied40 8,come1 ,maggie1 come1 don't trifle1 for the hour is growing late2 ,i know that the child is hiding2 would you have us longer wait80 ,thus queried ,kate1 half pleading1 when a look akin to fear ,stole over the face of ,harry as he said1 8she is not here60#hi 8,not here6 ,o ,god#ij protect her60 with a gasp young ,roderick cried1 ,and his pale wife like a statue1 mute with fright1 stood at his side4 ',twas but a single moment1 yet it seemed like an age to wait ,ere ,mag and ,kate with their husbands filed out#ia through the open gate2 ,dark#ib was the night as a dungeon1 for the moon had sunk away#ic1 ,and the far-off cries of a panther#id filled each breast with dread dismay4 ,on#ie through the gloomy forest like a band of ghosts they sped1 ,silently1 save when the mother sobbed1 or a twig snapped 'neath their tread2 8,hark#if60 whispered tall1 gaunt ,harry1 and they stood with heads#ig bent low1 ,while faint on the air of midnight came shrieks#ih of pain and woe4 8,hello6 hello#ii60 cried ,harry2 but they heard no voice reply 8,heavens6 what means that crimson1 that glow#ajj on the fleecy sky8 ,see how it spreads#aja and deepens6 ,look6 our cabins are ablaze60 ,then ,roderick paused in terror at the sight that met his gaze4 ,light grew the wood about#ajb them2 their shadows fell before1 ,for behind#ajc them on the hillside leaped the flames from ,harry's door3 8,on#ajd for your lives60 screamed ,harry1 8on for little ,nell60 ,then1 like an answering challenge1 rose the distant ,indians' yell4 ,bang6 bang6 8,that's ,joe replying2 he'll fight 'em game and well10 ,were the words that ,harry uttered2 8,god#aje spare my darling ,nell60 ,this from the pallid mother2 and the settlers fairly flew ,o'er the matted brush and boulders till the clearing came in view4 ,oh1 such a sight#ajf of ruin6 oh1 such a ghastly scene6 ,stark1 dead1#ajg lay ,joe and ,edith on the charred and trampled green4 ,crouching down 'mid the bushes they watched the painted fiends1 ,watched with the strange1 grim calmness that despair so often lends2 8,my child6 my child60 then springing from the group like astartled deer1 ,kate rushed#ajh o'er the red-lit clearing ere one could interfere ,the hideous1 screeching cut-throats had captured little ,nell2 ,but1 when they saw her mother1 they stood bound1 as by a spell4 8,spare6#aji oh1 spare my darling6 ,here1 pierce me1#aaj strike me dead6#aaa ,give back my child1 my ,nellie60 the frantic woman said2 ,then on her panting bosom her daughter's head she laid1 ,then both sank#aab down in silence1 looked up and mutely prayed2 ,that was the fatal signal1 for on1 like a sweeping hell#aac ,they came with knife and hatchet1 with rifle-shot and yell4 ,bravely they fought1 yet vainly1 that fated settler band1 ,clubbing their empty rifles1 meeting them hand to hand2 ,roderick reeled and staggered1 then fell#aad 'neath a crushing blow1 ,and a whoop of fiendish malice told the triumph of the foe2 ,then like a flash they vanished#aae and ,roderick bleeding lay1 ,hearing their yells grow fainter1 till at last they died away4 ,gray dawned the wintry morning on that awful scene of death1 ,and five cold brows of marble were kissed#aaf by its chilling breath ,god in his wisdom took themsave ,nellie1 who ne'er was found2 ,and all of them sleep in this valley1 each 'neath a grassy mound4 ,poor little ,nell may be living1 but if living she's dead to me2 ,yes1 the tale is indeed a true oneand my name8is ,roderick ,lee4 ,geo4 ,m4 ,vickers4 ,,gestures4 #gb ,left ,a4 ,o4 #gc ,left ind4 ,a4 ,o4 #gd ,point to head4 #ge ,h4 sweep4 #gf ,h4 ,l4 #gg ,h4 ,f4 #gh ,h4 ,l4 #gi ,h4 ,f4 #hj ,ind4 ,h4 ,f4 #ha ,h4 ,o4 #hb ,left ,h4 ,o4 #hc ,a4 ,o4 #hd ,left ,a4 ,o4 #he ,h4 ,o4 #hf ,h4 ,f4 #hg ,h4 ,o4 #hh ,left ,h4 ,o4 #hi ,shake head4 #ij ,glance up4 #ia ,h4 ,f4 #ib ,ver4 ,h4 sweep4 #ic ,let hand fall4 #id ,h4 ,o4 #ie ,h4 ,f4 #if ,raise hand to listen4 #ig ,bow head4 #ih ,h4 ,f4 #ii ,hand to mouth4 #ajj ,a4 ,f4 #aja ,a4 sweep4 #ajb b4 ,h4 ,o4 #ajc ,a4 ,b4 #ajd ,h4 ,f4 #aje ,clasp hands4 #ajf b4 hands raised ,v4 and head turned away4 #ajg ,h4 ,f4 #ajh ,h4 ,f4 #aji ,clasp hands4 #aaj b4 ,h4 ,f4 #aaa b4 ,d4 ,f4 #aab b4 ,d4 ,f4 #aac ,p4 ind4 ,d4 ,f4 #aad ,d4 ,f4 #aae ,h4 ,o4 #aaf ,p4 ,d4 ,f4 ,illustration3 8,cursed1 thrice cursed may you be evermore1 and as my people on ,mount ,ebal spoke1 so speak ,i thrice1 ,amen6 ,amen6 ,amen60 ,holding a ,baby4 ,yesterday1 while waiting on the corner for a street-car1 a woman1 laden with an umbrella1 a bandbox and a baby1 accosted me with 8,say1 mister1 can ,i git to ,market street on these yer cars80 8,you can10 ,i replied4 8,how long must ,i wait80 8,madam10 said ,i1 noticing the string slipping from her bandbox1 8may ,i hold your umbrella and bandbox until the car arrives8 ,see1 here it comes60 8,i'd rather you'd hold ,berthy1 if you will1 mister1 'cause this darned string's a slippin' offquick6ketch it6 ,land o' misery6 ,there be all my things scattered over the bricks6 ,do hold ,berthy while ,i pick 'em up40 ,here was a dilemma4 ,the car was not forty yards off1 while the sidewalk was strewn with every conceivable article1 from a broken hair brush to a pair of old worsted slippers4 8,hurry up1 then1 madam10 cried ,i1 as ,i reached for the child1 8,i have an appointment and must take this car40 ,just as ,i took her from the woman's arms1 ,berthy set up a yell that would have paralyzed a huckster4 ,before the woman had gathered up half the articles the car was upon us4 ,leaving her bandbox1 she ran to the crossing1 and with a 8,hold on there1 you60 signaled the driver to stop4 ,the latter1 taking in the situation1 kept on1 but a fat man standing on the platform pulled the bell and the car stopped1 about half a dozen yards beyond the flag-stones4 ,the conductor1 who was inside1 collecting fares1 ran out1 and1 grasping the bell-strap with one hand and beckoning with the other1 screeched3 8,if you want to ride down1 come on2 ,i ain't a-goin' to anchor here all day60 ,as soon as the woman took up her bandbox and umbrella1 ,i started for the car4 8,tell your wife to come10 yelled the conductor4 ,i looked back and there stood the woman on the corner4 8,do you think ,i'm a-goin' to wade through that mud80 screamed the woman1 8for if you do1 you're mistaken4 ,just back that ve-he-cle to me1 right quick1 too60 ,i had reached the platform with ,berthy in my arms1 but the woman1 looking cyclones1 still refused to move an inch4 ,i shrieked out1 8,walk along the pavement and get on here60 ,a cross old maid looking through the window at my elbow remarked aloud3 8,hear him abuse his poor wife60 ,the fat man suggested that ,i should manage the freight and let my wife take the baby4 ,the woman slowly picked her way through the mire and stepped on the car4 ,the conductor gave the bell a wicked snap1 and with a jerk that almost threw us over the dasher1 the car started down the street like a ten-penny nail from a slap-jack4 8,here1 madam10 said ,i1 in desperation1 8take the child1 ,i have forgotten my pocket book40 ,she dropped into a seat and took her baby4 ,just as ,i was rushing from the car the word 8scoundrel60 was hissed into my ear4 ,turning quickly1 my horrified eyes beheld the stony gaze of my wife4 8,go60 she muttered4 ,well1 ,i did go6 ,friends do you see this bald spot on my head8 ,well1 that reminds me never to fool with other people's babies4 ,geo4 ,m4 ,vickers4 ,the ,spanish ,mother4 ,supposed to be related by a veteran ,french officer4 ,yes6 ,i have served that#aag noble chief throughout his proud career1 ,and heard the bullets whistle past in lands both far and near ,amidst ,italian flowers1#aah below the dark pines of the north1#aai ,where'er the ,emperor willed#abj to pour his clouds of battle forth4 ',twas then a splendid sight to see1 though terrible1 ,i ween1 ,how his vast spirit filled#aba and moved the wheels of the machine2 ,wide sounding leagues#abb of sentient steel1 and fires that lived to kill1#abc ,were but the echo of his voice1 the body of his will4 ,but now my heart is darkened with the shadows#abd that rise and fall ,between the sunlight and the ground to sadden and appall3 ,the woeful things both seen and done we heeded little then1 ,but they return1 like ghosts1 to shake the sleep of aged men4 ,the ,german and the ,englishman were each an open foe1 ,and open hatred hurled#abe us back from ,russia's blinding snow2 ,intenser far1 in blood-red light1 like fires unquenched1 remain ,the dreadful deeds wrung forth by war from the brooding soul of ,spain4 ,i saw a village#abf in the hills1 as silent#abg as a dream1 ,naught stirring but the summer sound#abh of a merry mountain stream2 ,the evening star#abi just smiled from heaven with its quiet silver eye1 ,and the chestnut woods#acj were still and calm beneath the deepening sky4 ,but in that place1 self-sacrificed1 nor man nor beast we found1 ,nor fig-tree on the sun-touched slope1 nor corn upon the ground2 ,each roofless hut#aca was black with smoke1 wrenched up each trailing vine1 ,each path was foul#acb with mangled meat and floods of wasted wine4 ,we had been marching1 travel-worn1 a long and burning way1 ,and when such welcoming we met1 after that toilsome day1 ,the pulses in our maddened breasts were human hearts no more1 ,but1 like the spirit of a wolf1 hot on the scent of gore4 ,we lighted on one dying man1 they slew him where he lay2 ,his wife1 close-clinging1 from the corpse they tore#acc and wrenched away2 ,they thundered in her widowed ears1 with frowns and curses grim1 8,food1 womanfood and wine1 or else we tear#acd thee limb from limb40 ,the woman shaking off his blood1 rose1#ace raven-haired and tall1 ,and our stern glances quailed before one sterner far than all4 8,both food and wine10#acf she said1 8,i have2 ,i meant them for the dead1#acg ,but ye are living still1 and so let them be yours instead40 ,the food was brought1 the wine was brought out of a secret place1#ach ,but each one paused aghast1 and looked into his neighbor's face2 ,her haughty step and settled brow1 and chill indifferent mien1 ,suited so strangely with the gloom and grimness of the scene4 ,she glided here1#aci she glided there1#adj before our wondering eyes1 ,nor anger showed1 nor shame1 nor fear1 nor sorrow1 nor surprise2 ,at every step1 from soul to soul a nameless horror ran1 ,and made us pale and silent as that#ada silent murdered man4 ,she sat1 and calmly soothed her child into a slumber sweet2 ,calmly the bright blood on the floor crawled#adb red around our feet4 ,on placid fruits and bread lay soft the shadows of the wine1 ,and we like marble statues glareda chill1 unmoving line4 ,all white1 all cold2 and moments thus flew by without a breath1 ,a company of living things where all was stillbut death2#adc ,my hair rose up from roots of ice as there unnerved ,i stood ,and watched#add the only thing that stirredthe rippling of the blood4 ,that woman's voice was heard at length1 it broke the solemn spell1 ,and human fear1 displacing awe1 upon our spirits fell 8,ho6#ade slayers of the sinewless6 ,ho6 tramplers of the weak6 ,what6 shrink ye from the ghastly meats#adf and life-bought wine ye seek8 ,feed1 and begone6#adg ,i wish to weep,i bring you out my store#adh ,devour#adi itwaste#aej it alland thenpass#aea and be seen no more4 ,poison6 ,is that your craven fear80 ,she snatched the goblet#aeb up ,and raised it to her queen-like head1 as if to drain the cup4 ,but our fierce leader grasped her wrist8,no1 woman6 ,no60 he said1 8,a mother's heart of love is deepgive it your child#aec instead40 ,she only smiled a bitter smile8,frenchmen1 ,i do not shrink ,as pledge of my fidelity1 behold#aed the infant drink60 ,he fixed on hers his broad black eye1 scanning her inmost soul2 ,but her chill fingers trembled not as she returned the bowl4 ,and we with lightsome hardihood1 dismissing idle care1 ,sat down#aee to eat and drink and laugh over our dainty fare4 ,the laugh was loud around the board1 the jesting wild and light2 ,but ,i was fevered with the march1 and drank no wine that night2 ,i just had filled a single cup1 when through my very brain#aef ,stung1 sharper than a serpent's tooth1 an infant's cry of pain4 ,through all that heat of revelry1 through all that boisterous cheer1 ,to every heart its feeble moan pierced1 like a frozen spear4 8,aye10 shrieked the woman1 darting up1 8,i pray you trust again ,a widow's hospitality in our unyielding#aeg ,spain4 ,helpless and hopeless1 by the light of ,god#aeh ,himself ,i swore ,to treat you#aei as you treated him#afjthat#afa body on the floor4 ,yon secret place#afb ,i filled1 to feel1 that if ye did not spare1 ,the treasure of a dread revenge was ready hidden there4 ,a mother's love is deep1 no doubt2 ye did not phrase it ill1 ,but in your hunger ye forgot1 that hate is deeper still4 ,the ,spanish woman speaks for ,spain2#afc for her butchered love1#afd the wife1 ,to tell you that an hour is all my vintage leaves of life4 ,i cannot paint the many forms of wild despair put on1 ,nor count the crowded brave who sleep beneath#afe a single stone2 ,i can but tell you how1 before that horrid hour went by1 ,i saw the murderess beneath the self-avengers die4 ,but though upon her wrenched limbs they leaped like beasts of prey1 ,and with fierce hands1 like madmen1 tore#aff the quivering life away ,triumphant hate and joyous scorn1 without a trace of pain1 ,burned to the last1 like sullen stars1 in that haughty eye of ,spain4 ,and often now it breaks my rest1 the tumult vague and wild1 ,drifting1 like storm-tossed clouds1#afg around the mother and her child ,while she1#afh distinct in raiment white1 stands silently the while1 ,and sheds through torn and bleeding hair the same unchanging smile4 ,sir ,francis ,hastings ,doyle4 ,,gestures4 #aag ,h4 ,o4 #aah ,h4 ,o4 #aai ,left ,h4 ,o4 #abj ,d4 ,f4 #aba b4 ,h4 ,o4 #abb ,h4 ,o4 sweep4 #abc ,d4 ,o4 #abd ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #abe b4 ,v4 par4 ,h4 ,o4 #abf ,h4 ,o4 #abg ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #abh ,h4 ,l4 #abi ,left ind4 ,a4 ,o4 #acj ,h4 ,o4 #aca ,h4 ,o4 #acb ,v4 ,d4 ,o4 #acc ,sp4 #acd b4 ,cl4 ,h4 ,o4 as though tearing apart4 #ace ,raise hand ,p4 #acf ,look to left4 #acg ,d4 ,o4 #ach ,left ,h4 ,l4 #aci ,h4 ,f4 #adj ,h4 ,o4 #ada ,ind4 ,d4 ,o4 #adb ,p4 ,d4 sweep4 #adc ,d4 ,o4 #add ,look to ,d4 ,o4 #ade ,look to left4 #adf ,h4 ,f4 #adg ,h4 ,l4 #adh b4 ,h4 ,o4 #adi - #aej ,impulses4 #aea ,h4 sweep4 #aeb ,sp4 #aec ,left ,d4 ,o4 #aed ,inclination of head to ,d4 ,o4 #aee ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #aef ,hand to head4 #aeg ,d4 ,f4 #aeh ,point up4 #aei ,h4 ,f4 #afj ,d4 ,o4 #afa ,ind4 ,d4 ,o4 #afb ,left ,h4 ,l4 #afc ,h4 sweep4 #afd ,d4 ,o4 #afe ,p4 ,d4 ,o4 #aff ,sp4 #afg ,h4 ,sw4 #afh ,h4 ,f4 ,illustration3 8,come1 let us within40 ,an ,engineer's ,ride on a ,piano4 ,bill ,jones is my fireman2 we have run together on old 8thirty-six0 for more than twenty years4 ,one night when we were off duty1 said ,bill1 8,jim1 let's take in a show40 8,where80 ,i replied1 at the same time scanning the bill-board at the end of the depot4 8,see60 cried ,bill1 8,mons4 ,de ,froglimb1 the great ,french piano virtuoso0 8,that's enough1 ,bill10 said ,i1 8we'll go0and we did4 ,he was a ,frenchman2 looked like an animated switch-signal4 ,i am an old engineer1 and have often whistled through the wind1 but that virtuoso6,well1 as soon as he sat down on the stool ,i knew by the way he handled himself that he understood the machine he was running4 ,he tapped the keys away up one end1 just as if they were gauges and he wanted to see if he had water enough4 ,then he looked up as if he wanted to know how much steam he was carrying1 and the next moment he pulled open the throttle and sailed out on the main line as if he was a half an hour late4 8,you could hear her thunder over culverts and bridges1 and getting faster and faster1 until the fellow rocked about in his seat like a cradle4 ,somehow ,i thought it was old #8thirty-six' pulling a passenger train and getting out of the way of a #8special4' ,the fellow worked his keys on the middle division like lightning1 and then he flew along the north end of the line until the drivers went around like a buzz-saw1 and ,i got excited4 ,about the time ,i was fixing to tell him to cut her off a little1 he kicked the dampers under the machine wide open1 pulled the throttle away back in the tender1 and1 ,jerusalem jumpers6 how he did run6 ,i couldn't stand it any longer1 and yelled to him that she was #8pounding' on the left side1 and if he wasn't careful he'd drop his ashpan4 8,but he didn't hear me4 ,no one heard me4 ,everything was flying and whizzing4 ,telegraph poles on the side of the track looked like a row of cornstalks1 the trees appeared to be a mud bank1 and all the time the exhaust of the old machine sounded like the hum of a bumblebee4 ,i tried to yell out1 but my tongue wouldn't move4 ,he went around the curves like a bullet1 slipped an eccentric1 blew out his soft plug1 went down grades fifty feet to the mile1 and not a confounded brake set4 ,she went by the meeting point at a mile and a half a minute and calling for more steam4 ,my hair stood up like a cat's tail1 because ,i knew the game was up4 8,sure enough1 dead ahead of us was the head-light of the #8special4' ,in a daze ,i heard the crash as they struck1 and ,i saw cars shivered into atoms1 people mashed and mangled1 and bleeding1 and gasping for water4 ,i heard another crash as the ,french professor struck the deep keys away down on the lower end of the southern division1 and then ,i came to my senses4 ,there he was1 at a dead standstill1 with the door of the fire-box of the machine open1 wiping the perspiration off his face1 and bowing at the people before him4 ,if ,i live to be a thousand years old ,i'll never forget the ride that ,frenchman gave me on a piano40 ,the ,world's ,hero4 ,recited by ,f4 ,lizzie ,peirce at the ,annual ,re-union of the ,independent ,literary ,society1 ,august #hth1 #ahhe4 ,go search the annals of the human race1 ,go hear the legends that the heathen tell1 ,and learn that hist'ry1 sacred or profane1 ,records no hero like the mighty ,grant4 ,columbia proudly claims him as her own ,and rears her monuments with love and pride2 ,but millions scattered o'er the face of earth1 ,and millions yet unborn1 will share that claim3 ,who serves mankind is deemed the friend of man1 ,and nations nationalize him in their hearts4 ,since that first famous ,battle of the ,kings1 ,of which we read in holy writ1 no sword ,e'er leaped from scabbard in a juster war ,than that which made our country free indeed1 ,which1 until then1 was only free in name4 ,the bond of unity that ,washington ,to us bequeathed1 ,grant's loyal arm maintained2 ,emancipation of the dusky race ,by ,lincoln's heaven-inspired pen1 by ,grant's ,unsullied sword was made complete6 ,how well ,he proved the potency of equal rights1 ,and how he dignified ,democracy ,the monarchs of the world have told1 thrice told1 ,in homage1 hospitality and love4 ,no land is free where dwells a slave3 to-day ,in all our land there dwells no slave1 and we ,are free1 forever free6 8,let us have peace40 ,clasp hands across the ashes of the dead4 ,no1 no2 ,grant is not dead1 he cannot die2 ,the body is the worn-out coat of mail1 ,that with his sword and shield the warrior casts ,aside when life's campaign is o'er1 and home1 ,eternal home1 is reached4 ,he is not dead ,whose power still exists2 and ,grant will live ,a life of immortality while yet ,our starry banner floats for liberty1 ,which1 thanks to ,god1 will be forevermore4 ,geo4 ,m4 ,vickers4 ,the ,coquette4 ,two girls sat in a gay saloon1 nor mingled with the crowd2 ,the younger's face was pale1 and sad1 the elder's stern and proud4 8,o ,gertrude10 said the younger girl1 8thou art a sad coquette2 ,ah1 many hearts have felt thy power1 and thou art flirting yet4 ,there's one who fills a foreign grave1 who loved thee all too well1 ,who breathed thy name forgivingly1 as in the fray he fell2 ,and yet his fate was better far than that of poor ,martelle1 ,who lonely clanks his heavy chainsa madmanin his cell40 8,o ,gertrude10 in a softer tone1 8give up thy selfish arts1 ,or hopeless love will be thy doom for blighting loving hearts40 ,thus far had ,maud unchecked reproved when ,gertrude coldly said3 8,i care not for the living dupes1 why blame me for the dead8 ,thy lover1 sure1 is naught to me1 so quell thy jealous fears2 ,when seeking game ,i ever strive to strike among my peers40 8,tis not my lover10 ,maud replied1 while blushes bathed her brow1 8,but brother ,paul ,i fain would savefor him ,i'm pleading now4 ,of kin1 he's all ,i have on earthso noble1 brave and pure ,too good1 alas1 to sacrificedefeat he'd ne'er endure40 ,but ,gertrude rose and took the hand that claimed her for the dance1 ,while ,maud stole to the balconydid ,paul stand there by chance8 ,it seemed not soanon there came a lass surpassing fair2 ,some hurried words1 a merry laughthey seek the gaslight's glare4 ,soon ,paul claims ,gertrude for the waltz2 she yields and softly sighs1 ,then off they whirl while glances dart from scores of jealous eyes4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the full round moon now rides on high2 the fragrant air is cool1 ,the fountain's spray1 like flashing gems1 darts in the limpid pool4 ,a rustic seat girts round an oak1 and ,paul leads ,gertrude there1 ,she by his side1 he takes her hand1 so small1 so soft and fair4 ,in accents low he thus began3 8,o ,gertrude1 till to-night ,true happiness ,i never knew1 and may it ne'er take flight4 ,say1 may ,i tell my tale1 and hope to gain a smile from thee8 ,approving words to ease a heart that is no longer free8 ,i'm lonely now1 for sister ,maud is soon to be a bride2 ,then wonder not because ,i seek a refuge at thy side40 ,she murmured half inaudibly3 8,dear ,paul1 ,i long to hear2 ,thou'lt get a smile for ev'ry smile1 a tear for ev'ry tear40 8,enough1 kind ,gertrude1 listen then3 for years ,i've roamed afar2 ,i've sailed beneath the ,southern ,cross1 ,i've lost the ,northern ,star2 ,but now ,i once more breathe the air of home1 ,i'll never stray2 ,i only need a loving wifewhy tremble1 ,gertrude1 say8 ,but soon ,i'll tell thee all ,i may2 say1 wilt thou share my joy8 ,god willing1 this night1 two weeks hence1 ,i marry ,kate ,le,roy40 ,poor ,gertrude heard no more that eve1 nor saw she ,paul again2 ,the rose-tints faded from her cheeks2 at last she lovedin vain4 99 99 99 99 99 ,her wasted form the church-yard holds2 ,ah6 never this forget3 ,a woman's love is woman's life1 e'en tho' a gay coquette4 ,geo4 ,m4 ,vickers4 ,experience with a ,refractory ,cow4 ,this piece is very effective given in costume4 ,we used to keep a cow when we lived in the country1 and sich a cow6 ,law sakes6 ,why1 she used to come to be milked as reg'lar as clock-work4 ,she'd knock at the gate with her horns1 jest as sensible as any other human critter4 ,her name was ,rose4 ,i never knowed how she got that name1 for she was black as a kittle4 ,well1 one day ,rose got sick1 and wouldn't eat nothing1 poor thing6 and a day or so arter she died4 ,i raly do believe ,i cried when that poor critter was gone4 ,well1 we went for a little spell without a cow1 but ,i told ,mr4 ,scruggins it wouldn't do1 no way nor no how2 and he gin in4 ,whenever ,i said must ,mr4 ,scruggins knowed ,i meant it4 ,well1 a few days arter1 he come home with the finest cow and young calf you ever seed4 ,he gin thirty dollars for her and the calf1 and two levies to a man to help bring her home4 ,well1 they drove her into the back yard1 and ,mr4 ,scruggins told me to come out and see her1 and ,i did2 and ,i went up to her jest as ,i used to did to ,rose1 and when ,i said 8,poor ,sukey10 would you believe it8 the nasty brute kicked me right in the fore part of my back2 her foot catched into my dressbran-new dress1 toocost two levies a yard1 and she took a levy's-worth right out as clean as the back of my hand4 ,i screeched right out and ,mr4 ,scruggins kotched me jest as ,i was dropping1 and he carried me to the door1 and ,i went in and sot down4 ,i felt kind o' faintish1 ,i was so abominable skeered4 ,mr4 ,scruggins said he would larn her better manners1 so he picked up the poker and went out1 but ,i had hardly began to get a leetle strengthened up afore in rushed my dear husband a-flourishing the poker1 and that vicious cow arter him like all mad4 ,mr4 ,scruggins jumped into the room1 and1 afore he had time to turn round and shut the door1 that desperate brute was in1 too4 ,mr4 ,scruggins got up on the dining-room table1 and ,i run into the parlor4 ,i thought ,i'd be safe there1 but ,i was skeered so bad that ,i forgot to shut the door1 and1 sakes alive6 after hooking over the dining-room table and rolling ,mr4 ,scruggins off1 in she walked into the parlor1 shaking her head as much as to say3 8,i'll give you a touch now40 ,i jumped on a chair1 but thinking that warn't high enough1 ,i got one foot on the brass knob of the ,franklin stove1 and put the other on the mantel-piece4 ,you ought to ha' seen that cow in our parlor2 she looked all round as if she was 'mazed2 at last she looked in the looking-glass1 and thought she seed another cow exhibiting anger like herself2 she shuck her head and pawed the carpet1 and so did her reflection1 andwould you believe it8that awful brute went right into my looking-glass4 ,then ,i boo-hoo'd right out4 ,all this while ,i was getting agonized2 the brass knob on the stove got so hot that ,i had to sit on the narrer mantel-piece and hold on to nothing4 ,i dussent move for fear ,i'd slip off4 ,mr4 ,scruggins came round to the front door1 but it was locked1 and then he come to the window and opened it4 ,i jumped down and run for the window1 and hadn't more'n got my head out afore ,i heard that critter a-coming after me4 ,gracious6 but ,i was in a hurry2 more haste1 less speed1 always2 for the more ,i tried to climb quick the longer it took1 and just as ,i got ready to jump down1 that brute of a cow kotched me in the back and turned me over and over out of the window4 ,well1 when ,i got right side up1 ,i looked at the window and there stood that cow1 with her head between the white and red curtains1 and another piece of my dress dangling on her horns4 ,well1 my husband and me was jest starting for the little alley that runs alongside of the house1 when the cow give a bawl1 and out of the window she come1 whisking her tail1 which had kotched fire on the ,franklin stove1 and it served her right4 ,mr4 ,scruggins and me run into the alley in such haste we got wedged fast4 ,husband tried to get ahead1 but ,i'd been in the rear long enough1 and ,i wouldn't let him4 ,that dreadful cow no sooner seen us in the alley1 than she made a dash1 but thank goodness6 she stuck fast1 too4 ,husband tried the gate1 but that was fast1 and there wasn't nobody inside the house to open it4 ,mr4 ,scruggins wanted to climb over and unbolt it1 but ,i wouldn't let him4 ,i wasn't going to be left alone again with that desperate cow1 even if she was fast2 so ,i made him help me over the gate4 ,oh1 dear1 climbing a high gate when you're skeered by a cow is a dreadful thing1 and ,i know it6 ,well1 ,i got over1 let husband in1 and then it took him and me and four other neighbors to get that dreadful critter out of the alley4 ,she bellered and kicked1 and her calf bellered to her1 and she bawled back again2 but we got her out at last1 and such a time6 ,i'd had enough of her2 husband sold her for twenty dollars next day4 ,it cost him seventy-five cents to get her to market1 and when he tried to pass off one of the five dollar bills he got1 it turned out to be a counterfeit4 ,mr4 ,scruggins said to his dying day that he believed the brother of the man that sold him the cow bought it back again4 ,i believe it helped to worry my poor husband into his grave4 ,ah1 my friends1 you better believe ,i know what a cow is4 ,illustration3 8,hark6 'tis the train2 the mother's ear leans to the sound40 ,mary1 ,queen of ,scots4 ,first ,honor at ,commencement of the ,mt4 ,vernon ,institute of ,elocution and ,languages1 #ahhe4 ,i looked far back#afi into other years1 and lo6 in bright array1 ,i saw1 as in a dream1 the forms of ages passed away4 ,it was a stately convent1 with its old and lofty walls1 ,and gardens with their broad green walks1 where soft the footstep#agj falls2 ,and o'er the antique dial stone#aga the creeping shadow passed1 ,and all around1#agb the noonday sun a drowsy radiance cast4 ,no sound of busy life was heard1 save from the cloister#agc dim1 ,the tinkling#agd of the silver bell1 or the sisters' holy hymn4 ,and there#age five noble maidens sat beneath the orchard trees1 ,in that first budding spring of youth1 when all its prospects please2 ,and little recked they1 when they sang1 or knelt at vesper prayers1 ,that ,scotland knew no prouder#agf names1 held none more dear than theirs3 ,and little even the loveliest thought1 before the holy shrine1 ,of royal blood and high descent from the ancient ,stuart line6 ,calmly her happy days flew on1#agg uncounted in their flight1 ,and as they flew1 they left behind a long-continuing light4 ,the scene was changed4 ,it was the court1 the gay court of ,bourbon1 ,and 'neath a thousand#agh silver lamps a thousand courtiers#agi throng2 ,and proudly kindles ,henry's#ahj eyewell pleased1 ,i ween1 to see ,the land assemble all#aha its wealth of grace and chivalry2 ,but fairer far than all the rest who bask on fortune's tide1 ,effulgent in the light of youth1 is she1#ahb the new-made bride6 ,the homage of a thousand heartsthe fond deep love of one ,the hopes that dance around a life whose charms are but begun ,they lighten up her chestnut eye1#ahc they mantle o'er her cheek1 ,they sparkle on her open brow1 and high-souled joy bespeak2 ,ah6 who shall blame1 if scarce that day1 through all its brilliant hours1 ,she thought of that quiet convent's calm1 its sunshine and its flowers8 ,the scene was changed4 ,it was a bark that slowly held its way1 ,and o'er its lee#ahd the coast of ,france in the light of evening lay2 ,and on its deck a lady sat1 who gazed with tearful eyes ,upon the fast-receding hills1#ahe that dim and distant rise4 ,no marvel that the lady weptthere was no land on earth#ahf ,she loved like that dear land1 although she owed it not her birth2 ,it was her mother's land1 the land of childhood and of friends ,it was the land where she had found for all her griefs amends ,the land where her dead husband sleptthe land where she had known ,the tranquil convent's hushed repose1#ahg and the splendors of a throne#ahh2 ,no marvel that the lady weptit was the land of ,france ,the chosen home of chivalry1 the garden of romance6 ,the past was bright1 like those fair hills#ahi so far beyond her bark2 ,the future#aij1 like the gathering night1 was ominous and dark#aia6 ,one gaze againone long1 last gaze8,adieu1 fair ,france1 to thee60#aib ,the breeze comes forthshe is alone on the unconscious sea6 ,the scene was changed4 ,it was an eve of raw and surly mood1 ,and in a turret chamber high#aic of ancient ,holyrood ,sat ,mary1 listening#aid to the rain1 and sighing with the winds1 ,that seemed to suit the stormy state of men's uncertain minds4 ,the touch of care had blanched her cheek1her smile was sadder now1 ,the weight of royalty had pressed too heavy on her brow2 ,and traitors to her councils#aie came1 and rebels to the field2#aif ,the ,stuart ,,scepter well she swayed1 but the ,,sword she could not wield4 ,she thought of all her blighted hopesthe dreams of youth's brief day1 ,and summoned ,rizzio#aig with his lute1 and bade the minstrel play ,the songs she loved in early yearsthe songs of gay ,nevarre1 ,the songs1 perchance1 that erst were sung by gallant ,chatelar2 ,they half beguiled her of her cares1 they soothed#aih her into smiles1 ,they won her thoughts from bigot zeal1 and fierce domestic broils2 ,but hark6#aii the tramp of armd men6 the ,douglas' battle cry6 ,they come1 they come6#bjj;and lo6 the scowl of ,ruthven's hollow eye6 ,and swords are drawn1 and daggers gleam1 and tears and words are vain#bja ,the ruffian steel is in his heart#bjbthe faithful ,rizzio's slain6 ,then ,mary dashed#bjc aside the tears that trickling fell2 8,now for my father's arm60#bjd she said1 8my woman's heart1 farewell60#bje ,the scene was changed4 ,it was a lake1 with one small lonely isle1 ,and there#bjf within the prison-walls of its baronial pile1 ,stern men stood menacing their ,queen1 till she should stoop to sign ,the traitorous scroll that snatched the crown from her ancestral line4 8,my lords1 my lords60 the captive said1 8were ,i but once more free1 ,with ten good knights on yonder shore#bjg1 to aid my cause and me1 ,that parchment would ,i scatter#bjh wide to every breeze that blows1 ,and once more reign a ,stuart ,queen o'er my remorseless foes60 ,a red spot burned upon her cheekstreamed her rich tresses down1 ,she wrote the wordsshe stood erecta ,,queen ,,without ,a ,,crown6 ,the scene was changed4 ,a royal host a royal banner#bji bore1 ,and the faithful of the land stood round#baj their smiling ,queen once more2 ,she stayed her steed upon a hillshe saw them marching by#baa ,she heard their shoutsshe read success in every flashing eye4 ,the tumult of the strife beginsit roarsit dies away2#bab ,and ,mary's troops and banners now1 and courtierswhere are they8#bac ,scattered and strown and flying#bad far1 defenseless and undone#bae ,alas6 to think what she has lost1 and all that guilt has won6 ,away6 away6#baf thy gallant steed must act no laggard's part2 ,yet vain his speedfor thou dost bear the arrow in thy heart6 ,the scene was changed4 ,beside the block a sullen headsman#bagstood1 ,and gleamed the broad-axe in his hand1 that soon must drip with blood4 ,with slow and steady step there came a lady#bah through the hall1 ,and breathless silence#bai chained the lips and touched the hearts of all4 ,i knew that queenly form#bbj again1 though blighted was its bloom ,i saw that grief had decked it outan offering for the tomb6 ,i knew the eye1 though faint its light1 that once so brightly shone3 ,i knew the voice1 though feeble now1 that thrilled with every tone4 ,i knew the ringlets1 almost gray1 once threads of living gold2 ,i knew that bounding grace of stepthat symmetry of mould6 ,even now ,i see#bba her far away1 in that calm convent aisle1 ,i hear#bbb her chant her vesper hymn1 ,i mark her holy smile ,even now ,i see#bbc her bursting forth1 upon the bridal morn1 ,a new star#bbd in the firmament1 to light and glory#bbe born6 ,alas6 the change6she placed her foot upon a triple throne1 ,and on the scaffold#bbf now she standsbeside the block,,alone6 ,the little dog that licks her handthe last of all the crowd ,that sunned themselves beneath her glance1 and round her footsteps bowed6 ,her neck is baredthe blow is struckthe soul has passed#bbg away6 ,the bright1 the beautiful1 is now a bleeding piece of clay6#bbh ,the dog is moaning piteously2 and1 as it gurgles o'er1 ,laps the warm blood that trickling runs unheeded to the floor6#bbi ,the blood of beauty1 wealth and powerthe heart blood#bcj of a ,queen ,the noblest of the ,stuart racethe fairest earth has seen ,lapped by a dog6 ,go1 think of it1 in silence and alone2 ,then weigh against a grain#bca of sand the glories#bcb of a throne6 ,h4 ,g4 ,bell4 ,,gestures4 #afi ,h4 ,f4 #agj ,p4 ,d4 ,o4 #aga ,h4 ,o4 #agb b4 ,h4 ,o4 #agc ,left ,h4 ,o4 #agd ,hand raised to listen4 #age ,h4 ,o4 #agf ,a4 ,o4 #agg ,h4 sweep4 #agh b4 ,a4 ,o4 #agi b4 ,h4 ,o4 #ahj ,h4 ,o4 #aha b4 ,h4 ,o4 #ahb ,h4 ,o4 #ahc ,h4 ,o4 sustained with slight impulses from the wrist upon each clause4 #ahd ,h4 ,l4 #ahe ,h4 ,b4 #ahf ,d4 ,f4 #ahg ,p4 ,f4 #ahh ,a4 ,o4 #ahi ,h4 ,b4 #aij ,h4 ,f4 #aia b4 ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #aib ,sweep from face to ,h4 ,b4 7must be graceful or leave out74 #aic ,a4 ,f4 #aid ,incline head to listen4 #aie ,h4 ,f4 #aif ,h4 ,o4 #aig ,left ,h4 ,l4 #aih ,p4 ,h4 sweep4 #aii ,raise hand to listen4 #bjj ,h4 ,f4 #bja ,d4 ,l4 #bjb ,p4 ind4 ,d4 ,f4 #bjc ,special4 #bjd ,cli4 raised4 #bje ,h4 ,l4 #bjf ,left ,h4 ,o4 #bjg ,h4 ,o4 #bjh b4 ,h4 ,o4 #bji ,a4 ,f4 #baj b4 ,h4 ,o4 #baa ,h4 sweep4 #bab ,h4 ,l4 #bac b4 ,h4 ,o4 #bad ,h4 ,l4 #bae ,d4 ,l4 #baf ,left ,h4 ,l4 #bag ,h4 ,f4 #bah ,left ,h4 ,o4 #bai b4 ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #bbj ,left ,h4 ,o4 #bba ,h4 ,o4 #bbb ,listen4 #bbc ,h4 ,o4 #bbd ,ind4 ,a4 ,o4 #bbe ,a4 sweep4 #bbf ,h4 ,f4 #bbg ,a4 ,f4 #bbh ,h4 ,f4 #bbi ,d4 ,f4 #bcj ,ind4 ,h4 ,f4 #bca ,d4 ,o4 #bcb ,a4 ,o4 ,illustration3 8,alas6 poor soul1 what woe is thine60 ,the ,yankee ,still ,ahead4 ,a ,yankee1 visiting ,london1 and passing along one of the principal thoroughfares of trade and travel1 stopped to look at some beautiful specimens of writing paper exposed for sale in a shop window2 he gazed long and earnestly at the gorgeous display1 when presently he turned and encountered the proprietor of the establishment standing at the door4 ,the ,yankee politely said3 8,will ye tell me what ye du with them nice bits of paper80 8,yes1 we keep them to tie up gape-seed in10 was the snappish response4 8,oh1 ye du1 du ye80 said ,jonathan1 with a sly twinkle in his eye1 as he walked on4 ,passing down the street a short distance our indignant ,yankee accosted another merchant1 to whom he said3 8,mister1 can ye tell me what that feller duz for a livin' what keeps them nice bits o' paper in his winder80 8,yes1 sir2 he writes letters for persons who desire his assistance40 8,du ye think he'd write a letter for me if ,i'd pay him fur it80 8,certainly he would1 and be glad of the chance40 ,our bright-eyed hero thanked him1 and turned abruptly away1 walking briskly in the direction from which he came4 ,the shop was soon reached1 and1 fortunately1 the same individual stood on the door-step4 ,the ,yankee lost no time in addressing the cockney1 and thus at once began3 8,i say1 mister1 ,i heerd that ye write letters fur folks what can't write2 what'll ye tax me to write a letter to my uncle ,peter80 8,i will charge you five shillings10 he said1 in such a changed tone of voice that the ,yankee had to look again to see that he had not mistaken the person4 8,will ye write jest what ,i tell ye tu1 and spell all the words right80 8,to be sure ,i will40 8,and if ye don't1 ,i won't pay ye2 will ye agree to that80 8,as ,i understand my business thoroughly1 of course ,i will agree to that40 8,wall1 then1 ye may commence40 ,the scribe arranged his paper1 ink and pen1 and pronounced himself ready4 8,my dear uncle ,peter3ready fur more80 8,yes40 8#8,rived here in ,london last week1have ye got that deown80 8,yes1 go on40 8,thought ,i'd take a stroll through the woods1got that deown and spelt right80 8,yes1 yes2 go on1 and do not bother me so40 8,i pay ye five shillings by-and-bye1 don't ,i80 8,yes1 but you have no need to detain me so if you do40 8,wall1 ,i walked and walked and walked and walked and walked and0 8,what's the use of saying it over so many times80 8,none o' your business1,i pay ye five shillings1and walked and walked and walked0 8,see here1 this page is full of the words #8and walked4'0 8,turn over then1and walked and walked1 and ,i couldn't find any woods4 ,have ye got all that deown and spelt right80 8,yes1 but why don't you go on40 8,jest then ,i stopped to think what ,i should du1 or where to go1got that all deown80 7,snappishly7 8,yes40 8,wall1 then ,i seen a sign1 and on it wuz3 #8,teams to hire1' so ,i went up and told the man to give me a fust-rate team with a hoss ,i could easy manage myself4 ,my6 but you write fast4 ,is all that deown80 7,surprised74 8,it is1 and ,i would like to have the rest of your letter1 sir40 8,wall1 that hoss started off all right1 but in less than two minutes she got stubborner than any mule2 and ,i hed to get eout1 and lick her and kick her and prick her and lick her and kick her and prick her1 7continue to repeat these words very rapidly71 and she wouldn't go4 ,is that all deown1 and spelt right80 8,you are only losing time1 sir1 in repeating that last phrase40 8,that's my business1,when ,i see'd she wouldn't go fur lickin'1 ,i tried to coax her1 and coaxed and coaxed and coaxed and coaxed and coaxed1 but she wouldn't go2 then ,i got crosslike and went0 7here the ,yankee makes a chirruping sound which bids defiance to orthography74 8,i can't spell that10 said the ,englishman4 8,oh1 ye can't spell that1 can't ye8 ,then ye needn't write any more for me40 8,need not write any more60 8,no more10 was the composed reply of the ,yankee1 as he laid his hand over his fat pocket and said3 8,i 'spose ye remember our agreement80 8,yes1 ,i do1 but what's to be done with all this paper80 8,keep it to tie up gape-seed in4 ,good bye1 sir60 and the ,yankee made a speedy exit4 ,arranged by ,s4 ,anna ,gesemyer4 ,tommy's ,deathbed4 ,but hush6 the voice from the little bed1 ,and the watchful mother bent her head4 8,mammy1 ,i know that ,i'm soon to die ,and ,i want to wish them all good-bye4 ,i shouldn't like any here to say1 #8,he didn't shake hands when he went away2 ,he was glad to be off to his harp and wings ,and couldn't remember his poor old things4' ,in ,heaven ,i never should feel content ,if ,i hadn't been kind before ,i went2 ,so let me take leave of them1 great and small1 ,animals1 people and toys and all40 ,so the word went forth1 and in no great while ,the servants entered in solemn file ,the stout old cook1 and the housemaid1 ,rose1 ,and the aproned boy1 with his smutted nose4 ,so each of the women1 with streaming cheek1 ,bent over and kissed him and could not speak2 ,but he said that they must not grieve and cry1 ,for they'd meet again in the happy sky4 ',twas longer and harder to deal with ,jim ,the child grew grave as he looked at him1 ,for he thought to himself1 8,he bets and swears1 ,and ,i hardly believe that he says his prayers4 ,oh1 ,jim1 dear ,jim1 if you do such things ,you'll never be dressed in a harp and wings40 ,he talked to the boy as a father should1 ,and begged him hard to be grave and good4 ,the lad lounged out with a brazen air ,and whistled derisively down the stair4 ,but they found him hid in the hole for coal1 ,sobbing and praying in grief of soul4 ,old 8,rover0 came next1 sedate and good1 ,and gazed at his master and understood2 ,then up we carried1 in order due1 8,maria10 the cat1 and her kittens two4 ,proud purred the mother1 and arched her back1 ,and vaunted her kittens1 one white1 one black2 ,and the sweet white kitten was good and still1 ,but the black one played with his nightgown's frill4 ,he stroked them all with his poor weak hand4 ,but he felt they could not understand4 ,he smiled1 however1 and was not vext1 ,and bade us bring him the rabbit next4 ,he welcomed 8,punch0 with a loving smile1 ,and hugged him close in his arms awhile2 ,and we knew 7for the dear child's eyes grew dim7 ,how grievous it was to part with him4 ,his mother he bade1 with tearful cheek1 ,give 8,punch0 his carrot three days a week1 ,with lettuce-leaves on a cautious plan1 ,and only just moisten his daily bran4 ,then next we brought to him1 one by one1 ,his drum and his trumpet1 his sword and gun2 ,and we lifted up for his fondling hand ,his good gray steed on the rocking-stand4 ,then close to his feet we placed a tray1 ,and we set his armies in array2 ,and his eyes were bright with fire and dew ,as we propped him up for his last review4 ,his ark came next1 and pair by pair1 ,passed beasts of the earth and fowls of the air2 ,he kissed good ,japheth1 and ,ham1 and ,shem1 ,and waved his hands to the rest of them4 ,but we saw that his eyes had lost their fire1 ,and his dear little voice began to tire2 ,he lay quite still for a little while1 ,with eyes half-closed and a peaceful smile4 ,then 8,mammy10 he said1 and never stirred1 ,and his mother bent for the whispered word2 8,give him his carrot each second day10 ,our ,tommy murmured1 and passed away4 ,going to ,market4 ,oh1 dear6 these are dull times4 ,what is a body to do8 ,bills cannot be collected1 the season for business is over1 and prospects for relief look decidedly blue4 ,how can a woman buy a ,saturday's marketing for eight persons with only five dollars8 ,the idea is preposterous6 ,i could cry my eyes out with perplexity1 but what's the use8 ,moses ,flint is a good husband2 he dotes on me1 ,i know2 yet he has no more idea of the cost of a shoulder of mutton than a ,kickapoo ,indian has of a sewing machine4 ,well1 there's no use of standing here talking about it2 it must be done1 but how8 ,oh1 my poor head6 ,one pound of butter1 fifty cents2 observesixteen ounces of butter for eight persons1 just two ounces apiece1 to last until ,monday morning4 ,why1 ,moses himself eats two ounces at a meal6 ,the thought distracts me4 ,butter1 fifty2 potatoes1 twenty-five2 onions1 fifteen2 he will have onions on ,sunday2 won't eat 'em through the week2 says they interfere with his business2 but it makes no difference the day he spends with me4 ,i wonder if my nostrils are better adapted to smell onions than those of his customers8 ,men are strange mortals1 anyhow2 my ,moses will get shaved and polish his boots to go to the lodge1 but let me ask him to go with me to the dressmakers1 or to the ,muggins'1 and he won't even put on a clean collar4 ,the lodge must be a very particular place4 ,cabbage for slaw1 ten2 there is a dollar gone already4 ,a pair of chickens1 one dollar and fifty cents2 rabbits would be cheaper1 but he insists on chickens4 ,it provokes me so4 ,last ,sunday every blessed one wanted a drum-stick2 of course two fowls have but four drum-sticks1 therefore1 as intimated before1 only four got the four1 which left the other four to envy the lucky four who got the four drum-sticks1 and to content themselves with breasts and wings4 ,for my part1 ,i got only a neck and a gizzard4 ,well1 ,i'll do the best ,i can1 but ,i'll manage to squeeze out enough for two yards of that cherry-colored ribbon at ,jones'1 dinner or no dinner1 or my name isn't ,sarah ,flint4 ,geo4 ,m4 ,vickers4 ,the ,merry ,sunflower4 ,with a little ingenuity and with six musical voices this piece may be made a very pleasing and attractive feature in an evening's entertainment4 ,procure a piece of sheeting at least six feet in length by five in width4 ,fasten the lower lengthwise edge to the floor of the stage1 and the upper edge1 by means of cords or other fastenings1 to the ceiling4 ,cut three holes about the height of a person's face in standing and of the shape and size of the face1 and three others at kneeling height2 then around these holes paint or paste on paper to represent the petals of immense sunflowers1 with stalks attached4 ,the singer's faces occupy the holes1 and the words are sung to the air of 8,the ,little ,brown ,jug40 #a,,st ,,voice4 ,oh1 ,i'm a namesake of the ,sun1 ,prized and loved by every one4 #b;,d ,,voice4 ,quite tall and stately here am ,i1 ,oscar ,wilde for me would sigh4 ,chorus4 ,oh1 proud the rose and pink may be1 ,still they're naught compared with me2 ,we look down on all the rest1 ,thus of flowers we are the best4 #c;,d ,,voice4 ,yes1 you're a beauty1 so am ,i1 ,sitting on my throne so high6 #d,,th ,,voice4 ,rich black and yellow1 gold and brown1 ,who's not heard of my renown8 ,chorus4 #e,,th ,,voice4 ,mister ,sol he flirts with me1 ,tries his best my face to see6 #f,,th ,,voice4 ,here list'ning to the warbler's song ,rock ,i all the summer long4 ,chorus4 ,hints on ,expression4 ,expression consists in so modulating the voice by means of the different degrees of pitch1 force1 rate1 and rhetorical pause1 as to perfectly convey every shade of meaning contained in the sentiment2 in other words1 it is painting with sound4 ,as perfect a picture can be conveyed to the ear by means of voice as to the eye through color2 and in order to utilize this life-coloring of modulation in reading1 you must first acquire a thorough conception of the meaning of the author2 try to place yourself in sympathy with the sentiments you are to utter1 adopt them and put them into your own words1 notice how you express them1 what degrees of force come natural to them1 what pitch and slides1 degrees of rate1 what pauses between words and upon words best bring out their meaning1 and then take up again the author's words1 and try to give them as nearly as possible like your own2 you will find the battle is half won4 ,one of the greatest obstacles in the way of giving true expression is the presence of the printed page before the eye4 ,the words are repeated one after the other mechanically1 while the thoughts are perhaps upon another subject4 ,an artist cannot paint a picture without first drawing it in his mind2 so we cannot paint a word picture unless its impression is made upon the brain2 hence the key to expression consists in understanding what you read4 ,a future number will contain directions for the remedy of unmanageable voices4 ,f4 ,lizzie ,peirce4 ,illustration3 8,look at the fly on that man's head6 ,look6 another fly40 ,the ,crowning of the ,sunday-,school ,angel4 ,,musical ,,dialogue ,,with ,,tableau4 ,,characters4 ,,the ,,guard1 ,gentleman4 ,,the ,,angel ,,of ,,order1 ,,the ,,angel ,,of ,,literature1 ,,the ,,angel ,,of ,,music1 ,ladies4 ,,the ,,angel ,,of ,,love1 ,,the ,,angel ,,of ,,the ,,word ,,of ,,god4 ,,two ,,ragged ,,children1 ,a small boy4 ,a little girl4 ,a ,,chorus ,,of ,,sunday-,,school ,,scholars4 ,,preparations4,a large ,gothic chair raised one step or more from the floor of the pulpit for a throne4 ,a crown 7made of pasteboard and covered with gold paper will answer71 placed on the top of the chair4 ,a scepter is needed4 ,the ladies taking the parts should be dressed in white2 they may each wear a long flowing veil of illusion or other light material1 with star on the forehead4 ,the veil should not cover the face1 but fall back over the shoulders4 ,,the ,,guard should wear a ,knight ,templar or other suitable uniform1 and should take charge of and guard the throne before ,,order presents herself4 ,,the ,,angel ,,of ,,order 7comes up the aisle1 with a bell or some emblem of order in her hand1 and ascending the pulpit advances towards the throne and addresses the ,guard as follows73 ,i am the ,angel of ,order2 8,order is heaven's first law10a glorious law1 seen in those beauteous isles of light that come and go1 as circling months fulfil their high behest4 ,nor less on earth discerned mid rocks snow-clad or wastes of herbless sand4 ,throughout all climes1 beneath all varying skies1 fixing for e'en the smallest flower that blooms1 its place of growth4 ,i am the child of beauty and wisdom4 ,my attendants are comfort1 neatness1 and activity4 ,i come to be the angel of the ,sunday-school4 ,let me occupy this throne and issue my decrees1 and confusion will be unknown2 officers1 teachers and scholars shall be under my control4 ,all the regulations essential to a proper conducting of the school shall be enforced4 ,punctuality in attendance1 propriety in behavior1 attention to instruction1 and obedience to rules shall be insisted upon4 ,i will have a place for everything1 and everything shall be in its place4 ,,guard 7replies74,angel of ,order1 ,i welcome thee2 what thou hast said is true2 what would this universe be without thy mighty presence8 ,were thy power abolished but for a moment1 8the war of elements1 the wreck of matter and the crush of worlds0 would be the immediate and inevitable result4 ,thou art needed everywhere1 and we must have thee in our school1 but thou canst not be the ,supreme ,angel of the school4 ,stand here upon the right of the throne 7conducts her to the right of the throne74 ,,the ,,angel ,,of ,,literature 7comes up the aisle with books1 papers and tracts in her hand1 ascending the pulpit1 advances toward the throne1 and addresses the ,guard as follows73 ,i am the ,angel of ,literature4 ,the written thoughts and emotions of men constitute my domain4 ,the pen and the press are the instruments of my progress1 and are mightier than the sword4 ,i1 too1 am an applicant for this throne4 ,give me authority and ,i will supply the school with books and papers1 with leaves and tracts1of these there shall be no lack4 ,the library shall be replenished from time to time with entertaining1 instructive and religious volumes1well bound and beautiful4 ,and all will be glad for my presence and rejoice in my power 7advances toward the throne74 ,,guard 7replies74,angel of ,literature1 ,i greet thee also with pleasure4 ,thy sphere is a noble one1 and thy mission worthy4 ,the mind must be stored with knowledge and stimulated with truth4 ,it is thine to impart information and administer culture1to aid in the education of our race4 ,we give thee a place in our school1 but cannot crown thee as its ,ruling ,angel4 ,stand here upon the left 7leads her to the left of the throne74 ,,the ,,angel ,,of ,,music 7comes up the aisle starting from the vestibule of the church1 having in her hand a harp1 or other instrument1 and a roll of music1 singing73 ,illustration3 ,music ,solo1 by ,angel of ,music4 ,there are little children singing round the throne1 ,in that heav'nly land1 ,in that heav'nly land1 ,they are singing round the bright eternal throne1 ,the great white throne of ,god4 ,chorus by the ,school4 ,we shall meet them in their bright eternal home1 ,we will sing with them around the great white throne1 ,we will sing of ,him who died1 ,of our ,saviour crucified1 ,round the great white throne of ,god4 ,from the ,new ,silver ,song1 by permission of ,w4 ,w4 ,,whitney4 ,,the ,,angel ,,of ,,music 7advances toward the ,guard1 and addresses him as follows73 ,i am the ,angel of ,music4 ,melody and ,harmony are my children4 ,i open my mouth in song and my voice trembles with sweet sounds4 ,i touch the keys of the instrument and the air is full of delightful strains4 ,i give strength to the weak2 encourage the wavering2 cheer the sick1 and assist in the triumph of the dying4 ,i make heaven jubilant with anthems of praise4 ,my voice is heard on earth in the lullabys of the nursery1 in the songs of childhood1 in the hymns of the sanctuary and in the ballads of the nation4 ,my power is felt by the refined and the savage4 ,let me be the ruling angel of the ,sunday-school4 ,i will furnish each department with an organ4 ,i will teach all to sing4 ,the tunes and the time shall be perfect1 and no discord shall be heard amid the blended notes4 ,books of music shall be in abundance and all hearts shall thrill with gladness4 ,illustration3 ,music ,chorus by the ,school4 ,we love to sing together1 we love to sing together1 ,our hearts and voices one2 ,to praise our heav'nly ,father1 ,to praise our heav'nly ,father1 ,and ,his eternal ,son2 ,we love1 we love1 we love1 we love1 ,we love to sing together1 ,we love1 we love1 we love1 we love1 ,we love to sing together4 ,copyrighted1 #ahei1 in ,oriola1 by ,w4 ,b4 ,,bradbury2 used by permission of ,,biglow ,,main4 ,,guard 7replies74,angel of ,music1 ,i have listened to thy song1 and its sweetness has captivated my soul4 ,surely thy work is sublime and thy influence great4 8,music the fierest grief can charm1 ,and fate's severest rage disarm2 ,music can soften pain to ease1 ,and make despair and madness please2 ,our joys below it can improve1 ,and antedate the bliss above40 ,we cheerfully assign thee a place in our midst1 but thou canst not be the ,supreme ,angel of the school 7leads her to the right of the throne74 ,,the ,,angel ,,of ,,love 7comes up the aisle leading a little boy and girl1 each wearing a loose1 ragged garment that can be easily thrown off4 ,she advances toward the ,guard and addresses him as follows73 ,i am the ,angel of ,love4 ,i dwell in the bosom of ,god and in the hearts of men4 ,heaven is the scene of my highest manifestation1 but ,i breathe benedictions on the earth4 ,i relieve the needy and cheer the disconsolate with words and deeds of sympathy4 ,the light of my smile kindles a radiance in many dark places of sorrow4 ,my scepter subdues the hardest heart1 and my speech often wins the prodigal back to his father's house4 ,i make home happy and bless the church with prosperity4 ,i am a candidate for this throne4 ,give me place1 and ,i will cause with magic power springs of happiness to rise1 and flowers of social delight to bloom in the pathway of all2 the aged and the young shall alike rejoice1 and the entire school shall witness how good and pleasant it is to dwell together in unity4 ,besides this1 ,i will go out into the highways and hedges1 into the lanes and alleys2 visit the abodes of the poor and the haunts of ignorance1 and will gather the children in that they may be enriched with the treasures of grace1 and made wise unto salvation4 ,illustration3 music ,,quartette4 ,gather them in1 gather them in1 ,gather the children in4 v4#a4 ,gather them in from the broad highway1 gather them in1 v4#b4 ,gather them in from the prairies vast1 gather them in1 v4#a4 gather them in2 ,gather them in1 in this gospel day1 v4#b4 gather them in2 ,gather them in of every cast1 v4#a gather1 gather them in4 v4#b4;gather1 gather them in4 ,after v4#a41 repeat for v4#b1 above ,,full ,,chorus4 ,gather them in1 let the house be full1 ,gather them into the ,sunday ,school1 ,gather them in1 gather them in1 ,gather the children in4 ,copyrighted1 #ahfa1 in ,golden ,chain1 by ,w4 ,b4 ,,bradbury2 used by permission of ,,biglow ,,main4 ,,guard4,angel of ,love1 fairest daughter of the skies1 thy smile is radiant with blessing1 and thy coming is ever a benediction4 ,without thee1 this world would be a wilderness1 drear and cold1 where naught but cruelty and sorrow would abound4 ,truly thou art welcome4 ,let thy voice be heard and thy power be felt among us4 ,bind our hearts together with a threefold cord which cannot be broken1 and may the glory of thy presence surround us ever as with a halo2 but to thee1 as to all who have preceded thee1 ,i am compelled to say1 thy place is not upon the throne1 as the ruling angel of the ,sunday-school4 ,,guard 7leads her to the left1 beside the ,angel of ,literature2 the boy and girl during the singing having thrown off their ragged garments1 take their places one on each side of her74 ,,the ,,angel ,,of ,,the ,,word ,,of ,,god 7comes up the aisle1 carrying a ,bible in her arms1 and advancing toward the ,guard1 addresses him as follows73 ,i am the ,angel of the ,word of ,god2 ,order is indispensible1 ,literature is needed1 ,music is to be desired1 ,love must ever abide4 ,each has her place and her work1 but higher than all1 and the inspirer of all1 is the ,bible4 ,i come as the lamp of truth to a benighted world2 the bearer of intelligence from the throne of ,goda revelation to men of duty and destiny4 ,i come as the chart and compass to guide men safely over the sea of life to the desired haven4 ,my mission is to instruct both adults and children in the way of holiness that leads to heaven4 ,i teach the sublime truths of faith and salvationof ,god and immortality4 ,wherever ,i go1 the wilderness and solitary places are glad for me1 and the deserts rejoice and blossom as the rose4 ,if all would heed my words and partake of my spirit1 the whole world would soon recover the charms of ,eden4 ,instead of sin and misery1 there would be everywhere purity and bliss4 ,i come to train these children and youth in the ways of piety1 and develop in them the elements of true manhood and womanhood2 to qualify them for usefulness here1 and blessedness hereafter4 ,i wish to be crowned the angel of the ,sunday-school4 ,,guard4,angel of the ,word of ,god1 ,all ,hail6 ,a thousand welcomes4 ,for thee we have waited long and rejoice in thy coming4 ,thou hast said well,order is indispensible4 ,literature is needed4 ,music is to be desired4 ,love must ever abide4 ,these are thy handmaids and shall remain with us1 but thou shalt be supreme4 ,ascend the throne 7she takes her place on the throne74 ,on thy head ,i put this crown4 ,in thy hand ,i place this scepter4 ,rule thou over us4 ,fill our minds with thy wisdom1 our hearts with thy spirit1 that our lives may show forth the praise of ,him who created us1 and redeemed us by the blood of ,his ,son4 ,order1 ,literature1 ,music1 ,love1 these shall assist thee1 and our ,school shall be a ,bible ,school4 ,thou art the ,angel of the ,sunday-school6 ,,tableau4 ,,the ,,guard47,standing immediately in front of the throne1 will sheath his sword1 take off his hat1 and say73 ,order1 ,literature1 ,music1 ,love1 let us bow in token of our submission to the ,word of ,god4 7,they all kneel and the ,angel of the ,word of ,god holds the ,bible out on her hand while the school rises and sings73 ,illustration3 music ,,full ,,chorus4 #a4 ,the ,bible6 the ,bible6 more precious than gold1 ,the hopes and the glories its pages unfold1 ,it speaks of a ,saviour1 and tells of his love1 ,it shows us the way to the mansions above4 ,,chorus4 ,hallelujah1 ,amen6 ,hallelujah1 ,amen6 ,hallelujah1 ,hallelujah1 ,hallelujah1 ,amen6 #b4 ,the ,bible6 the ,bible6 the valleys shall ring1 ,and hillstops re-echo the notes that we sing1 ,our banners1 inscribed with its precepts and rules1 ,shall long wave in triumph the joy of our school4 ,,chorus4 ,hallelujah1 ,amen6 ,hallelujah1 ,amen6 ,hallelujah1 ,hallelujah1 ,hallelujah1 ,amen6 ,from the ,sabbath ,bell1 ,no4 #a1 by permission of ,,biglow ,,main owners of ,copyright4 ,,curtain4 ,rev4 ,d4 ,w4 ,,gordon4 ,illustration3 8,hence6 horrible shadow1 ,unreal mockery1 hence60 #bcc,the ,calls of the ,bells4 ,represent bell tones with the voice upon the italicized words4 8,in union and in freedom dwell60 ,peals forth a brave1 time-honored bell4 8,to all proclaim sweet liberty ,throughout the landthe land is free60 ,in the tower let it cheerily swing1 ,and make the whole world hear it ring 8,the tyrants knell1 the knell1 the knell10 ,it is the ,independence ,bell4 ,at dawn of day1 to break the spell ,of sleep1 the watchman rings a bell4 ,the rough bell in the dusky tower1 ,with rude tongue calls the signal hour4 ,oh1 how it rings1 and swings and clangs1 ,shaking the old roof where it hangs6 ,the sound foretells1 foretells1 foretells ,the toils that follow morning bells4 ,in ringing notes that rise and swell1 ,in startling sharpness sounds a bell4 ,to boys and girls1 it seems to speak ,of ,german1 ,latin1 ,french and ,greek2 ,the lads and lassies know it well1 ,it is the famed ,academy bell4 ,read well1 think well1 learn well1 do well1 ,in haste exclaims the scholars' bell4 ,in stout hands1 jangling as it fell1 ,near a white apron rang a bell4 ,its tones are sounds that all may know1 ,it gives the languid pulse a glow1 ,it tinkles1 jingles1 rings and sings1 ,and talks of sweet and savory things1 ,the roast1 the broil and on the shell1 ,it is the dinner bell1 8sweet-bell40 ,a great white sheet in silence fell1 ,followed by the tinkling of a bell4 ,how wide and white the snow-lit scene6 ,wrapped in warm furs two lovers lean1 ,bringing their beating hearts so near1 ,responsive throbbings they might hear1 ,and the fond story that love tells1 ,but for the bells1 sleigh bells1 sleigh bells4 ,sweet music comes from hill and dell1 ,a charm of sound from a sweet bell2 ,in softest harmony the tones ,ring in the sweetest honey-moons4 ,may no harsh speech come from the lips ,to shade the fair moon with eclipse4 ,its melody in love-tones tells ,of bride and groom and wedding bells4 ,from far and near1 where virtue dwells1 ,there comes the sound of sacred bells1 ,soft choral chimes1 one day in seven3 ,voices of love from the vast heaven4 ,their varied tones in sweetness blend1 ,and like a psalm of praise ascend1 ,and each glad heart in rapture swells1 ,responsive to the ,sabbath ,bells4 ,flaming like lurid light of hell1 ,startled at midnight by the bell1 ,oh1 merciless1 disastrous fire1 ,that spreads and rises1 higher1 higher1 higher6 ,crackling in speech like flames in fir1 ,that needs not the interpreter4 ,the thrilling warning peals and swells1 ,it is the fire alarm of bells4 ,there comes at last a saddening knell1 ,startling our sluggish souls4 ,the bell ,reminds us of the close of time1 ,and warns us with its solemn chime4 ,e'en the sad bell seems short of breath1 ,when tolling in slow tones of death6 ,let's hope that all is well1 is well ,when tolls at last the funeral bell4 ,geo4 ,w4 ,bungay4 #bcc ,published by special permission from the author4 ,illustration3 8,and seeing1 unseen1 ,i watched the perfidy of him ,i deemed most true40 ,dorothy ,clyde2 ,,or1 ,,the ,,squire',s ,,daughter4 ,a ,,comedy ,,in ,,two ,,acts4 ,,characters3 ,,barton ,,clyde1 a country squire4 ,,leslie ,,raymore1 a clerk4 ,,morley ,,dingle1 a rich man's son4 ,,caleb ,,weatherspout1 an old bachelor4 ,,dorothy1 the ,squire's daughter4 ,,mrs4 ,,felton1 a poor widow4 ,,em',,ly1 her only child4 ,,parthenia ,,philp1 an heiress4 ,,mercy1 her maid4 ,,masqueraders4 ,,scene3 ,a ,pennsylvania village4 ,,time3 ,the present4 ,act ,i4 ,interior of widow's cottage4 ,act ,,ii4 ,the masquerade4 ,,costumes3 ,for first actmodern4 ,for second act,squire1 sailor2 ,raymore1 ,chinese2 ,dingle1 knight2 ,weatherspout1 monk2 ,dorothy1 gypsy2 ,mrs4 ,felton1 ghost2 ,em'ly1 peasant2 ,miss ,philp1 duchess2 ,mercy1 ,french maid4 ,masqueraders to suit fancy4 ,,act ,i4 ,,scene3 ,interior of widow ,felton's cottage4 ,table1 ,c4 ,rocking-chair1 ,l4 ,c4 ,door ,pract4 in ,f41 windows1 etc4 ,time1 morning4 ,mrs4 ,felton discovered seated in rocking-chair2 ,em'ly standing ,r4 facing ,l4 ,,em',,ly4,mother1 ,i was never so insulted in my life2 she threw the dress on her toilet stand1 and fairly ground her teeth with rage4 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4,dear6 dear6 dear6 what shall we do6 ,i depended on the money for making that dress to pay at least a month's rent4 ,did you explain our distressed condition to ,miss ,philp8 ,,em',,ly4,mother1 dear1 ,i did my best to reason with her1 but she only stamped her foot1 and bade me hold my saucy tongue4 ,she said the dress was ruined4 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4,our lot is indeed hard4 ,what a dreadful misfortune my sickness has proved to be4 ,,em',,ly4,dorothy ,clyde stopped me on the road opposite the mill2 she saw that my eyes were red1 and pressed me so hard that ,i made a clean breast of the whole matter4 ,she said she would be over about ten o'clock with her father1 the ,squire4 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4,oh1 if your poor1 dear papa had only lived1 how different our lot would be to-day4 ,alas6 ,i fear we shall soon be homeless4 ,,em',,ly 7,kneels at her side74,do not give way to such gloomy thoughts2 ,god has promised to care for the widow and the fatherless2 let us trust in ,his goodness4 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4,my child1 your mother is justly rebuked4 ,we will trust in the ,lord1 come what may4 ,knock at the door4 ,,em',,ly 7,rises and opens door74,oh6 walk in1 ,miss ,philp4 7,enter ,miss ,philp and ,mercy1 the latter bearing a bundle47 ,,miss ,,philp4,walk in6 ,do you suppose ,i would run in1 crawl in or creep in8 ,walk in6 ,of course ,i'll walk in1 and when ,i am ready1 ,i shall walk out again4 ,humph6 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4,em'ly1 dear1 give the lady a chair4 ,pray be seated1 ,miss ,philp4 ,,miss ,,philp 7,dusts the chair with her handkerchief74,i think ,i shall stand4 ,,em',,ly4,the chairs are perfectly clean1 ,miss ,philp2 ,i carefully dusted them early this morning4 ,,miss ,,philp4,i prefer to stand1 however4 ,,mrs4 ,,felton 7,to ,mercy74,sit down1 ,mercy4 ,,mercy4,thank you4 7,attempts to sit on chair47 ,,miss ,,philp4,stop6 how dare you sit when your mistress is standing6 ,place that bundle on the table2 such brazen conduct is intolerable4 ,and as for you1 madam1 you have not only ruined my robe1 but you have prevented my attendance at the ball to-night4 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4,mercy6 ,,mercy 7starts74,eh8 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4,it was merely an ejaculation4 7,to ,miss ,philp74,i deeply regret having incurred your displeasure4 ,,em',,ly4,perhaps we can remedy the defect if it is but trifling2 it is yet early in the day4 ,,mercy 7,places bundle on table74,why yes2 ,i will open it 7,begins to untie bundle74 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4,that's it2 how stupid we are4 ,,miss ,,philp4,don't include me2 ,i am not willing to be classified with dolts4 ,,em',,ly4,oh1 dear1 no6 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4,i meant no offense4 ,,mercy 7,takes dress from paper74,look at it1 ,mrs4 ,felton4 ,,miss ,,philp4,silence6 ,stop talking all together like quacking ducks2 your din will drive me distracted4 ,have you no refinement1 no breeding8 ,how ,i dislike to mingle with vulgar persons4 ,young woman1 ah1 that is1 ,em'ly1 hold up that dress4 ,,em',,ly 7,takes up dress74,yes1 miss4 ,,miss ,,philp4,just try it on1 so that ,i may show your mother her stupid work4 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4,pardon me1 but ,,miss ,,philp4,silence6 ,i am talking4 ,,mercy 7,aside74,shame upon you1 you spitfire6 ,,em',,ly 7,putting on dress74,i am sure we can fix it in time for this evening4 ,,mercy 7,assisting ,em'ly74,how well you become fine clothes2 you were intended to be a lady4 ,just see what a graceful figure4 ,,miss ,,philp4,ridiculous2 the idea6 ,why the girl looks like a jointed doll4 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4,em'ly1 dear1 hold still4 ,,em',,ly 7,raises dress to her eyes74,mother ,,miss ,,philp4,here1 don't wipe your eyes on that dress1 if you please4 ,,em',,ly4,mother1 ,i do not think it womanly in ,miss ,philp to thus take advantage of our reverse in fortune4 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4,there1 there1 ,em'ly6 ,never mind1 let me examine the dress4 ,where is the fault1 ,miss ,philp8 ,,miss ,,philp4,the sleeves are too long1 the neck is too small1 and the skirt is too short4 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4,alas6 ,i fear it is spoiled4 ,my mind has been so burdened with trouble that ,i am beside myself4 ,,mercy4,it fits ,em'ly to perfection4 ,,em',,ly4,how can we ever pay you for the material8 ,what shall we do8 ,,miss ,,philp4,madam1 what is your bill for making this dress8 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4,i sent you the bill4 ,,miss ,,philp4,ah1 yes1 ,i recollect4 7,draws bill from pocket and reads47 8,to making dress1 twelve dollars40 ,well1 it is of no use to me2 you may keep ittake the dress and receipt the bill4 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4,but our rentif we do not pay something to-day we may be turned out into the world1 homeless4 ,,miss ,,philp4,i am not a charity visitor2 you should study economy4 ,ahem6 ,mercy1 follow me4 ,exits door ,f4 followed by ,mercy4 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4,my child1 my child6 7,they embrace and stand weeping47 ,enter ,squire and ,dorothy2 they pause and observe ,mrs4 ,felton and ,em'ly4 ,,squire 7,aside74,this is1 indeed1 a tableau4 7,aloud7 ,ladies6 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4 7,start7 ,oh6 ,,em',,ly4 ,,dorothy 7,taking their hands74,why are you weeping8 ,papa will fix things all right4 ,do not worry4 ,,squire4,mrs4 ,felton1 your husband was a man whom ,i esteemed highly4 ,he at one time rendered me a valuable service1 and it is but common gratitude that ,i now befriend his family4 ,here is a check for double the amount of all arrears of rent due on your cottage4 7,hands her check47 ,accept it as a loan until you are able to return it4 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4,i could not think of it4 ,,squire4,you must6 ,,dorothy4,take it for my sake2 do not refuse2 take it and welcome4 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4,oh1 what kindness6 ,,em',,ly 7,kisses ,dorothy on forehead74,my own1 dear ,dorothy4 ,,squire4,now for a little talk on another subject4 ,be seated4 7,all take chairs7 ,mrs4 ,felton1 you are aware that ,i am agent for the ,dingle estate1 of which your cottage is a part4 ,i have long acted in that capacity as a matter of courtesy to my old friend1 ,caspar ,dingle4 ,i shall look after his property no longer4 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4,no doubt it is a great annoyance to you ,,squire4,not at all4 ,listen4 ,i am rich1 and my friend ,dingle1 in order to augment his already immense estate1 desires his son ,morley to become the husband of my daughter4 ,,dorothy 7,confused74,oh1 papa1 how can you talk of that horrid young man6 ,you know ,i detest his very name4 ,,squire4,my dear child1 if you will allow me to talk1 ,i can easily show you the necessity of taking these ladies into our confidence4 ,,dorothy4,pardon me1 papa1 dear2 although ,i have never met ,mr4 ,morley ,dingle1 yet from your description of his interview with you1 ,i am sure he is very rude and ill-bred4 ,,squire4,true4 ,now in order that he may have a pretext for visiting our village1 he will in future collect his rents in person4 ,he will be here to-day1 perhaps may now be on his way to your cottage4 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4 ,oh1 horrors6 ,,em',,ly4 ,,squire4,you have my check4 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4,true1 true1 kind sir2 ,i had for the moment forgotten it4 ,,squire4,morley ,dingle knows that my daughter has a generous nature and abhors meanness in any guise2 therefore1 he would act his best were he introduced to her4 ,i prefer ,dorothy should see him in his ordinary character4 ,,dorothy4,and how can ,i1 papa8 ,,squire4,he will call here for the rent4 ,he knows ,mrs4 ,felton is largely indebted4 ,ladies1 my plan is this3 ,you and ,i will take a walk in the grove back of the cottage4 ,dorothy will remain and represent herself to be ,em'ly2 she can promise the rent within a week2 plead for time1 anything1 so that his manliness may be thoroughly tested4 ,,dorothy4,no1 no1 papa6 ,,squire4,take off your hat1 throw an old shawl over your shoulders4 7,points through window47 ,see6 there he comes4 ,let us be off4 ,,em',,ly 7,aside74,i wish ,i could stay and peep4 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4,i hope he will not be cross to the dear child ,,squire4,come1 quick6 ,exit all except ,dorothy4 ,,dorothy 7,hurriedly searching74,what can ,i get8 7picks up apron7 ,ah1 this will do6 7removes hat7 ,i hear his footstep on the gravel walk4 7,listens47 ,gracious1 how my heart beats6 ,loud knock at the door4 ,i wish papa was here4 ,prolonged knock4 ,well1 he can't eat me1 anyhow4 7,opens door47 ,enter ,dingle4 ,,dingle 7,surveying ,dorothy through eye-glasses74,ah6 ,i presume you are the daughter of the1 ah ,,dorothy4,yes1 sir2 ,i am the daughter4 ,,dingle4,is it possible6 ,,dorothy4,sir1 will you be seated8 ,,dingle 7,aside74,what airs these poor creatures assume4 7,aloud7 ,miss1 7takes card from case7 this will probably explain both who ,i am and the nature of my business4 ,,dorothy 7,takes card and reads aloud748,morley ,dingle1 ,dingleton1 ,dingle ,township1 ,pennsylvania10 7aside7 ,dingle1 dong1 dingle 7,aloud7 ,i am not prepared to pay you anything to-day1 ,mr4 ,dingle4 ,there has been very little money earned in this house since the last payment was made4 ,,dingle 7,sits on a chair and puts feet on table74,you must settle with me before ,i leave this village1 or give up the house 7pulls book from pocket74 ,let me see2 yes1 here it is,felton,march1 ,april1 ,may1 ,junetwelve dollars a month1 just forty-eight dollars4 ,what do you take me for8 ,,dorothy 7,aside74,how ,i would like to tell you4 7,aloud47 ,o sir1 if you but knew the sufferings of the poor ,i am sure your sympathy would guide your action4 ,,dingle4,not a bit of it4 ,the laws of this ,state protect the defenseless landlord more effectively than any other government on the globeexcept ,ireland4 ,i'm proud that ,i am a ,pennsylvanian4 ,,dorothy4,surely1 sir1 you would not invoke the law to distress a poor widow and her child8 ,,dingle4,john ,felton signed a lease giving me the right to sell all his effects for any arrears of rent due upon this house4 ,,dorothy4,does not the law exempt a certain amount of household chattels8 ,,dingle4,john ,felton waived the benefit of the exemption law4 ,,dorothy4,but he is dead4 ,,dingle4,young woman1 his family must suffer the consequences of his act4 ,,dorothy 7,indignantly74,this is unjust2 it is contrary to the letter and spirit of the law4 ,,dingle 7,looking through eyeglass74,you talk like a member of the bar2 that is1 a country membera squire4 ,,dorothy4,the exemption law was enacted as a merciful barrier against the sweeping tide of adversitya life-boat for helpless castaways3 how then dare any man's hand thwart the law and defeat its purpose8 ,to waive that law repeals it3 is this an absolute monarchy8 ,,dingle4,this government is run upon a solid cash basis3 if you have cash1 you can smile at waivers4 ,the remedy1 young woman1 is cash4 ,that's my prescription for landlords' warrants2 it's a powerful antidote4 7,taps his pocket and laughs74 ,,dorothy4,you shock me1 sir2 you fill me with alarm2 would you strip us of these poor household necessities4 ,,dingle4,i am a benefactor to women4 ,if ,i see they have no possibility of keeping house ,i resort to heroic measures,i sell 'em out4 ,what's the result8 ,they get situations1 get plenty to eat and comfortable quarters4 ,,dorothy4,and the little children8 ,,dingle 7,pulls out watch74,it is time to end this nonsense4 ,have the rent by to-night4 ,good morning4 ,exit door ,f4 ,,dorothy 7,sits in chair74,so that's the suitor for my heart and hand6 ,whew6 ,enter ,squire1 followed by ,mrs4 ,felton and ,em'ly4 ,,squire 7,pointing with cane74,there he goes6 ,look at him2 see how pompously he struts2 observe the elevation of his nose6 ,all look towards window4 ,take care6 down he goes6 ,all laugh boisterously4 ,,dorothy4,poor fellow1 ,i wonder if he is hurt6 ,,em',,ly4,his hat is completely demolished4 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4,rather a bad fall4 ,,squire4,off he starts again4 ,there goes the strutup goes the nosethe lesson is lost4 7,to ,mrs4 ,felton7 ,madam1 now that we have arranged for the masquerade1 banish your sorrows3 forget the trials of the day in the pleasures of the evening4 ,your daughter knows her part well2 she will personate ,dorothy in her conversation with ,dingle1 until all unmask4 ,,dorothy4,and my voice will convince him that ,i am his delinquent tenant4 ,,em',,ly4,dorothy1 dear1 do you really think ,miss ,philp will not recognize this dress8 ,,dorothy4,she will be too eager to be seen by ,morley ,dingle1 ,esquire1 to even waste a thought on the toilet of any one save her precious self4 ,all listen4 ,,weatherspout 7,from without74,this way1 ,leslie1 this way2 ,i've not forgotten the art of climbing rail fences1 even if ,i am seventy-five4 ,,squire4,my old friend ,weatherspout1 as ,i live6 ,enter ,weatherspout4 ,,weatherspout 7,pausing on the threshold74 ,i,ibeg pardon6 ,,squire4,come in1 my long-tried friend4 ,,weatherspout4,the door was open and it seemed kind o' natural to walk right inso ,leslie and7turning to door7 why1 ,i thought he came in6 ,we have just helped ourselves to a draught of your delicious spring water4 ,,em',,ly 7,goes to door74,come in1 ,leslie4 ,enter ,leslie ,raymore4 ,,leslie4,pardon my intrusion1 ladies2 ,i assure you ,i had no idea you were engaged4 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4,you are welcome4 ,,dorothy4 ,no apology is necessary4 ,,em',,ly4 ,,weatherspout4,ladies1 ,mr4 ,raymore has been in my employment for a number of years2 in fact1 since his boyhood4 ,i have every confidence in his honor and integrity4 ,,squire4,we all know ,leslie1 and every one is acquainted with you1 ,mr4 ,weatherspout3 and it is exceedingly gratifying to hear of the cordial relations which exist between two such worthy menbut you were about to say ,,weatherspout4,i was about to remark that ,i have come here solely for the purpose of attending the masquerade ball to-night4 ,,leslie4,mr4 ,weatherspout has stated the fact4 ,i showed him the invitation from ,squire ,clyde1 and he gave me permission to accept only on condition that ,i would allow him to accompany me4 ,,squire4,which ,i take as a high compliment to myself1 and shall do all in my power to make you remember the hospitalities of ,clyde ,hall4 ,all make show of conversing4 ,,dorothy 7,to ,leslie74,i am so glad you have come4 ,,leslie4,i am more than glad2 ,i cannot express my happiness4 ,,dorothy4,and papa wrote his consentwere you not surprised8 ,,leslie4,no1 ,dorothy1 love2 your father is sensible1 and judges a man by his personal worth rather than by the weight of his purse4 ,,dorothy4,you have told no one8 ,,leslie4,only my employer4 ,,dorothy4,you rogue6 ,no wonder he came with you4 ,,squire4,yes1 yes2 that is so1 we had better go to the mansion4 ,mrs4 ,felton1 we will depart4 ,recollect1 ,em'ly1 until we unmask you are ,dorothy ,clydethat is1 to ,morley ,dingle4 ,good day1 ladies4 ,all exit except ,mrs4 ,felton and ,em'ly4 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4,em'ly1 my child1 ,god is good4 ,something seems to tell me that there are better days in store for us4 ,,em',,ly4,let us hope1 mother2 7takes her hand7 my heart1 too1 seems lighter4 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4,we will hope4 ,,curtain4 ,end of the first act4 ,,act ,,ii4 ,,scene3 ,interior of ,clyde ,hall4 ,seats arranged at wings4 ,door pract4 in ,flat1 through which flowers are visible4 ,em'ly and ,dingle discovered standing ,c4 ,both are masked4 ,,dingle4,by yonder fair moon whose radiance is reflected in a thousand dewy gems2 by the glorious splendors of this summer night1 ,i adjure you to remove that mask4 ,,em',,ly4,sir ,knight1 if eloquence could tempt me to reveal my face before the proper time1 then your words would win your wish4 ,i am not what you think ,i am4 ,knights woo not poor peasant maids1 and ,i am poor1 and humble1 too4 ,,dingle4,the wealth of those bright eyes would make one rich though he were a beggar4 ,,em',,ly4,flattery from friends is at best embarrassing2 from strangers it is wholly out of place4 ,,dingle 7,aside74,there's no humbleness in that remark4 7,aloud7 ,i crave your forgiveness2 ,i am the last man in the world who would do an ungallant act4 ,,em',,ly 7,aside74,you are among the latest who did4 7,aloud7 ,are you always mindful of a woman's feelings8 ,do you treat them all with gentle courtesy8 ,,dingle 7,aside74,there's a little sarcasm in that2 ,i wonder what she means8 7,aloud7 ,certainly6 ,i would scorn1 loathe1 abhor a man who could forget his duty in that regard4 ,,em',,ly4,even though she owed him money8 ,,dingle4,eh6 7,aside7 ,what is she driving at8 7,aloud7 ,miss ,clyde1 you are severe4 ,,em',,ly4,if any one designated me as ,miss ,clyde they erred4 ,once more ,i repeat that ,i am not ,dorothy ,clyde4 ,,dingle 7,laughs74,we will not discuss that point4 ,i have danced with you twice to-night1 and ,i have danced with no one else2 and yet ,i have had the honor of twice dancing with the lady whose name you mentioned4 ,,em',,ly4,the music has ceased4 ,the guests will come this way4 ,excuse me4 ,exits hastily ,l4 ,,dingle 7,looking ,l74,o ,jupiter1 what a beauty6 ,how lightly she trips across the hall4 ,sweet ,dorothy1 thou hast won my heart4 ,enter ,dorothy ,r4 ,but why does she persist in denying her identity8 ,a servant volunteered to point out both her and the ,felton girl2 she evidently desires to ,,dorothy 7,coughs74 ,,dingle 7,aside74,the tenant's daughter4 ,i would recognize that haughty minx though she were doubly masked4 ,,dorothy4,pardon me1 sir2 ,i would inquire the way to the banquet room4 ,,dingle 7,aside74,it will never do to let her recognize my voice2 ,i will assume a falsetto tone4 7,aloud7 ,you had better find a servant1 ,miss ,gypsy ,queen2 ,i am not posted in the commissary department4 ,,dorothy4,i perceive that all knights are not ,quixotes in gallantry4 ,thanks1 however1 for your suggestion4 ,,dingle 7,sarcastic bow74,don't mention it1 fair fortune-teller4 ,,dorothy4,if you knew me you would try to be more courteous2 thus have you unmasked your nature1 though your face is still unseen4 ,exit ,l4 ,,dingle4,the saucy beggar6 ,well1 in some natures poverty serves to intensify pride2 ,i will seek the ,squire4 7,exits ,r47 7,enter ,weatherspout and ,miss ,philp1 ,door ,f42 she leans upon his arm47 ,,weatherspout4,the night is lovely2 years and years ago it was my delight to wander forth beneath the moon's soft rays ,,miss ,,philp4,years and years ago6 ,there6 you talk like a sexagenarian4 ,i will wager you what you will that you are under twenty-five6 ,aye1 that ,i know your name6 ,,weatherspout4,in a few minutes the guests will assemble and unmask2 if you guess my name ,i will anticipate that ceremony4 ,can you not detect the tremor of age in my voice8 ,,miss ,,philp 7,aside74,the servant volunteered to tell me this man's name4 ,he is merely assuming the ancient quaver4 ,his form is as straight as a pin oak4 7,aloud7 ,my eyes are not deceived1 ,mr4 ,morley ,dingle4 ,,weatherspout4,not knowing the party for whom you take me1 ,i am unable to rate the value of your compliment4 ,,miss ,,philp 7,aside74,it is ,dingle1 sure6 7,aloud7 ,then1 holy ,monk1 be my father confessor and learn that ,mr4 ,morley ,dingle is a perfect ,adonis1 a gentleman of rare attainments1 one whose name any woman would be proud totothat isinclude among her list of friends4 ,,weatherspout4,or read upon her teaspoons,i comprehend4 ,,miss ,,philp4,of course ,i speak from hearsay only2 ,i have not the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with the gentleman2 although ,i think ,i have enjoyed his company this evening4 ,,weatherspout4,my child1 you are mistaken2 ,i am not ,dingle4 ,i am glad for your sake that you are deceived4 ,you will also be satisfied when you have reflected upon the matter4 ,,miss ,,philp 7,angrily74,do you know to whom you are talking8 ,,weatherspout4,candidly1 ,i do not4 ,,miss ,,philp 7,aside74,i see2 he fears ,i will penetrate his disguise4 7,aloud7 ,oh1 you are deep1 very deep4 ,,weatherspout 7,offering his arm74,permit me to escort you to the drawing-room4 ,,miss ,,philp 7,takes his arm74,what a dreamy1 soul-inspiring night4 ,,weatherspout 7,yawning74,very4 ,they exit ,l4 ,,squire 7,from without74,i will tell you4 ,step this way4 7,enter ,squire and ,leslie ,r41 each holding mask in hand7 ,knowing that ,dingle was anxious to identify my daughter1 and that ,miss ,philp was dying to meet ,dingle1 ,i instructed a trusty servant to mislead them by making certain remarks within their hearing4 ,the thing has worked like a charm1 and the most ludicrous blunders have resulted4 ,,leslie4,i thought that ,dorothy was unusually interested in the movements of certain couples4 ,so the little rogue is a party to your conspiracy6 ,,squire4,the motive justifies the means2 ,i desire to reclaim an arrogant young man and a silly woman2 both are difficult cases1 yet ,i hope to succeed4 ,,leslie4,some one is callinghark6 ,,mercy 7,without74,quick6 quick6 ,squire1 quick6 7,enters ,l4 running7 ,oh6 oh6 oh6 ,,squire4,speak1 girl1 what is amiss8 ,,mercy4,oh1 sir1 you wouldn't joke if you knew the trouble4 ,it may end in bloodshed6 ,,squire4,who's joking8 ,,mercy4,you asked me a conundrum4 ,,squire4,never6 ,,mercy4,you asked me what is a missevery girl knows what a miss is4 ,exits ,r4 running4 ,,leslie4,the girl is mixed4 ,leslie and ,squire mask4 ,,dingle 7,without74,you shall apologize or fight4 7,enter ,l47 ,ah1 here are gentlemen who will see fair play4 ,come on1 sir1 come on6 ,enter ,weatherspout ,l4 ,,weatherspout4,silence6 ,give me a chance to explain4 ,,dingle 7,drawing sword74,retract1 sir6 ,eat your words6 7,flourishes sword7 ,feast upon them6 ,swallow them6 ,,weatherspout4,gentlemen1 hear him6 ,his tongue would madden an auctioneer with envy4 ,,dingle4,ha6 more insults6 ,hold me back6 7,makes a pass at ,weatherspout47 ,let me dissect him6 ,squire and ,leslie take hold of ,dingle4 ,,squire4,remember where you are6 ,,leslie4,do nothing rash1 sir6 ,,weatherspout4,release him2 ,i fear his jargon1 not his blade2 let me explain1 and if he then insists on satisfaction1 ,i will thrash him with my staff4 ,,dingle4,my honor6 7,flourishes his sword7 must ,i submit to this6 ,,squire4,let the monk speak4 ,,weatherspout4,while standing on the porch enjoying the cool breeze1 my companion1 a lady1 playfully called me ,dingle4 ,i replied that the air was filled with ,dingles1 whereupon this fellow sprang from behind a bush1 and would have throttled me1 had ,i not sneezed in his face4 ,,dingle4,what right had he to mention my name8 ,,squire4,you are a masked knighthow should he know you are the champion of one ,dingle8 ,,dingle 7,aside74,what a donkey ,i have made of myself4 7,aloud7 ,gentlemen1 there is a blunder here4 ,mr4 ,monk1 ,i ask your pardon 7,sheathes his sword74 ,i apologize4 ,enter ,mrs4 ,felton ,d4 ,f4 ,she pauses ,c4 ,,squire4,gentlemen1 you've raised the dead with your noise4 ,look6 ,,weatherspout4,beg pardon1 sir8 ,,leslie4,were you addressing me8 ,,dingle4,what did you observe1 sir8 ,,squire4,i say it is a shame when even spirits cannot rest4 ,all look at each other for explanation4 ,,dingle4,my dear sir1 you've indulged too freely in lobster salad2 you've got the nightmare4 ,,squire 7,points at ,mrs4 ,felton74,brave ,sir ,knight1 look over your shoulder4 ,,dingle 7,turns slowly1 sees ,mrs4 ,f41 and runs off ,l47 ,,weatherspout 7,same business74 ,,leslie4,well1 gentlemen7,turns and sees ,mrs4 ,f47 ,ugh6 7,runs off ,r47 ,,mrs4 ,,felton 7,removing pillow case from head74,is it possible that ,i am such a hideous object that priests1 soldiers and brigands flee from my presence8 ,,squire 7,removes mask74,my dear ,mrs4 ,felton1 they were frightened almost to death before you came2 they were longing to disperse1 and you furnished the excuse4 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4,this has been a night of excitement and pleasure to the young folks2 to me it has proved a season of consternation4 ,one man was so terrified on meeting me in the hall that he fell into a tub of egg flip2 another individual dropped the arm of his lady-love and ran howling into the midst of the dancers4 ,,squire4,when the guests behold your face1 their fears will turn to admiration4 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4,oh1 now1 really1 ,squire6 ,,squire4,i have long sympathized with you in your bereavement2 ,i have observed your trials and sorrows with positive pain2 sympathy often ends in love ,,mrs4 ,,felton 7,aside74,is he going to propose8 7,aloud7 ,don't1 don't1 ,squire4 ,,squire4,i repeat1 sympathy often ends in love2 ,dorothy loves you well4 ,,mrs4 ,,felton 7,aside74,dorothy6 7,aloud7 ,she does1 ,i am sure4 ,ahem6 ,,squire 7,falls on his knee74,and so does her father4 ,enter ,mercy ,l42 she pauses unobserved4 ,,mrs4 ,,felton 7,takes his hand74,this is indeed an honor4 ,,squire4,a true woman is an honor beyond price4 ,i am the honored one 7,look bashfully at each other74 ,,mercy 7,aside74,well1 if this isn't the spooniest collection of humans ,i ever was thrown among1 then my name's not ,mercy4 7,aloud7 ,excuse me4 ,,squire4 7,start7 ,eh6 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4 ,oh1 my6 ,,mercy4,i've lost my mistress and ,i want to find her4 ,it's time to go home4 ,,squire4,the masqueraders are coming2 7,mrs4 ,felton and ,squire mask7 you will soon see your mistress4 7,waltz music in distance1 to continue until masqueraders enter1 when change to march47 ,they are now dancing the last waltz4 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4,how sweetly the strains of music fall upon the ear4 ,,squire 7,extending his arms74,do you waltz1 my dear madam8 ,,mercy4,the idea6 ,,mrs4 ,,felton 7,retreating74,oh1 no1 no1 no4 ,,mercy4,here they come6 7,squire and ,mrs4 ,felton take position ,c4 ,mercy ,l4 ,e47 ,,squire4,they come1 my dear ,mrs4 ,felton4 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4,yes1 they come4 ,,squire4,my dear madam1 let them come4 ,enter ,dingle and ,em'ly1 ,leslie and ,dorothy1 ,weatherspout and ,miss ,philp1 #b ,l4 ,e41 followed by masqueraders2 all countermarch to music1 and take final positions as follows3 ,dingle and ,em'ly ,r4 ,c41 ,leslie and ,dorothy ,l4 ,c41 ,weatherspout and ,miss ,philp ,r41 masqueraders form semi-circle in rear4 ,,squire 7,removing mask74,as your host ,i bid you each and all unmask4 7,all unmask47 ,,miss ,,philp 7,astonished74,only look6 7,aside7 ,old as sin6 ,,squire4,i will first present my daughter4 ,,dingle 7,bows to ,em'ly74 ,,squire4,ladies and gentlemen 7takes ,dorothy's hand71 this is ,miss ,dorothy ,clyde 7all bow74 ,,dingle 7,aside74,the widow's daughter6 7,aloud to ,em'ly7 ,surely1 this is a joke2 are you not ,miss ,clyde8 ,,dorothy4,no1 sir2 my name is ,dorothy ,clyde1 and the young lady at your side is the one who did not hear your gallant views on the subject of arrears of rent4 ,,dingle4,do you mean to say8 ,,em',,ly4,she means to say that ,i am ,em'ly ,felton4 ,,squire4,and that you are by no means a stranger to ,dorothy4 ,,miss ,,philp4,and ,mr4 ,dingle1 pray what has become of him8 ,,squire4,the ladies first4 ,this is ,miss ,philp1 my friends2 this is ,miss ,felton1 and last1 but not least1 this is my esteemedahthat ismy very esteemed friend1 her mother4 ,now1 ,miss ,philp1 allow me to introduce to your kind consideration ,mr4 ,morley ,dingle1 of ,dingleton1 ,dingle ,township1 ,pennsylvania4 ,,dorothy 7,aside74,dingle1 dong1 dingle4 ,,dingle4,i am pleased to make your acquaintance1 ,miss4 ,,miss ,,philp4,it is such a pleasure to place your name ,,weatherspout 7,aside74,on your teaspoons1 if you could4 ,,miss ,,philp4,among those of my chosen friends4 ,,squire4,perhaps it would give ,mr4 ,dingle exquisite pleasure to escort you home4 ,,dingle4,i have already a lady4 ,,dorothy 7,to ,dingle74,are you going to distrain the household chattels8 ,,dingle4,not with such good collateral security4 ,i was wrong4 ,i deeply regret my action4 ,,dorothy4,then the court has reversed its decision8 ,,dingle4,completely6 ,the waiver is a fraud4 ,,squire4,ladies and gentlemen1 this is my old chum1 ,caleb ,weatherspout1 and this is my future son-in-law1 ,leslie ,raymore4 ,,weatherspout4,of the firm of ,weatherspout ,raymore4 ,,miss ,,philp4,mercy1 get my wrap1 quick4 ,,mercy4,must you go home alone8 ,,weatherspout4,not by any means4 ,i shall see you both safely home4 ,,miss ,,philp 7,aside74,he don't look so aged after all4 7,aloud7 ,how kind1 sir4 ,,squire4,now that we have thrown off our masks1 let us keep them off4 ,,mrs4 ,,felton4,and let us clasp hands in the light of a perfect understanding4 7,all join hands47 ,,leslie4,this is mainly due to ,dorothy ,clyde ,,em',,ly 7,nods to ,dorothy74,the ,squire's ,daughter4 ,curtain4 ,geo4 ,m4 ,vickers4 ,illustration3 8,backward1 turn backward1 ,o time1 in your flight1 ,make me a child again1 just for to-night60 ,a ,dog ,story4 ,i4 ,he was strong and trim1 and a good sized cur4 ,a giant of dogs2 with soft silk fur1 ,poised head1 of an intellectual size1 ,and two straight1 luminous hero eyes4 ,a tail whose gestures were eloquence2 ,a bark with a germ of common sense4 ,and this dog looked1 upon the whole1 ,as if he had gathered some crumbs of soul ,that fell from the feast ,god spreads for man ,looked like a line of the human plan4 ,there went with his strong1 well-balanced stride ,a dignity oft to man denied4 ,god's humblest brutes1 where'er we turn1 ,are full of lessons for man to learn4 ,that night that he crouched by the yielding door1 ,and two grim1 murderous thieves1 or more1 ,had bribed the locks with their hooks of steel1 ,he fought with more than a henchman's zeal ,for sleeping loved ones' treasures and life3 ,he conquered rogue1 and bullet1 and knife4 ,that day that he walked by the river's brink1 ,thinking 7if certain men can think71 ,and saw distress with a quick1 sure eye1 ,and heard the half-choked drowning cry ,a living life boat1 soon he bore ,the half-killed man to a welcome shore4 ,and when the wife of the rescued one ,wept him her love for the great deed done1 ,and fondled him in a warm embrace1 ,he talked with his honest1 kind old face1 ,and said1 8,i have shown you nothing new2 ,it is what we live and love to do4 ,in lake or river1 in sea or bay1 ,my race are rescuers every day2 ,in the snowy gulfs1 'mid hills above ,my race brings life to the race we love40 ,,ii4 ,he was sick and reelingdeadly faint2 ,he roamed the streets with a piteous plaint4 ,he had lips afoam1 and eyes hard set2 ,he asked the mercy of all he met4 ,he drearily ran his death-strown race2 ,he found no pity in any face4 ,he glanced at an old friend with a moan1 ,there came to him back a well-aimed stone4 ,no cure for him in his strange distress1 ,no tender nursing and kind caress6 ,all fled or fought when he came near2 ,the world seemed mad with rage and fear4 ,he searched for an unfrequented way2 ,he would have prayed if a beast could pray4 ,for he who man had deified ,was now all mercy of man denied2 ,he who to save man's life had flown ,now had to fight man for his own4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the soul of the humble brute has fled3 ,the grand old dog lies safely dead4 ,o1 man-like brain1 and ,god-like heart6 ,you were made to carry a noble part4 ,what spirit of vile ,satanic breed ,had sowed in your veins the poison-seed ,that turned to a curse your honest breath1 ,that shaped your lips to a fount of death8 ,sleep well old friend2 your teeth of flame ,grew not from a soul of vice and shame4 ,sleep well1 old saint2 not yours the will ,to plant the world with the germs that kill4 ,not yours the conscious guilt that lies ,in men who ravage with open eyes4 ,you did1 old dog1 the best you knew1 ,and that is better than most men do2 ,and if ever ,i get to the great ,just ,place ,i shall look for your honest1 kind old face4 ,will ,carleton4 ,exercise in ,pronunciation4 ,a jocund1 sacrilegious son of ,belial1 who suffered from bronchitis1 having exhausted his finances at the annual joust1 in order to make good the deficit1 resolved to ally himself to a comely1 lenient and docile young lady of the ,malay or ,caucasian race4 ,he accordingly purchased a calliope1 a coral necklace of chameleon hue1 and securing a suite of rooms at a hotel1 he engaged the head waiter as his coadjutor4 ,he then dispatched a letter of the most unexceptionable calligraphy extant1 with a sentimental hemistich1 inviting the young lady to an orchestral concert4 ,she was harassed1 and with a truculent look revolted at the idea1 refused to consider herself sacrificable to his desires1 and sent a polite note of refusal1 on receiving which1 he procured a carbine and bowie knife1 said that he would not now forge fetters hymeneal with the queen1 went to an isolated spot1 severed his jugular vein1 and discharged the contents of his carbine into his abdomen1 with a grimace at the raillery of his acquaintances4 ,he succumbed and was irrefragably dead1 and neither vagaries nor pageantry were permitted when he was conveyed to the mausoleum followed by his enervated canine4 ,the ,moon4 ,serenely1 ,o moon1 thou art beaming to-night1 ,tracking the sea with thy silvery light2 ,piercing the forest1 thy beautiful rays ,are patching the ground in fantastical ways4 ,on city1 on hamlet1 on palace and hut1 ,on the far-stretching plain1 in the deep mountain cut1 ,thy mellow beams softly on all alike fall2 ,o1 queen of the night1 thou hast homage from all3 ,from the glistening dew1 from the true lover's sigh1 ,from the cricket's shrill voice and the katy-did's cry2 ,thy heart-soft'ning power all races have felt2 ,to thy soothing appeal the most callous must melt4 ,o mute sympathizer1 invoker of tales1 ,a fleet of heart secrets each night to thee sails4 ,to the shipwrecked at sea1 when the storm clears away ,and calm night succeeds the wild1 boisterous day1 ,all huddled on raft1 or faint clinging to spar1 ,there's a hope in thy beams that no danger can mar4 ,when red in the east thou ascendest the sky1 ,and thy disc meets the half-naked savage's eye1 ,he pauses1 and feels as he views thy bright light ,that a ,greater than he is displaying ,his might4 ,ere since by ,omnipotence whirled into space1 ,thou hast gladdened the night with thy radiant face4 ,to nations long dead1 and unheard of by man1 ,thou wast familiar when first they began1 ,through their ages of splendor1 their waning away1 ,till their last mould'ring relic succumbed to decay4 ,and so1 till ,jehovah's dread voice bids thee stay1 ,and the night is absorbed by ,eternity's day1 ,thou shalt in thine orbit thy mission pursue1 ,a bright silver ship in an ocean of blue4 ,geo4 ,m4 ,vickers4 ,the ,suicide4 ,the sun had set4 ,the ruddy clouds ,had changed to gloomy gray1 ,and sweet1 sad twilight soothed the hour ,forsaken by the day4 ,a village road1 with nest-like cots1 ,and oaks1 on either hand4 ,an old stone bridge1 whose single arch1 ,a dark1 deep river spanned3 ,and sounds of distant merry shouts ,were borne upon the breeze1 ,when1 on the bridge there came a maid1 ,and sank upon her knees4 ,a maid8 ,perhaps a slighted wife ,or neithernone could tell ,a stricken lifea broken heart1 ,about to bid farewell ,farewell to that1 which lacking hope1 ,is but a dreary waste2 ,where ,nature's brightest1 fairest sweets ,grow bitter to the taste4 ,she roseadvanced unto the brink ,a wild1 imploring prayer ,alas6 she stood1 unlovedalone ,a statue of despair4 ,one plaintive wail1 and then a plunge ,the wavelets laved the shore ,then all was still4 ,the river flowed ,as smoothly as before4 ,geo4 ,m4 ,vickers4 ,the ,felon's ,wife4 ,the scene was a court of justice1 where criminals were tried1 ,and a woman and child#bcd stood sobbing close by a prisoner's side4 ,the man was the woman's husband1 the child their darling boy1 ,and they waited the dreadful sentence that would two fond lives destroy4 ,the sunshine streamed through the window and fell on the judge's face1#bce ,while the song of a bird in a tree-top#bcf seemed harsh and out of place2 ,then the sunlight merged into shadow1#bcg and the bird had ceased to sing ,so quick are the fitful changes that fate and nature bring4 ,the ordeal soon was over1 and the woman stood alone1 ,alone with her tender offspring1 with a heart that weighed like stone4 ,the convict's tear still glistened like a gem on her pallid cheek1 ,and that tear-drop mutely told her what his white lips could not speak4 ',twas a sad farewell1 that parting1 for it severed man and wife ,doomed her to toil unaided2 him to servitude for life3 ,but time soothes#bch the deepest sorrow1 and love will hope and pray1 ,and soon like a dream grew the terrors of that sad and awful day4 99 99 99 99 99 ',tis night on the ,mississippi1 and a steamer1 staunch and new1 ,has stopped at a village landing her fuel to renew2 ,a man1 the only passenger1 steps#bci hurriedly on board1 ,and mates and crew stand ready1 waiting the captain's word3 8,haul in the gang-plank1 lively6 cast off your hawser1 quick60 ,whooo6 blows the hoarse1 loud whistle1 for the fog hangs low#bdj and thick3 ,dong6 dong6 rings the pilot's signal2 plash6 plash6 go the mammoth wheels1 ,and into the gloomy shadows1 like a monster swan she steals4#bda ,a hundred souls are sleeping1 and the engine's throbbing drone#bdb ,has lulled the weary look-out with its drowsy monotone4 ,now the mist is lifting#bdc slightly1 and a light#bdd gleams on the shore ',tis gone2 now the night grows blacker1#bde more dismal than before3 ,who-oo6 goes the whistle hoarsely1 but the steamer plows along1 ,for the pilot knows his bearings and he softly hums a song4 ,whooo6 comes a sound1 and faintly1 like an echo far away2 ,and the engine still is droning1 still is heard the raining spray3 8,boat ahead1 sir60#bdf calls the look-out2 8,ay1 ay1 sir1 boat ahead60 ,thus replies the watchful pilot as he glances at the red1#bdg ,then turns to see the green#bdh light1 which the mist-clouds magnify ,till upon each wheelhouse1 gleaming1 stares a single monster eye4 ,below the lights burn dimly1 for all are locked in sleep1 ,save the stewardess and a porter who silent vigil keep ,whooo6 that's close upon us6 dong6 quick goes the pilot's bell1 ,the engineer springs promptly and handles his lever well3 8,god help us6 what has happened80 the frantic people cry1 ,while terror and wild confusion are seen in every eye3 ,hark#bdi to the trampling overhead6 to the rudder's rattling chain6 ,to the shrieks that come from the cabin1 where the women still remain6 ,one blinding flash6#bej one shudder6 now everything is still1 ,save the swash#bea of the flowing river1 and the sigh of the night wind#beb chill4 ,the papers were full of the story1 'twas their theme for a day or more1 ,then the tale grew old and the world rolled on as smoothly as before4 ,in a lowly home by the river#bec live a woman and her son1 ,and the lines on their patient faces show what toil and care have done3 ,they stand with a priest and surgeon1 near the bed of a dying man1 ,and hark to his broken whispers1 while his ashen face they scan3 ,his life had been worse than wasted1 and his soul was black with sin1 ,and a seething hell of sorrow was raging his breast within 8,yet,i'dmakeonereparation0 and his trembling voice sinks low 8,iwoulddoonethingofhonortho' the lastbefore,igo40 ,fromthewreckofthesmoulderingsteamerfate boreme bleedinghere1 ,thatmyawfulretributiontothesevictimsmig htappear ,iswear6#bed0 and his voice grows louder1 8ifyousearchthat satchelthere#bee ,youwillfindsomestrangeconfessionsandthe proofsof truththey bear0 ,on the wall#bef hangs a bag all blistered1 which the woman hastes to reach1 ,for she of all his hearers knows the purport of his speech4 8,this#beg proves my husband's innocence6 ,thank ,god for what you've said60 ,and she turns to the lonely passenger1 only to find him dead4 99 99 99 99 99 ,softly the sunbeams golden steal#beh by a prison bar ,lighting an empty dungeon whose iron door stands ajar2#bei ,and the same sun lights a cottage1#bfj with a warm and cheery glow1 ,where three fond hearts united1 with rapture overflow3 8,o1 husband10 the woman whispers1 8,i knew that you told me true20 ,and he smiles and gently answers1 8let us our vows renew2 ,come1 boy1 kiss your new found mother1 whom we'll love to the end of life1 ,for we've bid farewell forever to the grief-tried felon's wife40 ,geo4 ,m4 ,vickers4 ,,gestures4 #bcd ,h4 ,o4 #bce ,left ,h4 ,o4 #bcf ,a4 ,l4 #bcg ,b4 ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #bch ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #bci ,h4 ,f4 #bdj ,b4 ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #bda ,h4 ,f4 #bdb ,p4 ,h4 ,f4 #bdc ,raise hand ,p4 #bdd ,h4 ,l4 #bde ,b4 ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #bdf ,look up4 #bdg ,look up to right4 #bdh ,look up to left4 #bdi ,raise hand to listen4 #bej ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #bea ,p4 ,sw4 #beb ,a4 ,o4 #bec ,h4 ,o4 #bed ,raise hand to swear4 #bee ,ind4 ,h4 ,o4 #bef ,h4 ,o4 #beg ,fist raised as though holding satchel4 #beh ,p4 ,sw4 #bei ,h4 ,o4 #bfj ,left ,h4 ,o4 ,little ,christel4 ,frulein1 the young school mistress1 to her pupils said one day1 8,next week1 at ,pfingster holiday1 ,king ,ludwig rides this way2 ,and you will be wise my little ones1 to work with a will at your tasks1 ,that so you may answer fearlessly whatever question he asks4 ,it would be a shame too dreadful1 if the king should have it to tell1 ,that ,hansel missed in his figures1 and ,peterkin could not spell60 8,oho6 that never shall happen10 cried ,hansel1 and ,peterkin too1 8,we'll show ,king ,ludwig when he comes1 what the boys in this school can do40 8,and we10 said ,gretchen and ,bertha1 and all the fair little maids1 ,who stood in a row before her1 with their hair in flaxen braids4 8,we will pay such good attention to every word you say ,that you shall not be ashamed of us when ,king ,ludwig rides this way40 ,she smiled1 the young schoolmistress1 to see that they loved her so1 ,and with patient care she taught them the things it was good to know4 ,day after day she drilled them1 till the great day came at last1 ,when the heralds going before him blew out their sounding blast2 ,and with music and flying banners1 and the clatter of horses' feet1 ,the ,king and his troops of soldiers rode down the village street4 ,oh1 the hearts of the eager children1 beat fast with joy and fear1 ,and ,frulein trembled1 and grew pale1 as the cavalcade drew near2 ,but she blushed with pride and pleasure when the lessons came to be heard1 ,for in all the flock of her boys and girls1 not one of them missed a word4 ,and ,king ,ludwig turned to the teacher1 with a smile and a gracious look2 8,it is plain10 said he1 8that your scholars have carefully conned their book40 8,but now let us ask some questions1 to see if they understand20 ,and he showed to one of the little maids an orange in his hand4 ,it was ,christel1 the youngest sister of the mistress fair and kind1 ,a child with a face like a lily1 and as lovely and pure a mind4 8,what kingdom does this belong to80 as he called her to his knee2 ,and at once1 8,the vegetable10 she answered quietly4 8,good10 said the monarch kindly2 and showed her a piece of gold2 8,now tell me what does this belong to1 the pretty coin that ,i hold80 ,she touched it with a careful fingerfor gold was a metal rare ,and then1 8,the mineral kingdom60 she answered with confident air4 8,well done for the little mdchen60 and good ,king ,ludwig smiled ,at ,frulein and her sister1 the teacher1 and the child4 8,now answer me one more question10with a twinkle of fun in his eye1 8,what kingdom do ,i belong to80 ,for he thought she would make reply 8,the animal20 and he meant to ask with a frown1 if that was the thing ,for a little child like her1 to say to her lord and master1 the ,king8 ,he knew not the artless wisdom that would set his wit at naught1 ,and the little ,christel guessed nothing at all of what was in his thought4 ,but her glance shot up at the question1 and the brightness in her face1 ,like a sunbeam on a lily1 seemed to shine all over the place4 8,what kingdom do you belong to80 her innocent lips repeat2 8,why1 surely1 the ,kingdom of ,heaven60 rings out the answer sweet4 ,and then for a breathless moment a sudden silence fell1 ,and you might have heard the fall of a leaf as they looked at little ,christel4 ,but it only lasted a moment2 then rose as sudden a shout1 8,well done1 well done for little ,christel60 and the bravos rang about4 ,for the ,king in his arms had caught her1 to her wondering1 shy surprise1 ,and over and over he kissed her1 with a mist of tears in his eyes4 8,may the blessing of ,god10 he murmured1 8forever rest on thy head6 ,henceforth1 by his grace1 my life shall prove the truth of what thou hast said40 ,he gave her the yellow orange1 and the golden coin for her own1 ,and the school had a royal feast that day whose like they had never known4 ,to ,frulein1 the gentle mistress1 he spoke such words of cheer1 ,that they lightened her anxious labor for many and many a year4 ,and because in his heart was hidden the memory of this thing1 ,the ,lord had a better servant1 the land had a better ,king4 ,mrs4 ,mary ,e4 ,bradley1 in 8,wide ,awake40 ,the ,ballad of ,breakneck4 ,the sun shines out on the mountain#bfa crest2 ,far down the valley the shadows#bfb fall2 ,all crimson and gold is the glowing west2#bfc ,and wheeling and soaring the eagles#bfd call4 ,the good ship#bfe rides with a filling sail2 ,the sailors are crying1 8,away6 away6 ,we must stem the tide ere the ,north wind fail2 ,the night and the breeze brook no delay40 ,the young mate lingers upon the strand#bff ,near a dusky maiden with flushing cheek2 ,in his broad brown palm he holds her hand1 ,and eager and low are the words they speak4 8,weep#bfg not1 ,nekama2 ,i shall return2 ,wait for me here on the mountain side2 ,when the woods in their autumn glory burn1 ,i shall come again to claim my bride40 ,slowly the ,indian lifts her head2 ,dry is her cheek1 and clear her eye3 8,nekama#bfh will wait as thou hast said3 ,the son of the pale-face cannot lie4 ,seeking thy sails on the stream below1#bfi ,under the shade of the tall pine-tree1#bgj ,when the beeches are gold and the sumachs glow1 ,from the mountain top ,i shall watch for thee40 ,the sailors are calling2 the broad sails flap2 ,from his neck ,dirck loosens his great gold chain1 ,flings#bga the gleaming links in ,nekama's lap1 ,then springs#bgb to the shallop's stern again4 ,the stout ash bends to the rowers' will1 ,till the small boat reaches the vessel's side1 ,then he turns to ,nekama waiting still1 ,sad1 but calm in her savage pride4 ,sails the ship under high ,cro' ,nest1#bgc ,wearing and tacking in ,martins' ,reach1#bgd ,while ,dirck looks back with a man's unrest2 ,and ,nekama#bge lingers upon the beach4 ,fade the sails to a vague white speck2 ,loom the mountains1 hazy and tall2 ,dirck watches still from the vessel's deck1 ,and the girl moves not1 though the night-dews fall4 ,a year has passed1 and upon the hills#bgf ,scarlet and russet have faded to brown2 ,no sound is heard but the flowing rills1#bgg ,the summer's voices are hushed#bgh and gone4#bgi ,a late1 sad crow#bhj on a bare beech top ,caws and swings in an autumn wind2 ,the dead leaves fall1 and the acorn's drop#bha ,breaks the stillness and scares the hind4 ,wrapped in her blanket ,nekama stands1 ,scans#bhb the horizon with eager eye4 ,late she lingers4 ,she clasps#bhc her hands1 ,and a sadness dims her wide dark eye4 ,is it a mist#bhd o'er the distant shore8 ,look how the maiden's#bhe dusky face ,glows and brightens6 a moment more1 ,and the white speck changes1#bhf and grows apace4 ,he comes6 he comes6 ,from the wigwams near ,gather the braves#bhg and the squaws again2 ,the men are decked with arrow and spear1 ,and the women of wampum and feathers vain4 ,flecked is the river#bhh with light canoes1 ,laden with gifts for the welcome guest2 ,the spoils of the chase let him freely choose2 ,close to the ship#bhi are the frail barks pressed4 ,brown and still as a bronze relief1 ,shyly ,nekama#bij keeps her place ,behind her father1 the ,mohawk chief1 ,who1 plumed and tall1 with painted face1 ,grasping a spear#bia in his nervous hand1 ,looking in vain one face to see1 ,turns and utters his proud demand3 8,dirck ,brandsen#bib comes not3 where lingers he80 8,dirck stays in ,holland10#bic the sailors say2 8,he has wedded a dame of wealth and state2 ,he sails no more for many a day ,god send us all like happy fate60 ,dark grows the brow of the angered sire3 8,can the white man lie like a ,huron knave80 ,the eyes of the maiden burn like fire1 ,but her mien is steady1 her words are brave4 ,from her bosom she drags#bid the great gold chain2 ,dashed#bie at the captain's feet it lies3 8,take back to the traitor his gift again2 ,nekama has learned how a pale-face lies60 ,proudly she steps#bif to her light canoe2 ,bends her paddle at every stroke2 ,the graceful bark o'er the waters flew1 ,nor wist they a woman's heart had broke4 ,up the mountain#big ,nekama hies2 ,stands in the pine tree's shade again2 ,scans the scene with her wide wild eyes2 ,moans like a creature in mortal pain4 ,the dark clouds crowd round the mountain peak1#bih ,caws the crow on the bough#bii o'erhead ,the great limbs bend and the branches creak 8,ah1 why do ,i live8#cjj ,he is false60#cja she said4 ,a shriek is heard through the gathering storm2 ,a rushing figure darkens the air2 ,out from the cliff#cjb springs a slender form ,and the maiden's grief lies buried there4#cjc ,towers the gray crag#cjd grim and high2 ,drips the blood from its rugged side2 ,loud and shrill is the eagle's call ,o'er the muttering wash of the angry tide6 ,but ,storm ,king#cjf nods to old ,cro' ,nest1#cjg ,where the pine-trees nod1 and the hoarse crows call1 ,though the ,mohawk sleeps 'neath that rocky crest1#cjh ,while the leaves on his ruined castles fall4 ,to-day on the ,hudson sailing by1 ,under the shadow of ,breakneck ,hill1 ,we tell the legend1 and heave a sigh1 ,where ,nekama's memory lingers still4 ,harper's ,magazine4 ,,gestures4 #bfa ,left ,a4 ,o4 #bfb ,p4 ,h4 ,f4 #bfc ,h4 ,l4 #bfd ,left ,a4 ,sw4 #bfe ,h4 ,f4 #bff ,h4 ,o4 #bfg ,look to ,h4 ,o4 #bfh ,look to ,left ,h4 ,o4 #bfi ,h4 ,o4 #bgj ,a4 ,o4 #bga ,sp4 #bgb ,h4 ,f4 #bgc ,a4 ,o4 #bgd ,left ,h4 ,f4 #bge ,h4 ,o4 #bgf ,left ,a4 ,o4 #bgg ,h4 ,l4 #bgh ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #bgi ,drop hand4 #bhj ,left ,a4 ,o4 #bha ,sp4 #bhb ,hand over eyes1 and lean forward4 #bhc ,clasp hands4 #bhd ,left ,h4 ,f4 #bhe ,h4 ,o4 #bhf ,left ,h4 ,f4 #bhg ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #bhh ,p4 ,h4 ,f4 #bhi ,h4 ,f4 #bij ,h4,o4 #bia ,sp4 #bib ,turn to left4 #bic to right4 #bid ,sp4 #bie ,d4 ,f4 #bif ,h4 ,o4 #big ,a4 ,o4 #bih ,b4 ,par4 ,a4 ,o4 #bii ,a4 ,f4 #cjj ,wring hands4 #cja ,b4 ,d4 ,cli4 #cjb ,a4 ,o4 #cjc ,ind4 ,d4 ,o4 #cjd ,a4 ,o4 #cje ,h4 ,o4 #cjf ,left ,a4 ,o4 #cjg ,a4 ,o4 #cjh ,ind4 ,a4 ,o4 ,illustration3 8,hide your faces1 ,holy ,angels60 ,the ,chemist to his ,love4 ,i love thee1 ,mary1 and thou lovest me1 ,our mutual flame is like the affinity ,that doth exist between two simple bodies3 ,i am ,potassium to thine ,oxygen2 ',tis little that the holy marriage vow ,shall shortly make us one4 ,that unity ,is1 after all1 but metaphysical4 ,oh1 would that ,i1 my ,mary1 were an ,acid1 ,a living acid1 and thou an alkali1 ,endowed with human sense1 that brought together1 ,we might coalesce unto one salt1 ,one homogeneous crystal4 ,oh1 that thou ,wert ,carbon1 and myself were ,hydrogen6 ,we would unite to form olefiant gas1 ,or common ,coal1 or ,naphtha4 ,would to ,heaven ,that ,i were ,phosphorus1 and thou wert ,lime1 ,and we of ,lime composed a ,phosphuret6 ,i'd be content to be ,sulphuric ,acid1 ,so that thou might be ,soda2 in that case ,we should be ,glauber's ,salt4 ,wert thou ,magnesia ,instead1 we'd form the salt that's named from ,epsom4 ,could'st thou ,potassa be1 ,i1 ,aquafortis1 ,our happy union should be that compound form1 ,nitrate of ,potash1otherwise ,saltpetre4 ,and thus our several natures sweetly blent1 ,we'd live and love together1 until death ,should decompose the fleshy tertium quid1 ,leaving our souls to all eternity ,amalgamated4 ,sweet1 thy name is ,briggs ,and mine is ,johnson4 ,wherefore should not we ,agree to form a ,johnsonate of ,briggs8 ,we will4 ,the day1 the happy day is nigh1 ,when ,johnson shall with beauteous ,briggs combine4 ,a ,wayward ,life4 ,an organ accompaniment1 and singing by a concealed choir1 will add very materially to the effect of this piece4 ',tis a cold winter night1 and the earth is robed in a gown of snow4 ,the moon is partly hidden by the driving clouds1 and but dimly lights the sleeping world4 ,the scene is a grave-yard4 ,in the centre stands an old church4 ,from its stained glass windows the warm light softly gleams4 ,slowly tottering along the narrow path is seen a human form2 it is a rough old tramp1 lonely1 and almost bowed to the earth4 ,he seeks among the tall1 white tombs2 now he sinks wearily down on a hard1 rough mound4 ,there is no marble slab to mark out the spot2 only the drifted snow1 only the bare leafless willow that moans and sighs above it4 ,hark6 he speaks2 his voice is feeble2 he mournfully cries1 8,mother1 ,i've come home to die with you4 ,here on your long-neglected grave1 here let me pillow my head and fancy ,i sleep in your arms2 and the soft music within that dear church1 let me fancy 'tis your sweet voice as you lull me to sleep4 ,i dare not enter yon church1 where in youth ,i worshiped my ,god40 ,see6 he lays his head on that cold1 hard mound1 and sobs like a tired little child1 8,oh1 mother1 ,i am weary1 so weary of life1 of toil so bitter and labor so hard4 ,i long for rest1 but ,i am afraid to die40 ,he pauses1 he listens1 for within the church a voice speaks slowly and reverently1 8,come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden1 and ,i will give you rest40 ,the tramp replies1 8,could ,i but know those words were meant for such a sinner as ,i60and heavy sobs convulse his poor1 wretched frame4 ,now the choir sings3 8,go tell it to ,jesus1 ,he knoweth thy grief1 ,go tell it to ,jesus1 ,he'll send thee relief2 ,go gather the sunshine ,he sheds on the way1 ,he'll lighten thy burden1 go1 weary one1 pray40 ,the wind moans piteously through the tall1 gaunt trees1 and he murmurs half inaudibly1 8,the prayers that were taught me in sweet boyhood years ,i then repeated with smiles1 but now tears dim my eyes as ,i think of that patient mother who lies beneath this mound4 ,i killed her6 ,i broke her heart6 ,but mother1 oh1 hear me to-night6 ,with my poor1 weary form ,i will guard you and sleep on your snow-covered grave4 ,could ,i know that when dead ,i could meet you in ,heaven1 ,i would rest calmly here on this rough pillow1 but alas for my sins1 so many1 so vile6 ',tis only the pure and holy and good that ever dare hope they may enter therein40 ,each note of the organ peals out1 full of tenderest pathos1 each word from the singers comes clearly and plainly3 8,weary of earth and laden with my sin1 ,i look at ,heaven and long to enter in2 ,but there no evil thing may find a home1 ,and yet ,i hear a voice that bids me come40 ,now he kneels in the snow and his head is bent low1 he clasps his trembling hands1 then with one yearning look towards ,heaven1 he sinks like a child1 weary of play1 sleepy and tired1 on that snow-covered pillow1 the pillow of death4 ,now the flakes fall faster and faster still1 they cover him gently1 like a mother that covers her child1 lest she waken it out of its slumber4 ,now more holy than ever1 grander than ever1 the old organ peals out1 and the choir sings3 8,safe in the arms of ,jesus1 ,safe on his gentle breast1 ,there by his love o'er-shadowed1 ,sweetly my soul shall rest40 ,lizzie ,g4 ,vickers4 ,the ,little ,torment4 ,my name's ,jack4 ,i'm eight years old4 ,i've a sister ,arathusa1 and she calls me a little torment4 ,i'll tell you why3 ,you know ,arethusa has got a beau1 and he comes to see her every night1 and they turn the gas 'way1 'way down 'till you can't hardly see4 ,i like to stay in the room with the gas on full blaze1 but ,arathusa skites me out of the room every night4 ,i checked her once1 you better believe4 ,you know she went to the door to let ,alphonso in1 and ,i crawled under the sofa4 ,then they came in1 and it got awful dark1 and they sat down on the sofa1 and ,i couldn't hear nothing but smack6 smack6 smack6 ,then ,i reached out and jerked ,arethusa's foot4 ,then she jumped and said1 8,oh1 mercy1 what's that80 and ,alfonso said she was a 8timid little creature40 8,oh1 ,alfonso1 ,i'm happy by your side1 but when ,i think of your going away it almost breaks my heart40 ,then ,i snickered right out1 ,i couldn't help it1 and ,arathusa got up1 went and peeked through the key-hole and said1 8,i do believe that's ,jack1 nasty little torment1 he's always where he isn't wanted40 ,do you know this made me mad1 and ,i crawled out from under the sofa and stood up before her and said1 8you think you are smart because you wear a ,grecian ,bend4 ,i guess ,i know what you've been doing1 you've been sitting on ,alphonso's lap1 and letting him kiss you like you let ,bill ,jones kiss you4 ,you ought to be ashamed of yourself4 ,if it hadn't been for that old false front of yours1 ,pa would have let me have a velocipede like ,tom ,clifford's4 ,you needn't be grinding them false teeth of yours at me1 ,i ain't a-going out of here4 ,i ain't so green as ,i look4 ,i guess ,i know a thing or two4 ,i don't care if you are #bh years old1 you ain't no boss of me60 ,the ,stars4 ,spanglets of heaven6 ,ye seem to me ,the alphabet of immensity1 ,by which ,i read1 in dazzling light1 ,the lofty name of the ,infinite4 ,shine on6 ,shine on6 in your depths of blue1 ',till every heart can read it too1 ,and every raptured eye that's bent ,up to the studded firmament1 ,catches the glow of your ceaseless rays1 ,and glistens in the ,eternal's praise4 ,beautiful stars6 ',neath your rich beams1 ,as down from heaven their glory streams1 ,when silence has sealed up the lips of ,earth1 ,and thought1 more wild than the winds1 has birth1 ,i wander6 ,i wander6 with untold joy1 ,to feast my soul on the orb-lit sky2 ,and never did ,chaldee1 when taught to kneel ,at the shrines of your splendor1 more wildly feel ,the torrents of bliss through his bosom flow1 ,as he upward gazed from the dust below4 ,eyes of the universe6 ,gems divine6 ,suns that bask in your own pure shine6 ,countless guides of the awe-struck soul1 ,as inquiring it rushes from pole to pole3 ,i drink6 ,i drink6 at your fountains deep1 ,while the world is locked in the arms of sleep1 ',till filled with the ,pythonic draught of light1 ,my intoxicate spirit deems all things bright2 ,and earth 7and its deeds7 is lost to me1 ,eclipsed by your dazzling radiency4 ,dublin ,university ,magazine4 ,why ,she didn't ,stay in the ,poorhouse4 ,no1 ,i didn't stay in the poorhouse1 and this is how1 you see1 ,it happened at the very last1 there came a way for me4 ,the ,lord1 he makes our sunniest times out of our darkest days1 ,and yet we fail most always to render ,his name the praise4 ,but1 as ,i am goin' to tell you1 ,i have a home of my own1 ,and keep my house1 an'no1 ,i'm not a-livin' here alone4 ,of course you wonder how it is1 an' ,i'm a-goin' to tell ,how1 though ,i couldn't change a jot1 the ,lord done all things well4 ,i've spoke of ,charlie and ,thomas1 and ,rebecca1 8that lives out ,west20 ,an' ,isaac1 not far from her1 some twenty miles at best2 ,an' ,susan2but not a single word ,i said about another one1 ,yet we had six2 but ,georgie6 ,ah6 he was our wayward son1 ,an' while his father was livin' he ran away to sea1 ,an' never sent a word or line to neither him nor me4 ,each heart has some secret sorrow it hides in silence there1 ,an' what we can freely speak of is never so hard to bear4 ,but ,i couldn't talk of ,georgiehe was too dear to blame1 ,it seemed as if ,i couldn't bear even to hear his name4 ,but when ,i took my pauper's place in that old work-house grim1 ,my weary heart was every day a-cryin' out for him4 ,for ,i'd tried the love of the others1 and found it weak and cold1 ,an' ,i kind o' felt if ,georgie knew that ,i was poor and old1 ,he'd help to make it better1 and try to do his part1 ,for love and trust are last of all to die in a woman's heart4 ,an' he used to be always tellin' when he was a man and strong1 ,how he'd work for father and mother2 and he never done no wrong1 ,exceptin' his boyish mischief1 an' his runnin' off to sea2 ,so somehow now1 out of them all1 he seemed the best to me4 ,and so the slow days wore along1 just as the days all go1 ,when we cling to some wild fancy that all the time we know ,is nothing but a fancy1 yet we nurse it till 'twould seem ,that the dream alone is real1 and the real but a dream4 ,and so ,i clung to ,georgie1 or clung to my faith in him1 ,and thought of him the long days through1 until my eyes were dim4 ,and my old heart ached full sorely to think that never again ,i should see my boy until we stood before the ,judge of men4 ,when one day a big brown-bearded man came rushin' up to me1 ,sayin' 8,mother6 my ,god6 have they put you here80 ,an' then ,i see ',twas ,georgie1 my boy1 come back to me1 and ,i knowed nothin' more1 ',cause ,i got faint1 and but for him1 ,i'd fallen on the floor4 ,they say he swore some awful words1,i don't know1it may be2 ,but swear or not1 ,i know my boy's been very1 very good to me4 ,an' he's bought the old home back again1 an' ,i've come here to stay1 ,never to move till the last move1the final goin' away4 ,an' ,i take a heap of comfort1 for ,georgie's good an' kind1 ,an' the thought of bein' a pauper ain't wearin' on my mind2 ,but still ,i never can forget until my dyin' day1 ,that they put me in the poorhouse 'cause ,i was in the way4 8,bill0 the ,engineer4 8,all 'board60 8,sphee-ee-cheesphee-ee-choof60 ,and the iron horse moves his steel-rimmed hoof1 ,and snorts from his chest his breath of steam1 ,with a quickening pulse and warning scream1 ,moves out#cji with his freight of human lives ,a sinuous#caj chain of humming hives4 ,anon the hum is a rattling din1 ,as the bright steel arms fly out and in1 ,till naught is heard save a deafening jar1 ,as the train speeds#caa on like a shooting star1 ,with a lengthening trail#cab like a smoky pall1 ,whose writhing folds envelope all4 8,stoke up60 shouts ,bill1 the engineer2 8,we must rush this grade and the bottom clear ,with a monstrous bulge1 to pull up hill ,t'other sideheavy train40 8,all right1 ,bill60 ,and the coal went in and the throttle out4 8,watch yo' side the curve60 from ,bill with a shout4 ,adown the grade with open throttle ,they swiftly glide as a flying shuttle ,weaving in streaks of green and gray1 ,the warp and woof of bush and clay1 ,while steam and smoke and dust behind ,form mottled clouds in the tortured wind4 ,through the cut#cac and into the vale ,across the trestle that spans the swale2 ,there the willows swirl1 and the rank weeds sway1 ,and the heron starts with a shriek away#cad ,blown from her coursea shrill refrain1 ',mid the whirling gusts of the flying train4 99 99 99 99 99 ,beyond the curve this side the hill1 ,there runs a creekby the old saw-mill ,a covered bridge#cae and a water tank1 ,with the watchman's shanty on this bank3 ,a quiet nook1 for the mill is done1 ,with crippled ,jemmie it ceased to run4 ,just round#caf the curve in the shady wood ,that fringes the creek1 his low hut stood1 ,where ,jemmie1 the watch1 spent his useful life1 ,with a lovely child and a loving wife4 ,naught now came their peace to mar ,worse than a swift train's rumbling jar4 ,to fame unknown1 but to roadmen dear2 ,for ,jemmie had watched from year to year ,and more than once did his vigil save ,a train and its lives from a watery grave2 ,since broken in purse and form at the mill ,he worked on crutchesa good watch still6 99 99 99 99 99 8,hark6#cag ,tis the train6 ,the mother's ear ,leans to the sound2 then a mortal fear ,freezes her veinsshe sees not her child#cah6 8,oh1 darling6 ,oh1 ,maggie60 in accents wild4 ,she starts#cai from the hutnow feeling the way1 8,keep ,maggie in when the trains go by40 ,she strains her eyes#cbj out toward the creek1 ,where up the track1 with an ashen cheek1 ,hobbled the watch#cbaone pointing crutch ,where ,maggie lay#cbb in the engine's clutch ,the wilting flowers across her breast2 ,she'd wearied to sleep in their eager quest4 8,save her1 ,mary6#cbc ,for ,god's sake run60 ,came ,jemmie's voice like a signal gun2 ,the mother sprang like a startled deer1 ,but the rushing train#cbd was now too near ,she saw1 and swooned#cbe with a piercing shriek ,that echoed afar o'er the winding creek2 ,ay1 pierced the boom round the curve so near1#cbf ,and smote on the ear of the engineer2 8,great ,god6 ,down brakes6 ,quick6 ,reverse60 ,and ,bill was out#cbg on the iron horse1 ,treading his thrills o'er the roaring fires ,with his nerves strung tense as electric wires4 ,alas6 the engine's speed is too great2 ,the baby dreams in the path of fate6 ,yet ,bill knows the force and just the brace ,to lift a pound in such a case2 ,with a rushing train and the child asleep1 ',tis a giants' power his place must keep4 ,still reaching forth with an iron grasp1 ,he does with his might this ,god-like task2 ,bears the startled child on high#cbh ,so happy to hear its frightened cry ,then crushing it to his manly breast1#cbi ,kisses its cheeks with a lover's zest4 8,more brakes60 calls ,bill1 for the mother's seen1#ccj ,and the crutches and form of ,jemmie between ,his wife and the trainthat's crushed the life ,from his child1 he thinks8,i'll die with my wife60 ,but the train now slackens and stops apace ,hard by a pallid upturned face4#cca 8,saved60 cries ,bill1 from the engine's front2 8,saved60 echoes ,jemmie1 his crutches shunt2 8,saved60 shout the passengers1 8,saved from death60 8,saved80#ccc queries ,mary1 with conscious breath4 ,then helped to her feet8,god bless you sir60 ,and ,bill's grimy hand wipes back a tear4 8,all 'board60 ,sphee-ee-cheesphee-ee-choof6 ,and the iron horse moves his steel-rimmed hoof2 ,and the train resumes its journey far4 ,heroes have been1 and heroes are ,of battle and ,state1 of travel and skill1 ,of letters and artbut give us 8,bill40#ccd ,at the end of the road they gave him a purse 8,i don't want that60 and he muttered a curse2 ,but finally took it1 and stowed it away1 ,and then threw#cce it to 8,mag0 as he passed next day4 ,it whirled through the air and struck by the stoop1 ,where the three stood to greet him1 a joyful group4 ,bettersworth4 ,published by permission of ,t4 ,j4 ,carey1 ,editor of 8,excelsior ,readings and ,recitations40 ,,gestures4 #cji ,h4 ,f4 #caj ,h4 ,o4 #caa ,h4 ,o4 quick motion4 #cab ,trace line of smoke with ind4 fin4 from ,h4 ,o4 to ,h4 ,f4 #cac ,h4 ,o4 continuous gesture4 #cad ,a4 ,o4 #cae ,h4,o4 continue with impulses to 8bank40 #caf ,h4 ,o4 sweep4 #cag ,left listening4 #cah ,look around distractedly4 #cai ,h4 ,o4 #cbj ,hand over eyes4 #cba ,h4 ,o4 #cbb ,ind4 ,h4 ,f4 #cbc ,throw both hands up4 #cbd ,left ,h4 ,o4 #cbe ,d4 ,f4 #cbf ,left ,h4 ,l4 #cbg ,left ,h4 ,o4 #cbh ,raise hand as though lifting child4 #cbi ,hand on breast4 #ccj ,d4 ,o4 #cca ,d4 ,l4 #ccb ,a4 ,o4 #ccc ,dazed manner4 #ccd ,h4 ,f4 cordially4 #cce ,h4 sweep4 ,the ,true ,remedy4 ,don't say that times are pinching1 ,don't say that bread is dear2 ,don't say that our prospects darken1 ,and that worse times are near4 ,times are not so very pinching1 ,bread is not so very dear2 ,countless stores of loaves are wasted1 ,burned in whisky1drowned in beer4 ,don't say that the harvest failed us1 8,under average10 8short10 or 8light20 ,don't say that the ,bounteous ,giver ,gave not as you think he might4 ,god is bountiful1 and giveth ,as becomes the ,godhead's hand2 ,food for man and beast providing1 ,scattering plenty o'er the land4 ,man himself1 the food destroyer1 ,spurns and wastes the bounties given2 ,turns to famine ,god's abundance1 ,robs his brothers1 blasphemes heaven4 ,don't say that this is fearful1 ,killing men and burning corn2 ,war is raging here among us1 ,day and night1 and eve and morn4 ,noiselessly and never ending1 ,in a quiet1 legal way1 ,murdering1 starving1 scourging1 blasting1 ,all the year and every day6 ,take your grain in million quarters1 ,sink it in the lonely main1 ,there to feed the gaping fishes1 ,never to be seen again2 ,hide it in earth's drearest caverns1 ,burn it in the mid-day sun3 ,that were mercy1 that were worship1 ,when compared with what is done1 ,taking bread from hungry children1 ,and from starving1 weeping wives2 ,turning it to direst poison2 ,demonizing human nature1 ,dwarfing it in moral stature1 ,blotting out each ,god-like feature1 ,shortening1 tort'ring human lives6 ,we say1 something must be done2 ,government must interfere1 ,take the 8short and simple method20 ,stop the whisky1 stop the beer6 ,you can stop them if you will4 ',tis a small thing1 will you do it8 ',tis your country calls you to it2 ,stop the trafficshut the still4 ,temperance ,speaker4 ,illustration3 8,but she1 forsooth1 must charm a man40 ,wanted,a ,wife4 ,i do wish somebody would tell me how to get a wife4 ,for the last ten years ,i've been continually proposing1 at all sorts of times1 in all sorts of places1 to all sorts of girls1 and in all sorts of positions4 ,i have knelt in the clear moonlight1 while the soft zephyrs of ,june fanned my heated brow1 and with my hands on my heart made the most passionate appeal romantic maiden could desire4 ,i have proposed in the giddy mazes of the waltz2 ,i have besought a fair girl to be mine while skating1 reminding her at the time that the path of life was far too slippery to be trodden alone2 ,i have popped the question on the stairs1 and in fact everywhere ,i could2 the last time being in the surf at ,long ,branch1 where ,i begged the object of my affections to let us breast the waves of life together4 ,but it's of no earthly use6 ,no one will have me except some superannuated female1 and ,i'm not partial to aged charmers1 though1 goodness knows1 ,i want a wife almost bad enough to take one4 ,i've hardly a button on any of my shirts1 or other undergarments1 and am consequently obliged to fasten them with pins1 7which occasionally prick me at most inconvenient times74 ,my toes are poking out of my socks1 and my fingers out of my gloves1 while to crown all1 ,i1 who am a great lover of cleanliness1 am forced to sit in a horribly dirty room4 ,i have changed my boarding house ever so many times1 but it does'nt make a particle of difference4 ,my landlady always says it isn't her business to 8clean up0 after me2 the servants invariably remark that its no business of theirs1 and ,i'm sure nobody can say that ,i ought to get a broom and dustpan and keep my own room clean4 ,my washerwoman is everlastingly cheating me1 besides continually suppressing various articles of clothing2 and when ,i mildly inquire where they have gone to1 she solemnly swears she never had them2 though ,i could swear equally solemnly that she had4 ,then she cuts the pearl buttons off my shirts1 and declares they came off in 8the wash20 and if ,i venture timidly to suggest that she should put them on again1 she thanks ,god that all the gentlemen are not as mean as ,i am4 ,oh1 dear6 ,it's very hard upon a poor fellow not to be able to get a wife when he wants one6 ,i'm not so very bad looking either2 to be sure ,i squint a little1 but then that peculiarity is sometimes admired1 and if it were not1 surely some kind-hearted girl might shut her eyes to the fact and confer upon me the inestimable benefit of becoming my partner for life4 ,i'm not bad-tempered1 and don't drink nor smoke4 ,i'm only thirty1 and though ,i now belong to a club1 ,i'll promise to give it up if required4 ,i possess enough money to keep a wife comfortably2 have a good disposition2 and what more could a girl ask4 ,if1 after trying six months longer1 ,i cannot induce any girl to have me1 ,i will emigrate to some tropical climate where clothes are almost superfluous1 and washerwomen unknown1 and consequently where a wife will not be one of the absolute necessities of civilized life4 ,back to ,griggsby's4 ,pap's got his patent-right1 and rich as all creation2 ,but where's the peace and comfort that we all had before8 ,let's go a-visitin' back to ,griggsby's station ,back where we used to be so happy and so pore6 ,the like of us a-livin' here6 ,it's jest a mortal pity ,to see us in this great1 big house1 with carpets on the stairs1 ,and the pump right in the kitchen6 ,and the city6 city6 city6 ,and nothin' but the city all around us everywheres6 ,climb clean above the roof and look from the steeple1 ,and never see a robin1 nor a beech or ellum tree6 ,and right here in ear-shot of at least a thousan' people1 ,and none that neighbors with us1 or we want to go and see6 ,let's go a-visitin' back to ,griggsby's station ,back where the latch-string's a-hangin' from the door2 ,and every neighbor round the place is dear as a relation ,back where we used to be so happy and so pore6 ,i want to see the ,wiggenses1 the whole kit and bilin' ,a-drivin' up from ,shallow ,ford to stay the ,sunday through2 ,and ,i want to see them hitchin' at their son-in-law's and pilin' ,out there at ,lizy ,ellen's1 like they used to do6 ,i want to see the piece quilts the ,jones girls is makin'1 ,and ,i want to pester ,laury 'bout their freckled hired hand1 ,and joke her 'bout the widower she come purt' nigh a-takin'1 ,till her pap got his pension 'lowed in time to save his land4 ,let's go a-visitin' back to ,griggsby's station ,back where there's nothin' aggervatin' anymore1 ,shet away safe in the wood around the old location ,back where we used to be so happy and so pore6 ,i want to see ,mirandy and help her with her sewin'1 ,and hear her talk so lovin' of her man that's dead and gone ,and stand up with ,emanuel to show me how he's growin'1 ,and smile as ,i have saw her1 'fore she put her mournin' on4 ,and ,i want to see the ,samples on the old lower ,eighty ,where ,john1 our oldest boy1 he was took and buried1 for ,his own sake and ,katy'sand ,i want to cry with ,katy ,as she reads all his letters over1 writ from the war4 ,what's in all this grand life and high situation1 ,and nary pink nor hollyhawk bloomin' at the door ,let's go a-visitin' back to ,griggsby's ,station ,back where we used to be so happy and so pore6 ,j4 ,w4 ,riley4 ,the ,old ,spinster4 ,no1 she never was married1 but was to have been ,at the time she was running the loom ,but the fact'ry burned down1 some were mangled and scarred1 ,and her lover was never her groom1 ,as he wedded a handsomer girl4 ,to the stranger1 old ,rachel was ugly indeed1 ,for her features were grim and distorted2 ,tho' in years long gone by she was lovely and fair1 ,as the hopes of her life that were thwarted ,by the dreadful mishap in the mill4 ,but beneath the plain calico gown that she wore1 ,beat a heart that was loving and tender ,as the villagers knewand man1 woman or child ',gainst the merest rude speech would defend her ,so well was the poor woman loved4 ,and right many's the maid1 who1 bewailing her woe1 ,has told ,rachel the slight that distressed her1 ,only soon to trip on with a happier look1 ,while the silly goose inwardly blessed her1 ,for her comforting words and advice4 ,then the urchins have gone to her1 covered with mud1 ,afraid to go homeperhaps crying ,but old ,rachel 7the remedy7 washed out the stains1 ,and they laughed while their garments were drying1 ,in the yard at the back of her cot4 ,when the villagers slept1 and the cricket and owl1 ,and the rustling of leaves were unheeded1 ,in the room of the sick1 by the flickering light ,was she seen1 where her presence was needed1 ,while her gaunt shadow danced on the wall4 ,and the out-casts who begged at her door for a crust1 ,ere they went on their wearisome ways1 ,felt that one thought them human and pitied their fate1 ,who recalled the remembrance of earlier days1 ,and who reckoned them not by their rags4 ,but the weight of her grief which was never revealed1 ,save to ,jesusthe friend of the lowly ,bore her downand the sands of her desolate life1 ,which for years had been ebbing out slowly1 ,ceased to runand her spirit was freed4 ,when the villagers stood at the side of her grave1 ,when the gray-headed preacher's voice faltered1 ,when the tears trickled down the bronzed cheeks of the men ,oh6 her beauty seemed fresh and unaltered ,as when happy she worked in the mill4 ,and oft where she lies a bent form can be seen ,when the twilight is deep'ning its shadows3 ,and the sweetest of flow'rets are found on her tomb1 ,all fresh from the dew-gleaming meadows2 ,yet who gathers them no one can tell4 ,geo4 ,m4 ,vickers4 ,a ,string of ,broken ,beads2 or1 ,jingles from ,favorite ,authors4 ,oh1 with what pride ,i used ,to walk these hills1 and look up to my ,god1 ,and bless him that the land was free4 ',twas free ,from end to end1 from cliff to lake1 'twas free6 ,free as our torrents are that leap our rocks1 ,and plow our valleys1 without asking leave6 ,or as our peaks that wear their caps of snow ,in very presence of the ,light ,brigade4 ,cannon to right of them1 ,cannon to left of them1 ,cannon in front of them1 ,all a gwine into the ark4 ,and there was the elephant-ah1 that g-r-e-a-t animal-ah of which ,goldsmith describes in his ,animated ,nater-ah1 which is as big as a house-ah1 and his bones as big as a tree-ah1 depending somewhat upon the size of the tree-ah2 and there was ,shem1 and there was ,ham1 and there was ,japhet-ah1 a-l-l a-gwine into the show-room4 ,the auctioneer then in his labor began2 ,and called out aloud as he held up a man1 ,how much for a bachelor1 who wants to buy8 ,in a twinkling each maiden responded1 8,i,i60 ,in short1 at a hugely extravagant price1 ,the bachelors all were sold off in a trice1 ,and forty old maidenssome younger1 some older ,each lugged an old bachelor home on her shoulder4 ,but scarce had the honeymoon passed o'er their heads1 ,when one morning to ,zantippe1 ,socrates said1 8,i think for a man of my standing in life1 ,this house is too small as ,i now have a wife3 ,so without further delay ,carpenter ,cary ,shall be sent for to widen my house and my dairy40 8,now1 ,socrates1 dearest10 ,zantippe replied1 8,i hate to hear everything vulgarly my'd2 ,now1 whenever you speak of your chattles again1 ,say our cowhouse1 our barn-yard2 our pig-pen40 8,by your leave ,mrs4 ,snooks1 ,i'll say what ,i please ,of my houses1 my lands1 my gardens1 my trees40 ,then he thought of his sisters1 proud and cold1 ,and his mother vain of her rank and gold4 ,so1 closing his heart1 the judge rode on1 ,and ,maud was left in the fields alone4 ,but the lawyers smiled that afternoon1 ,when he hummed in court the ,bugle ,song4 ,oh1 love1 they die in yon fair sky1 ,they faint on field1 and hill1 and river2 ,our echoes roll from soul to soul1 ,and grow forever and forever4 ,blow1 bugle1 blow1 set the wild echoes flying1 ,answer1 echoes1 answer4 ,hark6 how the sign-board creaks6 the blast howls by6 ,moan6 moan6 a dirge swells through the angry sky6 ,ha6 tis his knock6 he comes1 he comes once more ,ha1 ha6 ,take that6 and that6 and that6 ,ha1 ha6 ,so1 through your coward throat ,the full day shines6444 ,two fox tails float ,and drift and drive adown the stream2 ,therefore1 my bruddren1 if you's a-gwine to git saved1 you's got to git aboard de ,ship of ,faith4 ,dere ain't no udder way my bruddren4 ,dere ain't no gitting up de back stairs1 nor goin' 'cross lots1 you's got to git aboard de ,ship of ,faith1 for ,me thought ,i heard a voice cry #8,sleep no more6' to all the house1 ,glamis hath murdered sleep1 and therefore1 ,cawdor shall sleep no more6 ,then1 methought the air grew denser1 perfumed from an unseen censor1 ,swung by seraphim1 whose footfalls twinkled on the tufted floor4 8,wretch10 ,i cried1 8,thy ,god hath lent thee by these angels he hath sent thee ,respiterespite and nepenthe from thy memories of ,lenore6 ,quaff1 oh1 quaff1 this kind nepenthe and forget this lost ,lenore6' ,quoth the raven,good night4 ,arranged by ,f4 ,lizzie ,peirce4 ,the ,legend of ,wissahickon4 ,while yet the ,pale-face ne'er had peeped ,within that tranquil vale1where steeped ,in sombre1 fir-clothed heights1#ccf and bound ,on either side#ccg with moss-grown ground ,and craggy cliff1#cch a goodly stream1#cci ,with many a rippling noontide gleam1 ,nor ceased her daily tithes to pay ,to good ,queen ,ocean#cdj far away ,deep sheltered from the hostile world ,the smoke from many a tent up-curled1 ,where1 round the wigwam fire1 red dames ,talked o'er their tawny lords' brave names1 ,while they1 with feathered death and bow ,and trackless step1 now quick1 now slow1 ,gave chase1 in neighboring hills1#cda the game1 ,there pasturing heedless1 till death came ,in one fell dart4 ,life surely here ,with naught but ,manitou#cdb to fear ,seemed sweet to those blest sons of men2 ,yet it did find its cares e'en then1 ,for lo6#cdc at last there came a day ,of sorrow and of dread dismay1 ,when from a lowering cloud that spread#cdd ,across the summer blue o'erhead1 ,their ,god-chiefs awful voice was heard1 ,as like the thunder rolled each word3 8,my children1 ,i am called away ,where other souls my presence pray1 ,but ere ,i leave ye ,i must ask ,one boon of all1a simple task ',twill be to those whose faith hath borne ,the tests of fiery stake or thorn4 ,yet some ,i know among ye1 who ,will find it hard to sin eschew ,when left alone1 and all must know1 ,an evil spirit dwells below ,these rocks1 and ever guards his chance ,to tempt ye1 with his fiendish dance ,and wicked ways1 to but forsake ,my laws for aught that he may make2 ,lo1 should he rise when ,i am gone1 ,let no temptation lead ye on ,to overstep the bounds here set ,about your hunting grounds1 nor let ,aught of shape1 however fair ,and good it seems1 entice ye where ,my word hath said ye nay40 ,thus said1 ,the cloudy spirit1 then vanished ,into the air from whence it grew2 ,and now a wild commotion#cde flew ,throughout the warriors gathered there2 ,and wondered all how soon1 and where1 ,this new-brought ill its face should show1 ,to tempt their ,eve-like hearts2 when lo6 ,ere two short days had dragged away1 ,within a distant wood1#cdf where lay ,soft twilight#cdg ever 'mong the trees1 ,strange music stirred1 and on the breeze ,of evening came wild shouts of mirth1#cdh ,that seemed to wake the very earth1#cdi ,so boisterous were they1 and1 alas6 ,the youths could not a moment pass ,till they with stealthy steps were brought ,close to that ,god-forbidden spot2 ,and there1 as o'er a lofty brow ,that hemmed the darksome glade1 they now ,did creep1#cej behold6 a wondrous sight1#cea ,such as their soul's most fancied flight ,had ne'er conceived of1 met their eyes1 ,even like some glimpse of paradise3 ,a ,pale-face spirit1#ceb lank and grim1 ,with horns and claws that gave to him ,a weird1 unearthly look1 sat high ,upon a rock that towered nigh2 ,and while below#cec fair damsels played ,wild antics through the woodland shade1 ,he to loud fits of mirth gave vent1 ,as near the maidens came and went1 ,and cast before him laurels wreathed ,in crowns2 thenere the watchers breathed1 ,lest they should be discovered there ,lo6 quick as lightning 'thwart the air1 ,the fiendish god turned full to view1 ,and ere the astonished gazers knew1 ,close by their side#ced with devilish smile ,he stood1 and thus addressed them1#cee while ,with spell-bound gazetheir eyes made dim ,with fascinationnow from him ,from whom they had no power to go1 ,did wander to the scene below1#cef ,where still1though now the sun had gone ,to music soft1 the dance went on3 8,would'st thou1 oh man1 to pleasure blind1 ,seeking a gift thou ne'er shalt find1 ,led by a promise far astray#ceg ,along that hard and narrow way1 ,would'st thou no more sad anguish know1 ,nor lose the chase with feeble bow8 ,would'st thou be free1#ceh and tread once more ,the grounds your fathers roamed of yore8 ,wouldst thou find game in every copse ,and stream1#cei and gather plenteous crops ,in autumn1 yet know naught of care ,nor labor1 but with damsels fair#cfj ,and waxen1 pass life's endless days ,along my smooth and flower-girt ways8 ,would'st thou1 in fine1 the height of bliss#cfa ,attain8 ,i offer#cfb ye all this1 ,and more2 come1 follow me40 ,he ceased1 ,and like some semi-human beast1 ,his blood-cast eye the crowd scanned o'er1 ,where some1 entranced1 could hear no more1 ,but1 weak of heart1 with outstretched hand1 ,forgetting quite their ,god's command ,of yester morn1 were quickly led ,adown the cliff#cfc with dizzy head ,and burning brain1 and those1 alas6 ,from mortal view for aye did pass2 ,but some there were who still delayed1 ,not resolute and half afraid ,to follow2 lingering there they stood ,till lo6 the dawn#cfd crept through the wood2 ,and on its gentle face1 behold6#cfe ,a strange-shaped cloud1 fringed round#cff with gold1 ,came darkly flitting through the sky1 ,till seemingly it had drawn nigh ,above#cfg that gathering in the vale4 ,then quick the subtle fiend turned pale1 ,as from the frowning mists o'erhead ,a mighty voice and angry said3 8,depart1 ye tempter of the night6 ,hence6 ,dare ye show your face in light8 ,did ,i not bid thee well beware ,lest thou shouldst fall in thine own snare80 ,the spirit fled1#cfh but scarce had left ,his seat1 when some great earthquake cleft ,the rock beneath his feet in twain1 ,and deep he plunged#cfi between4 ,in vain ,he strove to rise again1 for quick ,the waters from a hillside creek#cgj ,o'erran that pool1#cga that marks to-day ,the spot where ,satan passed away4 ,then kindly smiled the ,manitou ,on those around1 and said3 8,to you ,my children1 who have yet withstood ,the things of evil for the good2 ,to you whose faith has ne'er been turned ,astray by sin1 well have ye earned ,the joys foretold2 so now go forth2 ,the boundless woods from south to north1 ,from east to west1 are yours to roam ,for aye1 till ,i shall call ye home40 ,john ,l4 ,cooper4 ,,gestures4 #ccf ,a4 ,o4 #ccg ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #cch ,a4 ,o4 #cci ,d4 ,f4 #cdj ,left4 ,h4 ,l4 #cda ,h4 ,o4 #cdb ,ind4 fin4 ,a4 ,o4 #cdc ,raise hand4 #cdd ,v4 ,a4 ,o4 #cde ,b4 ,h4 ,l4 #cdf ,h4 ,f4 #cdg ,p4 ,h4 ,f4 #cdh ,h4 ,f4 #cdi ,d4 ,f4 #cej ,p4 ,d4 ,f4 #cea ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #ceb ,left4 ,a4 ,f4 #cec ,d4 ,f4 #ced ,left4 ,h4 ,l4 #cee ,look to left4 #cef ,d4 ,f4 #cef ,speak to ,h4 ,o4 #ceg ,h4 ,o4 #ceh ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #cei ,left4 ,h4 ,o4 #cfj ,d4 ,f4 #cfa ,ind4 fin4 ,a4 ,o4 #cfb ,b4 ,o4 ,h4 #cfc ,d4 ,f4 #cfd ,h4 ,l4 #cfe ,a4 ,l4 #cff ,a4 ,sw4 #cfg ,a4 ,f4 #cfh ,left4 ,h4 ,o4 #cfi ,left4 ,d4 ,o4 #cgj ,left4 ,h4 ,l4 #cga ,left4 ,d4 ,o4 ,illustration3 8,to hear1 to heed1 to wed1 ,fair lot that maidens choose1 ,thy mother's tenderest words are said1 ,thy face no more she views40 ,a ,new ,mother4 ,i was with my lady when she died3 ,i it was who guided her weak hand1 ,for a blessing on each little head1 ,and laid her baby by her on the bed1 ,heard the words they could not understand4 ,and ,i drew them round my knee at night1 ,hushed their childish glee1 and made them say1 ,they would keep her words with loving tears1 ,they would not forget her dying fears1 ,lest the thought of her should fade away4 ,i1 who guess'd what her last dread had been1 ,made a promise to that still1 cold face1 ,that her children's hearts1 at any cost1 ,should be with the mother they had lost1 ,when a stranger came to take her place4 ,and ,i knew so much3 for ,i had lived ,with my lady since her childhood3 known ,what her young and happy days had been1 ,and the grief no other eyes had seen ,i had watch'd and sorrow'd for alone4 ,ah6 she once had such a happy smile6 ,i had known how sorely she was tried3 ,six short years before1 her eyes were bright ,as her little blue-eyed ,may's that night1 ,when she stood by her dead mother's side4 ,no,i will not say he was unkind2 ,but she had been used to love and praise4 ,he was somewhat grave3 perhaps1 in truth1 ,could not weave her joyous1 smiling youth ,into all his stern and serious ways4 ,she1 who should have reigned a blooming flower1 ,first in pride and honor as in grace ,she1 whose will had once ruled all around1 ,queen and darling of us allshe found ,change enough in that cold1 stately place4 ,yet she would not blame him1 even to me1 ,though she often sat and wept alone2 ,but she could not hide it near her death1 ,when she said with her last struggling breath1 8,let my babies still remain my own60 ,i it was who drew the sheet aside1 ,when he saw his dead wife's face4 ,that test ,seem'd to strike right to his heart4 ,he said1 ,in a strange1 low whisper1 to the dead1 8,god knows1 love1 ,i did it for the best60 ,and he wept,o yes1 ,i will be just ,when ,i brought the children to him there1 ,wondering sorrow in their baby eyes2 ,and he sooth'd them with his fond replies ,bidding me give double love and care4 ,ah1 ,i loved them well for her dear sake3 ,little ,arthur1 with his serious air2 ,may1 with all her mother's pretty ways1 ,blushing1 and at any word of praise ,shaking out her sunny golden hair4 ,and the little one of allpoor child6 ,she had cost that dear and precious life4 ,once ,sir ,arthur spoke my lady's name1 ,when the baby's gloomy christening came1 ,and he call'd her 8,olgalike my wife40 ,save that time he never spoke of her4 ,he grew graver1 sterner every day3 ,and the children felt it1 for they dropp'd ,low their voices1 and their laughter stopp'd ,while he stood and watch'd them at their play4 ,no1 he never nam'd their mother's name4 ,but ,i told them of her3 told them all ,she had been1 so gentle1 good and bright2 ,and ,i always took them every night ,where her picture hung in the great hall4 ,there she stood3 white daisy's in her hand1 ,and her red lips parted as to speak ,with a smile2 the blue and sunny air ,seem'd to stir her floating golden hair1 ,and to bring a faint blush on her cheek4 ,well1 so time pass'd on2 a year was gone1 ,and ,sir ,arthur had been much away1 ,when the news came6 ,i shed many tears ,when ,i saw the truth of all my fears ,rise before me on that bitter day4 ,any one but her ,i could have borne6 ,but my lady lov'd her as her friend1 ,through their childhood and their early youth1 ,how she used to count upon the truth ,of this friendship that would never end6 ,older1 graver than my lady was1 ,whose young1 gentle heart on her relied1 ,she would give advice1 and praise1 and blame1 ,and my lady lean on ,margaret's name1 ,as her dearest comfort1 help and guide4 ,i had never liked her1 and ,i think ,that my lady grew to doubt her too ,since her marriage2 for she named her less1 ,never saw her1 and ,i used to guess ,at some secret wrong that ,i never knew4 ,that might be or not4 ,but now1 to hear ,she would come and reign here in her stead1 ,with the pomp and splendor of a bride3 ,would no thought reproach her in her pride ,with the silent memory of the dead8 ,lo the day came1 and the bells rang out1 ,and ,i laid the children's black aside2 ,and ,i held each little trembling hand1 ,as ,i strove to make them understand1 ,they must greet their father's new-made bride4 ,ah1 ,sir ,arthur might look grave and stern1 ,and his lady's eyes might well grow dim1 ,when the children shrank in fear away1 ,little ,arthur hid his face1 and ,may ,would not raise her eyes1 or speak to him4 ,when ,sir ,arthur bade them greet 8their mother10 ,i was forced to chide1 yet proud to hear ,how my little loving ,may replied1 ,with her mother's pretty air of pride1 8,our dear mother has been dead a year60 ,ah6 the lady's tears might well fall fast1 ,as she kiss'd them1 and then turned away4 ,she might strive to smile or to forget1 ,but ,i think some shadow of regret ,must have risen to blight her wedding-day4 ,she had some strange touch of self-reproach2 ,for she used to linger day by day ,by the nursery door or garden gate ,with a sad1 calm1 wistful look1 and wait ,watching the children at their play4 ,but they always shrank away from her ,when she strove to comfort their alarms1 ,and their grave1 cold silence to beguile3 ,even little ,olga's baby smile ,quiver'd into tears when in her arms4 ,i never could chide them2 for ,i saw ,how their mother's memory grew more deep ,in their hearts4 ,each night ,i had to tell ,stories of her whom ,i loved so well ,when a child1 to send them off to sleep4 ,but ,sir ,arthur,o1 this was too hard6 ,he who had been always stern and sad ,in my lady's time1 seem'd to rejoice ,each day more2 and ,i could hear his voice ,even1 sounding younger and more glad4 ,he might perhaps have blamed them2 but his wife ,never failed to take the children's part4 ,she would stay him with her pleading tone1 ,saying she would strive1 and strive alone1 ,till she gained each little wayward heart4 ,and she strove indeed1 and seem'd to be ,always waiting for their love1 in vain2 ,yet when ,may had most their mother's look1 ,then the lady's calm1 cold accents shook ,with some memory of reproachful pain4 ,little ,may would never call her mother3 ,so one day1 the lady bending low1 ,kiss'd her golden curls1 and softly said1 8,sweet one1 call me ,margaret1 instead1 ,your dear mother used to call me so40 ,she was gentle1 kind1 and patient too1 ,yet in vain3 the children held apart4 ,ah1 their mother's gentle memory dwelt ,near them1 and her little orphans felt ,she had the first claim upon their hearts4 ,so three years pass'd2 then the war broke out2 ,and a rumor seemed to spread and rise2 ,first we guess'd what sorrow must befall1 ,then all doubt fled1 for we read it all ,in the depths of her despairing eyes4 ,yes2 ,sir ,arthur had been called away ,to that scene of slaughter1 fear1 and strife1 ,now he seemed to know with double pain ,the cold1 bitter gulf that must remain ,to divide his children from his wife4 ,nearer came the day he was to sail1 ,deeper grew the coming woe and fear1 ,when one night1 the children at my knee1 ,knelt to say their evening prayer to me1 ,i looked up and saw ,sir ,arthur near4 ,there he waited till their low 8,amen20 ,stopp'd their rosy lips raised for 8good night60 ,drew them with a fond clasp1 close and near1 ,as he bade them stay with him1 and hear ,something that would make his heart more light4 ,little ,olga crept into his arms2 ,arthur leant upon his shoulder2 ,may ,knelt beside him1 with her earnest eyes ,lifted up in patient1 calm surprise ,i can almost hear his words to-day4 8,years ago1 my children1 years ago1 ,when your mother was a child1 she came ,from her northern home1 and here she met ,love for love1 and comfort for regret1 ,in one early friend1you know her name4 8,and this frienda few years oldergave ,such fond care1 such love1 that day by day ,the new home grew happy1 joy complete1 ,studies easier1 and play more sweet1 ,while all childish sorrows pass'd away4 8,and your motherfragile1 like my ,may ,leant on this deep love1nor leant in vain4 ,for this friend 7strong1 generous1 noble heart67 ,gave the sweet and took the bitter part1 ,brought her all the joy1 and kept the pain4 8,years pass'd on1 and then ,i saw them first3 ,it was hard to say which was most fair1 ,your mother's bright and blushing face1 ,or the graver ,margaret's stately grace2 ,golden locks1 or braided raven hair4 8,then it happen'd by a strange1 sad fate1 ,one thought entered into each young soul3 ,joy for oneif for the other pain2 ,loss for one1if for the other gain1 ,one must lose1 and one possess the whole4 8,and so thisthiswhat they car'd forcame ,and belong'd to ,margaret3 was her own4 ,but she laid the gift aside1 would take ,pain and sorrow for your mother's sake1 ,and none knew it but herself alone4 8,then she travell'd far away1 and none ,the strange mystery of her absence knew1 ,margaret's secret thought was never told3 ,even your mother thought her changed and cold1 ,and for many years ,i thought so too4 8,she was gone2 and then your mother took ,that poor gift which ,margaret cast aside3 ,flower1 or toy1 or trinket1 matters not ,what it was had better be forgot2 ,it was just then she became my bride4 8,margaret is my dear and honored wife1 ,and ,i hold her so4 ,but she can claim ,from your hearts dear ones1 a loving debt ,i can neither pay1 nor yet forget3 ,you can give it in your mother's name40 ,next day was farewella day of tears2 ,yet ,sir ,arthur as he rode away1 ,and turned back to see his lady stand ,with the children clinging to her hand1 ,look'd as if it were a happy day4 ,ah1 they lov'd her soon6 ,the little one ,crept into her arms as to a nest2 ,arthur always with her now2 and ,may ,growing nearer to her every day3 ,well1 ,i loved my own dear lady best4 ,adelaide ,proctor4 ,richard ,dingle's ,speech4 ,i am ,master ,richard ,dingle1 ,tho' my comrades call me ,dick1 ,and ,i have a purpose single1 ,which ,i'll mention very quick4 ,every day ,i get a lecture ,for behaving very wrong2 ,and with wise looks some conjecture ,that ,i'll never get along4 ,but what's past my mind's construing ,is1 that all these busy elves ,scold and thrash poor me for doing ,what they daily do themselves6 ,master ,meekly says 'tis fearful1 ,to be crushing harmless flies1 ,yet can he1 with gun1 quite cheerful ,seek the bird that bleeding lies4 ,others say3 8,look here1 ,dick ,dingle1 ,love of gold is vain and vile40 ,yet when they detect its jingle1 ,why1 somehow they always smile4 ,doctor ,blacktooth says tobacco ,is not even fit for brutes1 ,yet to make his teeth still blacker ,smokes the rankest of cheroots6 ,now it seems to me the purest ,seldom scold us when they teach1 ,for they know the way that's surest ,is to practice what they preach6 ,geo4 ,m4 ,vickers4 ,word ,pictures4 ,in fulfillment of our promise in a former number1 we will now endeavor to give a few ideas upon the important subject of 8suiting the action to the word40 ,gestures are of two kinds1 curved and straight1 or emphatic and descriptive4 ,in the preparation for emphatic gestures the hand should be brought up on the oblique to different degrees of elevation1 depending upon the force of emphasis1 and then given a stroke on whatever line the sense requires4 ,descriptive gestures require the curved preparation1 i4 e41 the hand is brought in front of the body in the direction of the opposite shoulder1 and then a graceful sweep is made in the line desired4 ,in the preparation of a selection for recitation1 the first requisite is to lay out your picture1 and locate every object that is mentioned2 let it be firmly set in your mind so that you will not change the position of any portion of the scene during the course of the recitation4 ,a very fine piece for practice upon this is the 8,ballad of ,breakneck10 in the present number4 ,suppose you turn to it and imagine yourself to be standing upon the banks of the ,hudson1 in a position commanding the view down the river2 by examining the marked gestures you will be able to locate the entire scene4 ,in the delivery of a piece1 always try to see with your mind's eye what you are describing to your audience1 and if the object is supposed to be in sight1 let the eye follow the gesture2 this1 however1 should be avoided in emphatic ,,gestures1 or where the thing described is supposed to be hidden from view4 ,the following rules will serve as a guide in deciding the directions that gestures should take3 ,front gestures express unity1 personality1 direct address1 and forward motion2 also refer to the future4 ,oblique gestures express plurality1 general assertion1 and are used in addressing numbers4 ,lateral gestures express vastness in time1 numbers1 space or idea2 also casting away1 and negation4 ,backward gestures express remoteness in time or space4 ,descending gestures pertain to the will1 express determination and emphasis4 ,horizontal gestures pertain to the intellect1 and are used in argument and address4 ,ascending gestures pertain to the imagination1 and express exultation4 ,f4 ,lizzie ,peirce4 ,the ,meeting at ,wendletown4 ',twas early in the winter when first the talk began ,about the rights of women and the cruelty of man1 ,sech talk was new in ,wendeltown1 it scared us all to hear ,how ignorant we women was about our proper speer2 ,and how we'd toiled and pinched and saved1 and nothing better knew1 ,while our husbands did the thinking and held the pursestrings too4 ,miss ,harper come and tell us thisa lectureryou know4 ,law me6 how beautiful she talked2 her words jest seemed to flow ,as smooth and easy as the brookshe looked and moved so quiet2 ,but she fairly shook old ,wendletown1 she raised up sech a riot2 ,and when ,i heerd her tell about us women's 8wasted years10 ,although ,i'm old and tough1 you'd think1 ,i couldn't keep from tears4 ,soon all the wives and mothers too1 began to see quite plain ,that jest to bake and churn and mend was laboring in vain3 ,while ,mrs4 ,cap'n ,brown she come and sez1 sez she to me1 8,i'm going to have a high career10 whatever that may be4 ,but ,miss ,harper hed to leave us1 so she advertised one day ,that she'd lecture in the school-house once before she went away4 ,well1 the room was packed that evening and ,miss ,harper did her best1 ,her gift of speech was wonderful1that all the men confessed ,she soared1 way up into the clouds1 and back to earth again1 ,and showed us most convincin'ly the worthlessness of men6 ,her speech was drawing to a close1 and she was jest a saying3 8,dear sisters1 spurn your tyrant1 man1 and scorn the part he's playing2 ,let him perform the menial tasks he's set for you so long1 ,while you stand on the mountain tops1 rejoicing free and strong60 ,joe ,hale was setting close at hand1 right in the foremost row1 ,and on his knees his little child1 'bout two year old or so3 ,joe was a poor1 lone widower1 his wife was dead and gone1 ,his home was near the school-house1 and ,i 'spose he felt forlorn1 ,so he'd come and brought the baby1 though the reason why ,i knew ,his hired girl had slipped away to hear the lecture too4 ,and jest that very minute1 when the room was still as death1 ,and you might have heerd a pin drop as ,miss ,harper stopped for breath1 ,that little toddling thing slid from off her father's knee1 ,crept close up to the lecturer's desk and said3 8,does 'ou love me80 ,poor ,joe jest turned a fiery red1 and tried to snatch the child2 ,but ,miss ,harper she leaned over and looked at him and smiled2 ,then dropping all her papers1 in the twinkling of an eye1 ,she clasped the little one1 who gave a wondering1 happy cry1 ,and laid her little curly head right down upon her breast1 ,with both arms clinging round her neck1 as if she'd found her rest6 ,it's as fresh now as a picter1 though it happened months ago1 ,how she held that little baby girl a whispering soft and low2 ,her eyes as bright and smiles a-coming and a-going1 ,while all the sound that you could hear was jest the child a-crowing4 ,up to this time astonishment had kept the folks all still2 ,but some one shouted out8,three cheers and give 'em with a will6 ,it's plain enough ,miss ,harper has found her proper speer1 ,and man1 the tyrant's conquered6 ,now boys a rousing cheer60 ,that meeting broke up in a tumult1 but ,joe was waiting there2 ,he's a manly1 handsome fellow1 and when ,i saw the pair ,go walking off together1 ,i sez1 sez ,i1 8,it needs no witch to tell ,what's coming next40 ,and warn't ,i right8 ,folks laughed and talked a spell1 ,but we all danced at the wedding6 ,law6 how she settled down6 ,there ain't no better housewife than ,mrs4 ,hale in all this town4 ,illustration3 8,oh1 my heart's love6 oh1 my dear one6 ,lay thy poor head on my knee40 ,petruchio's ,widow4 ,a ,,shakesperian ,,travesty ,,in ,,one ,,act4 ,,characters4 ,,mr4 ,,romeo ,,montague1 an unlucky suitor4 ,,mr4 ,,moses ,,shylock1 a pawnbroker4 ,,mrs4 ,,kate ,,petruchio1 a dashing widow4 ,,miss ,,helena1 an affectionate spinster4 ,,mrs4 ,,desdemona ,,othello1 an unhappy neighbor4 ,,mrs4 ,,jessica ,,lorenzo1 an ungrateful daughter4 ,,scene3,a parlor2 door pract4 ,c4 flat2 window ,l4 flat1 open2 table beneath window2 rocking chair ,r4 ,c42 chairs at wings2 ,mrs4 ,petruchio discovered standing in door4 ,,mrs4 ,,pet4',tis a good thing that ,jessica has finished dusting this parlor2 no nonsense will ,i tolerate from man1 woman1 or child within this domicile4 7,enters and throws herself in rocking chair47 ,petruchio ran affairs while living2 but1 in his demisepoor fellow,i re-inherited the freedom of my tongue4 7,calls7 ,jessica6 ,,jessica 7from without74,i am here2 please wait2 don't scold2 here ,i am4 7,enters ,l47 ,your pleasure1 madam4 ,,mrs4 ,,pet4,have you washed the front steps1 scrubbed the pavement and wrung out the clothes that were wet by the rain8 ,,jessica4,alas6 all these1 and more1 have ,i done4 ,i have picked the beans1 mixed the batter for muffins1 put the mackerel in soak for breakfast1 and ,,mrs4 ,,pet4,enough6 ,why thus parade before my fancy's eye the coarse details of cookery4 ,i tell you 'tis scarce an hour since ,i atethe subject is distasteful4 ,,jessica4,but1 madam1 you asked me what ,,mrs4 ,,pet4 7stamps foot74,silence6 ,,jessica4,you are dreadfully cross4 ,when ,i came to you and told you the story of my life1 how ,i eloped with poor1 dear ,lorenzo1 who was all a woman could ask1 while the money ,i took from father lasted ,,mrs4 ,,pet4,and who hastily departed simultaneously with the last ducat ,,jessica4,do not wound my spirit4 ,i repeat1 you promised to give me shelter1 to shield me1 treat me kindly ,,mrs4 ,,pet4,shut up6 move6 ,lorenzo1 you say1 has gone to ,padua to seek a position as pen-wiper to ,ballario2 believe it not2 he is in ,venice suing for a divorce before the ,duke4 ,unhappy woman1 move6 ,,jessica 7aside74,as ,jessica ,shylock ,i was envied as a rich man's child2 as ,jessica ,lorenzo ,i am ,,mrs4 ,,pet4,what's the use of whining2 you will never see ,lorenzo more4 ,,jessica4 ,there is a tide in the affairs of men ,if men1 then women1 too ,which taken at the flood leads on to fortune2 ,omitted1 all the voyage of their life ,is bound in shallows and in miseries2 ,and we must take the current when it serves1 ,or lose our ventures6 ,i leave for ,venice this very night6 ,,mrs4 ,,pet4,away to the kitchen and put on the beans6 ,,jessica 7looks off ,l74 ,,mrs4 ,,pet4 ,alas6 how is it with you1 ,that you do bend your eye on vacancy ,and with the incorporal air do hold discourse8 ,forth at your eyes your spirits wildly peep6 ,,jessica 7points ,l74,t4 ,o4 ,m4 ,,mrs4 ,,pet4,t4 ,o4 ,m48 ,tom who8 ,,jessica4,no1 no6 ,theoldman2 my father1 ,moses ,shylock1 is creeping up the gravel path4 ,hide me6 ,do not betray me6 ,,mrs4 ,,pet4 ,though all the world should crack their duty1 ,and throw it from their soul2 though perils did ,abound as thick as thought could make them1 and ,appear in forms more horrid2 yet would ,i ,be true2 yea1 true as truth itself1 ,and stand unshaken yours1 ,away to the kitchen and you are safe6 ,,jessica4,i love my father1 but ,i fear his righteous rage4 ,,mrs4 ,,pet4,stay1 then2 confess and ask his pardon4 ,,jessica 7,shakes head sadly and exits ,r74 ,,mrs4 ,,pet4 ,what6 gone without a word8 ,ay1 so true love should do3 it cannot speak2 ,for truth hath better deeds than words to grace it4 ,enter ,,shylock1 door ,f4 ,,mrs4 ,,pet4,how now1 ,shylock8 ,what news among the merchants8 ,what will you loan upon my ulster8 ,,shylock4,take it to my brother ,solomon1 on the ,rialto2 he'll give you liberally and charge you naught for camphor4 ,,mrs4 ,,pet4,have you heard from your daughter1 and your son-in-law1 ,lorenzo1 lately8 ,,shylock4,no1 no2 not ,i4 ,all hope to find her long hath fled4 ,one-half the jewels that she took no doubt ,lorenzo pawned2 and yet the thankless knave sent me not e'en a ticket to redeem the goods6 ,,mrs4 ,,pet4',tis said1 for satisfaction's sake1 you now refuse to grant renewal of your loans1 e'en though the interest thereon be paid2 ay1 that ,antonio1 the poor butcher1 will lose the meats that now are forfeit4 ,why take his venison8 ,wilt answer1 ,shylock8 ,,shylock4 ,i hate him1 for he is a ,christian2 ,but more1 for that1 in low simplicity1 ,he lends out money gratis1 and brings down ,the rate of usance here with us in ,venice4 ,if ,i can catch him once upon the hip ,i will feed fat the ancient grudge ,i bear him4 ,he hates our sacred nation2 and he rails ,even there where merchants most do congregate1 ,on me1 my bargains1 and my well-won thrift1 ,which he calls interest4 ,cursed be my tribe ,if ,i forgive him4 ,,mrs4 ,,pet4,if ,i were his wife you would not thus berate the man4 ,if ,petruchio could speak1 he'd say so too4 ,,shylock4,i seek my truant child2 ,i heard she lived1 not long since1 hereabouts4 ,,mrs4 ,,pet4,excuse me1 ,mr4 ,shylock1 call again4 ,,shylock4,have you any old garments to sell8 ,,mrs4 ,,pet4,leave1 and call again2 two neighbors now approach who may mistake the object of your visit4 ,go6 ,leave by the side door4 ,,shylock4 ,o father ,abraham1 what these ,christians are1 ,whose own hard dealings teach them to suspect ,the thoughts of others6 ,adieu6 ,exit ,l4 ,,mrs4 ,,pet 7looking ,l74,o1 you miserly old money-grabber1 if you think ,i will tell on poor ,jessica1 you know but little of ,kate ,petruchio6 ,go6 go6 go6 you old parent1 you stingy father1 and con over your collaterals of watches1 fiddles1 bibles and pistols6 ,enter ,,miss ,,helena and ,,mrs4 ,,othello1 door ,f42 they pause and observe ,,mrs4 ,,petruchio4 ,if ,i was your wife wouldn't ,i take the kinks out of those grizzly locks1 though6 ,,mrs4 ,,othello 7to ,,helena74,what should this mean8 ,,helena4,o what a noble mind is here o'erthrown6 ,,mrs4 ,,pet4,ah1 ladies1 kind1 sweet neighbors1 how glad ,i am to see you here6 ,,mrs4 ,,othello4,do you have any pain here8 7,touches head74 ,,helena4,is not the plumb-bob of your mental plumb-line out of plumb8 ,,mrs4 ,,pet4 ,lay not that flattering unction to your soul4 ,my pulse1 as yours1 doth temperately keep time1 ,and makes as healthful music3 ,it is not madness ,that ,i have uttered3 bring me to the test1 ,and ,i the matter will re-word1 which madness ,would gambol from4 ,saw you not that animated gaberdine descend my garden path8 ,,mrs4 ,,othello4,you do not mean our mutual uncle1 ,moses ,shylock2 from whom1 however1 ,i never borrow4 ,,helena4,nor ,i4 ,,mrs4 ,,petruchio4,do you mean to insinuate that ,i presume upon his kinship to obtain loans8 ,,mrs4 ,,othello4,what have ,i done that thou dar'st wag thy tongue in noise so rude against me8 ,,helena4,hist6 he comes6 ,,mrs4 ,,petruchio4,who comes8 ,,helena4,my ,romeo4 ,,mrs4 ,,othello4,your ,romeo6 ,forsooth you have not spoken to him more than twice4 ,,romeo 7,without1 singing74 8,oh1 meet me by moonlight alone1 ,and then ,i will tell you a tale ,must be told in the moonlight alone1 ,in the grove0 ,,helena4 ,if music be the food of love1 sing on1 ,give me excess of it2 that1 surfeiting1 ,the appetite may sicken and so die4 ,,mrs4 ,,pet4 ,this music mads me2 let it sound no more1 ,for though it have helped mad men to their wits1 ,in me1 it seems1 it will make wise men mad4 ,,romeo 7without1 sings74 8,oh1 meet me by moonlight a lone60 ,,helena4 ,that strain again2 it had a dying fall2 ,oh1 it came o'er my ear like the sweet south1 ,that breathes upon a bank of violets1 ,stealing and giving odor4 ,,romeo 7without1 sings74 8,yes1 meetyes1 meetyes1 meet me by moonlight alone40 ,,mrs4 ,,pet4,horrible6 monstrous6 was ever sound so nerve-destroying heard save from the larynx of a dying calf8 ,i despise these daylight serenades4 ,,mrs4 ,,othello4 ,the woman that hath no music in herself1 ,nor is not woo'd with concord of sweet sounds1 ,is fit for treasons1 stratagems and spoils2 ,the motions of her spirit are dull as night1 ,and her affections dark as ,erebus3 ,let no such dame be trusted6 ,,mrs4 ,,pet4,ha6 this is more than ,i can brook2 my tongue's my own to wag it as ,i will1 therefore attempt not to criticise my criticisms,i repeat1 the fellow sings like a ,scandinavian bag-pipe4 ,,helena4,ladies1 pray be still6 ,he may hear your dreadful comments4 ,knock heard at door4 ',tis he6 ,,mrs4 ,,othello4,let him not in until ,i depart6 ,if ,mr4 ,othello should happen to step in and find me in company with this gallant youth his jealousy would know no bounds6 ,knock repeated4 ,,mrs4 ,,pet4,nonsense6 ,i hope he does come1 ,i'd like to give him my opinion of jealous husbands ,foul jealousy6 that turnest love divine ,to joyless dread1 and mak'st the loving heart ,with hateful thoughts to languish and to pine1 ,and feed itself with self-consuming smart2 ,of all the passions in the mind thou vilest art6 ,,romeo 7without74,i suppose there's no one home4 7,knocks74 ,hello6 anybody in8 ,,helena 7opens door74,mr4 ,romeo6 how delightful this surprise4 ,,romeo 7enters74,to me this is a pleasure sweet1 sweet beyond comparison4 7,aside47 ,her looks do argue her replete with modesty4 ,,helena4,it gives me wonder1 great as my content1 to see you here before me4 ,,mrs4 ,,pet4 ,sir1 you are very welcome to our house3 ,it must appear in other ways than words1 ,therefore ,i scant this breathing courtesy4 ,,mrs4 ,,othello4 ,a hundred thousand welcomes2 ,i could weep1 ,and ,i could laugh2 ,i am light and heavywelcome4 ,looks about cautiously4 ,yea1 ,i could laugh and weep 7aside47 ,it entirely depends upon the movements of ,mr4 ,othello4 ,he's so jealous4 ,,mrs4 ,,pet4,be seated1 friend ,romeo2 ,miss ,helena will entertain you while ,mrs4 ,othello and ,i see that the festive board is spread below4 ,come1 away to the pantry6 ,exit followed by ,,mrs4 ,,othello4 ,,romeo 7places a chair for ,helena74 7,aside7 ,there's language in her eye1 her cheek1 her lip1 ,nay1 her foot speaks4 7,aloud47 ,be seated1 miss4 ,,helena4,thank you1 sir4 7,aside47 ,i know not why ,i love this youth4 ,,romeo4 ,helena1 ,i love thee2 by my life ,i do2 ,i swear by that which ,i will lose for thee1 ,to prove him false that says ,i love thee not6 ,,helena4,dost thou love me8 ,i know thou wilt say ay1 and ,i will take thy word4 ,,romeo 7takes chair74 ,o happy fair6 ,your eyes are load-stars1 and your tongue's sweet air1 ,more tunable than lark to shepherds' ear1 ,when wheat is green1 when hawthorn buds appear4 ,,helena4,you have bereft me of all words4 ,,romeo 7aside74 ,see how she leans her cheek upon her hand6 ,o that ,i were a glove upon that hand1 ,that ,i might touch that cheek6 ,knock at door4 7,aloud47 ,ah1 me6 for aught that ,i could ever read2 ,could ever hear by tale or history1 ,the course of true love never did run smooth4 ,rises and opens door4 ,enter ,,shylock with old garments on his arm4 ,,helena 7rising74 ,his horrid image doth unfix my hair1 ,and make my seated heart knock at my ribs4 ,,romeo4 ,angels and ministers of grace1 defend us6 ,be thou a spirit of health or goblin damned1 ,bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell2 ,be thy intents wicked or charitable ,thou comest in such a questionable shape ,that ,i will speak to thee6 ,,shylock 7to ,,helena74 ,i do defy him1 and ,i spit at him2 ,call him a slanderous coward and a villain1 ,which to maintain1 ,i would allow him odds1 ,and meet him where ,i tried to run a-foot2 ,even to the frozen ridges of the ,alps4 ,throws garments on floor4 ,,helena4 ,what cracker is this same that deafs our ears ,with this abundance of superfluous breath8 ,,romeo4 ,he gives the bastinado with his tongue2 ,our ears are cudgel'd2 not a word of his1 ,but buffets better than a fist of ,france3 ,zounds1 ,i was never so bethumped with words ,since ,i first called my brother's father dad4 ,,shylock4,peace6 one word3 in yonder pile1 for little more than half the cost1 a seal-skin wrap and overcoat may grace your youthful forms4 ,,romeo 7to ,,shylock in undertone74,i pray thee1 gentle signor of the ,gilded ,balls1 say naught before this maid that will reveal the fact that half my garments now repose upon your shelves4 ,,helena 7to ,,shylock74,to-night ,i'll steal into thy place of trade1 and1 under cover of the evening's shades1 examine well the seal-skin sack whereof you speak4 ,say nothing now1 sir2 mum's the word6 ,,shylock4',tis in my memory locked1 and you yourself shall keep the key of it4 ,enter ,,jessica1 ,,mrs4 ,,petruchio and ,,mrs4 ,,othello4 ,,jessica4,oh6 ,oh6 7jumps behind ,,mrs4 ,,petruchio74 ,,mrs4 ,,othello4,hide me6 ,save me6 ,,mrs4 ,,pet4,thou shalt be punished for thus frightening me1 thou man of loans4 ,be quiet sweet ,mrs4 ,othello1 thy husband is not here4 ,,mrs4 ,,othello4,mr4 ,romeo1 what brings this1 our general kinsman1 here upon the scene8 ,,romeo4,his business calls him here4 ,,mrs4 ,,pet4,romeo1 put him out3 mind not his glaring eyes1 but put him hence6 ,,romeo4 ,prythee1 peace6 ,i dare do all that may become a man2 ,who dares do more is none6 ,,mrs4 ,,pet4 ,what seek'st thou8 ,avaunt1 and quit my sight6 let the earth hide thee6 ,thy bones are marrowless1 thy blood is cold2 ,thou hast no speculation in thy eyes ,which thou dost glare with6 ,,helena 7to ,,shylock74 ,win her with gifts if she respect not words2 ,dumb jewels often1 in their silent kind1 ,more quick than words do move a woman's mind4 ,,mrs4 ,,pet4,see here1 old man1 just tell me what you want8 ,,shylock4 ,my daughter6 ,o my ducats6 ,o my daughter6 ,fled with a ,christian6 ,o my1 my ,christian ducats6 ,justice6 the law6 my ducats and my daughter6 ,a sealed bag1 two sealed bags of ducats1 ,stolen by my daughter6 ,justice6 find the girl6 ,,romeo4,poor man6 ,,helena4,why not advertise her in the papers8 ,,mrs4 ,,othello4,or1 like my husband1 employ a private detective8 ,,shylock 7to ,,mrs4 ,,petruchio74,woman1 tell me where to find my child6 ,lorenzo1 he has been set free by the ,venice court's decree4 ,if the proof you wish to see1 take the train for the city by the sea4 ,,mrs4 ,,pet4,i know not where ,jessica ,shylock lives1 nor care to hear your family cares4 ,,shylock4 ,a serpent heart1 hid with a flow'ring face1 ,did ever dragon keep so fair a case8 ,beautiful tyrant1 fiend angelical6 ,just opposite to what thou seem'st ,i see my daughter's head behind thy ear1 ,ay1 behind the wig that doth surmount thy head6 ,,mrs4 ,,pet4,me wear a wig8 ,o wrinkled ,jew1 take back thy child1 whom only kindness taught me to conceal4 ,no more courage now remains3 away with her6 ,in saying that ,i wear a wig1 you crush my heart1 and now ,i fain would be alone4 ,,jessica 7embraces ,,shylock74,father1 forgive me6 ,,romeo4,see6 the ,jew relents6 ,,helena4,o gentle ,romeo6 ,,mrs4 ,,othello4,i hope ,i shall get home before the ,moor returns6 ,,shylock 7takes ,,mrs4 ,,petruchio',s hand47 ,you are a widow1 and ,i without a wife1 ,seek1 vainly seek1 for joy in life ,will you1 in short1 old ,shylock wed8 ,,mrs4 ,,pet4,think you1 sir1 my reason's fled4 7,withdrawing hand indignantly47 ,marry you8 ,never6 ,sooner would ,i see you hanged4 ,,shylock4,but are you happy8 ,,romeo4 ,happy in this1 she is not yet so old ,but she may learn2 and happier than this1 ,she is not bred so dull but she can learn2 ,happiest of all is1 that her gentle spirit ,would ne'er commit itself to yours4 ,,shylock4,go to1 and why8 ,,mrs4 ,,othello4 ,oh6 sir1 you are too old2 ,nature1 in you1 stands on the very ,verge of her confine4 ,,helena4 ,our hostess needs no fossil staff ,on which to lean through life2 ,the dame in scorn does at you laugh1 ,go1 seek an older wife6 ,,all4,yes1 go6 7pounding and pushing him47 ,go6 go6 go6 ,,shylock 7runs to centre and kneels74,mercy6 7,all take positions47 ,,curtain4 ,george ,m4 ,vickers4 #cgb,the ,proud ,flag of ,freedom4 ,the proud flag of freedom1 unsullied1 behold ,how cluster about it the glories of years1 ,as skyward and westward1 'mid purple and gold1 ,in the land of the sunset1 its home1 it appears4 ,america's token of faith never broken1 ,sweet signal that flutters o'er mountain and sea2 ,that mutely repeats what our fathers have spoken1 ,that tells the oppressed they may come and be free6 ,o proud flag of freedom1 how swells with delight ,the breast of the wand'rer who meets thee afar2 ,what home-visions come with the gladdening sight1 ,and how fond dwells his eye on each stripe and each star6 ,thus be it forever1 while oceans may sever1 ,or fate hold in exile1 a man from our shore6 ,tho' fairer the clime1 an ,american never ,forgets his own colors1 but loves them the more4 ,thou proud flag of freedom1 so lovely in peace1 ,so awfully grand in the dread crash of war1 ,be ever unfaded 'till nations shall cease1 ,while there's room in the blue for another bright star3 ,from danger defending1 still onward1 ascending2 ,the hope of mankind and the envy of none3 ,e ,pluribus ,unum1 our motto transcending1 ,till earth's constellations are blended in one6 ,geo4 ,m4 ,vickers4 #cgb ,by permission of ,j4 ,c4 ,beckel1 ,esq41 owner of the copyright4 ,lost in the ,mountains4 ,see you that#cgc yellow thread1 that1 snake-like1 winds ,high up the mountain side1 now hid1 now seen1 ,now lost#cgd to view amid the shelving crags ,and stunted pines8 ,that is a rugged pass1 ,called1 hereabouts1 ,the ,devil's ,trail4 ,just where ,we stand1#cge ,i stood one ,autumn day1 and heard ,the legend from an aged mountaineer1 ,and1 as my mem'ry serves me1 word for word1 ,like this the story ran3 ,mark ,lysle1 a rich1 ,eccentric widower1 and ,maud1 his child1 ,long years agone1 lived in that house#cgf whose red ,roof peeps from yonder clump of trees2 and though ,you see a light1 blue plume of smoke above ,the chimney top1 yet other hearts now sit ,about the hearth and watch its glow1 for that ,bright fire which blazed when ,lysle held sway1 died out ,one stormy night1 never to burn again4 ,for miles and miles1#cgg which way you went1 the fame ,of ,lysle would greet your ear2 his courtesies1 ,his open house and hospitalities1 ,were themes discussed no less than were his quick ,resentment of a fancied slight1 his fierce1 ,hot temper1 when aroused1 or swiftness to ,avenge a wrong4 ,but those who knew his child1 ,who saw her pure1 white brow1 her gold brown hair1 ,and read the truth within her hazel eyes1 ,deemed her in ev'ry#cgh trait of character ,his antipode1 his very opposite ,a lion him1 and her a sweet gazelle4 ,together lived they in that#cgi red-roofed house1 ,he1 father1 brother1 lord and slave by turns3 ,she1 ever steadfast1 mild1 obedient1 ,so like her motheran exotic frail1 ,a ,northern lily 'neath a ,southern sun4 ,one ,victor ,dale1 whose acres joined1 and stretched#chj ,far west from ,lysle's estate2 whose negro huts ,gleamed white amid the evergreens2 the man ,her father called his chosen friend1 this man1 ,her senior by a score of years1 and ill ,of feature1 sought the maiden's hand1 nay1 claimed ,it by a compact with her father made ,before her mother's death4 ,but ,maud1 sweet ,maud1 ,who knew not how to hate1 whom duty bound1 ,whose only statute was her father's will1 ,thus far had viewed her marriage in the light ,of something that she might escape1 a thing ,she might avoid1 that would not come to pass2 ,as those condemned to death will hope when hope ,is dead1 so hung she on the rosy thought1 ,and comfort took in hoping that it would ,not be2 and though his would-be gallantries ,oft filled her with disgust1#cha and oft provoked ,a loathing in her breast1 she hated not4 ,once1 on a summer day1 with book in hand1 ,maud sat beneath a tree4 ,upon the porch1 ,reclining on a bamboo chair1 her father dozed3 ,a sudden cry aroused them both in time ,to see a horse1 with empty saddle1 dash#chb ,across the road and leap the hedge4 ,while yet ,they stood amazed some field hands moving slow1 ,came up the shaded walk#chc bearing between ,their swarthy forms the helpless body of ,a man4 ,with almost woman's tenderness ,mark ,lysle made haste to have the wounded youth ,borne to his choicest room1 and summoned quick ,a surgeon1 nor would rest until assured ,his uninvited guest was doing well1 ,as well as one with broken limb could do4 ,thus ,henri ,clair1 an artist1 far from home1 ,was thrust by fate upon a stranger's care4 ,the leaves#chd have lost their summer hue of green2 ,the purple grapes in clusters thick hang low2 ,the grain is garnered1 and a late bee wings ,its way across the porch4 ,young ,clair and ,maud ,stand side by side#che2 the setting sun shines full ,upon their faces#chf3 pale is his and sad1 ,and hers all tenderness and sympathy3 ,his time to go has come2 this night will be ,his last beneath her father's roof4 ,in two ,short months1 by merest chance1 their youthful hearts ,have learned to beat as one1 yet hopelessly4 ,behind a tree#chg two other forms crouch low2 ,her father1 and her suitor1 ,victor ,dale4 ,they glide away#chh unseen4 ,that night when all ,were gathered round the hearth1 ,mark ,lysle1 ,in tones that fell like death upon the ears ,of those who heard him speak1 announced ,it as his will1#chi that on the coming day ,his daughter ,maud should wed his chosen friend2 8,and1 sir10 said he to ,clair1 8as you must deem ,it time to go1 ,i shall not press you to ,remain1 but bid you speed upon your way10 ,and then1 with haughty bow1 strode out4#cij 8,farewell1#cia ,until we meet again0 8,no1#cib ,maud1 we must ,not say good-bye2 to leave you now would be ,to part forever10 then young ,clair's voice sank ,into a whisper2 then1 with one pure kiss ,in haste imprinted on her brow1 he left ,the room1 and then the house4 ,the tall1 old clock ,that in the hallway stood1 was striking nine ,as ,maud stole out#cic into the night4 ,dark clouds ,were rising#cid in the west4 ,the lightning flashed ,from out the distant sky2#cie the thunder boomed ,and rattled off in echoes 'mong the hills2#cif ,the black mass rising soon obscured#cig the stars ,o'erhead2 then plashing rain drops told the storm ,had burst4 8,to wed the hand and not the heart ,is sin1 far greater than to disobey4 ,may ,god forgive me if ,i err3 my heart#cih ,must be my guide40 ,thus murmured ,maud1 as all ,alone she sped across the fields to reach ,yon rugged pass#cii where ,clair had gone to wait1 ,that when she came they both might mount his steed1 ,and so avoid pursuit1 none dreaming they ,would choose that fearful path for flight4 ,the sun ,shone bright4 ,the wet grass gleamed as though bedecked#djj ,with gems4 ,the storm had gone2 the night had gone1 ,and she had gone1 the star#dja of ,mark ,lysle's home1 ,goneto return no more4 ,the dark night through1 ,young ,henri ,clair1 high on a rocky cliff ,had watched and listened for his promised bride2 ,had bended to the rock his ear1#djb had called1 ,loud as he dared1 8,maud6 ,i am waiting1 ,maud60 ,but never came reply4 ,again1 8,here1 ,maud60 ,then sobbed and sighed the wind1#djc all else was still4 ,at dawn of day1 and fearing that she could ,not brave the storm1 all wan and pale he rode ,swift down the steep descent to learn the worst4 ,he scarce had reached the narrow valley road ,ere ,lysle and ,dale each bade him halt#djd or die4 ,then shouting loud they called the negroes1 swore1 ,and charged him with the maiden's death or worse4 8,she's lost6 ,o ,god1#dje she's lost6 ,come1 follow me60 ,cried ,clair2 then1 struck with cruel spur1 his horse ,in terror bore him up#djf the winding path4 8,i come60 shrieked out his rival1 ,dale2 8,i come60 ,and off he dashed1#djg his livid face drawn grim ,with jealous rage4 ,then followed ,lysle1 and then ,the throng of blacks1 like hounds unleashed4 ,a cry6 ,again a cry of mortal pain was heard6 ,the throng pressed up1 and round#djh a jutting point1 ,till came in view a level breadth#dji of rock ,that shelved and overhung a sheer descent#daj ,of awful depth4 ,there1 like a sculptor's work ,on pedestal of stone1 young ,henri ,clair ,sat rigid on his steed and pointed down#daa ,the deep abyss4 ,in horror peered they all ,below1 where lay the object of his gaze ,the white1 the lifeless form of ,maud4 ,the spell ,was broke by one wild laugh from ,henri's lips4 ,with curb he drew#dab his horse erect2 he threw ,his mantel o'er its head1 struck deep his spurs1 ,and with the shout1 8,my bride60 leaped down to death4#dac ,and to this day the story still is told ,of trav'lers1 who1 belated on the pass1 ,have heard1 when1 softly sobbed the wind1 a voice ,call tenderly and low1 8,i'm waiting1 ,maud6 ,here1 ,maud6,is that you1 ,maud80 ,george ,m4 ,vickers4 ,,gestures4 #cgc ,ind4 ,a4 ,o4 #cgd ,drop hand4 #cge ,d4 ,o4 #cgf ,left ,h4 ,o4 #cgg ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #cgh ,h4 ,o4 #cgi ,left ,h4 ,o4 #chj ,h4 ,sw4 #cha ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #chb ,h4 ,sw4 #chc ,h4 ,f4 #chd ,a4 ,o4 #che ,h4 ,f4 #chf ,b4 ,h4 ,f4 #chg ,left ,h4 ,o4 #chh ,left ,h4 ,sw4 #chi ,d4 ,f4 #cij ,h4 ,sw4 #cia ,turn to ,right4 #cib ,turn to ,left4 #cic ,h4 ,f4 #cid ,raise hand ,p4 ,h4 ,l4 #cie ,h4 ,l4 #cif ,h4 ,sw4 #cig ,v4 ,a4 ,o4 #cih ,hand on heart4 #cii ,a4 ,o4 #djj ,p4 ,d4 ,o4 #dja ,point up4 #djb ,bend over4 #djc ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 and turn them to ,p4 #djd ,p4 ,ind4 ,h4 ,f4 #dje ,raise eyes4 #djf ,a4 ,f4 #djg ,a4 ,f4 #djh ,a4 ,o4 #dji ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #daj ,p4 ,d4 ,o4 #daa ,point down4 #dab ,draw rein with left hand4 #dac ,d4 ,f4 ,illustration3 8,father1 ,thy will1 not mine1 be done40 ,maiden ,song4 ,long ago and long ago1 and long ago still1 ,there dwelt three merry maidens upon a distant hill4 ,one was tall ,meggan1 and one was dainty ,may1 ,but one was fair ,margaret1 more fair than ,i can say1 ,long ago and long ago4 ,when ,meggan plucked the thorny rose1 and when ,may pulled the brier1 ,half the birds would swoop to see1 half the beasts draw nigher2 ,half the fishes of the stream would dart up to admire3 ,but when ,margaret plucked a flag-flower1 or poppy1 hot aflame1 ,all the beasts and all the birds and all the fishes came ,to her hand more soft than snow4 ,strawberry leaves and ,may-dew in brisk morning air1 ,strawberry leaves and ,may-dew make maidens fair4 8,i go for strawberry leaves10 ,meggan said one day3 8,fair ,margaret can bide at home1 but you come with me1 ,may2 ,up the hill and down the hill1 along the winding way1 ,you and ,i are used to go40 ,so these two fair sisters went with innocent will ,up the hill and down again1 and round the homestead hill3 ,while the fairest sat at home1 ,margaret like a queen1 ,like a blush-rose1 like the moon in her heavenly sheen1 ,fragrant-breathed as milky cow or field of blossoming bean1 ,graceful as an ivy bough1 born to cling and lean1 ,thus she sat to sew and sing4 ,when she raised her lustrous eyes a beast peeped at the door2 ,when she downward cast her eyes a fish gasped on the floor2 ,when she turned away her eyes a bird perched on the sill1 ,warbling out its heart of love1 warbling1 warbling still ,with pathetic pleadings low4 ,light-foot ,may1 with ,meggan1 sought the choicest spot1 ,clothed with thyme1 alternate grass2 then1 while day waxed hot1 ,sat at ease to play and rest1 a gracious rest and play2 ,the loveliest maidens near or far1 when ,margaret was away1 ,who sat at home to sing and sew4 ,sun-glow flushed their comely cheeks1 wind-play tossed their hair1 ,creeping things among the grass stroked them here and there2 ,meggan piped a merry note1 a fitful1 wayward lay1 ,while shrill as bird on topmost twig piped merry ,may2 ,honey-smooth the double flow4 ,sped a herdsman from the vale1 mounting like a flame1 ,all on fire to hear and see1 with floating locks he came2 ,looked neither north nor south1 neither east nor west1 ,but sat him down at ,meggan's feet as love-bird on his nest1 ,and wooed her with a silent awe1 with trouble not expressed2 ,she sang the tears into his eyes1 the heart out of his breast2 ,so he loved her1 listening so4 ,she sang the heart out of his breast1 the words out of his tongue2 ,hand and foot and pulse he paused till her song was sung4 ,then he spoke up from his place simple words and true3 8,scanty goods have ,i to give1 scanty skill to woo2 ,but ,i have a will to work and a heart for you3 ,bid me stay or bid me go40 ,then ,meggan mused within herself3 8,better be first with him1 ,than dwell where fairer ,margaret sits1 who shines my brightness dim1 ,forever second where she sits1 however fair ,i be3 ,i will be lady of his love1 and he shall worship me2 ,i will be lady of his herds and stoop to his degree1 ,at home where kids and fatlings grow40 ,sped a shepherd from the height headlong down to look1 ,white lambs followed1 lured by love of their shepherd's crook3 ,he turned neither east nor west1 neither north nor south1 ,but knelt right down to ,may1 for love of her sweet-singing mouth2 ,forgot his flocks1 his panting flocks in parching hillside drought2 ,forgot himself for weal or woe4 ,trilled her song and swelled her song with maiden coy caprice ,in a labyrinth of throbs1 pauses1 cadences3 ,clear-noted as a dropping brook1 soft-noted like the bees1 ,wild-noted as the shivering wind forlorn through forest trees3 ,love-noted like the wood-pigeon who hides herself for love1 ,yet cannot keep her secret safe1 but cooes and cooes thereof2 ,thus the notes rang loud or low4 ,he hung breathless on her breath2 speechless1 who listened well2 ,could not speak or think1 or wish till silence broke the spell4 ,then he spoke and spread his hands1 pointing here and there3 8,see my sheep1 and see my lambs1 twin lambs which they bare4 ,all myself ,i offer you1 all my flocks and care1 ,your sweet song hath moved me so40 ,in her fluttered heart young ,may mused a dubious while3 8,if he loves me as he says0her lips curved with a smile3 8,where ,margaret shines like the sun1 ,i shine like the moon2 ,if sister ,meggan makes her choice ,i can make mine as soon3 ,at cockcrow we were sister-maids1 we may be brides at noon4 ,said ,meggan1 8,yes20 ,may said not 8,no40 ,fair ,margaret stayed alone at home1 awhile she sang her song1 ,awhile sat silent1 then she thought3 8,my sisters loiter long40 ,that sultry noon had waned away1 shadows had waxed great3 8,surely10 she thought within herself1 8,my sisters loiter late40 ,she rose1 and peered out at the door1 with patient heart to wait1 ,and heard a distant nightingale complaining of its mate2 ,then down the garden slope she walked1 down to the garden gate1 ,leaned on the rail and waited so4 ,the slope was lightened by her eyes like summer lightning fair1 ,like rising of the haloed moon lightened her glimmering hair1 ,while her face lightened like the sun whose dawn is rosy white4 ,thus crowned with maiden majesty she peered into the night1 ,looked up the hill and down the hill1 to left hand and to right1 ,flashing like fire-flies to and fro4 ,waiting thus in weariness1 she marked the nightingale1 ,telling1 if any one would heed1 its old complaining tale4 ,then lifted she her voice and sang1 answering the bird3 ,then lifted she her voice and sang1 such notes were never heard4 ,from any bird when ,spring's in blow4 ,the king of all that country1 coursing far1 coursing near1 ,curbed his amber-bitted steed1 coursed amain to hear2 ,all his princes in his train1 squire1 and knight1 and peer1 ,with his crown upon his head1 his sceptre in his hand1 ,down he fell at ,margaret's knees1 ,lord1 ,king of all that land1 ,to her highness bending low4 ,every beast and bird1 and fish came mustering to the sound1 ,every man and every maid from miles of country round3 ,meggan on her herdsman's arm1 with her shepherd1 ,may2 ,flocks and herds trooped at their heels along the hillside way2 ,no foot too feeble for the ascent1 not any head too gray1 ,some were swift and none were slow4 ,so ,margaret sang her sisters home in their marriage mirth2 ,sang free birds out of the sky1 beasts along the earth1 ,sang up fishes of the deepall breathing things that move1 ,sang from far and sang from near to her lovely love2 ,sang together friend and foe2 ,sang a golden-bearded king straightway to her feet1 ,sang him silent where he knelt in eager anguish sweet4 ,but when the clear voice died away1 when longest echoes died1 ,he stood up like a royal man and claimed her for his bride4 ,so three maids were wooed and won in a brief ,may-tide1 ,long ago and long ago4 ,christina ,g4 ,rossetti4 ,lecture by ,one of the ,sex4 ,my antiquated hearers1 male and female4 ,squenchin' my native modesty which is natural to the weaker vessels of whom ,i am which1 ,i feel impelled to speak to you this evenin' on the subject of womanher origin1 her mission1 her destiny4 ,a subject1 bein' as ,i am a woman myself1 ,i hev given much attention to4 ,man1 my hearers1 claims to be the superior of woman6 ,is it so8 and ef so1 in what1 and how much8 ,wuz he the fust creation8 ,he wuz1 my hearers1 but what does that prove8 ,man wuz made fust1 but the experience gained in makin' man wuz applied to the makin' of a betterer and more finerer bein' of whom ,i am a sample4 ,nachur made man but saw in a brief space of time that he couldn't take keer of himself alone1 and so he made a woman to take keer uv him1 and that's why we wuz created2 tho' seein' all the trouble we hev1 ,i don't doubt that it would hev been money in our pockets if we hedn't been made at all4 ,imagine1 my beloved hearers1 ,adam afore ,eve wuz created6 ,who sewed on his shirt buttons8 ,who cooked his beefsteak8 ,who made his coffee in the mornin' and did his washin'8 ,he wuz mizzable1 he wuz1he must have boarded out and eat hash6 ,but when ,eve come1 the scene changed4 ,her gentle hand soothed his achin' brow when he come in from a hard day's work4 ,she hed his house in order2 she hed his slippers and dressin' gown ready1 and after tea he smoked his meerschaum in peace4 ,men1 cruel1 hard-hearted men1 assert that ,eve wuz the cause of his expulsion from ,edenthat she plucked the apple and give him half2 oh1 my sisters1 it's true1 it's too true1 but what uv it8 ,it proves fustly1 her goodness4 ,had ,adam plucked the apple1 if it had been a good one1 he'd never a thought of his wife at home1 but would have gobbled it down himself1 and perhaps have taken her the core4 ,eve1 angel that we all are1 thought of him and went halvers with him4 ,secondly1 it wuz the means of good anyhow4 ,it introduced death into the world1 which separated 'em while they still hed love for each other4 ,i appeal to the sterner sex present to-night4 ,s'posin' all of you had been fortunate enough to win such virgin souls as me1 could you endure charms like mine for an eternity4 ,if ,i had a husband1 ,i know he'd bless ,eve for introducin' death into the world4 ,woman is man's equal1 but is she occupyin' her true speer8 ,alas1 not6 ,we are deprived of the ballot1 we ain't allowed to make stump speeches1 or take part in politics4 ,is it right8 ,how many men vote who know what they are votin' for8 ,i demand the ballot4 ,i want to take part in torchlight processions6 ,i want to demonstrate my fitness for governing by coming home elevated on election nights4 ,i demand the right of going to ,congress4 ,i want to assume that speer which nachur fitted me for equally with man1 but from which masculine jealousy has thus far excluded me4 ,there hev been women in the world who have done something4 ,there was the ,queen of ,sheba1 who was excelled only by ,solomon1 and all that surpassed her in him wuz that he could support #c1jjj women4 ,bless ,solomon's heart6 ,i'd like to see him do it now4 ,where could he find a house big enough to hold 'em with their dozen ,saratoga trunks apiece8 ,how shall we gain our lost rights and assume that position in the world to which we are entitled to8 ,oh1 my sisters1 these is a question upon which ,i have cogitated long and vigorously4 ,we might do it by pisonin' all the men1 but we would be robbed of one-half of our triumph1 for they wouldn't be alive to see how well we did things without 'em4 ,we might resolve to do no more of the degradin' work they have imposed onto us4 ,but if we didn't1 who would8 ,one week's eatin' what they would cook1 would sicken any well-regulated woman1 and besides1 they might not let us eat at all4 ,matrimony1 thus far in the world's history1 has been our only destiny4 ,i am glad ,i had always strength of mind enough to resist all propositions leadin' to my enslavement4 ,i had too much respect for myself to make myself the slave of a man4 ,wunst1 indeed1 ,i might have done so1 but the merest accident in the world saved me4 ,a young man in my younger days1 when the bloom wuz on the peach1 ere sleepless nights spent in meditatin' on the wrongs of my sex had worn furrows into these wunst blushing cheeks1 a young man come to our house1 and conversed sweetly with me4 ,it wuz my fust beau1 and oh1 my sisters1 had he that night asked me to be his'n1 ,i should have been weak enough to have said ,yes1 and ,i would have been a washer of dishes and a mender of stockin's for life4 ,but fate saved me6 ,he did'nt ask me4 ,revised by ,f4 ,lizzie ,peirce4 ,enguerrande's ,child4 ,la ,comtesse ,marie holds festival ,in the fairest nook of her fair demesne1 ,for courtly gallants and smiling dames ,to mimic the sports of the village green1 ,in hats la paysanne looped up with gems1 ,and rustic kirtles of satin sheen4 ,but ,comtesse ,marie1 though crowned with ,may1 ,scarce smiles on the lovers who round her press1 ,and sits on her floral throne distrait1 ,nor heeds who1 watching her1 strives to guess ,what troubles this heiress1 free to choose ,from the proudest peers of the haute noblesse4 ,she sighs--and a suitor the sigh repeats2 ,again--and another bends over her chair1 ,for every mood of a lady charms ,when la dame is so wealthy1 so young1 and fair2 ,she speaks--and the murmur of talk is hushed1 ,and they throng around with expectant air3 8,too sad to sing1 and too tired to dance-- ,shall our sport take sober cast to-night8 ,and gathering under the fragrant limes1 ,shall we tell old stories of maidens bright1 ,of crusader bold1 and the ,soldan grim1 ,of dreary legend of ghost and sprite80 ,then gay ,de ,norville1 for wild1 weird tale ,to please the layde1 has racked his brain2 ,while ,saint ,leu1 with twirls of his huge mustache1 ,his last duello fights o'er again1 ,and fancies that ,marie's cheek grows pale ,as he lightly dwells on his wounds and pain4 ,but on one tall figure1 that stands aloof1 ,the eye of la ,comtesse is seen to fall3 ,and hast thou nothing to tell80 she asks1 8,canst thou from the past no deed recall1 ,that might quicken awhile our sluggish blood8 ,bethink thee1 ,i pray1 good ,capitaine ,paul40 ,le ,capitaine ,paul1 whom no one knows1 ,a soldier of fortune1 scarred and browned1 ,a man more prized in the camp than court1 ,steps into the circle and glances round2 ,and scornful eyes on his boldness frown1 ,but ,marie has smiled1 and he holds his ground4 ,what boots the rest if she bids him speak8 ,what matter who lists if he gains her ear8 ,the shaft of malice is launched in vain1 ,that aims at the stranger a barbd sneer1 ,and the sauciest suitors of belle ,marie ,unchecked may flout him while she is near4 ,he turns from the guests1 with their covert smiles1 ,begins with a stammer1 and speaks by rote ,till treasured mem'ries awake--and then ,his full lip quivers1 and swells his throat1 ,and his sinewy hand is clenched1 as oft ,it hath clenched at the ring of the bugle's note4 ,and thus le capitaine tells his tale3 8,revolt and faction had cursed our land-- ,tonnerre6 that ,frenchmen should be such curs6 ,our city walls was were but poorly manned2 ,i--sous lieutenant--a boy in years2 ,our brave commander1 ,jacques ,enguerrande4 8,we had one treasure1 we soldiers1 then-- ,enguerrande's daughter1 a happy child2 ,she had no mother1 but fifty slaves1 ,by her winning looks and ways beguiled-- ,great bearded fellows--were at her call1 ,and felt themselves paid if their mistress smiled4 8,one night--sharp--sudden--resistless broke ,the storm upon us3 from every den ,the lawless rabble came howling forth1 ,and we--ah1 blind6 not to learn till then1 ,that in all that city we loved so well1 ,there was but one handful of loyal men6 8,for life1 for honor we fought1 and still ,our foes increased as the tumult spread1 ,yet side by side with ,jacques ,enguerrande ,i stood till we fell together--he1 dead2 ,i1 wounded--how badly1 these scars reveal2 ,and then our last man1 in his terror1 fled4 8,over our bodies the crowd tramped on1 ,nor recked if 'twere brothers their feet defiled2 ,the city was all their own1 and the greed ,of plunder had made them mad or wild2 ,and ,i heard one voice1 with a drunken laugh1 ,call out for the child1 ,jacques ,enguerrande's child4 8,at that sound the blood to my heart returns1 ,and fiercely ,i struggle on to my knees6 ,never must ,enguerrande's orphaned one ,fall into such miscreant hands as these6 ,to my feet and away1 ere the roaring mob ,can hunt back the wounded wretch who flees6 8,doubling upon them1 and first to gain ,the little chamber wherein she slept1 ,where1 roused from repose by the horrid din1 ,in the darkest corner she cowered and wept1 ,i bore her down by a winding stair1 ,and into the streets with my burden crept4 8,hushing her sobs ,i staggered on1 ,faint1 dizzy with pain1 and perhaps despair2 ,for sadly we needed some refuge safe1 ,and who would offer it8--nay1 who dare8 ,till an aged crone peeped fearfully out ,of her wretched hovel1 and hid us there4 8,but1 alas6 though almost too old to live1 ,she feared the mob1 and she feared to die1 ,and in selfish dread1 when again night fell1 ,from her door she thrust us1 and bade us fly2 ,yet she flung me a blouse1 and bonnet rouge1 ,that none should my soldier's dress descry4 8,bribed with the little one's rosary-- ,le voici1 ,i have it here on my breast2 ,i brought it back for its weight in gold-- ,a fellow ,i drew aside from the rest1 ,let us slip by while he kept the guard1 ,and like hunted deer for the woods we pressed4 8,scarce half a league from the city walls1 ,lo6 swooping down like a fiery blast-- ,armed to the teeth1 and hot with wrath-- ,rank after rank spurring quickly past-- ,the avengers came of ,jacques ,enguerrande1 ,and ,i felt that his child was safe at last6 8,she knew their leader--she shrieked his name-- ,he halted--,i told you what garb ,i wore1 ,they thought me a rebel2 the little one ,with oaths and blows from my arms they tore1 ,and left me for dead on the cold hard earth2 ,but the child was safe--and my tale is o'er40 8,but your payment80 a dozen voices ask1 ,and le ,capitaine smiles in his deep disdain2 8,pardon1 mesdames6 for a deed of love ,no soldier his palm with gold would stain2 ,only this boon did ,i ever crave-- ,one look at her angel face again6 8,qu'importe8 she is rich and happy1 and ,i----0 ,he pauses--la ,comtesse has left her throne2 ,once more on his breast a fair head lies1 ,once more round his neck are white arms thrown1 ,and sweet lips murmur1 8,mon brave6 mon brave6 ,let my poor love for the past atone60 ,the play is ended--the guests depart-- ,la ,comtesse was none so fair after all6 ,but many an eye looks back with regret ,on the broad domain1 and the princely hall1 ,that ,enguerrande's child with her hand bestows ,on the scarred and sun-burned ,capitaine ,paul4 ,tid ,bits4 ,the ,king's ,kiss4#dad ,a king rode forth one summer morn1 his vast domain to see2 ,through fields of wheat and fields of corn1 rode on his majesty3 ,quoth he1 8,a mighty king am ,i2 whate'er ,i say must be1 ,for none there lives that dare deny a favor asked by me40 ,the king in search of rest and shade1 dismounted in a dell1 ,where1 drawing water1 stood a maid beside a mossy well2 ,with courtly bow the thirsty king1 the proffered draught received1 ,and as he drank1 a gallant thing his royal mind conceived4 8,fair girl10 said he1 8those lips of thine were surely made to kiss1 ,and fain ,i'd press them close to mine1 refuse me not that bliss40 8,no1 no10 the blushing lass replied1 8no kiss you'll get from me1 ,for ,i'm a true and promised bride1 to one who's far at sea40 8,i am the ,king10 the monarch said1 8must ,i be disobeyed80 ,the maiden slowly dropped her head1 and trembled1 sore afraid3 ,then looking up with marble face1 and wet but brave blue eye1 ,said she1 8,ere thus my troth debase1 within the well ,i die60 8,enough10 the conquered sovereign cried1 8this ring in honor wear1 ,for truly have ,i found a bride1 as pure as she is fair40 ,the king rode off a wiser man than oft is monarch's lot1 ,and deemed that naught was sweeter than the kiss he never got4 ,george ,m4 ,vickers4 #dad ,by permission of ,w4 ,f4 ,shaw1 owner of ,copyright4 ,contrasts in ,shakespeare4 ,oration delivered at the ,commencement of the ,mt4 ,vernon ,institute of ,elocution and ,languages1 ,june1 #ahhf4 ,through the whole of ,shakespeare's plays1 we find every prominent character stamped with a separate individuality1 which is preserved in every detail and characteristic1 whether in the insane jealousy of ,othello1 the impetuosity of ,harry ,hotspur1 the constancy of ,portia1 the vindictiveness of ,shylock1 the wickedness of ,don ,john1 or the benign1 forgiving spirit of ,prospero4 ,there is a silvery vein of wit threading his plays1 gleaming and flashing like a sparkling brook in the sunshine4 ,it runs smoothly in the calmly-uttered and thoughtful sentences of ,hamlet2 it bubbles and laughs in the saucy badinage of ,beatrice and ,celia2 seeks the shadow in the melancholy of ,jacques2 enters the realm of the pun in the wordy self-assertion of ,polonius1 and descends to the comic and sometimes the vulgar in ,falstaff and ,dogberry4 ,in the character of ,hamlet we find a keen sense of humor1 overcast by the ever-present suspicion of his father's foul end1 and a vague distrust of those around him4 ,a certain sarcasm lurks in the depths1 and imparts an incisiveness to every well-turned sentence4 ,he says to ,guildenstern3 ,,hamlet4,will you play upon this pipe8 ,guildenstern replies3 ,,guild4,my lord1 ,i cannot4 ,,ham4,i pray you4 ,,guild4,believe me1 ,i cannot4 ,,ham4,i do beseech you4 ,,guild4,i know no touch of it1 my lord4 ,,ham4',tis as easy as lying3 ,govern these ventages with your finger and thumb1 give it breath with your mouth1 and it will discourse most excellent music4 ,look you1 these are the stops4 ,,guild4,but these cannot ,i command to any utterance of harmony2 ,i have not the skill4 ,,ham4,why1 look you1 now1 how unworthy a thing you make of me6 ,you would play upon me2 you would seem to know my stops2 you would pluck out the heart of my mystery2 you would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass3 and there is much music1 excellent voice in this little organ2 yet cannot you make it speak6 ',sblood1 do you think ,i am easier to be played on than a pipe8 ,call me what instrument you will1 though you can fret me1 you cannot play upon me4 ,hamlet deals largely in simile and metaphor2 no finer instance occurring than in the passage where he is called upon to account for the body of ,polonius4 ,rosencranz1 repelling his insinuations1 asks3 ,,ros4,take you me for a sponge1 my lord8 ,,ham4,ay1 sir1 that soaks up the king's countenance1 his rewards1 his authorities4 ,but such officers do the king best service in the end3 he keeps them like an ape1 in the corner of his jaw2 first mouthed1 to be last swallowed3 when he needs what you have gleaned1 it is but squeezing you1 and1 sponge1 you shall be dry again4 ,with a feeling of relief we turn to merry1 heart-whole ,beatrice1 and we glory in the ease with which she puts to rout the valiant soldier ,benedick4 ,with what exquisite nonchalance she remarks3 ,,beat4,i wonder that you will still be talking1 ,signor ,benedick1 nobody marks you4 ,she throws down the gauntlet of defiance to ,cupid in the words3 ,,beat4,i had rather hear my dog bark at a crow1 than a man swear he loves me4 ,and she retains her woman's right to the last word in her parting shot3 ,,beat4,you always end with a jade's trick4 ,i know you of old4 ,her merry derision of ,don ,pedro is shown in her reply to his gallant offer3 ,,don ,p4,will you have me1 my lady8 ,,beat4,no1 my lord1 unless ,i could have another for working days4 ,your grace is too costly to wear every day4 ,of the same bright1 refreshing character is ,celia1 but ,beatrice is more brusque1 while ,celia has a tender vein of womanliness which tones her raillery1 while her sprightliness is more strongly thrown out in the early scenes of the play by its contrast with the constantly recurring melancholy of ,rosalind4 ,this antithesis is clearly observable in the following3 ,,cel4,why cousin6 why ,rosalind6 ,cupid have mercy6 not a word8 ,,ros4,not one to throw at a dog4 ,,cel4,no1 thy words are too precious to cast away upon curs2 throw some of them at me2 come1 lame me with reasons4 ,,ros4,then were two cousins laid up2 when the one should be lamed with reasons and the other mad without any4 ,,cel4,but is this all for your father8 ,,ros4,no1 some of it is for my child's father4 ,oh1 how full of briers is this working-day world4 ,,cel4,they are but burs1 cousin1 thrown upon thee in holiday foolery2 if we walk not in the trodden paths1 our very petticoats will catch them4 ,,ros4,i could shake them off my coat2 these burs are in my heart4 ,,cel4,hem them away4 ,,ros4,i would try if ,i could cry 8hem0 and have him4 ,,cel4,come1 come2 wrestle with thy affections4 ,,ros4,o1 they take the part of a better wrestler than myself6 ,,cel4,o1 a good wish upon you6 ,you will try in time in despite of a fall4 ,after ,rosalind and her cousin leave the court for the ,forest of ,arden1 ,rosalind's spirits rise1 and then it is she who becomes the prominent sprightly character in the play4 ,she receives ,orlando after a short absence with the reproach3 ,,ros4,why how now1 ,orlando1 where have you been all this while8 ,you a lover6 ,and you serve me such another trick1 never come in my sight more4 ,,orl4,my fair ,rosalind1 ,i come within an hour of my promise4 ,,ros4,break an hour's promise in love6 ,he that will divide a minute into a thousand parts1 and break but a part of the thousandth part of a minute in the affairs of love1 it may be said of him that ,cupid hath clapped him on the shoulder1 but ,i'll warrant him heartwhole4 ,,orl4,pardon me1 dear ,rosalind4 ,,ros4,nay1 and you be so tardy1 come no more in my sight3 ,i had as lief be wooed of a snail4 ,,orl4,of a snail6 ,,ros4,ay1 of a snail2 for though he comes slowly1 he carries his house on his head2 a better jointure1 ,i think1 than you make a woman4 ,in ,polonius we meet with a character in direct contrast to those we have mentioned4 ,the old gentleman1 like many of the present day1 loves to hear himself talk1 and1 owing to his high political position1 has probably become so accustomed to receiving the applause of fawning courtiers1 that the habit of punning has become a second nature to him2 even after receiving the gentle reprimand of his ,queen1 it still is impossible for him to abstain from them1 as is instanced in the conversation on the cause of ,hamlet's peculiarities4 ,,pol4,my liege and madam1 to expostulate ,what majesty should be1 what duty is1 ,why day is day1 night night1 and time is time1 ,were nothing but to waste night1 day and time4 ,therefore1 since brevity is the soul of wit1 ,and tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes1 ,i will be brief4 ,your noble son is mad3 ,mad call ,i it2 for1 to define true madness1 ,what is't but to be nothing else but mad8 ,but let that go4 ,,queen4 ,more matter1 with less art4 ,,pol4,madam1 ,i swear ,i use no art at all1 ,that he is mad1 'tis true2 'tis true 'tis pity1 ,and pity 'tis 'tis true2 a foolish figure2 ,but farewell it1 for ,i will use no art4 ,mad let us grant him1 then2 and now remains ,that we find out the cause of this effect1 ,or rather say1 the cause of this defect1 ,for this effect1 defective1 comes by cause3 ,thus it remains1 and the remainder thus4 ,let us now turn to ,portia1 happy1 witty ,portia1 with a soul far above the fickle spendthrift1 ,bassanio1 but with all a woman's devotion1 adoring him in spite of his faults4 ,her gentle dignity in accepting the hoped-for result of his choice of the caskets is sweetly evinced in the following3 ,,por4,you see me1 ,lord ,bassanio1 where ,i stand1 ,such as ,i am2 though for myself alone ,i would not be ambitious in my wish1 ,to wish myself much better2 yet1 for you ,i would be trebled twenty times myself2 ,a thousand times more fair1 ten thousand times ,more rich2 ,that only to stand high in your account1 ,i might in virtues1 beauties1 livings1 friends1 ,exceed account2 but the full sum of me ,is sum of nothing1 which1 to term in gross1 ,is an unlesson'd girl1 unschool'd1 unpractis'd2 ,happy in this1 she is not yet so old ,but she may learn2 happier than this1 ,she is not bred so dull but she can learn2 ,happiest of all is that her gentle spirit ,commits itself to yours to be directed1 ,as from her lord1 her governor1 her king4 ,in the ,trial ,scene we discover the contrasting side of ,portia's character1 and we will close with a quotation from her speech to ,shylock4 ,,por4,the quality of mercy is not strained1 ,it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven ,upon the place beneath3 it is twice blest2 ,it blesseth him that gives1 and him that takes3 ',tis mightiest in the mightiest2 it becomes ,the thrond monarch better than his crown2 ,his sceptre shows the force of temporal power1 ,the attribute to awe and majesty1 ,wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings2 ,but mercy is above this sceptred sway2 ,it is enthroned in the hearts of kings1 ,it is an attribute to ,god himself2 ,and earthly power doth then show likest ,god's ,when mercy seasons justice4 ,f4 ,lizzie ,peirce4 ,illustration3 8,let me think60 ,merry ,mike4 ,merry ,mike from the door bounded off to his play1 ,with his head in his hat on a blustery day2 ,when the wind of a sudden came frolicking down ,and lifted ,mike's hat from his round little crown4 ,don't you call that funny1 ,i'd like to know8 ,then he made up his mind to return to the house1 ,but the merry wind pushed itself under his blouse4 ,and it roared and it roared1 and he puffed as he ran1 ,till it just knocked over this queer little man4 8,ho6 ho6 ho60 said ,mike1 and he said 8ha6 ha6 ha6 ,i'll get up again1 old wind1 you see40 ,then the wind with a flurry of bluster and racket ,went crowding and crowding under his jacket1 ,and it lifted him off of his two little feet1 ,and carried him bodily over the street4 ,mike laughed ha6 ha6 ha6 and he laughed ho6 ho6 ho6 ,but the wind1 with its antics1 was plainly not through1 ,for fiercer and fiercer1 and fiercer it blew1 ,till making one effort of fury intense ,it carried ,mike bodily over the fence4 ,he met there a somewhat discouraged old cow1 ,that had blown thither too1 though he failed to see how1 ,then he smiled and said1 8,make yourself easy1 my friend1 ,only keep your mind quiet and things will soon mend10 ,mike laughed ha6 ha6 ha6 and he laughed ho6 ho6 ho6 8,for the wind is just playing1 old cow1 you know40 ,as he scampered off home1 what above should he see ,but the roof of a shed that had lodged in a tree2 ,and he laughed and he laughed till his sides fairly ached1 ,for1 he said1 this is better than wedding or wake4 ,and he roared1 ha6 ha6 ha6 ho6 ho6 ho6 8,that boy10 say the terrified folks of the town1 8,he would laugh just the same if the sky tumbled down40 8,indeed1 and ,i would10 answered ,mike1 with a grin1 8,for ,i might get a piece with a lot of stars in40 ,and he chuckled1 he6 he6 he6 and he chuckled1 ho6 ho6 ho6 ,the very idea delighted him so4 ,his father complained to the priest1 8,now1 ,i say1 ,mike never stops laughing by night or by day40 8,let him laugh10 spoke the priest1 8he will change by and by2 ',tis better to laugh than to grumble and cry2 ,it's the way with the lad2 let him laugh if he like1 ,and be glad you've a son that's as merry as ,mike40 ,the ,village ,choir4 ,half a bar1 half a bar1 ,half a bar onward6 ,into an awful ditch1 ,choir and ,precentor hitch1 ,into a mess of pitch1 ,they led the ,old ,hundred4 ,trebles to right of them1 ,tenors to left of them1 ,basses in front of them1 ,bellowed and thundered4 ,oh6 that ,precentor's look1 ,when the sopranos took ,their own time and hook1 ,from the ,old ,hundred4 ,screeched all the trebles here1 ,boggled the tenors there1 ,raising the parson's hair1 ,while his mind wandered2 ,theirs not to reason why ,this psalm was pitched too high2 ,theirs but to gasp and cry ,out the ,old ,hundred4 ,trebles to right of them1 ,tenors to left of them1 ,basses in front of them1 ,bellowed and thundered4 ,stormed they with shout and yell2 ,not wise they sang1 nor well1 ,drowning the sexton's bell1 ,while all the church wondered4 ,dire the ,precentor's glare1 ,flashed his pitchfork in air1 ,sounding the fresh key to bear ,out the ,old ,hundred4 ,swiftly he turned his back1 ,reached he his hat from rack1 ,then from the screaming pack ,himself he sundered4 ,tenors to right of him1 ,trebles to left of him1 ,discords behind him1 ,bellowed and thundered4 ,oh1 the wild howls they wrought2 ,right to the end they fought6 ,some tune they sang1 but not ,not the ,old ,hundred4 ,the ,book ,agent ,beats the ,bandit4 ,brown1 ,jones and ,robinson1 three of as good fellows as ever melted the heart of a country trader to the merry music of the pliant chin1 sat one evening of last week in the smoking compartment of a chair car on the ,r4 and ,t4 ,h4 ,western ,railroad4 ,with them was a tall1 thin1 dyspeptic man with sandy hair1 dressed in a rusty suit of black4 ,nature had endowed him with long legs1 and his tailor with short pants4 ,his coat collar was rich enough in accumulated grease to keep a soap factory going for a month4 ,his mouth was of brass1 and his cheek as hard as last year's cider4 ,he was a book agent4 ,already had he gobbled up the drummers for a ,life of ,christ and ,pocket ,encyclopedia of #bae numbers1 when suddenly a real ,jesse-,james-like train bandit opened the door and stood1 pistol in hand1 before the quartet4 ,brown's soul sank down into the heels of his boots4 ,beads of perspiration big as snow balls stood on ,jones' classic brow1 while his hair lifted his hat two solid inches from the crown of his head4 ,robinson murmured the first verse of 8,ever of ,thee ,i'm ,fondly ,dreaming10 and thought he was praying4 ,but the book agent bounded from his seat with a 8,how do1 stranger8 ,delighted to see you4 ,do let me show you my superb #8,history of ,boone ,county1' a perfect bonanza of domestic peace and happiness to every householder who is fortunate enough to possess one4 ,three hundred pages of elegant letter press1 printed on toned paper and embellished with fine steel engravings and an official map of the ,state4 ,a carefully compiled1 correct topographical and historical0 8,shut up60 roared the bandit4 8,shut up8 ,you bet it will1 and fastens itself with a double-action brass claspmy own inventionand from its simplicity of design and beauty of construction worth half the price of the book4 ,given away1 sir2 literally given away1 for #c in boards or #d4ej in morocco with beveled edges40 8,if yer say0 8,i do say it1 sir4 ,look at this exquisite title page with a vignette portrait of the gifted author4 ,here you see a genealogical abstract chart in which you can write the names of your illustrious ancestors and beloved familybirths1 marriages1 deaths and0 8,stop60 shrieked the bandit1 as the agent grasped him by the buttonhole4 8,you may well say #8stop1' sir2 ,i've said enough to make you ache to possess this beautiful volume1 but ,i haven't begun to0 8,sit down60 the robber roared in a voice that made the puffs of the engine sound like the sighs of a sick zephyr1 and loosened all the joints of ,jones's limbs4 8,biographical sketches of eminent men1 glowing obituary1 with an original poem on death1 agricultural statistics1 tables of mortality1 valuable notes on immigration1 trade reports1 all the geological0 8,lemme go1 or ,i'll blow the roof of yer head off10 shrieked the robber1 as he wrested himself from the agent's grasp and dropped off the rear car into the gathering gloom of the coming night4 ,then ,robinson drew from his pocket his faithful revolver and looked big4 ,jones rolled his sleeves up and asked where the villain was gone to4 ,brown fished from under the spittoon a roll of bills and hoped they didn't think he had been scared4 ,but the agent sank wearily to his seat1 and for the first time in all that long journey was silent for nearly four consecutive minutes4 ,evansville ,argus4 ,not in the ,ranks4 ,the old army overcoat that used to be such a familiar sight on our streets is one of the rarest now2 indeed1 it is so seldom seen that we involuntarily turn and gaze after it1 as something that brings sad and often cruel memories4 ,the other day an old man wearing a coat of this kind1 which reached to his heels1 stopped at a cottage a little way out of town and asked leave to rest awhile on the porch4 8,i'm a bit tired10 he said to the woman who opened the door1 8an' if you don't mind ,i'll sit here and rest myself for a spell40 8,you're welcome10 said the woman kindly1 with a glance at the martial blue4 ,then she left him alone1 but after a little while returned with a bowl of coffee and a plate of white biscuit4 8,eat10 she said1 gently2 8,i had a boy who was a soldier40 8,but ,i'm not a soldier10 answered the old man4 8,i never was a soldier2 my boy went to war and was killed4 ,he was all ,i had1 too4 ,this coat was his2 seems like he's near me when ,i have it on4 ,i gave him to his country2 the handsomest and bravest boy he was1 too1 in the whole regiment4 ,god bless him4 ,he did his duty1 died on the field1 and this coat was all that came back to his poor old dad4 ,no2 ,i never was a soldier40 ,the woman went in and brought out some cake and the whitest honey1 and added it to the coffee and biscuit4 8,are you alone in the world80 she asked4 8,oh1 no10 answered the old man1 cheerfully2 8,i've got a sister1 but she's old and lame1 and she has a daughter that is sickly and ailing4 ,you see ,i have them to work for1 and they are a sight of comfort to me4 ,many's the time ,i'd have broken down since ,mary died but for them poor critters4 ,mary was my wife1 ma'am2 she was a master hand to nuss sick folks1 and she thought after ,tim died as it were her duty to go into the hospital service and nuss the soldiers1 and she died these sixteen years ago2 but she did a heap of good work first4 ,many a soldier has kissed her shadow on the wall6 ,mary1 darlin'1 ,god wanted ye in the ranks up there2 ,i've often wished that ,i had been a soldier1 if only to be fit for the little mother and ,tim2 but ,i never was40 ,he drank the coffee1 ate the good food thankfully1 and offered to pay for it with some hoarded pieces of old worn silver2 but the woman shook her head4 8,put back your money4 ,my son was a soldier10 she said4 8,but ,i am not a soldier4 ,well1 well10 7as he looked into her face17 8,i thank you1 and ,i take it for his sake40 ,he wished good-night to his kind entertainer and turned away4 ,as he walked off1 slow and limping1 bent by infirmity1 the long skirt of his army overcoat struck bright and blue against the splendor of the sunset2 he shaded his eyes with one trembling hand and looked wistfully at the rose and amethyst door that seemed to open in the west4 ,what saw he there8 ,a little1 round-shouldered woman with a small1 homely face2 a lank1 overgrown boy1 with sparse1 red hair4 ,ay1 and of such as these are angels made4 ,so1 watching1 he passed down into the shadows and disappeared4 ,the woman at the gate looked after him4 8,no soldier60 she said gently1 8but ,i wonder if the boy who died on his first battle-field ever fought as he has1 or sacrificed as much to his country8 ,all the soldiers didn't go into the war with flying flags and rolling drums4 ,some of them stayed at home and fought harder battles4 ,i'm glad ,i gave him a bite and a sup4 ,he is a soldier1 and a brave one1 too1 and one day he will know it60 ,and ,i think she was right4 ,detroit ,free ,press4 ,the ,old ,actor's ,story4 ,first ,honor at the ,third ,annual ,commencement of the ,mt4 ,vernon ,institute of ,elocution and ,languages1 #ahhf4 ,mine is a wild1 strange story1the strangest you ever heard2 ,there are many#dae who won't believe it1 but it's gospel#daf every word2 ,it's the biggest drama of any in a long1#dag adventurous life2 ,the scene was a ship1 and the actorswere myself and my new-wed wife4 ,you musn't mind if ,i ramble1 and lose the thread now and then2 ,i'm old1 you know1 and ,i wanderit's a way with old women and men1 ,for their lives lie all behind#dah them1 and their thoughts go far away1#dai ,and are tempted afield1 like children1 lost on a summer day4 ,the years must be five-and-twenty that have passed since that awful night1 ,but ,i see it again this evening1 ,i can never shut#dbj out the sight4 ,we were only a few weeks married1 ,i and the wife1 you know1 ,when we had an offer for ,melbourne1#dba and made up our minds to go4 ,we'd acted together in ,england1 traveling up and down#dbb ,with a strolling band of players1 going from town to town2 ,we played the lovers togetherwe were leading lady and gent ,and at last we played in earnest1 and straight#dbc to the church we went4 ,the parson gave us his blessing1#dbd and ,i gave ,nellie the ring1#dbe ,and swore that ,i'd love and cherish1 and endow her with everything4 ,how we smiled at that part of the service when ,i said 8,i thee endow60 ,but as to the 8love and cherish10 friends1 ,i meant to keep that#dbf vow4 ,we were only a couple of strollers2 we had coin when the show was good1 ,when it wasn't we went without#dbg it1 and we did the best we could4 ,we were happy and loved each other1 and laughed at the shifts we made1 ,where love makes plenty of sunshine1 there poverty casts no shade4 ,well1 at last we got to ,london1 and did pretty well for a bit2 ,then the business dropped to nothing1 and the manager took a flit1#dbh ,stepped off one ,sunday morning1 forgetting the treasury call2 ,but our luck was in1 and we managed right on our feet#dbi to fall4 ,we got an offer for ,melbourne1got it that very week4 ,those were the days when thousands went over their fortunes to seek1 ,the days of the great gold fever1 and a manager thought the spot ,good for a 8spec10 and took us as actors among his lot4 ,we hadn't a friend in ,englandwe'd only ourselves to please ,and we jumped at the chance of trying our fortune across the seas4#dcj ,we went on a sailing vessel1 and the journey was long and rough2 ,we hadn't been out a fortnight before we had had enough4 ,but use is a second nature1 and we'd got not to mind a storm1 ,when misery came upon us1came in a hideous form4#dca ,my poor little wife fell ailing1 grew worse1 and at last so bad ,that the doctor said she was dying1,i thought 'twould have sent me mad1#dcb ,dying where leagues#dcc of billows seemed to shriek for their prey1 ,and the nearest land was hundreds#dcd;ay1 thousandsof miles away4 ,she raved one night in a fever1 and the next lay still as death1 ,so still ,i'd to bend and listen#dce for the faintest sign of breath4 ,she seemed in a sleep1#dcf and sleeping1 with a smile#dcg on her thin1 wan face2 ,she passed away#dch one morning1 while ,i prayed#dci to the throne of grace4 ,i knelt in the little cabin1 and prayer after prayer ,i said1 ,till the surgeon came and told me it was uselessmy wife was dead6 ,dead6 ,i wouldn't believe it4 ,they forced me away that night1 ,for ,i raved in my wild despairing1 the shock sent me mad outright4 ,i was shut in the farthest cabin1#ddj and ,i beat my head on the side1 ,and all day long in my madness1 8,they've murdered her60#dda ,i cried4 ,they locked me away from my fellows1put me in cruel#ddb chains1 ,it seems ,i had seized a weapon to beat out the surgeon's brains4 ,i cried in my wild1 mad fury1 that he was a devil#ddc sent ,to gloat o'er the frenzied anguish with which my heart was rent4 ,i spent that night with the irons heavy upon my wrists1 ,and my wife lay dead quite near#ddd me4 ,i beat#dde with my fettered fists1 ,beat at my prison panels1 and then,o ,god6and then ,i heard the shrieks of women#ddf and the tramp of hurrying men4 ,i heard the cry1 8,ship a-fire60 caught up by a hundred throats1 ,and over the roar the captain shouting to lower the boats2 ,then cry upon cry1 and curses1 and the crackle of burning wood1 ,and the place#ddg grew hot as a furnace1 ,i could feel it where ,i stood4 ,i beat#ddh at the door and shouted1 but never a sound came back1 ,and the timbers above me started1 till right through a yawning crack#ddi ,i could see the flames shoot upward1 seizing on mast and sail1 ,fanned in their burning fury by the breath of the howling gale4 ,i dashed#dej at the door in fury1 shrieking1 8,i will not die6 ,die in this burning prison60but ,i caught no answering cry4 ,then1 suddenly1 right upon me1 the flames crept up with a roar1 ,and their fiery tongues shot forward1 cracking my prison door4 ,i was free#deawith the heavy iron door dragging me down#deb to death2 ,i fought my way to the cabin1#dec choked with the burning breath ,of the flames that danced around me#ded like man-mocking fiends at play1 ,and then,o ,god6 ,i can see it1 and shall to my dying day4 ,there#dee lay my ,nell as they'd left her1 dead in her berth that night2 ,the flames flung a smile#def on her features1a horrible1#def;a lurid light1 ,god knows how ,i reached and touched her1 but ,i found myself by her side2 ,i thought she was living a moment1 ,i forgot that my ,nell had died4 ,in the shock of those awful seconds reason came back to my brain2#deg ,i heard a sound as of breathing1#deh and then a low cry of pain2 ,oh1 was there mercy in heaven8#dei ,was there a ,god in the skies8 ,the dead woman's lips were moving1#dfj the dead woman opened her eyes4 ,i cursed#dfa like a madman raving,i cried to her1 8,nell6 my ,nell60#dfb ,they had left us alone and helpless1 alone in that burning hell1 ,they had left us alone to perishforgotten me livingand she ,had been left for the fire to bear her to heaven1#dfc instead of the sea4#dfd ,i clutched at her1#dfe roused her shrieking1 the stupor was on her still2 ,i seized her in spite of my fetters1fear gave a giant's will4 ,god knows how ,i did it1 but blindly ,i fought through the flames and the wreck ,upup#dff to the air1 and brought her safe to the untouched deck4 ,we'd a moment of life together1a moment of life1 the time1 ,for one last word to each other1'twas a moment supreme1 sublime4 ,from the trance we'd for death mistaken1 the heat had brought her to life1 ,and ,i was fettered and helpless1 so we lay there1#dfg husband and wife6 ,it was but a moment1 but ages seemed to have passed away1 ,when a shout came over the water1#dfh and ,i looked1 and lo1 there lay1 ,right away from the vessel1#dfi a boat that was standing by2 ,they had seen our forms on the vessel1 as the flames lit up the sky4 ,i shouted a prayer to ,heaven1#dgj then called to my wife1#dga and she ,tore with new strength at my fetters,god helped her1 and ,i was free2 ,then over the burning bulwarks we leaped#dgb for one chance of life4 ,did they save us8 ,well1 here ,i am1#dgc sir1 and yonder's#dgd my dear old wife4 ,we were out in the boat till daylight1 when a great ship passing by ,took us on board1 and at ,melbourne#dge landed us by and by4 ,we've played many parts in dramas since we went on that famous trip1 ,but ne'er such a scene together as we had on the burning ship6 ,george ,r4 ,sims4 ,,gestures4 #dae ,h4 ,o4 #daf ,h4 ,f4 #dag ,h4 ,sw4 #dah ,h4 ,b4 #dai ,h4 ,l4 #dbj ,v4 ,,ho4 #dba ,left ,h4 ,l4 #dbb ,h4 ,sw4 #dbc ,h4 ,f4 #dbd ,b4 ,p4 ,h4 ,f4 #dbe ,h4 ,o4 #dbf ,h4 ,f4 #dbg ,h4 ,l4 #dbh ,left ,h4 ,l4 #dbi ,b4 ,d4 ,f4 #dcj ,left ,h4 ,l4 #dca ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #dcb ,hand to head4 #dcc ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #dcd ,h4 ,l4 #dce ,bend in listening attitude4 #dcf ,d4 ,o4 #dcg ,turn to ,p4 #dch ,a4 ,o4 #dci ,clasp hands4 #ddj ,left ,h4 ,l4 #dda ,b4 ,cl4 #ddb ,sp4 #ddc ,cl4 ,d4 #ddd ,h4 ,l4 #dde ,sp4 #ddf ,a4 ,o4 #ddg ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #ddh ,sp4 #ddi ,a4 ,o4 #dej ,b4 ,v4 ,h4 ,f4 #dea ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #deb ,b4 ,d4 ,f4 #dec ,h4 ,o4 #ded ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #dee ,d4 ,o4 #def ,p4 ,d4 ,o4 #deg ,hand to head4 #deh ,listening4 #dei ,a4 ,o4 #dfj ,d4 ,o4 #dfa ,b4 ,cl4 ,d4 #dfb ,b4 ,par4 ,d4 ,o4 #dfc ,a4 ,o4 #dfd ,d4 ,o4 #dfe ,sp4 #dff ,a4 ,o4 #dfg ,b4 ,d4 ,o4 #dfh ,look to ,left4 #dfi ,left ,h4 ,o4 #dgj ,a4 ,o4 #dga ,h4 ,o4 #dgb ,b4 ,par4 ,h4 ,o4 to left4 #dgc ,point to self4 #dgd ,ind4 ,h4 ,o4 #dge ,left ,h4 ,o4 ,illustration3 8,merciful heavens6 is that true80 ,ben ,hassan's ,dream4 ,i stood alone beside a mighty sea2 ,the waves in awful majesty swept in ,and crashed upon the strand4 ,far out beyond ,the snowy-crested line of breakers rode ,a ship2 and as she rose and fell her tall ,masts seemed to trace a message on the sky3 8,o1 ship6 ,o1 restless waste60 ,i cried1 8,be true1 ,be merciful1 that they who watch on board1 ,and they that wait at home1 may once more clasp ,the hands and press the lips of those they love40 ,the vision changed4 ,i sat beneath my tent4 ',twas noon4 ,upon my right the desert sands ,stretched hot and gleaming till they touched the sky2 ,upon my left lay leagues of sand2 before1 ,behind2 which way ,i looked was burning sand3 ,the fierce sun overhead poured down a stream ,of heat intolerable4 ,silence reigned4 ,the caravan had gone4 ,i leaned low down ,to hearken1 but in vain4 ,abandoned6 ,lost6 ,would my siesta prove a sleep of death8 ,another scene3 ,the sun had set1 and peace ,pervaded hill and dale4 ,a sweet perfume ,of flowers filled the evening air4 ,the sound ,of tinkling bells came faintly from a plain ,where camels browsed4 ,the slender minarets1 ,and stately domes of mosques1 proclaimed a town1 ,that nestled 'mid the distant1 waving palms4 ,a troop of horsemen slowly came in view2 ,their banner bore the crescent and the star4 ,i knelt and cried3 8,praise be to ,allah's name60 ,and then1 it seemed1 ,i was within a grot ,that opened on a placid lake4 ,the moon ,was at the full and o'er the water threw ,a track of silver sheen4 ,beside me stood ,a child with upturned face4 ,i placed my hand ,upon its head1 when1 lo6 from out the lake ,arose a horrid1 monster form4 ,it glared ,with baleful eyes and then advanced4 8,keep off6 ,keep off60 ,i shrieked1 then seized the child and turned ,to flywhen suddenly the vision changed3 ,once more ,i dwelt beneath my parents' roof1 ,a happy1 careless child4 ,the olden scenes ,were fresh again1 and things forgot had life ,and form4 ,o home6how blest are they that have ,a home6sweet haven sure when others fail6 8,oh1 do not leave me1 darling boy1 my own60 ,it was my mother's voice4 ,ah1 yes1 her eyes ,were beaming love1 as angel-like she smiled ,and kissed my brow4 ,and1 as ,i watched her face1 ,i woke and wept to know 'twas but a dream4 ,geo4 ,m4 ,vickers4 ,six o',clock4 ,down by the rugged coast of ,maine ,breaks on the air the glad refrain ,that welcomes old ,time on his westward flight1 ,that makes the dull eye of the toiler bright1 ,and heralds the bliss of a single night2 ,thus bell and whistle with clang and shriek1 ,at six o'clock and six times a week4 ,loveliest hour of all the day1 ,blest is thy sweet and mystic sway3 ,affection and hope in their might are rife ,in each watching child2 in the waiting wife2 ,the father that tramps from his daily strife2 ,the widow's son and his fond embrace2 ,in the smile that beams on her pallid face4 ,who hath not felt the wondrous spell1 ,ushered by whistle and by bell8 ,a halo of peace round each home it flings2 ,to poor and to weary relief it brings2 ,and e'en the black tea-kettle gaily sings3 ,o moments calm6 ,ye foretell the rest ,that soon must come to each human breast4 ,westward speed on o'er hill and dell1 ,city and town and cot to tell2 ,on1 on1 like a courier1 dash away1 ,hard pressing the heels of departing day ,till stopped by the waters of 8',frisco0 ,bay6 ,thus bell and whistle with clang and shriek1 ,at six o'clock1 and six times a week4 ,geo4 ,m4 ,vickers4 ,charlie's ,story4 ,i was sitting in the twilight1 ,with my ,charlie on my knees1 ,little two-year old1 forever ,teasing 8,talk a tory to me pease40 8,now10 ,i said1 8talk me a 'tory40 8,well10 reflectively1 8,i'll 'mence4 ,mamma1 ,i did see a kitty1 ,great big kitty on the fence40 ,mamma smiles4 ,five little fingers ,cover up her laughing lips2 8,is oo laughing80 8,yes0 ,i tell him1 ,but ,i kiss the finger tips2 ,and ,i say3 8,now tell another40 8,well0 7all smiles7 8now ,i will 'mence4 ,mamma1 ,i did see a doggie1 ,great big doggie on the fence40 8,rather similar1 your stories1 ,aren't they1 dear80 ,a sober look ,swept across the pretty forehead2 ,then he sudden courage took4 8,but ,i know a nice new 'tory ',plendid1 ,mamma6 ,hear me 'mence1 ,mamma1 ,i did see aelfunt ,great big elfunt on the fence60 ,the ,months4 ,a ,,pageant4 ,,personifications4 ,,january4 ,,february4 ,,march4 ,,april4 ,,july4 ,gentlemen4 ,,may4 ,ladies4 ,,august4 ,,june4 ,,october4 ,,september4 ,,december4 ,,november4 ,,robin ,,redbreasts2 ,,lambs ,,and ,,sheep2 ,,nightingale ,,and ,,nestlings4 ,various ,flowers1 ,fruits1 etc4 ,,scene3,a ,,cottage ,,with ,,its ,,grounds4 7,a room in a large1 comfortable cottage2 a fire burning on the hearth2 a table on which the breakfast things have been left standing4 ,january discovered seated at the fire47 ,,january4 ,cold the day and cold the drifted snow1 ,dim the day until the cold dark night4 ,stirs the fire4 ,crackle1 sparkle1 fagot2 embers1 glow3 ,some one may be plodding through the snow1 ,longing for a light1 ,for the light that you and ,i can show4 ,if no one else should come1 ,here ,robin ,redbreast's welcome to a crumb1 ,and never troublesome3 ,robin1 why don't you come and fetch your crumb8 ,here's butter for my bunch of bread1 ,and sugar for your crumb2 ,here's room upon the hearth-rug1 ,if you'll only come4 ,in your scarlet waistcoat1 ,with your keen bright eye1 ,where are you loitering8 ,wings were made to fly6 ,make haste to breakfast1 ,come and fetch your crumb1 ,for ,i'm as glad to see you ,as you are glad to come4 7,two ,robin ,redbreasts are seen tapping with their beaks at the lattice1 which ,january opens4 ,the birds flutter in1 hop about the floor1 and peck up the crumbs and sugar thrown to them4 ,they have scarcely finished their meal1 when a knock is heard at the door4 ,january hangs a guard in front of the fire1 and opens to ,february1 who appears with a bunch of snowdrops in her hand47 ,,january4 ,good-morrow1 sister4 ,,february4 ,brother1 joy to you6 ,i've brought some snowdrops2 only just a few1 ,but quite enough to prove the world awake1 ,cheerful and hopeful in the frosty dew1 ,and for the pale sun's sake4 7,she hands a few of her snowdrops to ,january1 who retires into the background4 ,while ,february stands arranging the remaining snowdrops in a glass of water on the window-sill1 a soft butting and bleating are heard outside4 ,she opens the door1 and sees one foremost lamb1 with other sheep and lambs bleating and crowding towards her47 ,,february4 ,o you1 you little wonder1 comecome in1 ,you wonderful1 you woolly1 soft1 white lamb3 ,you panting mother ewe1 come too1 ,and lead that tottering twin ,safe in3 ,bring all your bleating kith and kin1 ,except the horny ram4 7,february opens a second door in the background1 and the little flock files through into a warm and sheltered compartment out of sight47 ,the lambkin tottering in its walk1 ,with just a fleece to wear2 ,the snowdrop drooping on its stalk ,so slender1 ,snowdrop and lamb1 a pretty pair1 ,braving the cold for our delight1 ,both white1 ,both tender4 7,a rattling of door and windows2 branches seen without1 tossing violently to and fro47 ,how the doors rattle1 and the branches sway6 ,here's brother ,march comes whirling on his way1 ,with winds that eddy and sing4 7,she turns the handle of the door1 which bursts open1 and discloses ,march hastening up1 both hands full of violets and anemones47 ,,february4 ,come1 show me what you bring2 ,for ,i have said my say1 fulfilled my day1 ,and must away4 ,,march4 7,stopping short on the threshold47 ,i blow and arouse1 ,through the world's wide house1 ,to quicken the torpid earth3 ,grappling ,i fling ,each feeble thing1 ,but bring strong life to the birth4 ,i wrestle and frown1 ,and topple down2 ,i wrench1 ,i rend1 ,i uproot2 ,yet the violet ,is born where ,i set ,the sole of my flying foot4 7,hands violets and anemones to ,february1 who retires into the background47 ,and in my wake ,frail wind-flowers quake1 ,and the catkins promise fruit4 ,i drive ocean ashore ,with rush and roar1 ,and he cannot say me nay3 ,my harpstrings all ,are the forests tall1 ,making music when ,i play4 ,and as others perforce1 ,so ,i on my course ,run and needs must run1 ,with sap on the mount1 ,and buds past count1 ,and rivers and clouds and sun1 ,with seasons and breath ,and time and death ,and all that has yet begun4 7,before ,march has done speaking1 a voice is heard approaching accompanied by a twittering of birds4 ,april comes along singing1 and stands outside and out of sight to finish her song47 ,,april4 7,outside47 ,pretty little three ,sparrows in a tree1 ,light upon the wing2 ,though you cannot sing1 ,you can chirp of ,spring3 ,chirp of ,spring to me1 ,sparrows1 from your tree4 ,never mind the showers1 ,chirp about the flowers1 ,while you build a nest3 ,straws from east and west1 ,feathers from your breast1 ,make the snuggest bowers ,in a world of flowers4 ,you must dart away ,from the chosen spray1 ,you intrusive third ,extra little bird2 ,join the unwedded herd6 ,these have done with play1 ,and must work to-day4 ,,april4 7,appearing at the open door47 ,good-morrow and good-bye3 if others fly1 ,of all the flying months you're the most flying4 ,,march4 ,you're hope and sweetness1 ,april4 ,,april4 ,birth means dying1 ,as wings and wind mean flying2 ,so you and ,i and all things fly or die2 ,and sometimes ,i sit sighing to think of dying4 ,but meanwhile ,i've a rainbow in my showers1 ,and a lapful of flowers1 ,and these dear nestlings1 aged three hours2 ,and here's their mother sitting1 ,their father merely flitting ,to find their breakfast somewhere in my bowers4 7,as she speaks ,april shows ,march her apron full of flowers and nest full of birds4 ,march wanders away into the grounds4 ,april1 without entering the cottage1 hangs over the hungry nestlings watching them47 ,,april4 ,what beaks you have1 you funny things1 ,what voices1 shrill and weak2 ,who'd think anything that sings ,could sing with such a beak8 ,yet you'll be nightingales some day ,and charm the country-side1 ,when ,i'm away and far away1 ,and ,may is queen and bride4 7,may arrives unperceived by ,april1 and gives her a kiss4 ,april starts and looks round47 ,,april4 ,ah1 ,may1 good-morrow1 ,may1 and so good-bye4 ,,may4 ,that's just your way1 sweet ,april1 smile and sigh2 ,your sorrows half in fun1 ,begun and done ,and turned to joy while twenty seconds run4 ,at every step a flower ,fed by your last bright shower1 7,she divides an armful of all sorts of flowers with ,april1 who strolls away through the garden47 ,,may4 ,and gathering flowers ,i listened to the song ,of every bird in bower4 ,the world and ,i are far too full of bliss1 ,to think or plan or toil or care2 ,the sun is waxing strong1 ,the days are waning long1 ,and all that is1 ,is fair4 ,here are ,may buds of lily and of rose1 ,and here's my namesake-blossom1 ,may2 ,and from a watery spot ,see here1 forget-me-not1 ,with all that blows ,to-day4 ,hark to my linnets from the hedges green1 ,blackbird and lark and thrush and dove1 ,and every nightingale ,and cuckoo tells its tale1 ,and all they mean ,is love4 7,june appears at the further end of the garden1 coming slowly towards ,may1 who seeing her1 exclaims37 ,,may4 ,surely you're come too early1 sister ,june4 ,,june4 ,indeed ,i feel as if ,i came too soon ,to round your young ,may moon1 ,and set the world a-gasping at my noon1 ,yet must ,i come4 ,so here are strawberries1 ,sun-flushed and sweet1 as many as you please2 ,and there are full-blown roses by the score1 ,more roses and yet more4 7,may1 eating strawberries1 withdraws among the flower beds47 ,,june4 ,the sun does all my long day's work for me1 ,raises and ripens everything2 ,i need but sit beneath a leafy tree ,and watch and sing4 7,seats herself in the shadow of a laburnum47 ,or if ,i'm lulled by note of bird and bee1 ,or lulled by noontide's silence deep1 ,i need but nestle down beneath my tree ,and drop asleep4 7,june falls asleep2 and is not awakened by the voice of ,july1 who behind the scenes is heard half singing1 half calling47 ,,july4 7,behind the scenes47 ,blue flags1 yellow flags1 all freckled1 ,which will you take8 ,yellow1 blue1 speckled6 ,take which you will1 speckled1 blue1 yellow1 ,each in its way has not a fellow4 7,enter ,july1 a basket of many-colored irises swung upon his shoulders1 a bunch of ripe grass in one hand1 and a plate piled full of peaches balanced upon the other4 ,he steals up to ,june1 and tickles her with the grass4 ,she wakes47 ,,june4 ,what1 here already8 ,,july4 ,nay1 my tryst is kept2 ,the longest day slipped by you while you slept4 ,i've brought you one curved pyramid of bloom1 7,hands her the plate47 ,not flowers1 but peaches1 gathered where the bees1 ,as downy1 bask and boom ,in sunshine and in gloom of trees4 ,but get you in1 a storm is at my heels2 ,the whirlwind whistles and wheels1 ,lightning flashes and thunder peals1 ,flying and following hard upon my heels4 7,june takes shelter in a thickly-woven arbor47 ,,july4 ,the roar of a storm sweeps up ,from the east to the lurid west1 ,the darkening sky1 like a cup1 ,is filled with rain to the brink2 ,the sky is purple and fire1 ,blackness and noise and unrest2 ,the earth1 parched with desire1 ,opens her mouth to drink4 ,send forth thy thunder and fire1 ,turn over thy brimming cup1 ,o sky1 appease the desire ,of earth in her parched unrest2 ,pour out drink to her thirst1 ,her famishing life lift up2 ,make thyself fair as at first1 ,with a rainbow for thy crest4 ,have done with thunder and fire1 ,o sky with the rainbow crest2 ,o earth1 have done with desire1 ,drink1 and drink deep1 and rest4 7,enter ,august1 carrying a sheaf made up of different kinds of grain47 ,,july4 ,hail1 brother ,august1 flushed and warm1 ,and scathless from my storm4 ,your hands are full of corn1 ,i see1 ,as full as hands can be3 ,and earth and air both smell as sweet as balm ,in their recovered calm1 ,and that they owe to me4 7,july retires into the shrubbery47 ,,august4 ,wheat sways heavy1 oats are airy1 ,barley bows a graceful head1 ,short and small shoots up canary1 ,each of these is some one's bread2 ,bread for man or bread for beast1 ,or at very least ,a bird's savory feast4 ,men are brethren of each other1 ,one in flesh and one in food2 ,and a sort of foster brother1 ,is the litter1 or the brood ,of that folk in fur and feather1 ,who1 with men together1 ,breast the wind and weather4 7,august descries ,september toiling across the lawn47 ,,august4 ,my harvest home is ended2 and ,i spy ,september drawing nigh ,with the first thought of ,autumn in her eye1 ,and the first sigh ,of ,autumn wind among her locks that fly4 7,september arrives1 carrying upon her head a basket heaped high with fruit47 ,,september4 ,unload me1 brother4 ,i have brought a few ,plums and these pears for you1 ,a dozen kinds of apples1 one or two ,melons1 some figs all bursting through ,their skins2 and pearled with dew ,these damsons1 violet-blue4 7,while ,september is speaking1 ,august lifts the basket to the ground1 selects various fruits1 and withdraws slowly along the gravel walk1 eating a pear as he goes47 ,,september4 ,my song is half a sigh ,because my green leaves die2 ,sweet are my fruits1 but all my leaves are dying2 ,and well may ,autumn sigh1 ,and well may ,i ,who watch the sere leaves flying4 ,my leaves that fade and fall1 ,i note you one and all2 ,i call you1 and the autumn wind is calling1 ,lamenting for your fall1 ,and for the pall ,you spread on earth in falling4 ,and here's a song of flowers to suit such hours3 ,a song of the last lilies1 the last flowers1 ,amid my withering bowers4 ,in the sunny garden bed ,lilies look so pale1 ,lilies droop the head ,in the shady1 grassy vale2 ,if all alike they pine ,in shade and in shine1 ,if everywhere they grieve1 ,where will lilies live8 7,october enters briskly1 some leafy twigs bearing different sorts of nuts in one hand1 and a long1 ripe hop-vine trailing after him from the other4 ,a dahlia is stuck in his button-hole47 ,,october4 ,nay1 cheer up1 sister4 ,life is not quite over1 ,even if the year has done with corn and clover1 ,with flowers and leaves2 besides1 in fact1 it's true2 ,some leaves remain1 and some flowers too1 ,for me and you4 ,now see my crops4 ,offering his produce to ,september4 ,i've brought you nuts and hops2 ,and when the leaf drops1 why the walnut drops4 7,october wreathes the hop-vines about ,september's neck1 and gives her the nut twigs4 ,they enter the cottage together1 but without shutting the door4 ,she steps into the background2 he advances to the hearth1 removes the guard1 stirs up the smouldering fire1 and arranges several chestnuts ready to roast47 ,,october4 ,crack your first nut1 light your first fire1 ,roast your chestnuts1 crisp on the bar1 ,make the logs sparkle1 stir the blaze higher2 ,logs are as cheery as sun or as star1 ,logs we can find wherever we are4 ,spring1 one soft day1 will open the leaves1 ,spring1 one bright day1 will lure back the flowers2 ,never fancy my whistling wind grieves1 ,never fancy ,i've tears in my showers2 ,dance1 nights and days6 and dance on1 my hours4 7,sees ,november approaching47 ,,october4 ,here comes my youngest sister1 looking dim ,and grim1 ,with dismal ways4 ,what cheer1 ,november8 ,,november4 7,entering and shutting the door47 ,nought have ,i to bring1 ,tramping a-chill and shivering1 ,except these pine cones for a blaze1 ,except a fog which follows1 ,and stuffs up all the hollows1 ,except a hoar frost here and there1 ,except some shooting stars1 ,which dart their luminous cars1 ,trackless and noiseless through the keen night air4 7,october1 shrugging his shoulders1 withdraws into the background1 while ,november throws her pine cones on the fire and sits down listlessly47 ,,november4 ,the earth lies fast asleep1 grown tired ,of all that's high or deep2 ,there's naught desired and naught required ,save a sleep4 ,i rock the cradle of the earth1 ,i lull her with a sigh2 ,and know that she will wake to mirth ,by and bye4 7,through the window ,december is seen running and leaping in the direction of the door4 ,he knocks47 ,,november4 7,calls out without rising47 ,ah1 here's my youngest brother come at last3 ,come in1 ,december4 7,he opens the door and enters1 loaded with evergreens in berry1 etc47 ,come in and shut the door1 ,for now it's snowing fast2 ,it snows1 and will snow more and more2 ,don't let it drift in on the floor4 ,but you1 you're all aglow2 how can you be ,rosy and warm and smiling in the cold4 ,,december4 ,nay1 no closed doors for me1 ,but open doors and open hearts and glee ,to welcome young and old4 ,dimmest and brightest month am ,i2 ,my short days end1 my lengthening days begin2 ,what matters more or less sun in the sky1 ,when all is sun within8 7,he begins making a wreath as he sings47 ,ivy and privet dark as night ,i weave with hips and haws a cheerful show1 ,and holly for a beauty and delight1 ,and milky mistletoe4 ,while high above them all ,i set ,yew twigs and ,christmas roses1 pure and pale2 ,then ,spring her snowdrop and her violet ,may keep1 so sweet and frail2 ,may keep each merry singing bird1 ,of all her happy birds that singing build3 ,for ,i've a carol which some shepherds heard ,once in a wintry field4 7,while ,december concludes his song1 all the other months troop in from the garden1 or advance out of the background4 ,the twelve join hands in a circle1 and begin dancing round to a stately measure as the ,curtain falls47 ,christina ,g4 ,rossetti4 ,illustration3 8,oh1 come ye in peace here1 or come ye in war1 ,or to dance at our bridal1 young ,lord ,lockinvar80 ,uncle ,ned's ,tale4 ,well1 lads1 it was in summer time1 and just at morning's light ,we heard the 8,boot and ,saddle0 sound3 the foe was then in sight1 ,just winding round a distant hill#dgf and opening on the plain4 ,each trooper looked with careful eye to girth and curb and rein4 ,we snatched a hasty breakfastwe were old campaigners then3 ,that morn1 of all our splendid corps1 we'd scarce one hundred men2 ,but they were soldiers1 tried and true1 who'd rather die#dgg than yield2 ,the rest were scattered far and wide#dgh o'er many a hard-fought field4 ,our trumpet now rang sharply out1 and at a swinging-pace ,we left the bivouac behind2#dgi and soon the eye could trace#dhj ,the columns moving o'er the plain4 ,oh6 'twas a stirring sight ,to see two mighty armies there preparing for the fight3 ,to watch the heavy masses1 as1 with practised1 steady wheel1 ,they opened out in slender lines of brightly flashing steel4 ,our place was on the farther flank1#dha behind some rising ground1 ,that hid the stirring scene from view2 but soon a booming sound ,proclaimed the opening of the fight4 ,then war's loud thunder rolled1 ,and hurtling shells and whistling balls their deadly message told4 ,we hoped to have a gallant day2 our hearts were all aglow2 ,we longed for one wild1 sweeping charge1#dhb to chase the flying foe ,our troopers marked the hours glide by1 but still no orders came3 ,they clutched their swords#dhc and muttered words 'twere better not to name4 ,for hours the loud artillery roaredthe sun was at its height ,still there we lay behind the hill1#dhd shut out from all the fight6 ,we heard the maddened charging yells1 the ringing ,british cheers1 ,and all the din of glorious war kept sounding in our ears4 ,our hearts with fierce impatience throbbed1 we cursed the very hill ,that hid the sight3 the evening fell1 and we were idle still4 ,the horses1 too1 were almost wild1 and told with angry snort ,and blazing eye their fierce desire to join the savage sport4 ,when lower still the sun had sunk1 and with it all our hope1 ,a horseman1 soiled with smoke and sweat1 came dashing down the slope4#dhe ,he bore the wished-for orders4 8,at last60 our ,colonel cried3 ,and as he read the brief dispatch1 his glance was filled with pride4 ,then he who bore the orders1 in a low1 emphatic tone1 ,the stern1 expressive sentence spake 8,he said it must be done60 8,it shall be done60 our ,colonel cried4 8,men1 look to strap and girth1 ,we've work to do this day1 will prove what every man is worth2 ,ay1 work1 my lads1 will make amends for all our long delay ,the ,general says on us depends the fortune of the day60 ,no order needed we to mounteach man was in his place1 ,and stern and dangerous was the look on every veteran face4 ,we trotted sharply up the hill1#dhf and halted on the brow1 ,and then that glorious field appeared4#dhg ,oh6 lad1 ,i see it now6 ,but little time had we to spare for idle gazing then3 ,beneath us in the valley1#dhh stood a dark-clad mass of men3 ,it cut the ,british line in two4 ,our ,colonel shouted1 8,there6#dhi ,behold your work6 ,our orders are to charge and break that square60 ,each trooper drew a heavy breath1 then gathered up his reins1 ,and pressed the helmet o'er his brow1 the horses tossed their manes ,in protest fierce against the curb1 and spurned#dij the springy heath1 ,impatient for the trumpet's sound to bid them rush to death4 ,well1 boy1 that moment seemed an hour3 at last we heard the words 8,dragoons6 ,i know you'll follow me4 ,ride steady1 men6 ,draw swords60 ,the trumpet sounded3 off#dia we dashed1 at first with steady pace1 ,but growing swifter as we went4 ,oh1 'twas a gallant race6 ,three-fourths the ground was left behind3 the loud and thrilling 8,charge60 ,rang out2 but fairly frantic now1 we needed not to urge ,with voice or rein our gallant steeds1 or touch their foaming flanks1 ,they seemed to fly4 ,now straight in front#dib appeared the kneeling ranks4 ,above them waved#dic a standard broad3 we saw their rifles raised ,a moment more1 with awful crash1 the deadly volley blazed4 ,the bullets whistled through our ranks1 and many a trooper fell2 ,but we were left4 ,what cared we then8 but onward rushing still6 ,again the crash roared fiercely out2 but on6#did still madly on6 ,we heard the shrieks of dying men1 but recked not who was gone4 ,we gored the horses' foaming flanks1 and on through smoke and glare4 ,we wildly dashed1 with clenched teeth4 ,we had no thought1 no care6 ,then came a sudden1 sweeping rush4 ,again with savage heel ,i struck my horse3 with awful bound he rose right o'er#die their steel6 ,well1 friend1 ,i cannot tell you how that dreadful leap was made1 ,but there ,i rode1 inside the square1 and grasped#dif a reeking blade4 ,i cared not that ,i was alone1 my eyes seemed filled with blood3 ,i never thought a man could feel in such a murderous mood4 ,i parried not1 nor guarded thrusts2 ,i felt not pain nor wound1 ,but madly spurred the frantic horse1 and swept my sword around4#dig ,i tried to reach the standard sheet2 but there at last was foiled4 ,the gallant horse was jaded now1 and from the steel recoiled4 ,they saw his fright1 and pressed him then2 his terror made him rear1 ,and falling back he crushed#dih their ranks and broke their guarded square6 ,my comrades#dii saw the gap he made1 and soon came dashing in3 ,they raised me up1 ,i felt no hurt1 but mingled in the din4 ,i'd seen some savage work before1 but never was engaged ,in such a wild and savage fight as now around me raged4 ,the foe had ceased their firing1 and now plied the deadly steel3 ,though all our men were wounded then1 no pain they seemed to feel4 ,no groans escaped from those who fell1 but horrid oaths instead1 ,and scowling looks of hate were on the features of the dead4 ,the fight was round the standard3 though outnumbered ten to one1 ,we held our ground1ay1 more than that1we still kept pushing on4#ejj ,our men now made a desperate rush to take the flag by storm4 ,i seized the pole1#eja a blow came down and crushed my outstretched arm4 ,i felt a sudden thrill of pain1 but that soon passed away2 ,and with a devilish thirst for blood1 again ,i joined the fray4 ,at last we rallied all our strength1 and charged o'er heaps of slain3 ,some fought to death2 some waveredthen fled#ejb across the plain4 ,well1 boy1 the rest is all confused3 there was a fearful rout2 ,i saw our troopers chase the foe1 and heard their maddened shout4 ,then came a blank3 my senses reeled1 ,i know not how ,i fell2 ,i seemed to grapple with a foe1 but that ,i cannot tell4 ,my mind was gone3 when it came back ,i saw the moon#ejc on high1 ,around me all was still#ejd as death4 ,i gazed#eje up at the sky1 ,and watched the glimmering stars above1so quiet did they seem1 ,and all that dreadful field appeared like some wild1 fearful#ejf dream4 ,but memory soon came back again1 and cleared my wandering brain1 ,and then from every joint and limb shot fiery darts of pain4 ,my throat was parched1 the burning thirst increased with every breath2 ,i made no effort to arise1 but wished and prayed for death4 ,my bridle arm was broken1 and lay throbbing on the sward1 ,but something still my right hand grasped3 ,i thought it was my sword4 ,i raised#ejg my hand to cast it off1no reeking blade was there2 ,then life and strength returned1,i beheld the ,standard of the ,square6 ,with bounding heart ,i gained my feet4 ,oh6 then ,i wished to live1 ',twas strange the strength and love of life that standard seemed to give6 ,i gazed around3 far down the vale ,i saw a camp-fire's glow4#ejh ,with wandering step ,i ran that way1,i recked not friend or foe4 ,though stumbling now o'er heaps of dead1 now o'er a stiffened horse1 ,i heeded not1 but watched the light1 and held my onward course4 ,but soon that flash of strength had failed1 and checked my feverish speed2 ,again my throat was all ablaze1 my wounds began to bleed4 ,i knew that if ,i fell again my chance of life was gone4 ,so1 leaning on the standard pole1 ,i still kept struggling on4 ,at length ,i neared the camp-fire3 there were scarlet jackets round1 ,and swords and brazen helmets lay strewn upon the ground4 ,some distance off1 in order ranged1 stood men1#eji;about a score3 ,o ,god6 'twas all that now remained of my old gallant corps6 ,the muster-roll was being called3 to every well-known name ,i heard the solemn answer8,dead60 ,at length my own turn came4 ,i paused to hear1a comrade answered1 8,dead6 ,i saw him fall60 ,i could not move another step1 ,i tried in vain to call4 ,my life was flowing fast1 and all around was gathering haze1 ,and o'er the heather tops ,i watched my comrades' cheerful blaze4 ,i thought such anguish as ,i felt was more than man could bear1 ,o ,god6 it was an awful thing to die with help so near6 ,and death was stealing o'er me3 with the strength of wild despair4 ,i raised the standard o'er my head1 and waved it through the air4 ,then all grew dim3 the fire1 the men1 all vanished from my sight1 ,my senses reeled3 ,i know no more of that eventful night4 ',twas weeks before my mind came back3 ,i knew not where ,i lay1 ,but kindly hands were round me1 and old comrades came each day4 ,they told me how the waving flag that night had caught their eye1 ,and how they found me bleeding there1 and thought that ,i must die2 ,no wonder 'twas with all their care1 ,i soon began to mend4 ,the ,general came to see me1 too1 with all his brilliant train1 ,but what he said1 or how ,i felt1 to tell you now 'twere vain4 ,enough1 ,i soon grew strong again2 the wished-for route had come1 ,and all the gallant veteran troops set out with cheers for home4 ,we soon arrived2 and then my lads1 'twould thrill your hearts to hear ,how ,england welcomed home her sons with many a ringing cheer4 ,but tush6 what boots it now to speak of what was said or done1 ,the victory was dearly bought1 our bravest hearts were gone4 ,ere long the ,king reviewed us4 ,ah6 that memory is sweet4 ,they made me bear the foreign flag1 and lay it at his feet4 ,i parted from my brave old corps3 'twere matter1 friends1 for tears1 ,to leave the kind old comrades ,i had ridden with for years4 ,i was no longer fit for war1 my wanderings had to cease4 ,there1 boys1 ,i've told you all my tale1 now let me smoke in peace4 ,james ,boyle ,o',reilly4 ,published by special permission4 ,,gestures4 #dgf ,h4 ,f4 #dgg ,d4 ,f4 #dgh ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #dgi ,h4 ,b4 #dhj ,h4 ,sw4 #dha ,h4 ,l4 #dhb ,b4 ,h4 ,f4 #dhc ,sp4 #dhd ,h4 ,l4 #dhe ,left ,h4 ,o4 #dhf ,a4 ,f4 #dhg ,b4 ,d4 ,o4 #dhh ,d4 ,f4 #dhi ,ind4 ,d4 ,f4 #dij ,v4 ,d4 ,l4 #dia ,h4 ,f4 #dib ,h4 ,f4 #dic ,sp4 #did ,b4 ,h4 ,f4 #die ,sp4 #dif ,raised ,fists4 #dig ,sp4 #dih ,p4 ,d4 ,b4 #dii ,d4 ,b4 #ejj ,h4 ,f4 #eja ,grasp4 #ejb ,left ,h4 ,l4 #ejc ,a4 ,o4 #ejd ,b4 ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #eje ,look up4 #ejf ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #ejg ,raise hand4 #ejh ,d4 ,f4 #eji ,h4 ,f4 ,read ,this if ,you ,can4 ,geoffrey1 surnamed ,winthrop1 sat in the depot at ,chicago waiting for his train and reading the ,tribune1 when a squadron of street ,arabs 7incomparable for squalor71 thronged from a neighboring alley1 uttering hideous cries1 accompanied by inimitable ,,gestures of heinous exultation1 as they tortured an humble black and tan dog4 8,you little blackguards60 cried ,winthrop1 stepping outside and confronting them1 adding the inquiry1 8,whose dog is that80 8,that audacious ,caucasian has the bravado to interfere with our clique10 tauntingly shrieked the indisputable little ruffian1 exhibiting combativeness4 8,what will you take for him80 asked the lenient ,geoffrey1 ignoring the venial tirade4 8,twenty-seven cents10 piquantly answered the ribald urchin1 grabbing the crouching dog by the nape4 8,you can buy licorice and share with the indicorous coadjutors of your condemnable cruelty10 said ,winthrop1 paying the price and taking the dog from the boy4 ,then catching up his valise and umbrella1 he hastened to his train4 ,winthrop1 satisfied himself that his sleek protg was not wounded1 and then cleared the cement from the pretty collar1 and read these words3 8,leicester4 ,licensed1 ,no4 #aggj40 ,hearing the pronunciation of his name1 the docile canine expressed gratitude and pleasure1 and then sank exhausted at his new patron's feet and slept4 ,among the other passengers was a magazine contributor1 writing vagaries of ,indian literature1 also two physicians1 a somber1 irrevocable1 irrefragable allopathist1 and a genial homeopathist1 who made a specialty of bronchitis4 ,two peremptory attorneys from the legislature of ,iowa were discussing the politics of the epoch1 and the details of national finance1 while a wan1 dolorous person1 wearing concave glasses1 alternately ate troches and almonds for a sedative1 and sought condolence in a high lamentable treble from a lethargic and somewhat deaf and enervate comrade not yet acclimated4 ,near three exemplary brethren 7probably sinecurists7 sat a group of humorous youths2 and a jocose sailor 7from ,asia7 in a blouse waist and tarpaulin hat1 was amusing his patriotic juvenile listeners by relating a series of the most extraordinary legends extant1 suggested by the contents of a knapsack1 which he was calmly and leisurely arranging in a pyramidal form on a three-legged stool4 ,above swung figured placards1 with museum and lyceum advertisements too verbose to be misconstrued4 ,a mature matron of medium height and her comely daughter soon entered the car1 and took seats in front of ,winthrop 7who recalled having seen them one ,tuesday in ,february in the parquet of a theatre74 ,the young lady had recently made her debut into society at a musical soiree at her aunt's4 ,she had an exquisite bouquet of flowers that exhaled sweet perfume4 ,she said to her parent1 8,mamma1 shall we ever find our lost ,leicester80 ,geoffrey immediately addressed her1 saying1 as he presented his card 8,pardon my apparent intrusiveness2 but prithee1 have you lost a pet dog80 ,the explanation that he had been stolen was scarcely necessary1 for ,leicester1 just awakening1 vehemently expressed his inexplicable joy by buoyantly vibrating between the two like the sounding lever used in telegraphy 7for to neither of them would he show partiality7 till1 succumbing to ennui1 he purported to take a recess1 and sat on his haunches1 complacently contemplating his friends4 ,it was truly an interesting picture4 ,they reached their destination ere the sun was beneath the horizon4 ,often during the summer ,winthrop gallantly rowed from the quay with the naive and blithe ,beatrice1 in her jaunty yachting suit1 but no coquetry shone from the depths of her azure eyes4 ,little ,less1 their jocund confidante and courier 7and who was as sagacious as a spaniel7 always attended them on these occasions1 and whene'er they rambled through the woodland paths4 ,while the band played ,beethoven1 ,mendelssohn1 ,bach1 and others1 they promenaded the long corridors of the hotel4 ,and one evening1 as ,beatrice lighted the gas by the etagere in her charming boudoir in their suite of rooms1 there glistened brilliantly a valuable solitaire diamond on her finger4 ,let us look into the future for the sequel to perfect this romance1 and around a cheerful hearth we see again ,geoffrey and ,beatrice1 who are paying due homage to their tiny friend ,leicester4 ,quarterly ,elocutionist4 ,illustration3 8,away then6 ,i am locked in one of them4 ,if you do love me1 you will find me out40 ,the ,ivy-,clad ,ruin4#eaj ',tis the old1 old church that for years ,i've known1 ,and with ivy green are its walls o'ergrown2 ,all its ancient splendor has passed away1 ,and there's naught remaining but grim decay2 ,the pale moonbeams glimmer the windows through1 ,and the roofless floor is all damp with dew2 ,both the pious priest and his flock are gone1 ,and the gravestones watch o'er their dead alone4 ,oh1 how oft ,i've passed thro' the spacious aisle ,and have met the throng with a friendly smile2 ,in the bygone days when ,i saw them kneel1 ,when ,i felt the thrill of the organ's peal2 ,but the forms ,i knew enter here no more1 ,and no footsteps fall on the mouldy floor2 ,there's but one thing left that with life ,i've seen ',tis the faithful vine of the ivy green4 ,geo4 ,m4 ,vickers4 #eaj ,by permission of ,w4 ,f4 ,shaw1 owner of the copyright4 8,yes1 ,i'm ,guilty40 8,yes1 ,i'm guilty10 the prisoner said1 ,as he wiped his eyes and bowed his head4 8,guilty of all the crimes you name2 ,but this yere lad is not to blame4 ',twas ,i alone who raised the row1 ,and1 ,judge1 if you please1 ,i'll tell yer how4 ,you see1 this boy is pale and slim2 ,we calls him saint4,his name is ,tim4 ,he's like a preacher in his ways3 ,he never drinks1 or swears1 or plays1 ,but kinder sighs and weeps all day2 ',twould break yer heart to hear him pray4 ,why1 sir1 many and many a night1 ,when grub was scarce and ,i was tight1 ,no food1 no fire1 no light to see1 ,when home was hell1 if hell there be1 ,i've seen that boy in darkness kneel1 ,and pray such words as cut like steel2 ,which somehow warmed and lit the room1 ,and sorter chased away the gloom4 ,smile if you must1 but facts are facts1 ,and deeds are deeds1 and acts are acts2 ,and though ,i'm black as sin can be ,his prayers have done a heap for me1 ,and make me think that ,god1 perhaps1 ,sent him on earth to save us chaps4 ,this man what squealed and pulled us in1 ,he keeps a place called ,fiddlers' ,inn1 ,where faiks1 and snides1 and lawless scamps ,connive and plot with thieves and tramps4 ,well1 ,tim and me1 we didn't know ,just what to do or where to go1 ,and so we stayed with him last night4 ,and this is how we had the fight3 ,they wanted ,tim to take a drink1 ,but he refused1 as you may think1 ,and told them how the flowing bowl ,contained the fire that kills the soul4 #8,drink6 ,drink6' they cried1 #8this foaming beer2 ',twill make you strong and give you cheer4 ,let preachers groan and prate of sin1 ,but give to us the flowing gin6' ,then ,tim knelt down beside his chair1 ,and offered up this little prayer3 #8,help me1 dear ,lord1' the child began1 ,as down his cheeks the big tears ran1 #8,to keep the pledge ,i gave to you1 ,and make me strong1 and good1 and true4 ,i've done my best to do what's right1 ,but1 ,lord1 ,i'm sad and weak to-night4 ,father1 mother1 oh1 plead for me ,tell ,christ ,i long with you to be6' #8,get up1 you brat1 don't pray 'round here1' ,the landlord yelled with rage and fear1 ,then1 like a brute1 he hit the lad1 ,which made my blood just b'iling mad4 ,i guess ,i must uv hurt his head1 ,for ,i struck hard for the man that's dead4 ,no1 he hain't no folks or friends but me3 ,his dad was killed in 'sixty-three4 ,shot at the front1 where bursting shell ,and cannon sang their song of hell1 ,and muskets hissed with fiery breath1 ,as brave men fell to their tune of death4 ,i promised his father before he died1 ,as the life blood rushed from his wounded side1 ,i promised him1 sir1 and it gave him joy1 ,that ,i'd protect his darling boy4 ,i simply did what his father would1 ,and helped the weak1 as all men should4 ,yes1 ,i knocked him down and blacked his eye1 ,and used him rough ,i'll not deny2 ,but think of it1 ,judge1 a chap like him ,striking the likes of little ,tim4 ,if ,i did wrong1 send me below1 ,but spare the son of comrade ,joe4 ,you forgive him2 and me8 ,oh1 no6 ,a fact8 ,god bless you6 ,come1 ,tim1 let's go40 ,j4 ,m4 ,munyon4 ,the ,enchanted ,shirt4 ,the ,king was sick4 ,his cheek was red1 ,and his eye was clear and bright2 ,he ate and drank with a kingly zest1 ,and peacefully snored at night4 ,but he said he was sick1 and a king should know1 ,and the doctors came by the score4 ,they did not cure him4 ,he cut off their heads1 ,and sent to the schools for more4 ,at last two famous doctors came1 ,and one was as poor as a rat1 ,he had passed his life in studious toil1 ,and never found time to grow fat4 ,the other had never looked in a book2 ,his patients gave him no trouble2 ,if they recovered1 they paid him well2 ,if they died1 their heirs paid double4 ,together they looked at the royal tongue1 ,as the ,king on his couch reclined2 ,in succession they thumped his august chest1 ,but no trace of disease could find4 ,the old sage said1 8,you're as sound as a nut40 8,hang him up10 roared the ,king in a gale ,in a ten-knot gale of royal rage2 ,the other leech grew a shade pale2 ,but he pensively rubbed his sagacious nose1 ,and thus his prescription ran ,the ,king will be well if he sleeps one night ,in the shirt of a happy man4 99 99 99 99 99 ,wide o'er the realm the couriers rode1 ,and fast their horses ran1 ,and many they saw1 and to many they spoke1 ,but they found no ,happy ,man4444 ,they saw two men by the roadside sit1 ,and both bemoaned their lot2 ,for one had buried his wife1 he said1 ,and the other one had not4 ,at last they came to a village gate1 ,a beggar lay whistling there6 ,he whistled1 and sang1 and laughed1 and rolled ,on the grass in the soft ,june air4 ,the weary couriers paused and looked ,at the scamp so blithe and gay2 ,and one of them said1 8,heaven save you friend6 ,you seem to be happy to-day40 8,o yes1 fair sirs10 the rascal laughed1 ,and his voice rang free and glad2 8,an idle man has so much to do ,that he never has time to be sad40 8,this is our man10 the courier said2 8,our luck has led us aright4 ,i will give you a hundred ducats1 friend1 ,for the loan of your shirt to-night40 ,the merry blackguard lay back on the grass1 ,and laughed till his face was black2 8,i would do it10 said he1 and he roared with the fun1 8,but ,i haven't a shirt to my back40 99 99 99 99 99 ,each day to the ,king the reports came in ,of his unsuccessful spies1 ,and the sad panorama of human woes ,passed daily under his eyes4 ,and he grew ashamed of his useless life1 ,and his maladies hatched in gloom2 ,he opened his windows and let the air ,of the free heaven into his room4 ,and out he went in the world1 and toiled ,in his own appointed way2 ,and the people blessed him1 the land was glad1 ,and the ,king was well and gay4 ,col4 ,john ,hay4 ,fra ,giacomo4 ,alas1 ,fra ,giacomo1 ,too late6but follow me2#eaa ,hush6#eab draw the curtain#eacso6 ,she is dead1#ead quite dead1 you see4 ,poor little lady6 she lies ,with the light gone out of her eyes1 ,but her features still wear#eae that soft ,gray1 meditative expression1 ,which you#eaf must have noticed oft1 ,and admired1 too1 at confession4 ,how saintly she looks#eag and how meek6 ,though this#eah be the chamber of death1 ,i fancy ,i feel her breath#eai ,as ,i kiss her on the cheek4 ,with that pensive1 religious face1 ,she has gone to a holier place6#ebj ,and ,i hardly appreciated her ,her praying1 fasting1 confessing1 ,poorly1#eba ,i own1 ,i mated her2 ,i thought her too cold1 and rated#ebb her ,for her endless image-caressing4 ,too saintly for me by far1 ,as pure and as cold as a star1#ebc ,not fashioned for kissing and pressing ,but made for a heavenly crown4 ,ay1 father1 let us go down ,but first1 if you please1 your blessing6#ebd ,wine8#ebe ,no8 ,come1 come1 you must6 ,you'll bless it with your prayers1 ,and quaff a cup1 ,i trust1 ,to the health of the saint#ebf up stairs6 ,my heart#ebg is aching so6 ,and ,i feel so weary and sad ,through the blow that ,i have had ,you'll sit1#ebh ,fra ,giacomo8 ,my friend6 7and a friend ,i rank you7 ,for the sake of that saint#ebi1nay1 nay6#ecj ,here's the wine#eca;as you love me1 stay6 ',tis ,montepulciano6,thank you4#ecb ,heigho6 ',tis now six summers ,since ,i won that angel and married her3 ,i was rich1#ecc not old1 and carried her ,off in the face of all comers4 ,so fresh1 yet so brimming with soul6 ,a tenderer morsel1 ,i swear1 ,never made the dull black coal#ecd ,of a monk's eye glitter and glare4 ,your pardon6#ecenay1 keep your chair6 ,i wander a little1 but mean ,no offence to the gray gabardine3 ,of the church1#ecf ,fra ,giacomo1 ,i'm a faithful upholder1#ecg you know4 ,but 7humor me6#ech7 she was as sweet ,as the saints in yon#eci convent windows1 ,so gentle1 so meek1 so discreet1 ,she knew not what lust does or sin does4 ,i'll confess1 though1 before we were one ,i deemed her less saintly1 and thought ,the blood in her veins had caught ,some natural warmth from the sun4#edj ,i was wrong#eda;,i was blind as a bat ,brute#edb that ,i was1 how ,i blundered6 ,though such a mistake as that ,might have occurred as pat ,to ninety-nine men in a hundred4#edc ,yourself1#edd for example3 you've seen her8 ,spite#ede her modest and pious demeanor1 ,and the manner so nice and precise1 ,seemed there not color and light1#edf ,bright motion and appetite1 ,that were scarcely consistent with ice8#edg ,externals implying1 you see1 ,internals less saintly than human6 ,pray speak1#edh for between you and me ,you're not a bad judge of a woman6 ,a jestbut a jest6#edi444 ,very true3#eej ',tis hardly becoming to jest1 ,and that saint upstairs#eea at rest ,her soul may be listening1 too6 ,well may your visage#eeb turn yellow ,i was always a brute#eec of a fellow6 ,to think how ,i doubted and doubted1 ,suspected1 grumbled at1 flouted#eed ,that golden-haired angeland solely ,because she was zealous and holy6 ,noon and night and morn ,she devoted herself to piety2 ,not#eee that she seemed to scorn ,or dislike#eef her husband's society2 ,but the claims of her soul#eeg superseded ,all that ,i#eeh asked for or needed1 ,and her thoughts were far away#eei ,from the level of sinful clay1 ,and she trembled if earthly matters ,interfered with her aves and paters4#efj ,poor dove1 she so fluttered#efa in flying ,above the dim vapors of hell ,bent on self-sanctifying ,that she never thought of trying ,to save her husband as well4 ,and while she was duly elected ,for a place in the heavenly roll1#efb ,i 7brute#efc that ,i was67 suspected ,her manner#efd of saving her soul4 ,so half for the fun of the thing1 ,what did ,i 7blasphemer6#efe7 but fling ,on my shoulders#eff the gown of a monk ,whom ,i managed for that very day ,to get safely out of the way#efg ,and seat me1 half sober1 half drunk1 ,with the cowl thrown over my face2 ,in the father confessor's place4 ,eheu6 benedicite6#efh ,in her orthodox sweet simplicity1 ,with that pensive1 gray expression ,she sighfully knelt#efi at confession1 ,while ,i bit my lips till they bled1 ,and dug my nails into my hand1#egj ,and heard with averted head#ega ,what ,i'd guessed1#egb and could understand4 ,every word was a serpent's sting1 ,but wrapt#egc in my gloomy gown1 ,i sat1 like a marble thing1 ,as she told me all6#egd ,,sit ,,down6#ege ,more wine1#egf ,fra ,giacomo6 ,one cupif you love me6 ,no8 ,what1 have these dry lips drank ,so deep of the sweets of pleasure ,sub rosa1#egg but quite without measure ,that ,montepulciano tastes rank8 ,come1 drink6#egh 'twill bring the streaks ,of crimson back to your cheeks2#egi ,come1 drink again to the saint#ehj ,whose virtues you loved to paint1 ,who stretched on her wifely bed1 ,with the tender gray expression ,you used to admire at confession1 ,lies ,,poisoned1#eha overhead6 ,sit still#ehbor by ,heaven1 you die6#ehc ,face to face1#ehd soul to soul1 you and ,i ,have settled accounts in a fine ,pleasant fashion1#ehe over our wine4 ,stir not1#ehf and seek not to fly ,nay1 whether or not1 you are mine6 ,thank ,montepulciano#ehg for giving ,you death in such delicate sips2 ',tis not every monk ceases living ,with so pleasant a taste on his lips2 ,but1 lest ,montepulciano unsurely should kiss1 ,take this6#ehh and this6 and this6 99 99 99 99 99 ,cover him over1 ,pietro1#ehi ,and bury him in the court below#eij ,you can be secret1 lad1 ,i know6 ,and1 hark you1#eia then to the convent#eib go ,bid every bell#eic in the convent toll1 ,and the monks say mass for your mistress'#eid soul4 ,robert ,buchanan4 ,,gestures4 #eaa ,h4 ,o4 #eab ,l4 ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #eac ,sp4 #ead ,d4 ,o4 #eae ,p4 ,d4 ,o4 #eaf ,l4 ,h4 ,o4 #eag ,look to ,d4 ,o4 #eah ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #eai ,stoop4 #ebj ,a4 ,o4 #eba ,p4 ,d4 ,o4 #ebb ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #ebc ,ind4 ,a4 ,o4 #ebd ,kneel4 #ebe ,h4 ,o4 #ebf ,l4 ,a4 ,o4 #ebg ,sp4 #ebh ,h4 ,o4 #ebi ,l4 ,a4 ,o4 #ecj ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #eca ,h4 ,o4 #ecb ,bow and sit at left of a table4 #ecc ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #ecd ,lean forward4 #ece ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #ecf ,l4 ,h4 ,o4 #ecg ,a4 ,o4 #ech ,v4 ,con4 #eci ,l4 ,h4 ,l4 #edj ,a4 ,o4 #eda ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #edb ,b4 ,cli4 ,d4 #edc ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #edd ,h4 ,o4 #ede ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #edf ,h4 ,o4 #edg ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #edh ,h4 ,o4 #edi ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #eej ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #eea ,l4 ,a4 ,o4 #eeb ,h4 ,o4 #eec ,b4 ,cli4 ,d4 #eed ,v4 ,con4 #eee ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 ,con4 #eef ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #eeg ,l4 ,h4 ,o4 #eeh ,to left4 #eei ,l4 ,h4 ,l4 #efj ,hand applied4 #efa ,sp4 #efb ,a4 ,o4 #efc ,cli4 ,d4 #efd ,h4 ,o4 #efe ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #eff ,sp4 #efg ,l4 ,h4 ,o4 #efh ,b4 ,v4 ,par4 ,h4 ,o4 #efi ,d4 ,e4 #egj ,sp4 #ega ,sp4 #egb ,ind4 ,h4 ,o4 #egc ,sp4 #egd ,fist on table4 #ege ,rise and ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #egf ,offer wine4 #egg ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #egh ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #egi ,h4 ,o4 #ehj ,l4 ,a4 ,o4 sustained4 #eha ,l4 ,point up forcibly4 #ehb ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #ehc ,d4 ,o4 #ehd ,fold arms and face to right4 #ehe ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #ehf ,p4 ,h4 ,e4 #ehg ,point to table4 #ehh ,cross to right and stab4 #ehi ,look to left and ,p4 ,d4 ,o4 #eij ,d4 ,l4 #eia ,l4 ,ind4 ,h4 ,o4 #eib ,l4 ,h4 ,l4 #eic ,l4 ,a4 ,o4 #eid ,l4 ,point up4 ,a ,grain of ,truth4 ,the luxury derived in doing good ,is oft the only recompense men get ,for kindly deeds2 e'en toil of years is paid ,too oft with ingrate acts1 and motives pure ,as angel thoughts are powerless to stay ,suspicion's tongue2 but1 oh1 'tis sweet to know ,our duty has been done 'twixt man and man1 ,to feel we have been loyal to ourselves2 ,to know one voice at least proclaims us true1 ,the whispered voice of ,god1 within our hearts6 ,george ,m4 ,vickers4 ,the ,corsican4 ,this piece is most effective if given sitting by the right side of a table4 ,well1 ,michel1 the luck seems against#eie you to-night1 ,you do nothing but lose2it may change8 ,you are right1#eif ,for ,dame ,fortune's a jade that one never can trust2 ,she may smile on our labors1 but one#eig always must ,keep both eyes wide openyour play1#eihmine again1 ,or he'll pay#eii for his confidence1 fifty to ten4 ,pshaw6 don't#fjj be faint-heartedanother deal1 try2 ,now don't swear1what's the use8 ,you may win by and by3 ,why6 what are these8#fja ,jewels8 ,your dead wife's1 you say8 ,you'll stake them against all ,i've won here to-day8 ,you've nothing but these8 ,all's lost87the end's near67#fjb ,well1 put the stones there2#fjc why1 how white you appear6 ,you're faint from reverses2 ho6#fjd landlord6 ,i say ,a flask of your best without any delay3 ,come1 drink1 man2 'twill cheer youtut6#fje have no reserve2 ,here's to your success6#fjf ,ha6 that strengthens one's nerve4 ,i'll deal the cards first2 'tis your turncome1 begin2 ,just think of the stakes you will have if you win4 ,have you ever seen ,paris8 ,were born there8 ,indeed6 ,they say 'tis a place where a man must take heed#fjg ,lest his money and life be not taken away ,in a hurry1one moment#fjh'tis my turn to play4 ,a strange tale ,i've heardno offenceof their mode1 ,and the close-cutting rules of their well-prepared code2 ,this narrative's true2at least1 so ,i've been told4 ,a young ,corsican noble1 scarce twenty years old ,a mere boy in years1 but with wealth at command1 ,and a title as proud as the best in the land ,about twelve years ago to gay ,paris repaired1 ,to see life as 'tis there to be seen1 andget snared4#fji ,with some friends like himself1young1 thoughtless and gay1#faj ,he managed to while time and money away4#faa ,among other places1 the gossips all tell1 ,he was brought to a flash1#fab gilded gaming hell1 ,kept by a certain ,french ,counthave a care6#fac ,you play wildly2 now put your best there2 ,by a certain ,french ,count1 ,de la ,fontelle by name1 ,and his wife1 a bewitching1 heart-damaging dame2 ,as well-matched a pair for their devilish trade1 ,as the fiend incarnate#fad had e'er till then made4 ,well1 into this hell-trap of splendor and guilt1#fae ,young ,mallettihis namewas dragged2see1 you have spilt ,all your wine2you are nervous from play3 fill once more2 ,and then like the rest1#faf ,i imagine1 before ,he well was aware or his own thoughts could tell1 ,he madly in love with the fair ,countess fell4 ,he was handsome and rich1 young1 easily led ,a most opportune prize1 and so easily bled4 ,she so skillfullywomen1 what devils#fag are ye6 ,lured him on till no longer the power had he ,or the will to resist2,i've just played the knave2 ,till his honor and soul into her hands he gave ,heaven curse#fah her6 ,it makes a man crazy to think ,how these fair1 smiling creatures will drag to the brink ,of destruction a poor1 silly fool3,you are pale1 ,and no wonder2 the blood leaves the heart at the tale4 ,but1 mind you1 the husband with eyes turned away#fai ,unconsciousha6 ha6 of what passed every day1 ,to his own affairs kept1 nor with her interfered2 ,she could manage her own2 but the end was soon neared4 ,his money at last was all gone1 and he then ,turned to herto her love appealed1#fbj but when ,on his two knees1 with words full of fond love1 the young ,noble knelt#fba with his proud heart and spirit sore wrung1 ,and abjectly,god6 yes1 abjectly#fbb sued1 ,but your pardon2 ,i feel so deeply imbued ,with the sense of this wrong1 that the throats ,i could seize ,a neck in each graspand complacently squeeze#fbc ,out the life of these two devils1 breath after breath1 ,till my eager revenge would be stopped but by death4 ,well1 in spite of his burning entreaties1 this pair1 ,with laughter and blowsay1 what wouldn't they dare8 ,the young noble seized1 and out#fbd he was thrown ,like a dog2he who never till that time had known ,the harsh tone of insult4 ,but come1#fbe give me some wine2 ,such a tale would stir more than your feelings#fbf and mine3#fbg ,for all#fbh who have souls and have hearts not of stone ,can judge of the tumult his soul must have known1 ,when robbed of his money1#fbi his honor1#fcj his life1#fca ,by this ,judas incarnate and syren-tongued wife1 ,he found himself out on the streets1#fcb treated worse ,than the veriest menial or slave4#fcc ,may the curse ,of the injured their foul souls pursue6#fcd ,but1 howe'er1 ,young ,malletti that night to this house did repair1 ,and in her own bed the fair serpent slew2 ,drove his knife to the hilt in her heart2#fce,wouldn't you8#fcf ,and cut her white throatay6 he left a grand mark1 ,but the husband escaped from the house#fcg in the dark ,the cowardly cur6#fch ,but you suffer2 your frame ,is all trembling4 ,ah6 ,michel1 your nature's#fci the same ,as my own1 full of tenderness1 gentle and weak2 ,as regards now its sympathy 'tis that ,i speak4 ,but come1 play again2 'tis the last trick2 ,i drink#fdj ,to your health and success6 ,ha6 ha6 ,one would think ,from your looks you were pale with some terrible fear4 ,there's nothing to dread1there are none but us here1 ,and the days of dark murder in secret are o'er3 ,ace6 ,king6 ,i win4 ,though mine is the gain1 ,it gives me1 friend ,michel1 less pleasure than pain4 ,but let us return to our sheep1 as they say ,in la belle ,france1 your land ever charming and gay4 ,young ,malletti was captured1 convicted ,i'm told1 ,to the galleys#fda was sent1a life sentence1 too3 ,now ,i think 'twas too much for his just crimedon't you8 ,but mark6#fdb two years sinceay6 this very day1 ,the convicts rebelled1 and some few got away1 ,and among them ,malletti4,why1 man1 how you shake6 ,and what a strange1 terrified look your eyes take6 ,well1 ,malletti had ,corsican blood in his veins1 ,such blood as ne'er cools while on earth#fdc there remains ,the being or thing that had offered insult3 ,he no rest1 peace or happiness ever would know1 ,till dead#fdd at his feet he the ,count would lay low4 ,he searched ,france from north to south1#fde ,england went through1#fdf ,and at last of his old foe discovered a clue3 ,he found him disguised both in feature and name2 ,come1 ,michel1 what ails you8 ,your drinking's too tame4 ,here1 fill up your goblet2#fdg ,i'll give you a toast2#fdh ,dios6 man2 what a face6 ,it would frighten a ghost2 ,here's success to all men who the life blood may spill ,of such as the ,count and his wife6 ,but sit still1#fdi ,and wait till my narrative ends4 ',tis a queer ,story1 take it in all1 but truenever fear4 ,i'm sorry you lost1 ,michel1 sorry indeed1 ,and feel that at my hands some succor#fej you need1 ,which you shall receiveay6 shall1 on my life4 ,these gems are superb6#fea ,they belonged to your wife8 ',tis the fortune of cards2a full purse to-day2 ,to-morrow like smoke-clouds it all melts away4#feb ,but1 no doubt1 you're eager and anxious to know ,what held back the young noble's long-wished-for blow3 ,ah6 he wished his revenge to be perfect1 complete1 ,a sort of a climax4 ,revenge must be sweet2 ,that is1 if we judge from ,malletti's standpoint4 ,what unction with which his keen sword to anoint6 ,well1 at the card table day following day1 ,the two were engaged1 and strangely to say1 ,the ,count lost every sou#fec in the world he possessed2 ,and at last by reverses became so hard pressed ,that he staked his wife's jewels2ha1 ha6 don't stir yet6#fed ,but wait1 dearest ,michel1 my friend1 till ,i get ,to the end4 ,well1 the jewels he staked and he lost4 ,then ,malletti uprose from his seat#fee and crossed ,to the side of the ,count1 as ,i now do to you1 ,keep your seatwe're alonenone can hear3 ,revenge is so sweet when the cost was so dear2 ,he drew a stiletto#fef;in this manner1see6 ,and plunged it with joy to the hiltlook at me6 ,ha6 you know me1 vile caitiff6 ,what1 mercy6 ,forgive6 ,the seconds are numbered that you have to live3 ,this moment takes out of my life all the pain1 ,and wipes out the stain on my honor again4 ,thy struggles are useless1'tis revenge's fell clasp ,that holds thee resistless within its close grasp4 ,look your last on my face1 while thus with a blow#feg ,i send your black soul to the regions below2#feh ,there#fei;,count de la ,fontelle2 now join your fair spouse ,in the chambers of hell1#ffj and keep your carouse ,ha6 that twinge again2#ffatwice ,i felt it before1 ,and a drowsy sensation#ffb seems now stealing o'er ,all my frame2,god of heaven6 what is this8#ffc ,can it be8 ,poisoned6#ffd ,ha6 slave6#ffe thou hast done too for me4 ,what pain darts across me6#fff ,my blood is on fire6 ,my brain reels1,oh1 mercy6 is't thus ,i expire6#ffg ,help6 help6 ,oh1 will no one attend to my cry6 ,must ,i in my agony unaided lie1 ,and suffer the torment the damned#ffh only feel6 ,ha6 no2,i've a friend left in thee1 faithful steel3#ffi ,thou shalt end all and quickly2thy virtue ,i'll try2 ,ah1 ,count6 thou art well avenged2thusthus6#fgj ,i die6 ,thos4 ,f4 ,wilford1 ,a4 ,m4 ,,gestures4 #eie ,h4 ,o4 #eif ,con4 ,v4 #eig ,ind4 ,h4 ,o4 #eih ,in this and the passages following that speak of the play1 imitate motions of card playing4 #eii ,h4 ,o4 #fjj ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #fja ,sp4 #fjb ,speak to left with ,l4 hand in front of mouth4 #fjc ,motion to table4 #fjd ,to left4 #fje ,con4 ,v4 #fjf ,sp4 #fjg ,ind4 #fjh ,con4 ,v4 #fji ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #faj ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #faa ,l4 ,h4 ,sw4 #fab ,a4 ,o4 #fac ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #fad ,cli4 #fae ,h4 ,o4 #faf ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #fag ,l4 ,cli4 ,d4 #fah ,b4 ,cli4 ,d4 #fai ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #fbj ,b4 ,h4 ,f4 #fba ,b4 ,d4 ,f4 #fbb ,b4 ,p4 ,d4 ,f4 #fbc ,sp4 #fbd ,b4 ,par4 to ,l4 ,h4 ,o4 #fbe ,h4 ,o4 #fbf ,h4 ,o4 #fbg ,to self4 #fbh ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #fbi ,h4 ,o4 #fcj1 #fca ,imp4 #fcb ,l4 ,h4 ,o4 #fcc ,l4 ,d4 ,o4 #fcd ,p4 ,h4 ,f4 #fce ,sp4 #fcf ,h4 ,o4 #fcg ,l4 ,h4 ,o4 #fch ,l4 ,p4 ,d4 ,o4 #fci ,h4 ,o4 #fdj ,sp4 #fda ,l4 ,h4 ,l4 #fdb ,h4 ,o4 #fdc ,ind4 #fdd ,d4 ,f4 #fde ,d4 ,f4 #fdf ,l4 ,h4 ,sw4 #fdg1 #fdh ,sp4 #fdi ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #fej ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #fea ,sp4 #feb ,a4 ,sw4 #fec ,ind4 #fed ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #fee ,rise and cross in front of table4 #fef ,sp4 #feg ,sp4 #feh ,sheathe dagger4 #fei ,p4 ,d4 ,o4 #ffj ,d4 ,f4 #ffa ,hand on breast4 #ffb ,hand to head4 #ffc ,take up wine glass4 #ffd ,replace it4 #ffe ,d4 ,o4 #fff ,strong dramatic action4 #ffg ,sit4 #ffh ,b4 ,cli4 #ffi ,draw dagger4 #fgj ,stab4 ,illustration3 8,two fox-tails float and drift and drive adown the stream40 ,all ,wrong4 ,a ,,farce1 ,,in ,,one ,,act4 ,,characters4 ,,john ,,dupewell1 a rogue4 ,,oliver ,,openface1 benevolent old gent4 ,,tommy1 a street fakir4 ,,policeman4 ,,tilly1 ,openface's daughter4 ,,pedestrians4 ,,scene3 ,a ,city ,street in the ,morning4 7,tommy discovered standing in centre of stage1 near flat1 holding a string in right hand1 to which are attached several small rubber balloons inflated with gas47 99 99 99 99 99 ,,tommy4,well1 here goes for another hard day's work4 ,this standin' on yer feet1 an' shoutin' all day is wicked on the toes and lungs4 ,hello6 here comes a swell4 ,balloons6 balloons6 ,here's yer genuine rubber air wessels filled with gas6 7,enter ,dupewell,left47 ,,dupewell 7,swinging cane and not noticing ,tommy74,something must be done to raise the wind4 ,,tommy4,balloons6 balloons6 balloons6 ,,dupewell4,shut up6 shut up1 sir6 ,your goods are too suggestive of the present state of my stomach4 ,,tommy4,don't lean on me that way2 ,i'm a poor boy1 ,i want to be encouraged1 for me stock's light1 trade's dull1 and both pockets is empty4 ,,dupewell4,poor fellow6 ,perhaps ,i can give you a start in life1 but it all depends upon ,,tommy4,oh1 sir1 ,i never had nobody to take me by the hand and say1 8,tommy1 here's a chance1 take it60 ,i've been lookin' for a openin' all me life ,,dupewell4,and the biggest kind of a one right under your nose4 7,points cane at ,tommy's mouth47 ,,tommy4,i can't see it4 ,,dupewell4,well1 ,i'll explain4 ,how many balloons have you sold to-day8 ,,tommy4,not one2 haven't broke a string4 ,,dupewell4,good6 ,people are beginning to throng the street4 ,now listen2 if you will strictly obey all my instructions1 ,i will to-night give you more cash1 and a squarer meal than your pockets ever held or your palate ever tasted4 ,,tommy4,that's what ,i dreamed last night2 ,i seed a great big ,,dupewell4,never mind your dream4 ,what do you want for your balloons1 all of them8 ,,tommy4,fifty cents4 ,,dupewell4,if ,i purchase them1 will you enter my employ at once1 and promise to obey me1 unquestioned1 in all things8 ,,tommy4,when do you eat breakfast8 ,,dupewell4,in a short time2 as soon as we attend to a small affair4 ,do you solemnly ,,tommy4,hold on6 ,i never swear4 ,i'll be bound1 ,i'll affirm1 ,i'll promise to agree2 but don't ask me to swear2 'tain't right4 ,,dupewell4,that will answer2 your word will do4 7,takes half-dollar from pocket and looks at it47 7,aside47,farewell 'till next we meet4 7,aloud47,well1 sir1 here is the money4 ,,tommy 7,taking money74,here's your balloons4 ,,dupewell4,i don't want them just now4 ,tommy1 loan me that coin a few minutes4 ,,tommy 7backing away74,can't do that4 ,,dupewell 7angrily74,what6 disobey my first request8 ,besides1 you hold good collateral4 7,points to balloons47 ,,tommy 7aside74,this is a bad openin'2 he's leanin' on me heavy at the start4 7,hands money to ,dupewell47 ,i don't see how ,i'm to make a profit on this sale4 ,,dupewell 7hurriedly74,tut6 ,now for business2 mark what ,i say2 there are some persons coming this way4 ,i'll step off in this direction a few paces4 ,watch me4 ,when ,i raise my hat1 let your balloons go1 fall on your knees and groan2 say nothing to any one1 but groan in reply to every question4 ,i will attend to the rest4 ,,tommy4,let me hold the fifty cents4 ,,dupewell4,silence4 7,exit ,l47 ,,tommy 7looking after ,dupewell74,that's a queer fellow4 ,i think ,i'll skeet4 ,oh6 there goes his hat4 7,lets the balloons go1 falls on his knees and groans47 7,enter ,oliver ,openface,r47 ,,openface 7trying to assist ,tommy to arise74,my poor fellow1 what ails you8 ,do tell me1 are you sick8 7,re-enter ,dupewell,r47 7,tommy groans and looks upward47 ,,dupewell 7to ,openface74,sad6 sad6 ,know the man well2 worthy casesick wifeeleven children1 oldest four yearswounded in late warlost his balloons2 look6 7,points upward47 ,,openface4,ah1 ,i see4 7,pulls out handkerchief and wipes eyes47 ,what shall we do8 ,,dupewell4,make donationencourage honesty4 7,hands fifty cents to ,tommy1 who takes it and groans47 ,,openface 7examining his wallet74,i have nothing less than a fifty-dollar bill4 7,holds note in his hand47 7,dupewell takes note47 ,,openface4,hold on1 there4 7,reaches for note47 ,,dupewell4,no1 no6 ,let this poor man get it changed around the corner2 thoroughly honesttrusted him with thousandsbe responsible myself4 7,aside to ,tommy7,meet me at the ,hero's ,inn4 7,makes believe to give note to ,tommy1 but puts it in his own pocket47 7,aloud7 ,go1 now6 ,run6 ,the gentleman's waiting4 7,exit ,tommy1 running47 ,,dupewell 7touching ,openface on arm and pointing up74,how small those balloons appear2 a mere speck4 ,,openface 7looking up74,i cannot see them2 my eyes are too old4 ,,dupewell 7points74,see6 ,there they go6 7,takes wallet from ,openface's pocket47 ,see6 see6 ,,openface 7impatiently74,i'd like to see that fellow coming with my change4 ,,dupewell 7starting to go74,i'll see what keeps him4 ,,openface4,but hold on ,,dupewell 7aside74,that's what ,i intend to do4 7,taps wallet47 7,aloud47,be back in a second4 7,exit ,r4hurriedly47 ,,openface4,i just recollect that there is a dollar bill in the middle pocket of my wallet2 see what time ,i could have saved if7feels in his pockets7ifif,i had only7still feeling in his pockets7if ,i had only thought of it before4 7,discovers that his wallet is gone47 ,come back you1 there6 ,watch6 ,thieves6 7,falls on his knees7 ,police6 ,police6 7,enter ,policeman,r47 ,,policeman 7poking ,openface in side with club74,git up6 ,git up6 ,,openface4,police6 ,i'm robbed1 ,i'm,i'mmurder6 7,enter ,pedestrians,running47 ,,policeman4,he's got 'em bad2 a genteel case of the tremmens4 7,pedestrians laugh47 ,,policeman4,somebody git a push-cart2 there's one down at the corner grocery4 ,,pedestrian4,i'll go1 ,i'll go6 7,exit47 ,,openface 7attempts to rise74,let me up1 let me get up1 ,i'm a ,,policeman 7putting him down again74,keep quiet2 ,i've ordered the carriage2 ,i'll watch the snakes4 7,pedestrians laugh47 ,,openface4,let me speak4 ,,policeman 7to pedestrians74,here comes a lady4 ,clear the sidewalk4 7,pedestrians gather around ,openface so that ,tilly cannot see him47 ,,policeman 7aside74,what a beauty6 7,enter ,tilly1 carrying parasol47 ,,tilly4,dear me6 ,i wonder what has happened4 ,,openface4,i am a gentleman1 let me go6 ,i have been basely robbed1 let me go1 ,i say6 ,,policeman4,shut up6 shut up6 ,,tilly4,that voice1 that beloved voice6 ,surely ,i have heard that voice before6 ,,policeman 7bowing low74,no doubt1 lady1 you have often listened to my tones when ,i've been on the beat ,,pedestrian 7aside74,which is all the time4 ,,tilly4,i do not mean your voice4 ,,openface 7groans74,let me rise4 ,,tilly4',tis he6 ,my father6 ,,policeman 7motioning her away74,go home1 ,miss1 go home2 he's got 'em bad2 he wouldn't know you4 ,,tilly 7places handkerchief to her eyes74,my heart will surely break4 ,,policeman4,oh6 now we'll get him off in good shape2 here comes the push-cart4 7,enter ,pedestrian1 carrying an arm chair47 ,,policeman4,why didn't you bring the barrow8 ,,pedestrian4,the groceryman just left with a load of onions and won't be back for an hour4 ,,policeman4,make way for the chair4 7,pedestrians divide to ,r4 and ,l47 ,,openface 7stands up74,i will go straight to the ,mayor and enter a complaint4 ,,tilly 7rushes to ,openface74,my father6 ,,openface4,my darling child6 7,they embrace47 ,,tilly4,oh1 how did it happen8 ,,policeman4,what's this mean8 ,,openface4,it means that ,i have been swindled on the highway1 and that you have treated me in a villainous manner4 ,,pedestrians4,hear6 hear6 7,enter ,dupewell and ,tommy4 ,the latter wears a straw hat and long linen duster47 ,,openface4,i will give one hundred dollars for the arrest of the thieves6 ,,tilly4,and ,i will owe a debt of gratitude that years can ne'er efface4 ,,tommy 7aside74,this is the opening ,i've been looking for4 ,here's a chance for a fortune and a wife47,seizes ,dupewell477,aloud7 ,here's the thief6 ,,dupewell 7takes wallet from his breast and slips it into ,tommy's pocket74',tis false1 ,i deny the charge6 ,,policeman 7arrests ,dupewell74,is this the man8 ,,openface4,he looks like one of the thieves1 but ,i am not certain2 the other one ,i could identify at once by his clothes4 ,,policeman4,if you cannot identify him ,i must let him go4 7,releases ,dupewell47 ,,dupewell4,pity must give way to justice27,points to ,tommy7,seize him1 he is the robber6 ,,policeman4,ah1 ha6 ,come here4 7,taking hold of ,tommy47 ,,dupewell4,feel his pockets1 search him4 ,,tommy4,you're welcome to feel in these pockets4 ,i've got nothing but loose change1 the proceeds of a horse ,i just sold4 ,,policeman4,let me see4 7,taking wallet from ,tommy's pocket47 ,is this your property8 7,hands it to ,openface47 ,,openface4,it is2 and yet ,i never saw this man before6 ,,tommy4,of course he didn't4 ,,dupewell4,take off his coat and hat4 ,,policeman4,come sir2 take them off6 ,,tommy 7struggles to escape74,i didn't take it2 ,i didn't1 ,i didn't1 let me go6 ,,dupewell 7assists to remove ,tommy's hat and duster74,now7to ,openface71is this the culprit8 ,,openface4,it is2 just as the rascal appeared when he committed the crime4 ,,dupewell4,i claim the reward4 ,,openface4,come home with me4 ,you shall dine with me2 ,i will then reward you2 you shall be my friend for life6 ,,policeman4,bring the chair here4 ,,tilly4,never mind sir2 papa will order a coup4 ,,policeman4,it is for this rogue4 7,tommy is forced into the chair1 after which it is raised up by two pedestrians1 a third using ,tommy's legs for shafts47 ,,tommy4,bad luck's leanin' on me heavyat last ,i've found an openin'2 but it's the openin' of the jail door4 ,ah6 it's all wrong1 it's all wrong4 7,all form in line with ,tommy at the head2 ,dupewell supports ,tilly on his arm2 next ,openface and ,pedestrians47 ,,policeman4,forward1 march6 7,march is played by ,piano or ,orchestra1 while procession countermarches47 ,,tommy 7kicking in chair74,it's all wrong6 ,it's all wrong6 wrong6 ,balloons6 balloons6 it's all wrong4 ,,openface4,hold6 7,the procession halts47 ,my dear sir1 7to ,dupewell7 the cry of balloons6 balloons6 from that young man in the chair reminds me that ,i had my wallet when you called my attention to the fugitive balloons that were growing smaller and smaller as they arose in the air6 ,,dupewell4,well1 sir6 ,,openface4,it is not well1 sir1 for you1 sir1 for ,i had my wallet then1 and it was only after you left me that ,i missed it4 ,release the unhappy youth and let the iron talons of the law clutch this monstrous scoundrel who would fasten his crime upon a verdant youth4 7,tommy is released and ,dupewell is placed in the chair47 ,,tommy4,luck's openin' an' shuttin' like an alligator's jaw2 where'll it end8 ,,tilly4,you shall go home with us2 we will try to educate you and give you profitable employment4 ,,openface4,it is even so2 ,i will get you a government appointment1 but6 but1 sir6 hereafter beware of taking up with strangers in matters of business2 bad associates have ruined many a man4 ,let the phalanx move4 7,music continues47 ,,policeman4,forward1 march6 7,procession countermarches47 ,,dupewell 7kicking74,it's all wrong6 it's all wrong6 it's all wrong6 ,,curtain4 ,geo4 ,m4 ,vickers4 ,go ,fan ,yourself4 ,when moist with perspiration1 ,when the mercury is high1 ,when stung to aggravation1 ,when your tongue and lips are dry ,then fretting's worse than folly1 ,rather let this be your rule ,shake off all melancholy1 ,go and fan yourselfkeep cool4 ,go fan yourself1 cease growling1 ,just remember who you are2 ,stop snarling1 snapping1 scowling1 ,it will pay you better far4 ,if toiling melts your collars1 ,recollect that life's a school ,that all the lucky scholars ,win the prize by keeping cool4 ,go fan yourself when heated1 ,set the motto to a tune1 ,and let it be repeated ,though ,december 'tis or ,june2 ,since mortal man is fickle ,and his brother oft doth fool1 ,just keep the saw in pickle1 ,go and fan yourselfkeep cool4 ,george ,m4 ,vickers4 ,nell4 ,you're a kind#fga woman1 ,nan6 ,ay1 kind and true6#fgb ,god#fgc will be good to faithful folk like you6 ,you knew my ,ned8 ,a better1#fgd kinder lad never drew breath4 ,we loved each other true1 and we were wed ,in church1 like some who took him to his death2#fge ,a lad as gentle as a lamb1 but lost#fgf ,his senses when he took a drop too much4 ,drink#fgg did it alldrink made him mad when cross'd ,he was a poor man1 and they're hard#fgh on such4 ,o ,nan6 that night6 that night6 ,when ,i was sitting in this#fgi very chair1 ,watching and waiting in the candle-light1 ,and heard#fhj his foot come creaking up the stair1 ,and turned and saw him standing yonder1#fha white ,and wild1 with staring eyes and rumpled hair6 ,and when ,i caught#fhb his arm and called in fright1 ,he pushed#fhc me1 swore1 and to the door#fhd he pass'd ,to lock and bar#fhe it fast4 ,then down he drops#fhf just like a lump of lead1 ,holding his brow1#fhg shaking1 and growing whiter1 ,and,nan6just then the light#fhh seem'd growing brighter1 ,and ,i could see the hands#fhi that held his head1 ,all red6#fij all bloody red6 ,what could ,i do but scream8 ,he groaned to hear1 ,jump'd to his feet1 and gripped#fia me by the wrist2 8,be still1#fib or ,i shall kill thee1 ,nell60 he hiss'd4 ,and ,i was still for fear4 8,they're after#fic me,i've knifed a man60 he said1 8,be still6#fidthe drinkdrink did it6he is dead60#fie ,then we grew still1 dead still4 ,i couldn't weep2 ,all ,i could do was cling#fif to ,ned and hark1#fig ,and ,ned was cold1#fih cold1 cold1 as if asleep1 ,but breathing hard and deep4 ,the candle#fii flicker'd outthe room grew dark#gjj ,and,nan6although my heart#gja was true and tried ,when all grew cold#gjb and dim1 ,i shuddered#gjcnot for fear of them outside1#gjd ,but just afraid to be alone with him4#gje 8,ned6 ,ned60#gjf ,i whisper'dand he moan'd and shook1 ,but did not heed or look6 8,ned6 ,ned6#gjg speak1 lad6 tell me#gjh it is not true60 ,at that he raised his head and look'd so wild2 ,then1 with a stare that froze my blood1 he threw ,his arms around#gji me1 crying like a child1 ,and held me closeand not a word was spoken1 ,while ,i clung tighter to his heart and press'd him1 ,and did not fear him1 though my heart was broken1 ,but kiss'd his poor stain'd hands1 and cried1 and bless'd#gaj him6 ,then1 ,nan1 the dreadful daylight1 coming cold ,with sound#gaa of falling rain ,when ,i could see his face1#gab and it look'd old1 ,like the pinch'd face of one that dies#gac in pain2 ,well1 though we heard folk stirring#gad in the sun1 ,we never thought to hide away or run1 ,until we heard those voices#gae in the street1 ,that hurrying of feet1 ,and ,ned leap'd up1#gaf and knew that they had come4 8,run1 ,ned60#gag ,i cried1 but he was deaf and dumb2 8,hide1 ,ned60#gah ,i scream'd1 and held him2 8,hide thee1 man60#gai ,he stared with blood-shot eyes and hearken'd1 ,nan6 ,and all the rest#gbj is like a dreamthe sound ,of knocking#gba at the door ,a rush of mena struggle on the ground#gbb ,a mista trampa roar2 ,for when ,i got my senses back again1 ,the room was empty1#gbc and my head#gbd went round6 ,god#gbe help him8 ,god will help him6 ,ay1 no fear6#gbf ,it was the drink1#gbg not ,ned#gbh;he meant no wrong2 ,so kind6 ,so good6and ,i am useless#gbi here1 ,now he is lost that loved me true and long4 ''' ,that night before he died1 ,i didn't crymy heart#gcj was hard and dried2 ,but when the clocks#gca went 8one10 ,i took my shawl ,to cover up my face1 and stole away1 ,and walk'd#gcb along the silent streets1 where all ,look'd cold#gcc and still and gray1 ,and on#gcd ,i went1 and stood in ,leicester ,square1 ,but just as 8three0 was sounded close at hand ,i started and turn'd east1#gce before ,i knew1 ,then down ,saint ,martin's ,lane1 along the ,strand1 ,and through the toll-gate on to ,waterloo4 ,some men and lads went by1 ,and turning round1 ,i gazed1#gcf and watch'd 'em go1 ,then felt that they were going to see him die1#gcg ,and drew my shawl#gch more tight1 and follow'd slow4#gci ,more people pass'd me1 a country cart with hay ,stopp'd close beside#gdj me1 and two or three ,talk'd about it6#gda ,i moan'd1 and crept#gdb away6 ,next came a hollow sound#gdc ,i knew full well1 ,for something gripped#gdd me round the heart6and then ,there came the solemn tolling#gde of a bell6 ,o ,god6 ,o ,god6#gdf how could#gdg ,i sit close by1 ,and neither scream nor cry8 ,as if ,i had been stone1 all hard and cold1 ,i listen'd1#gdh listen'd1 listen'd1 still and dumb1 ,while the folk murmur'd1 and the death-bell#gdi toll'd1 ,and the day brighten'd1#gej and his time had come4 ''' ,till1 ,nan6all else was silent#gea but the knell ,of the slow bell6#geb ,and ,i could only wait1 and wait1 and wait1 ,and what ,i waited for#gec ,i couldn't tell ,at last there came a groaning deep and great ,st4 ,paul's struck 8eight0#ged ,i scream'd1 and seem'd to turn to fire and fell6#gee ,god#gef bless him1 live or dead6 ,he never meant no wrong1 was kind and true4 ,they've wrought their fill of spite#geg upon his head4 ,why didn't they be kind1 and take me#geh too8 ,and there's the dear old things#gei he used to wear1 ,and there's#gfj a lock of hair4 ,and ,ned1 my ,ned6 is fast asleep1#gfa and cannot hear me call4 ,god bless you1#gfb ,nan1 for all you've done and said6 ,but don't mind me1 my heart#gfc is broke1 that's all6#gfd ,robert ,buchanan4 ,,gestures4 #fga ,h4 ,f4 #fgb ,h4 ,o4 #fgc ,a4 ,f4 #fgd ,h4 ,o4 #fge ,d4 ,f4 #fgf ,h4 ,l4 #fgg ,b4 ,cli4 ,d4 #fgh ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #fgi ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #fhj ,raise hand to listen4 #fha ,h4 ,o4 #fhb ,sp4 #fhc ,l4 ,v4 ,h4 ,l4 #fhd ,h4 ,o4 #fhe ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #fhf ,d4 ,o4 #fhg ,b4 to head4 #fhh ,l4 ,h4 ,sw4 #fhi ,d4 ,o4 #fij ,b4 ,v4 ,par4 to ,d4 ,o4 #fia ,l4 ,sp4 #fib ,speak to left4 #fic ,h4 ,l4 #fid ,l4 ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #fie ,b4 ,cli4 ,d4 #fif ,h4 ,o4 #fig ,raise hand to listen4 #fih ,p4 ,d4 ,o4 #fii ,l4 ,h4 ,o4 #gjj ,b4 ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #gja ,hand to heart4 #gjb ,b4 ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #gjc ,b4 ,cli4 and shudder4 #gjd ,h4 ,o4 #gje ,d4 ,o4 #gjf1 #gjg ,b4 ,par4 to ,d4 ,o4 #gjh ,clasp hands4 #gji ,sp4 continued4 #gaj ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #gaa ,lis4 #gab ,d4 ,o4 #gac ,p4 ,d4 ,o4 #gad1 #gae ,h4 ,o4 #gaf ,raise ,p4 #gag1 #gah1 #gai ,l4 ,h4 ,l4 #gbj ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #gba ,h4 ,o4 #gbb ,d4 ,o4 #gbc ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #gbd ,hand to head4 #gbe ,look to left4 #gbf ,l4 ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #gbg ,h4 ,f4 #gbh ,h4 ,l4 #gbi ,b4 ,d4 ,l4 #gcj ,hand to heart4 #gca ,raise hand to listen4 #gcb ,h4 ,sw4 #gcc ,turn to ,p4 #gcd ,h4 ,o4 #gce ,left1 continuous gesture to 8,waterloo40 #gcf ,h4 ,o4 #gcg ,b4 ,cli4 ,d4 #gch ,sp4 #gci ,h4 ,o4 #gdj ,l4 ,h4 ,o4 #gda ,b4 ,cli4 ,d4 #gdb ,h4 ,o4 #gdc ,lis4 #gdd ,sp4 #gde ,b4 ,sp4 #gdf ,raise ,b4 ,cli4 #gdg ,b4 ,cli4 ,d4 #gdh ,lis4 #gdi ,a4 ,o4 #gej ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #gea ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #geb ,a4 ,o4 #gec ,b4 ,h4 ,f4 #ged ,a4 ,o4 #gee ,b4 ,d4 ,f4 #gef ,a4 ,f4 #geg ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #geh ,to self4 #gei ,h4 ,o4 #gfj ,sp4 #gfa ,h4 ,l4 #gfb ,l4 ,p4 ,h4 ,o #gfc ,hand on heart4 #gfd ,h4 ,o4 ,a ,soldier's ,offering4 ,the laurel wreath of glory ,that decks the soldier's grave1 ,is but the finished story1 ,the record of the brave2 ,and he who dared the danger1 ,who battled well and true1 ,to honor was no stranger1 ,though garbed in gray or blue ,go1 strip your choicest bowers1 ,where blossoms sweet abound1 ,then scatter free your flowers ,upon each moss-grown mound2 ,though shaded by the ,north's tall pine ,or ,south's palmetto tree1 ,let sprays that soldiers' graves entwine1 ,a soldier's tribute be4 ,george ,m4 ,vickers4 ,illustration3 8,ha1 ha1 ha6 well1 ,i believe ,i do bear a part with a tolerable grace40 ,the ,ruling ,passion4 ,she had never mailed a letter before1 and so she approached the stamp clerk's window with the same air that she would enter a dry goods store4 8,i would like to look at some stamps1 please10 she said4 8,what denomination do you want80 asked the clerk4 8,denomination60 ,this was remarked in surprise4 ,she hadn't supposed that stamps belonged to any church at all4 8,yes10 replied the clerk1 who saw no necessity for holding a lengthy palaver over the sale of a stamp1 especially when other people were waiting4 8,is it for a letter or a newspaper80 8,oh1 ,i want to send a letter to my ,uncle ,john2 he's just moved to0 8,then you need a two-cent stamp10 interrupted the clerk1 offering her one of that value4 8,i hardly like that color10 she observed1 holding the brick-tinted stamp up to the light and surveying it critically4 ,the clerk looked at her in astonishment4 ,in his long experience in the postal business he had never before met a customer who objected to the color of the stamps4 8,that is a two-cent stamp1 madame4 ,please stand aside and let the gentleman behind you come up40 8,haven't you got them in any other color80 she asked1 wholly oblivious to the 8gentleman behind40 ,the clerk began to act cross4 8,i never did like that shade of red10 she added4 8,there is only one color10 he replied1 curtly4 8,that is strange10 she mused4 8,i'd think you'd keep them in different shades1 so that there'd be some choice40 ,the clerk said nothing1 but he kept getting crosser every minute1 and murmurs of disapprobation began to rise from the ever-lengthening line of people who would have been thankful to get their stamps without criticizing their hue4 8,you are sure you have none in a brighter red1 or even in a different color,nile green1 or seal brown1 or jubilee blue1 for instance80 8,you can put two one-cent stamps on your letter if you like10 said the clerk1 who began to see that the customer could not be frowned away from the window4 8,let me see them1 please40 ,two blue stamps were solemnly handed to her1 and the crowd began to hope that at last she was suited4 8,ah1 that will do10 she said1 as she took up the one-cent stamps and eyed them as if they were samples of dress goods4 8,i like that shade better4 ,i'll take only one1 if you please40 ,and she handed the other back to the clerk1 who took it mechanically1 but managed to add3 8,if it's for a letter you'll need two4 ,these are one-cent stamps and letter postage is two cents per ounce40 8,oh1 ,i don't want to put two stamps on my letter10 she said2 8,i don't think they will look well40 8,it requires two cents to carry a letter1 madame1 and you must either put a two-cent stamp on or two ones4 ,it won't go without4 ,and ,i must ask you to please hurry1 for you are keeping a great many people away from the window40 8,that's singular4 ,i don't like the look of two together4 ,you are sure the other doesn't come in seal brown1 or0 8,no60 thundered the clerk1 getting very red in the face4 8,then ,i'll have to see if ,i can't suit myself elsewhere40 ,and she departed4 ,the clerk replaced his despised red and blue stamps1 mopped his perspiring brow1 and began to make up for lost time4 ,i'm ,getting ,too ,big to ,kiss4 ,the friends of my childhood with pleasure ,i greet1 ,their faces ,i ever hold dear1 ,in palace or cottage1 on meadow or street1 ,wherever they chance to appear4 ,then do not misjudge me1 and deem me not cold1 ,nor call me a queen1 haughty miss1 ,oh1 no one can budge me1 so do not be bold1 ,i'm getting tootoo big to kiss4 ',tis hardly a year since the guests of the house1 ,on leaving1 would kiss me adieu1 ,the parson1 the deacon1 old ,schnider ,von ,krouse1 ,ned ,blanc1 and the young squire1 too4 ,they called me a treasure1 a sweet1 roguish maid2 ,now nonsense like that is amiss1 ,though once 'twas a pleasure1 ,i'm really afraid ,that somebody's too big to kiss4 ,now if you should happen by moonlight to walk1 ,with some one you know very well1 ,remember 'tis harmless to laugh and to talk1 ,or sweet little stories to tell4 ,but oh1 have a care1 girls1 and heed me1 ,i pray1 ,for what ,i would counsel is this ,refuse1 though his hair curls1 and promptly this say3 ,i'm getting1 sir1 too big to kiss4 ,oh1 no1 no1 no1 no1 sir6 ,allow me to pass2 ,oh1 no1 sir1 'tis more than ,i dare3 ,that game's out of fashion 7,i'm sorry1 alas67 ,you needn't look cross as a bear4 ,yet still ,i've an ember of pity right here1 ,i'll throw you just one kiss like this1 ,but1 sir1 you'll remember1 now don't come so near ,that really ,i'm too big to kiss4 ,george ,m4 ,vickers4 ,waiting for the ,mail4 ,it is strange ,i get no letter ,i have written twenty-four ,and the chances now decidedly are slim2 ,how ,i wish my luck was better1 ,i am really feeling sore1 ,and my cup of sorrow's flowing to the brim4 ,though my sweetheart's tall and slender1 ,with a dark and roguish eye1 ,and a blushing cheek that shames the blooming rose4 ,one more letter will ,i send her1 ,then ,i'll write a last good-bye1 ,and so bring my dream of pleasure to a close4 ,if she's caught another lover1 ,just to make the moments glide1 7,which1 without a doubt1 she really thinks she ought17 ,then1 of course1 ,i'll look it over1 ,and continue to confide ,for the best of mortals like a little sport6 ,but suppose this other fellow ,should1 with sly and skillful art1 ,in the darling girl's affections fill my place6 ',tis enough to make me bellow1 ',tis enough to break my heart1 ',tis enough to make me run and hide my face4 ,when we parted last ,december1 ,oh1 she vowed she'd share my lot2 ,and to me her silence is a puzzle quite3 ,though ,i happen to remember ,and 'tis strange that ,i forgot ,that my darling ducky never learned to write6 ,george ,m4 ,vickers4 ,ben-,hur's ,chariot ,race4 ,the trumpet sounded short and sharp4 ,the starters1 one for each chariot1 leaped down1 ready to give assistance if any of the fours proved unmanageable4 ,again the trumpet blew1 and simultaneously the gate-keepers threw#gfe the stalls open4 ,forth from each stall1 like missiles in a volley from so many great guns1 rushed#gff the six contesting foursthe ,corinthian's1 ,messala's1 the ,athenian's1 the ,byzantine's1 the ,sidonian's1 and ,ben-,hur'sand the vast assemblage rose#gfg and1 leaping upon the benches1 filled#gfh the circus with yells and screams4 ,the competitors were under view from nearly every part#gfi of the circus1 yet the race was not begun2 they had first to make successfully the chalked line1 stretched for the purpose of equalizing the start4 ,if it were dashed upon1 discomfiture of man and horses might occur2 on the other hand1 to approach it timidly was to incur the hazard of being thrown behind in the beginning of the racea certain loss of the great advantage of being next the wall#ggj on the inner line of the course4 ,each driver looked first for the rope1 then for the coveted inner line4 ,with all six aiming at the same point#gga and speeding furiously1 a collision seemed inevitable4 ,quick the eye1 steady the hand1 unerring the judgment required4 ,the fours neared the rope together4 ,ben-,hur was on the extreme left#ggb of the six4 ,at ,messala1 who was more than an antagonist to him1 he gave one searching look1 and saw the soul of the man1 cunning1 cruel1 desperate1 in a tension of watchfulness and fierce resolve4 ,in that brief instant all his former relations with ,messala came before him4 ,first1 happy childhood1 when1 loving and beloved1 they played together4 ,then1 manhood that brought a change in ,messala1 and the ,roman's inborn contempt of ,jews asserted itself and broke the friendship4 ,then the bitter day1 when1 by the accidental falling of a loose tile1 the ,roman procurator was nearly killed1 and he1 ,ben-,hur1 was accused of willfully throwing the missile4 ,one word from ,messala would have saved the family from ruin1 but the word was not spoken4 ,nay1 more1 it was ,messala that urged on the ,roman authorities and prevented even a fair trial of the case4 ,it was ,messala's influence that had banished#ggc him to the galleys for life1 that had consigned his mother and sister to an uncertain fate1 whose very uncertainty was more torture#ggd than their certain death would have been4 ,it was ,messala that had stolen his property and with it had bought the silence of the authorities on the cruel deeds2 and was it not money that belonged to the ,house of ,hur that ,messala was betting with in this very race8 ,was it human nature#gge to resist an opportunity for vengeance like this8 ,no4#ggf ,at whatever cost#ggg he would humble his enemy4 ,he saw that ,messala's rush would1 if there was no collision1 and the rope fell1 give him the wall4 ,therefore1 he yielded it for the time4 ,just then the trumpeter blew a signal4 ,the judges dropped#ggh the rope4 ,and not an instant too soon1 for the hoof of one of ,messala's horses struck it as it fell4 ,the ,roman shook out#ggi his long lash1 loosed the reins1 leaned forward1 and with a triumphant shout#ghj took the wall4 8,jove with us6#gha ,jove with us60#gha yelled the ,roman faction1 in a frenzy of delight4 8,jove with us60#ghb screamed a young nobleman4 8,he wins6#ghc ,jove with us60 answered his associates4 ,messala having passed1 the ,corinthian was the only contestant on the ,athenian's right1 and to his side he tried to turn his four2 but the wheel of the ,byzantine1 who was next on the left1 struck the tail-piece of his chariot1 knocking#ghd his feet from under him4 ,there was a crash1 a scream of rage and fear1 and the unfortunate ,athenian fell#ghe under the hoofs of his own steeds4 ,sanballat1 a friend of ,ben-,hur1 turned to a group of ,roman noblemen4 8,a hundred sestertii on the ,jew60#ghf he cried4 8,taken60#ghg answered one of the group4 8,another hundred on the ,jew60 shouted ,sanballat4 ,nobody appeared to hear him4 ,the situation below was too absorbing1 and they were too busy shouting1 8,messala6 ,messala6 ,jove with us60 ,while the spectators were shivering at the ,athenian's mishap1 and the ,sidonian1 ,byzantine1 and ,corinthian were striving to avoid involvement in the ruin1 ,ben-,hur drew head to the right1#ghh and1 with all the speed of his ,arabs1 darted#ghi across the trails of his opponents1 and took the course#gij neck and neck with ,messala1 though on the outside4 ,and now1 racing together1 side by side1 a narrow interval between them1 the two neared the second goal4 ,making the turn here was considered the most telling test of a charioteer4 ,a hush#gia fell over the circus4 ,then1 it would seem1 ,messala observed ,ben-,hur and recognized him1 and at once the audacity of the man flamed out4 8,down1 ,eros6#gib up1 ,mars60#gic he shouted1 whirling his lash4 8,down1 ,eros6 up1 ,mars60 he repeated1 and gave the ,arab steeds of ,ben-,hur a cut1 the like of which they had never known4 ,the blow was seen in every quarter4 ,the silence deepened and the boldest held his breath4#gid ,the affrighted four sprang forward#gie as with one impulse1 and forward leaped#gif the car4 ,the car trembled with a dizzy lurch1 but ,ben-,hur kept his place and gave the horses free rein1 and called to them in a soothing voice1 trying to guide them round#gig the dangerous turn1 and before the fever of the people began to abate he had back the mastery4 ,nor that only2 on approaching the first goal he was again side by side with ,messala1 bearing with him the sympathy and admiration of every one#gih not a ,roman4 ,even ,messala1 with all his boldness1 felt it unsafe to trifle further4 ,on#gii whirled the cars4 ,three rounds were concluded2 still ,messala held the inside position2 still ,ben-,hur moved with him side by side2 still the other competitors followed as before4 ,the contest began to have the appearance of a double race1 ,messala and ,ben-,hur in the first1 the ,corinthian1 ,sidonian1 and ,byzantine in the second4 ,in the fifth round the ,sidonian succeeded in getting a place outside ,ben-,hur1 but lost it directly4 ,the sixth round was entered upon without change of relative position4 ,gradually the speed had been quickened2 men and beasts seemed to know alike that the final crisis was near4 ,the interest1 which from the beginning had centred chiefly in the struggle between the ,roman and the ,jew1 with an intense general sympathy for the latter1 was fast changing to anxiety on his account4 ,on all the benches the spectators bent forward1 motionless4 8,a hundred sestertii on the ,jew60#hjj cried ,sanballat to the ,romans4 ,there was no reply4 8,a talent1 or five talents1 or ten2#hja choose ye60 8,i will take thy sestertii10 answered a ,roman youth4 8,do not so10 interposed a friend4 8,why80 8,messala has reached his utmost speed4 ,see him#hjb lean over his chariot-rim1 the reins loose as flying ribbons1 then look at the ,jew60 8,by ,hercules60 replied the youth1 8,i see1 ,i see6 ,if the gods help him not1 he will be run away with by the ,israelite4 ,no2 not yet6 ,look6#hjc ,jove with us6 ,jove with us60 ,if it were true that ,messala had gained his utmost speed1 he was slowly but certainly beginning to forge ahead4 ,his horses were running with their heads low down2 from the balcony their bodies appeared actually to skim the earth2 their nostrils showed blood-red in expansion2 their eyes seemed straining in their sockets4 ,the good steeds were doing their best6 ,how long could they keep the pace8 ,it was but the commencement of the sixth round4 ,on they dashed6 ,as they neared the second goal1 ,ben-,hur turned in behind#hjd the ,roman's car4 ,the joy of the ,messala faction reached its bound4 ,they screamed1 and howled1 and tossed#hje their colors1 and ,sanballat filled his tablets with their wagers4 ,ben-,hur was hardly holding a place at the tail of his enemy's car4 ,along the home-stretchsixth round,messala leading2 next him1 pressing close1 ,ben-,hur4 ,thus to the first goal1 and around it1 ,messala1 fearful of losing his place1 hugged the stony wall with perilous clasp2 a foot to the left#hjf and he had been dashed#hjg to pieces2 yet when the turn was finished1 no man1 looking at the wheel-tracks of the two cars1 could have said1 8,here#hjh went ,messala1 there#hji the ,jew40 ,they left but one trace behind them4 ,and now all the people drew a long breath1 for the beginning of the end was at hand4 ,first1 the ,sidonian gave the scourge to his four1 and they dashed#haj desperately forward1 promising for an instant to go to the front4 ,the effort ended in promise4 ,next1 the ,byzantine and the ,corinthian each made the trial with like result1 after which they were practically out of the race4 ,thereupon1 all the factions except the ,romans joined hope in ,ben-,hur1 and openly indulged their feeling4 8,ben-,hur6 ,ben-,hur60#haa they shouted4 8,speed thee1#hab ,jew60 8,take the wall now60 8,on6#hac loose the ,arabs6 ,give them rein and scourge60 8,let him not have the turn on thee again4 ,now or never60#had ,either he did not hear1 or could not do better1 for half-way round the course and he was still following2 at the second goal1 even still no change4 ,and now1 to make the turn1 ,messala began to draw in#hae his left-hand steeds4 ,his spirit was high2 the ,roman genius was still present4 ,on the pillars1#haf only six hundred feet away1 were fame1 fortune1 promotion1 and a triumph#hag ineffably sweetened by hate1#hah all in store for him6 ,that moment ,ben-,hur leaned forward over his ,arabs and gave them the reins4#hai ,out flew#hbj the many-folded lash in his hand2 over the backs of the startled steeds it writhed#hba and hissed1#hbb and hissed#hbc and writhed#hbd again and again1 and1 though it fell not1 there were both sting and menace in its quick report4 ,instantly1 not one1 but the four as one1 answered with a leap#hbe that landed them alongside the ,roman's car4 ,messala1 on the perilous edge of the goal1 heard but dared not look to see what the awakening portended4 ,the thousands on the benches understood it all4 ,they saw the four close outside ,messala's outer wheel1 ,ben-,hur's inner wheel behind the other's car4 ,then1 with a cunning touch#hbf of the reins1 ,ben-,hur caught ,messala's fragile wheel with the iron-shod point of his axle and crushed#hbg it4 ,there was a crash loud enough to send a thrill through the circus1 and out over#hbh the course a spray of shining white and yellow flinders flew4 ,down on its right side toppled the bed of the ,roman's chariot4 ,there was a rebound1 as of the axle hitting the hard earth2 another and another2 then the car went to pieces1 and ,messala1 entangled in the reins1 pitched forward#hbi headlong1 and lay still1 crushed1 and bleeding1 and crippled for life4 ,above the noises of the race arose one voice1 that of ,ben-,hur3 #hcj8,on1 ,altair6 ,on1 ,rigel6 ,what1 ,antares6 dost thou linger now8 ,good horse-oho1 ,aldebaran6 ,i hear them singing in the tents4 ,i hear the children singing1 and the women singing of the stars1 of ,altair1 ,antares1 ,rigel1 ,aldebaran1 victoryand the song will never end4 ,well done6 ,on1 ,antares6 ,the tribe is waiting for us1 and the master is waiting6 'tis done6 'tis done6 ,ha6 ha6 ,we have overthrown the proud6 ,the hand that smote us is in the dust6 ,ours the glory6 ,ha6 ha6steady6 ,the work is donesoho6 ,rest60 ,and ,ben-,hur turned the goal of victory and revenge1#hca and the race was won6#hcb ,gen4 ,lew ,wallace4 ,,gestures4 #gfe ,b4 ,v4 ,h4 ,f4 #gff ,h4 ,f4 #gfg ,b4 raised ,p4 #gfh ,b4 ,a4 ,o4 #gfi ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #ggj ,h4 ,f4 #gga ,ind4 ,h4 ,f4 #ggb ,left ,h4 ,o4 #ggc ,h4 ,l4 #ggd ,p4 ,d4 ,o4 #gge ,h4 ,f4 #ggf ,cli4 ,d4 #ggg ,h4 ,o4 #ggh ,p4 ,sp4 #ggi ,sp4 #ghj ,throw up fist4 #gha ,b4 thrown outward1 emphasize us4 #ghb ,a4 ,o4 #ghc ,point to ,messala and look around4 #ghd ,v4 ,d4 ,sw4 #ghe ,d4 ,f4 #ghf ,to left1 raise hand4 #ghg ,ind4 ,h4 ,o4 #ghh ,sw4 to ,h4 ,o4 #ghi ,sp4 #gij ,h4 ,f4 #gia ,b4 ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #gib ,whip hand ,cli4 ,d4 ,f4 #gic ,up4 #gid ,hand to breast4 #gie ,h4 ,f4 #gif ,imp4 #gig ,h4 ,sw4 #gih ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #gii ,h4 ,f4 #hjj ,to left1 raise hand4 #hja ,repeat4 #hjb ,ind4 ,h4 ,f4 #hjc ,h4 ,f4 #hjd ,h4 ,f4 #hje ,a4 ,sw4 #hjf ,left ,h4 ,f4 ,sp4 #hjg ,left ,d4 ,f4 #hjh - #hji ,designate4 #haj ,h4 ,f4 #haa ,a4 ,sw4 #hab ,h4 ,f4 #hac ,h4 ,f4 #had ,cli4 raised4 #hae ,left ,sp4 #haf ,ind4 ,h4 ,f4 #hag ,a4 ,o4 #hah ,cli4 ,d4 #hai ,b4 ,sp4 #hbj ,sp4 #hba - #hbb - #hbc - #hbd ,motion as expressed4 #hbe ,h4 ,f4 #hbf ,sp4 #hbg ,p4 ,d4 ,f4 #hbh ,p4 ,d4 ,sw4 #hbi ,sp4 #hcj ,chant this on two tones of the voice1 higher pitch for important words and lower for unimportant1 holding reins in both hands4 #hca ,a4 ,o4 #hcb ,h4 ,f4 strong4 ,dolores4 ,her old boat loaded with oranges1 ,her baby tied on her breast1 ,minorcan ,dolores bends her oars1 ,noting each reed#hcc on the swift-moving shores2 ,but the way is long and the inlet wide#hcd ,can two small hands overcome the tide ,sweeping up from the west8 ,four little walls of conquina stone1 ,rude thatch of palmetto leaves2 ,there#hce they have nestled1 like birds in a tree1#hcf ,from winter1 and labor1 and hunger free1 ,taking from earth their small need1 but no more2 ,no thought of the morrow1#hcg no laying in store4 ,no gathering patient sheaves4 ,alone in their southern island home1 ,through the year of summer days1 ,the two live on2 and the bountiful beach#hch ,clusters its sea-food within his reach2 ,the two love on1 and the tropical land ,and life is a shining haze4 ,luiz1 ,dolores1 and baby brown1 ,with dreamy1 passionate eyes ,far in the past1#hci lured by ,saxon wiles1 ,a simple folk came from the ,spanish sea-isles1 ,now1 tinged with the blood of the creole quadroon ,their children live idly along#hdj the lagoon1 ,under the ,florida skies4#hda ,luiz1 ,dolores1 and baby brown1 ,ah6 their blooming life of love6 ,but fever falls1 with its withering blight2#hdb ,dolores keeps watch through the sultry night2 ,in vain#hdc her poor herbs1 in vain#hdd her poor prayers1 ,her ,luiz is mounting the silver-winged stairs ,that lead up#hde to heaven above4 ,so1 her old boat loaded with oranges1 ,her baby tied on her breast1 ,dolores rows off to the ancient town1#hdf ,where the blue-eyed soldiers come marching down ,from the far cold ,north2#hdg they are men who know ,thus ,dolores thinkshow to cure all#hdh woe2 ,nay1 their very touch is blest4 8,oranges6 ,oranges60#hdi hear her cry1 ,through the shaded plaza path2 ,but the ,northern soldiers come marching in ,through the old ,spanish city with stir and din2 ,and silent people#hej stand sullen by1 ,to see the old flag mount#hea again to the sky ,the flag they had trampled#heb in wrath4 ,ah6 brown ,dolores1 will no one hear1 ,and buy thy little store8 ,now north1#hec now south1#hed on the old sea-wall1 ,but her pitiful tones unheeded fall2 ,now east1#hee now west1#hef through the angry town1 ,patient she journeys up and down1 ,nor misses one surly door4 ,then1 desperate1 up#heg to the dreaded ranks ,she carries her passionate suit2 8,i have no money1#heh for none would buy2 ,but come1#hei for ,god's sake1 or he will die6 ,save himmy ,luizhe is so young10 ,she pleads in her liquid ,minorcan tongue1 ,and proffers#hfj her store of fruit4 ,but the ,northern soldiers move steadily on1#hfa ,they hear not1 nor understand2 ,the last blue rank has passed down the street1#hfb ,she sees but the dust of their marching feet2#hfc ,they have crossed the whole country1#hfd by night and by day1 ,and marked with their blood every step of the way1 ,to conquer#hfe this ,southern land4 ,they are gone,o despair6#hff she turns to the church1#hfg ,half fainting1 her fruit wet with tears2 8,perhaps de old ,saint1 who is always dere1 ,may wake up and take dem to pay for a prayer2 ,they are very sweet1 as the saint will see1 ,if he would but wake up and listen to me4 ,but he sleeps1 so he never hears40 ,she enters2#hfh the church is filled#hfi with men1 ,the pallid men of the ,north2 ,each dingy old pew#hgj is a sick man's bed1 ,each battered old bench#hga holds a weary head1 ,the altar candles are swept away1#hgb ,for vials and knives in shining array1 ,and a new saint#hgc is stepping forth4 ,he must be a saint1 for he comes from the shrine1 ,a saint of a ,northern creed1 ,clad in a uniform1 army blue1 ,but surely the saints may wear any hue1#hgd ,dolores thinks1 as he takes her hand1 ,and hears all her story1 and understands ,the cry of her desperate need4 ,an orange he gives to each weary man1#hge ,to freshen the fevered mouth1 ,then forth#hgf they go down the old sea-wall1 ,and they hear#hgg in the dusk the pickets call1 ,and the row-boat is moored on the shadowy shore1#hgh ,the ,northern saint can manage an oar1 ,and the boat glides fast#hgi to the south4 ,a healing touch and a holy drink1 ,a bright little heavenly knife1 ,and this ,northern saint1 who prays no prayers1 ,brings back the soul from the spirit-winged stairs1#hhj ,and once more ,minorcan ,luiz's dark eyes1 ,in whose depths the warmth of the tropics lies1 ,rest calm#hha on the awe-stricken wife4 8,oh6 dear ,nordern saint6#hhb a shrine will ,i build1 ,wild roses ,i'll bring from afar1#hhc ,de jasmine1 orange flower1 wood tulips bright1 ,and dose will ,i worship each morning and night40 8,nay1 nay6#hhd poor ,dolores1 ,i am but a man1 ,a surgeon1 who binds up1 with what skill he can1 ,the wounds of this heart-breaking man4 8,see1 build me no shrines1 but take this small book1#hhe ,and teach the brown baby to read40 ,he is gone1 and ,dolores is left on the shore1 ,she watches the boat#hhf till she sees it no more1 ,she hears#hhg the quick musketry all through the night1 ,she holds fast the book in her pine knot's red light1 ,the book of the ,northern creed4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the sad war is over1 the dear peace has come1 ,the blue-coated soldiers depart4#hhh ,the brown baby reads the small book1 and the three ,live on in their isle in the ,florida sea1 ,the brown baby learns many things wise and strange1 ,but all#hhi his new ,english words never can change ,the faith of ,dolores' fond heart4 ,,gestures4 #hcc ,h4 ,sw4 at side4 #hcd ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #hce ,h4 ,o4 #hcf ,a4 ,o4 #hcg ,h4 ,f4 #hch ,d4 ,o4 #hci ,h4 ,b4 #hdj ,h4 ,sw4 #hda ,glance up4 #hdb ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #hdc ,h4 ,l4 #hdd ,imp4 #hde ,a4 ,f4 #hdf ,h4 ,f4 #hdg ,left ,h4 ,l4 #hdh ,h4 ,o4 #hdi ,listen4 #hej ,h4 ,o4 #hea ,a4 ,o4 #heb ,p4 ,d4 ,o4 #hec ,left ,h4 ,l4 #hed ,h4 ,l4 #hee ,h4 ,f4 #hef ,h4 ,b4 #heg ,h4 ,f4 #heh ,b4 ,d4 ,l4 #hei ,b4 ,cla4 #hfj ,b4 ,h4 ,f4 #hfa ,h4 ,sw4 #hfb ,look to ,r4 bending forward4 #hfc ,h4 ,l4 #hfd ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #hff ,d4 ,f4 #hff ,b4 ,cli4 ,d4 #hfg ,h4 ,f4 #hfh ,h4 ,f4 #hfi ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #hgj ,h4 ,sw4 #hga ,left ,h4 ,sw4 #hgb ,v4 ,h4 ,sw4 #hgc ,h4 ,f4 #hgd ,h4 ,o4 #hge ,h4 ,sw4 #hgf ,h4 ,f4 #hgg ,lis4 #hgh ,d4 ,o4 #hgi ,h4 ,sw4 #hhj ,a4 ,o4 #hha ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #hhb ,b4 ,cla4 #hhc ,h4 ,l4 #hhd ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #hhe ,h4 ,o4 #hhf ,hand over eyes4 #hhg ,listen4 #hhh ,left ,h4 ,l4 #hhi ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 ,illustration3 8,wrapped in her blanket1 ,nekama stands1 ,scans the horizon with eager eye40 ,scene from ,merchant of ,venice4 ,,act ,,iii4 ,,scene ,,ii4 ,belmont4 ,a room in ,portia's house4 ,enter ,bassanio1 ,portia1 ,gratiano1 ,nerissa1 and attendants4 ,,portia4#hij ,i pray you1 tarry3 pause#hia a day or two ,before you hazard2 for1 in choosing wrong1 ,i lose your company2 therefore1 forbear#hib a while ,there's something tells me1 but it is not love1 ,i would not lose you2 and you know yourself1#hic ,hate counsels not in such a quality4 ,i could teach you ,how to choose right1 but then ,i am forsworn2 ,so will ,i never be2 so may you miss me2 ,but if you do1 you'll make me wish a sin1 ,that ,i had been forsworn4 ,beshrew#hid your eyes1 ,they have o'erlook'd me and divided me2 ,one half of me is yours1#hie the other half yours1#hif ,mine own1 ,i would say2 but if mine1 then yours1#hig ,and so all yours4 ,i speak too long2 but 'tis to peize the time1 ,to eke it1 and to draw it out#hih in length1 ,to stay you from election4 ,,bassanio4 ,let me choose2#hii ,for as ,i am1 ,i live upon the rack4 ,come1 let me to my fortune#ijj and the caskets4 ,,portia4 ,away1#ija then6 ,i am lock'd in one of them2 ,if you do love me1 you will find me out4 ,nerissa and the rest1 stand all aloof4#ijb ,let music sound while he doth make his choice2 ,then1 if he lose1 he makes a swan-like end1 ,fading#ijc in music3 that the comparison ,may stand more proper1 my eye shall be the stream ,and watery death-bed for him4 ,go1#ijd ,hercules6 ,live thou1 ,i live4 ,with much more dismay ,i view the fight1 than thou#ije mak'st the fray4 ,,bassanio4 ,so may the outward shows be least themselves3 ,the world is still deceiv'd with ornament4 ,in law1 what plea so tainted and corrupt ,but1 being season'd with a gracious voice1 ,obscures#ijf the show of evil8 ,in religion1 ,what damnd error1 but some sober brow ,will bless#ijg it1 and approve it with a text1 ,hiding the grossness with fair ornament8 ,thus1 ornament is but the guild shore ,to a most dangerous sea1 the beauteous scarf ,veiling#ijh an ,indian beauty2 ,therefore1 thou gaudy gold1 ,hard food for ,midas1 ,i will none#iji of thee2 ,nor none#iaj of thee1 thou pale and common drudge ',tween man and man3 but thou1#iaa thou meagre lead1 ,which rather threat'nest than dost promise aught1 ,thy plainness moves me more than eloquence2 ,and here choose ,i4 ,joy be the consequence6 ,,portia 7aside74 ,how all the other passions fleet#iab to air1 ,as doubtful thoughts1 and rash-embrac'd despair1 ,and shuddering fear1#iac and green-eyed jealousy6 ,o love6 be moderate2#iad allay thy ecstasy2 ,in measure rein thy joy2 scant this excess4 ,i feel too much thy blessing2 make it less1 ,for fear ,i surfeit4 ,,bassanio4 ,what find ,i here8 7,opening the leaden casket47 ,fair ,portia's counterfeit6#iae ,what demi-god ,hath come so near creation8 ,here's the scroll1 ,the continent and summary of my fortune4 #iaf,you that choose not by the view1 ,chance as fair1 and choose as true6 ,since this fortune falls to you1 ,be content and seek no new4 ,if you be well pleas'd with this1 ,and hold your fortune for your bliss1 ,turn you where your lady is1 ,and claim her with a loving kiss4 ,a gentle scroll4#iag ,fair lady1 by your leave2 ,i come by note1 to give and receive4 ,yet as doubtful whether what ,i see be true1 ,until confirm'd1 sign'd1 ratified by you4 ,,portia4 ,you see me1#iah ,lord ,bassanio1 where ,i stand1 ,such as ,i am2 though for myself alone ,i would not be ambitious in my wish1 ,to wish myself much better2 yet for you#iai ,i would be trebled twenty times#ibj myself1 ,a thousand times#iba more fair1 ten thousand times#ibb more rich1 ,that only to stand high in your account1 ,i might in virtues1#ibc beauties1#ibd livings1#ibe friends1#ibf ,exceed account2 but the full sum of me ,is sum of nothing1#ibg which1 to term in gross1 ,is an unlesson'd girl1 unschool'd1 unpractis'd3 ,happy in this1#ibh she is not yet so old ,but she may learn2 happier than#ibi this1 ,she is not bred so dull but she can learn2 ,happiest of all#icj is that her gentle spirit ,commits itself to yours#ica to be directed1 ,as from her lord1 her governor1 her king4 ,myself and what is mine#icb to you and yours#icc ,is now converted2 but now ,i was the lord ,of this fair mansion1#icd master of my servants1 ,queen o'er myself2 and even now1 but now1 ,this house1 these servants1 and this same myself#ice ,are yours1#icf my lord4 ,i give them with this ring2#icg ,which when you part from1 lose1 or give away1 ,let it presage#ich the ruin of your love1 ,and be my vantage to exclaim you4 ,,bassanio4 ,madam1 you have bereft me#ici of all words2 ,only my blood#idj speaks to you in my veins4 ,but when this ring#ida ,parts from this finger1 then parts life from hence2 ,o then be bold to say1 ,bassanio's dead6 ,,gestures4 #hij ,portia speaks to the right and ,bassanio to left4 #hia ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #hib ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #hic ,h4 ,o4 #hid ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #hie ,h4 ,o4 #hif ,imp4 #hig ,imp4 #hih ,p4 ,h4 ,sw4 #hii ,b4 ,cla4 #ijj ,l4 ,h4 ,l4 #ija ,h4 ,l4 #ijb ,l4 ,v4 ,h4 ,l4 speak to ,l4 #ijc ,p4 ,h4 ,sw4 #ijd ,l4 ,h4 ,l4 #ije ,h4 ,o4 #ijf ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #ijg ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #ijh ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #iji ,v4 ,con4 #iaj ,imp4 #iaa ,h4 ,f4 #iab ,b4 ,sp4 #iac ,b4 ,cli4 #iad ,b4 ,cla4 to breast4 #iae ,hold miniature4 #iaf ,sp4 #iag ,turn to left4 #iah ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 ,sp4 #iai ,h4 ,o4 #ibj ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #iba - #ibb ,impulses4 #ibc ,h4 ,o4 #ibd - #ibe - #ibf ,imps4 #ibg ,d4 ,l4 #ibh ,h4 ,o4 #ibi ,imp4 #icj ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #ica ,h4 ,o4 #icb ,to self4 #icc ,h4 ,o4 #icd ,h4 ,sw4 #ice ,to self4 #icf ,h4 ,o4 #icg ,sp4 #ich ,ind4 ,h4 ,o4 #ici ,b4 ,d4 ,o4 and bow4 #idj ,to breast4 #ida ,sp4 ,thora4 ,i4 ,thin and graceful1 like a clipper1 ,thora was from top to toe1 ,though her dress was very scanty and perhaps1 not comme il faut2 ,bare and brown her little feet were1 and her cheeks were sunburnt1 too1 ,but her lips were very rosy and her eyes were very blue4 ,one black skirt with red embroidery and a snowy white pelisse ,were her wonted dress on week-days1 when she felt herself at ease4 ,hats she only wore in winter1 when with snow the air#idb was dim1 ,but her eyes peeped forth full brightly 'neath the big sou'wester's brim4 ,for who thinks that a sou'wester1 e'en if e'er and e'er so wide1#idc ,from the boys' admiring glances could a pretty maiden hide4 ,and 'tis known#idd how much attention every pretty maid annoys2 ,andit was a thousand pities6#ide,thora did not like the boys2 ,they were either rude and noisy1 or too bashful and confused2 ,as for loving them6 ,no1 thank you2#idf she would rather be excused6 ,and1 besides1 there were so many#idgstout and slender1 short and tall ,how should she her choice determine1 since she could not love them all8 ,thus she spoke unto her mother1 sitting in the evening's glow1 ,in the shadow of the fish-nets1#idh which were drooping1 row#idi on row1#iej ,from their stakes2 while to the westward#iea hung the sun so huge and red2 ,tinged with flame the white-winged sea-birds1#ieb drifting idly o'er her head4 8,sooth to say1 thy words are canny10#iec said the good-wife with a sigh1 ,glancing seaward to conceal the merry twinkle in her eye2 8,yet 'tis right young maids should marry2 childless age brings no maid boon4 ,beauty lost1 in vain they hanker1 fretting idly for the moon4 8,therefore ,i will tell thee1#ied daughter1 what 'tis wise for thee to do2 ,one man1 e'en if e'er so canny1#iee never knows as much as two4 ,we will call the girls together from the valley's every part1#ief ,they shall choose among thy wooers him who is to own thy heart40 8,oh6 what sport60#ieg cried pretty ,thora2 8thanks to thee1 my mother dear6 ,oh6 how gayly we shall chatter when no prying men are near6 ,loved and cherished shall my name be by the maidens round about2#ieh ,i shall cause no cheek to wither and no pretty lips to pout40 ,,ii4 ,while the mountain tops#iei were rosy and with dew the grass#ifj was wet1 ,thora hastened to the boat-house#ifa to repair the fishing net2 ,skipping1 jumping1 wild and wanton1 danced#ifb she o'er the fields away1 ,tossing#ifc to the sportive echoes many a bright and careless lay4 ,when the lads who boats were bailing heard the pretty ,thora sing1 ,joining hands1 they ran to meet her1#ifd throwing round#ife the maid a ring1 ,now60 they cried1 with boist'rous laughter2 8now we've surely caught thee1 ,miss1 ,thou canst only buy thy freedom if thou give us each a kiss40 8,come and take it1#iff lads10 cried ,thora2 8here's my mouth#ifg and here my hand2#ifh ,kiss1 indeed6 ,why don't you take it8 ,modest1 sooth1 is your demand60 ,and when one stepped briskly forward1 half emboldened by her speech1 ,with a slap#ifi she sent him spinning1 like a top upon the beach4 ,with a peal of mocking laughter1 off#igj she bounded like a hind1 ,and her loosened yellow tresses fluttered gayly in the wind1 ,while the lad1 abashed1 bewildered1 strolled away#iga with burning ears ,to compose his wounded feelings and escape his comrades' jeers4 ,now a gallant lad was ,halvor1 who in storm and billows' roar ,oft had steered his skiff securely close beneath#igb the rocky shore1 ,and the thought within him rankled1 with a dull and gnawing pain1 ,that a little maid had smote him whom he could not smite again4 ,and the dimpled face of ,thora haunted him by night and day2 ,he was sure that he must love her1 for his wrath had flown away2#igc ,yet he could have sworn a little1 had not swearing been a sin1 ,why should he thus love a maiden who was neither kith nor kin8 ,strange to say1 the little ,thora1 when her anger was at rest1 ,found some queer1 soft thoughts awaking dimly in her troubled breast3#igd 8,had she not too harshly punished an offense not gravely meant8 ,could she hope for ,god's forgiveness who could rudely thus resent80 ,thus with doubt and passion wrestling1 and by vague regrets distraught1 ,shyly nursing tender yearnings which she dared not frame in thought1 ,on the strand alone she wandered1#ige where1 in whispered pulses beat1 ,drunk with sleep1 the mighty ocean1 darkly heaving at her feet4#igf ,there it seemedwhat odd illusion6that her footsteps on the sand ,broke into a double rhythm1 sharply echoing o'er the strand1 ,and she felt a shadowy presence in the moonlight1 gaunt and dread1#igg ,moving stealthily behind her1#igh and she dared not turn her head4 ,swiftly1 wildly1 on#igi she hurried1 while cloud1 and moon1 and star1 ,with a dumb1 phantasmal ardor1 sped along#ihj th' horizon's bar2 ,till exhausted1 panting1 sobbing1 and bewildered with alarm1 ,scarce she fell#iha ere she was lifted lightly on her lover's arm4#ihb 8,thora10 said he1 stooping o'er her1 8pardon if ,i caused thee fright2 ,but my heart#ihc was full to bursting4 ,speak ,i must1 and speak to-night4 ,silence1 ,thora1 is so heavy1 like a load upon the breast2 ,sooth1 ,i think thou hast bewitched me2 ,i can find no peace nor rest40 ,thora half-way stayed her weeping1 and the moon1#ihd which peeped askance ,from behind her cloud1 revealed the tearful brightness of her glance4 8,oh6 thou wouldst not love me10#ihe sobbed she1 8if thou knew'st how bad ,i am ,once,i hunga great1 live lobsteron the tail of ,hans1 our ram60 ,scarce ,i know how he consoled her2 but ere long her tears were dried1 ,and 'twas rumored in the parishthough again it was denied#ihf ,that while all the moon was hidden#ihg all except the golden tips#ihh ,there was heard a sound mysterious1 as of softly-meeting lips4 ,for the good-wife1 mildly grumbling at the idle spinning-wheel1 ,rose at length and trudged#ihi sedately1 anxious for the daughter's weal1 ,over sand1 and stone1 and tangle1 where the frightened plovers flew#iij ,screaming seaward1 and majestic skyward#iia soared the silent mew4 ,and 'twas she who with amazement heard the soft1 mysterious sound2 ,and 'tis said she shook and tottered1 almost fainting on the ground4 ,scarce her reason she recovered1 if the wild reports be true1 ,for she saw a queer-shaped figure1#iib which proved later to be two4 8,daughter10 said she1 not ungently1 8,i have sought thee in alarm1 ,fearing1 in the treacherous moonlight1 thou perchance hadst come to harm2 ,yet ,i hoped that ,i should find thee1 though the night be dark and drear1 ,knowing that thou lov'st to wander where no prying men are near40 ,dumb1 abashed stood little ,thora1 and her cheeks were flaming red2 ,nervously she twirled her apron1#iic and she hung her pretty head1 ,till at length she gathered courage and she whispered breathlessly3 8,mother1 dear1#iid ,i love him truly1 and he says that he loves me40 8,lord 'a mercy on us1 daughter60#iie solemnly the dame replied2 8,i who have the maids invited that they might thy choice decide2 ,for of men there are so many#iifstout and slender1 short and tall ,how's a maid to choose among them1 since she cannot love them all80 ,now the moon1#iig who had been hiding in a veil of misty lace1 ,wishing to embarrass no one by the shining of her face1 ,peeped again1 in modest wonder1 ere her cloud she gently broke1 ,and she saw the good-wife smiling1 as to ,thora thus she spoke3 8,since thou hast chosen1 daughterevery bird#iih must try his wings ,tell me1 how didst thou discover that thy heart to ,halvor clings80 8,well10 she said1 in sweet confusion1 while her eyes grew big with tears1 8,thou wouldst scarcely understand it1 mother dear,i boxed his ears40 ,,gestures4 #idb ,a4 ,o4 #idc ,measure4 #idd ,ind4 ,h4 ,f4 #ide ,con4 ,v4 #idf ,con4 ,v4 #idg ,h4 ,o4 #idh ,l4 ,h4 ,o4 #idi ,p4 ,sp4 #iej ,imp4 #iea ,h4 ,l4 #ieb ,l4 ,a4 ,o4 #iec ,impersonate4 #ied ,ind4 ,h4 ,o4 #iee ,h4 ,o4 #ief ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #ieg ,speak to left1 clasp hands4 #ieh ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #iei ,left ,a4 ,o4 #ifj ,left ,d4 ,o4 #ifa ,h4 ,o4 #ifb ,p4 ,h4 ,sw4 #ifc ,raise ,p4 ,sp4 #ifd ,b4 ,h4 ,f4 #ife ,b4 ,sp4 #iff ,fold arms4 #ifg ,to mouth4 #ifh ,sp4 #ifi ,sp4 #igj ,left ,h4 ,o4 #iga ,h4 ,sw4 #igb ,d4 ,o4 #igc ,h4 ,sw4 #igd ,to breast4 #ige ,h4 ,sw4 #igf ,d4 ,f4 #igg ,b4 ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #igh ,glance sidewise without turning head4 #igi ,h4 ,f4 #ihj ,a4 ,sw4 #iha ,d4 ,f4 #ihb ,sp4 #ihc ,to heart4 #ihd ,a4 ,o4 #ihe ,sp4 #ihf ,ind4 ,h4 ,f4 #ihg ,v4 ,a4 ,o4 #ihh ,ind4 ,a4 ,o4 #ihi ,h4 ,f4 #iij ,a4 ,sw4 #iia ,raise ,p4 #iib ,ind4 ,h4 ,f4 #iic ,sp4 #iid ,b4 ,cla4 to breast4 #iie ,b4 raised ,v4 #iif ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #iig ,a4 ,o4 #iih ,h4 ,o4 ,valley ,forge4 ,extract from an oration delivered upon the occasion of the first ,centenary ,anniversary of the ,encampment at ,valley ,forge4 ,my countrymen1 the century that has gone by#iii has changed the face of nature and wrought a revolution in the habits of mankind4 ,we stand to-day at the dawn#ajjj of an extraordinary age4 ,freed#ajja from the chains of ancient thought and superstition1 man has begun to win the most extraordinary victories in the domain of science4 ,one by one he has dispelled#ajjb the doubts of the ancient world4 ,nothing is too difficult for his hand to attemptno region too remote#ajjcno place too sacred#ajjd for his daring eye to penetrate4 ,he has robbed the earth#ajje of her secrets and sought to solve the mysteries of the heavens6#ajjf ,he has secured and chained#ajjg to his service the elemental forces of naturehe has made the fire#ajjh his steedthe winds#ajji his ministersthe seas#ajaj his pathwaythe lightning#ajaa his messenger4 ,he has descended into the bowels#ajab of the earth1 and walked in safety on the bottom#ajac of the sea4 ,he has raised his head above the clouds1#ajad and made the impalpable air#ajae his resting-place4 ,he has tried to analyze the stars1 count#ajaf the constellations1 and weigh the sun4 ,he has advanced with such astounding speed#ajag that1 breathless1 we have reached a moment when it seems as if distance had been annihilated1#ajah time made as naught1 the invisible seen1 the inaudible heard1 the unspeakable spoken1 the intangible felt1 the impossible accomplished4#ajai ,and already we knock at the door of a new century#ajbj which promises to be infinitely brighter#ajba and more enlightened and happier than this4 ,but in all this blaze of light which illuminates the present and casts its reflection into the distant recesses of the past1 there is not a single ray which shoots into the future4#ajbb ,not one step have we taken toward the solution of the mystery of life4 ,that remains as dark and unfathomable#ajbc as it was ten thousand years ago4 ,we know#ajbd that we are more fortunate than our fathers4 ,we believe#ajbe that our children shall be happier than we4 ,we know#ajbf that this century is more enlightened than the last4 ,we believe that the time to come#ajbg will be better and more glorious than this4 ,we think1 we believe1 we hope1 but we do not know4#ajbh ,across that threshold#ajbi we may not pass2 behind that veil we may not penetrate4 ,into that country it may not be for us to go4 ,it may be vouchsafed to us to behold#ajcj it1 wonderingly1 from afar1 but never to enter in4 ,it matters not4 ,the age in which we live is but a link in the endless and eternal chain4 ,our lives are like the sands upon the shore2#ajca our voices like the breath of this summer breeze#ajcb that stirs the leaf for a moment and is forgotten4 ,whence we have come and whither we shall go1 not one#ajcc of us can tell4 ,and the last survivor of this mighty multitude shall stay but a little while4 ,but in the impenetrable ,to ,be1 the endless generations are advancing#ajcd to take our places as we fall4 ,for them as for us shall the earth roll on#ajce and the seasons come and go1 the snowflakes fall1 the flowers bloom1 and the harvests be gathered in4 ,for them as for us shall the sun1 like the life of man1 rise out#ajcf of darkness in the morning and sink#ajcg into darkness in the night4 ,for them as for us shall the years march by#ajch in the sublime procession of the ages4 ,and here1#ajci in this place of sacrifice1 in this vale of humiliation1 in this valley of the shadow#ajdj of that ,death out of which the life of ,america arose1 regenerate and free1 let us believe with an abiding faith#ajda that1 to them1 ,union will seem as dear1#ajdb and ,liberty as sweet1#ajdc and ,progress as glorious1#ajdd as they were to our fathers and are to you#ajde and me1 and that the institutions which have made us happy1 preserved by the virtue of our children1 shall bless the remotest generations of the time to come4#ajdf ,and unto ,him#ajdg who holds in the hollow of ,his hand the fate of nations1 and yet marks#ajdh the sparrow's fall1 let us lift up our hearts this day1 and into ,his eternal care#ajdi commend ourselves1 our children1 and our country4 ,h4 ,a4 ,brown4 ,,gestures4 #iii ,h4 ,sw4 #ajjj ,h4 ,f4 #ajja ,h4 ,o4 #ajjb ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #ajjc ,h4 ,b4 #ajjd ,a4 ,o4 #ajje ,d4 ,f4 #ajjf ,a4 ,o4 #ajjg ,p4 ,h4 ,f4 #ajjh ,h4 ,o4 #ajji ,a4 ,o4 #ajaj ,h4 ,l4 #ajaa ,ind4 ,a4 ,o4 #ajab ,d4 ,f4 #ajac ,p4 ,d4 ,sw4 #ajad ,a4 ,o4 #ajae ,v4 ,a4 ,o4 #ajaf ,ind4 imps4 #ajag ,h4 ,f4 strong4 #ajah ,b4 ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #ajai ,d4 ,f4 #ajbj ,h4 ,f4 #ajba ,h4 ,sw4 #ajbb ,h4 ,f4 #ajbc ,p4 ,d4 ,o4 #ajbd - #ajbe - #ajbf ,h4 ,o4 #ajbg ,h4 ,f4 #ajbh ,d4 ,l4 #ajbi ,p4 ,d4 ,f4 #ajcj ,h4 ,f4 #ajca ,h4 ,l4 #ajcb ,a4 ,o4 #ajcc ,d4 ,l4 #ajcd ,h4 ,f4 #ajce ,p4 ,h4 ,sw4 #ajcf ,raise ,p4 ,f4 #ajcg ,drop ,p4 ,l4 #ajch ,h4 ,sw4 #ajci ,h4 ,f4 #ajdj ,p4 ,d4 ,o4 #ajda ,a4 ,o4 #ajdb - #ajdc ,h4 ,o4 #ajdd ,a4 ,o4 #ajde ,h4 ,o4 #ajdf ,h4 ,f4 #ajdg ,a4 ,f4 #ajdh ,ind4 ,h4 ,o4 #ajdi ,a4 ,f4 ,illustration3 8,now ,i lay me down to sleep40 ,how 8,ruby0 ,played4 ,jud ,brownin1 when visiting ,new ,york1 goes to hear ,rubinstein1 and gives the following description of his playing4 ,well1 sir1 he had the blamedest1 biggest1 catty-cornedest pianner you ever laid eyes on2 somethin' like a distracted billiard-table on three legs4 ,the lid was hoisted1 and mighty well it was4 ,if it hadn't been1 he'd a tore the entire inside clean out and scattered 'em to the four winds of heaven4 ,played well8 ,you bet he did2 but don't interrupt me4 ,when he first sit down1 he 'peared to keer mighty little 'bout playin'1 and wisht he hadn't come4 ,he tweedle-leedled a little on the treble1 and twoodle-oodled some on the basejust foolin' and boxin' the thing's jaws for bein' in the way4 ,and ,i says to a man settin' next to me1 says ,i1 8,what sort of fool playin' is that80 ,and he says1 8,heish60 ,but presently his hands commenced chasin' one another up and down the keys like a parcel of rats scamperin' through a garret very swift4 ,parts of it was sweet1 though1 and reminded me of a sugar squirrel turnin' the wheel of a candy cage4 8,now10 ,i says to my neighbor1 8he's showin' off4 ,he thinks he's a doin' of it1 but he ain't got no idee1 no plan of nothin'4 ,if he'd play me a tune of some kind or other1 ,i'd0 ,but my neighbor says1 8,heish10 very impatient4 ,i was just about to get up and go home1 bein' tired of that foolishness1 when ,i heard a little bird wakin' up away off in the woods1 and call sleepy-like to his mate1 and ,i looked up and see that ,ruby was beginning to take some interest in his business1 and ,i sit down again4 ,it was the peep of day4 ,the light came faint from the east1 the breezes blowed gentle and fresh2 some more birds waked up in the orchard1 then some more in the trees near the house1 and all begun singin' together4 ,people began to stir1 and the gal opened the shutters4 ,just then the first beam of the sun fell upon the blossoms a little more1 and it techt the roses on the bushes1 and the next thing it was broad day2 the sun fairly blazed1 the birds sung like they'd split their little throats2 all the leaves was movin'1 and flashin' diamonds of dew1 and the whole wide world was bright and happy as a king4 ,seemed to me like there was a good breakfast in every house in the land1 and not a sick child or woman anywhere4 ,it was a fine mornin'4 ,and ,i says to my neighbor1 8,that's music1 that is40 ,but he glared at me like he'd like to cut my throat4 ,presently the wind turned2 it began to thicken up1 and a kind of gray mist came over things2 ,i got low-spirited directly4 ,then a silver rain begun to fall4 ,i could see the drops touch the ground2 some flashed up like long pearl earrings1 and the rest rolled away like round rubies4 ,it was pretty1 but melancholy4 ,then the pearls gathered themselves into long strands and necklaces1 and then they melted into thin silver streams1 runnin' between golden gravels1 and then the streams joined each other at the bottom of the hill1 and made a brook that flowed silent1 except that you could kinder see the music1 specially when the bushes on the banks moved as the music went along down the valley4 ,i could smell the flowers in the meadow4 ,but the sun didn't shine1 nor the birds sing2 it was a foggy day1 but not cold4 ,the most curious thing was the little white angel boy1 like you see in pictures1 that run ahead of the music brook and led it on1 and on1 away out of the world1 where no man ever was1 certain4 ,i could see that boy just as plain as ,i see you4 ,then the moonlight came1 without any sunset1 and shone on the graveyards where some few ghosts lifted their hands and went over the wall1 and between the black1 sharp-top trees1 splendid marble houses rose up1 with fine ladies in the lit-up windows1 and men that loved 'em1 but could never get a-nigh 'em1 who played on guitars under the trees1 and made me that miserable ,i could have cried1 because ,i wanted to love somebody1 ,i don't know who1 better than the men with the guitars did4 ,then the sun went down1 it got dark1 the wind moaned and wept like a lost child for its dead mother1 and ,i could a got up then and there and preached a better sermon than any ,i ever listened to4 ,there wasn't a thing in the world left to live for1 not a blame thing1 and yet ,i didn't want the music to stop one bit4 ,it was happier to be miserable than to be happy without being miserable4 ,i couldn't understand it4 ,i hung my head and pulled out my handkerchief1 and blowed my nose loud to keep me from cryin'4 ,my eyes is weak1 anyway4 ,i didn't want anybody to be a-gazin' at me a-snivelin'1 and it's nobody's business what ,i do with my nose4 ,it's mine4 ,but some several glared at me1 mad as blazes4 ,then1 all of a sudden1 old ,rubin changed his tune4 ,he ripped out and he rared1 he tipped and he tared1 he pranced and he charged like the grand entry at a circus4 ',peared to me that all the gas in the house was turned on at once1 things got so bright1 and ,i hilt up my head1 ready to look any man in the face1 and afraid of nothin'4 ,it was a circus1 and a brass band1 and a big ball all a-goin' on at the same time4 ,he lit into them keys like a thousand of brick2 he gave 'em no rest day or night2 he set every livin' joint in me a-goin'2 and1 not bein' able to stand it no longer1 ,i jumped1 sprang onto my seat1 and jest hollered3 8,go it1 ,rube60 ,every blamed man1 woman1 and child in the house riz on me and shouted1 8,put him out6 ,put him out60 8,put your great-grandmother's grizzly-gray-greenish cat into the middle of next month60 ,i says4 8,tech me1 if you dare6 ,i paid my money1 and you just come a-nigh me60 ,with that some several policemen run up1 and ,i had to simmer down4 ,but ,i could 'a' fit any fool that laid hands on me1 for ,i was bound to hear ,ruby out or die4 ,he had changed his tune again4 ,he hop-light ladies and tip-toed fine from end to end of the key-board4 ,he played soft and low and solemn4 ,i heard the church-bells over the hills4 ,the candles of heaven was lit1 one by one ,i saw the stars rise4 ,the great organ of eternity began to play from the world's end to the world's end1 and all the angels went to prayers4 99 99 99 ,then the music changed to water2 full of feeling that couldn't be thought1 and began to dropdrip1 dropdrip1 drop1 clear and sweet1 like tears of joy falling into a lake of glory4 ,it was sweeter than that4 ,it was as sweet as a sweetheart sweetened with white sugar mixt with powdered silver and seed diamonds4 ,it was too sweet4 ,i tell you the audience cheered4 ,rubin he kinder bowed like he wanted to say1 8,much obleeged1 but ,i'd rather you wouldn't interrup' me40 ,he stopt a moment or two to ketch breath4 ,then he got mad4 ,he run his fingers through his hair1 he shoved up his sleeves1 he opened his coat-tails a leetle further1 he drug up his stool1 he leaned over1 and1 sir1 he just went for that old pianner4 ,he slapt her face1 he boxed her jaws1 he pulled her nose1 he pinched her ears1 and he scratched her cheeks1 until she fairly yelled4 ,he knockt her down1 and he stampt on her shameful4 ,she bellowed1 she bleated like a calf1 she howled like a hound1 she squealed like a pig1 she shrieked like a rat1 and then he wouldn't let her up4 ,he ran a quarter-stretch down the low grounds of the base1 till he got clean in the bowels of the earth1 and you heard thunder galloping after thunder1 through the hollows and caves of perdition1 and then he fox-chased his right hand with his left till he got way out of the treble into the clouds1 whar the notes was finer than the pints of cambric needles1 and you couldn't hear nothin' but the shadders of 'em4 ,and then he wouldn't let the old pianner go4 ,he for'ard two'd1 he crost over first gentleman1 he chassade right and left1 back to your places1 he all hands'd aroun' ladies to the right1 promenade all1 in and out1 here and there1 back and forth1 up and down1 perpetual motion1 double twisted and turned and tacked and tangled into forty eleven thousand double bow knots4 ,by jinks6 it was a mixtery4 ,and then he wouldn't let the old pianner go4 ,he fecht up his right wing1 he fecht up his left wing1 he fecht up his centre1 he fecht up his reserves4 ,he fired by file1 he fired by platoons1 by company1 by regiments1 and by brigades4 ,he opened his cannonsiege guns down thar1 ,napoleons here1 twelve-pounders yonderbig guns1 little guns1 middle-sized guns1 round shot1 shells1 shrapnels1 grape1 canister1 mortar1 mines1 and magazines1 every livin' battery and bomb a-goin' at the same time4 ,the house trembled1 the lights danced1 the walls shuk1 the floor come up1 the ceilin' come down1 the sky split1 the ground roktheavens and earth1 creation1 sweet potatoes1 ,moses1 ninepences1 glory1 tenpenny nails1 ,sampson in a 'simmon tree1 ,tump ,tompson in a tumbler-cart1 roodle-oodle-oodle-oodle ruddle-uddle-uddle-uddleraddle-addle-add le-addleriddle-iddle-iddle- iddlereedle-eedle-eedle-eedlep-r-r-r-r-r -lang6 ,bang6666 lang6 per-lang6 p-r-r-r-r-r6 ,bang666 ,with that bang6 he lifted himself bodily into the air1 and he come down with his knees1 his ten fingers1 his ten toes1 his elbows1 and his nose1 striking every single1 solitary key on the pianner at the same time4 ,the thing busted1 and went off into seventeen hundred and fifty-seven thousand five hundred and forty-two hemi-demi-semi-quivers1 and ,i know'd no mo'4 ,when ,i come to1 ,i were under ground about twenty foot1 in a place they call ,oyster ,bay1 a-treatin' a ,yankee that ,i never laid eyes on before1 and never expect to again4 ,day was br'akin' by the time ,i got to the ,st4 ,nicholas ,hotel1 and ,i pledge you my word ,i did not know my name4 ,the man asked me the number of my room1 and ,i told him1 8,hot music on the half-shell for two60 ,nydia1 the ,blind ,girl of ,pompeii4 ,adapted from ,helen ,potter's rendering1 by ,frances ,e4 ,peirce4 ,nydia was a ,thessalonian1 and well-born4 ,being taken prisoner by the ,romans1 she was sold into slavery1 and treated with great cruelty4 ,her blindness1 beauty1 and pitiful condition appealed to the sympathies of ,glaucus1 a wealthy young ,athenian1 who purchased her4 ,arbaces1 envious of her possession1 and an enemy of ,glaucus1 captured and imprisoned her1 and caused ,glaucus to be accused of murder and condemned to fight a lion in the arena4 ,the lion refused1 however1 to touch him1 and ,nydia1 escaping from her prison at the time of the dreadful eruption of ,vesuvius1 found ,glaucus1 and conducted him and his fiance to the sea4 ,finding that he loved another1 she drowned herself4 99 99 99 99 99 ,kind ,sosia1 chide#ajej me not4 ,i cannot endure to be so long alone2 the solitude appals#ajea me4 ,sit with me1 ,i pray1 a little while4 ,nay1#ajeb fear not that ,i should attempt to escape4 ,place thy seat#ajec before the door4 ,keep thine eye on me1 ,i will not stir from this spot4 ,alas6 why#ajed am ,i imprisoned here8 #ajee,what is the hour8 ,evening1 thou sayest8 ,hast thou heard how went the trial of the ,athenian1 ,glaucus8 ,he is condemned for shedding priestly blood6#ajef ,the gods forbid6 ',tis false1 'tis false1 ,i say6 ,arbaces saw#ajeg the deed8 ,arbaces1 the ,egyptian8 ,arbaces hates the priest2 hates ,glaucus1 too4 ,come1 ,truth1#ajeh and triumph o'er thy foes4 7,exit ,sosia47 ,what shrieks are those ,i hear2#ajei so near and yet so far6 ,it seems this way1#ajfj here6 ,ah6 yes4 7,calls47 ,who is it in distress8 ,who cries aloud8 ,calenus1 the priest8 ,what1 you saw ,arbaces strike the blow6 ,then you can prove dear ,glaucus innocent4 ,but why are you here8 7,aside47 ,ah6 me6 if free to speak1 he could save#ajfa my master6 7,calls again47 ,listen1 if you were free1 would you give testimony against ,arbaces1 the rich and powerful ,arbaces8 ,would you the truth proclaim8 ,would you save the ,athenian8 ,your priestly word can save him4 ,if ,i procure you liberty1 you will not play me false8 ,no1 no6 ,i will not doubt you2 you could not be so cruel6 ,remember1 ,calenus1 you have promised6#ajfb ,how can ,i release the priest8#ajfc how best the truth make known8 how gain the pretor's ear8 ,ah6 these gems#ajfd ,i have worn so long may clear the way4 ,i was not born a slaveno1 no6 ,my birth is equal his4 ,why1 then freedom would give me the right to love dear ,glaucus4 ,sosia6 ,sosia6 ,come hither1#ajfe guard4 ,sosia1 how much dost thou require to make up the purchase of thy freedom8 ,two thousand sesterces6 ,the gods be praised6#ajff ,not more8 ,seest thou these bracelets#ajfg and this chain8#ajfh ,i'll give them thee if thou wilt let me out1 only for one little hour2 let me out at midnight2 ,i will return before to-morrow's dawn2 nay1 thou#ajfi canst go with me1 keep me in sight1 and bring me back again4 ,how could ,i flee from thee against thy will8 ,i am blind6 ,thou sayest me nay8#ajgj ,is there no hope1 then8 ,oh6 he is leaving me6#ajga ,i shall go mad1#ajgb mad6 ,stay1#ajgc one momentonly onethou wilt not at least refuse to take a letter for me2 thy master cannot kill thee for that4 ,thou wilt8 ,the gods be praised6#ajgd ,bring me a tablet of wax and a stilus4 7,writes47 8#ajge,nydia1 the slave1 to ,sallust1 the friend of ,glaucus4 ,i am a prisoner in the house of ,arbaces4 ,hasten to the prtor and procure my release1 and we shall yet save ,glaucus from the lion4 ,there is another prisoner within these walls1 whose witness can exonerate the ,athenian from the charge against him2 one who saw the crimewho can prove the criminal is a villain hitherto unsuspected4 ,fly6 hasten6 quick6 quick6 ,bring with you armed men1 lest resistance be made1 and a cunning and dexterous smith2 for the dungeon of my fellow-prisoner is thick and strong4 ,oh6 by thy right hand1 and thy father's ashes1 lose not a moment40 ,sosia1 ,i am blind and in prison4 ,thou mayest think to deceive methou mayest pretend only to take the letter to ,sallust1 but here ,i solemnly dedicate#ajgf thy head to vengeance1 thy soul to the infernal#ajgg powers1 if thou wrongest thy trust1 and ,i call upon thee to place thy right hand of faith in mine1#ajgh and repeat after me these words3 8,by the ground on which we standby the elements which contain life1 and can curse lifeby ,orcus1 the all-avengingby the ,olympian ,jupiter1 the all-seeing,i swear that ,i will discharge my trust and faithfully deliver into the hands of ,sallust this letter4 ,and if ,i perjure myself in this oath1 may the full curses of heaven and hell be wreaked upon me40 ,enough6,i trust theetake thy reward4#ajgi ,it is already darkdepart at once4 7,exit ,sosia47 ,and ,i1 alas1 ,i am a slave forevermore4#ajhj ,no more can look for freedomfor love4 ,tears1 tears6 ,why1 why should eyes that cannot see have power to weep8 ,hark6#ajha the lion roars as if in fear4 ,it is the amphitheatre and the games are on6 ,i hear a cry1 ,i hear a voice#ajhb8,the lion touches not the victim60 ,aye1 even the wild beasts love ,glaucus4 8,arbaces1 the ,egyptian1 is the murderer6 ,glaucus is innocent6 ,set him free6 ,set him free60 ,he is saved1 he is saved6#ajhc ,what heaviness#ajhd fills the air8 ,the ground trembles as though rocked by an earthquake1 or is it the throbbing of my heart8#ajhe ,what does it mean8 ,sosia1 ,sosia6 ,unlock the door and let me out4 #ajhf,what sounds do ,i hear8 ,what thunder shakes the ground2 what crieswhat strange sounds2 the air is hot and stifling,i cannot breathe6 ,oh6 ,sallust1 is that thy voice8 ,speak6 and tell me what has happened4 ,vesuvius all ablaze1 and the sun gone down at noon8 ,ah6 the gods#ajhg are angry6 ,canst thou tell me of ,glaucus8 ,hast thou seen him8 crouched beneath the arch of the ,forum8 ,ah1 then1 ,i can find him1 for ,i am free6 ,some friendly hand slipped the bolts of my prison4 #ajhh;,glaucus6 ,glaucus6 ,how can ,i hope to reach his ears amidst all this tumult and confusion8 ,hark6#ajhi a new sound comes from afar4 ,it is the chant of the ,christians on their way to their temple to worship4 7,chanted47 ,woe6 woe6 ,behold the ,lord descendeth to judgment6 ,he maketh fire come down from the heavens in the sight of men6 ,woe6 woe6 ye strong and mighty6 ,woe to ye of the fasces and the purple6 ,woe to the idolater and the worshiper of the beast6 ,woe to ye who pour forth the blood of saints and gloat over the death pangs of the sons of ,god6 ,woe6 woe6 ,glaucus6 ,glaucus6#ajij ,he answers my call4 ,ah6 take#ajia my hand2 this way1#ajib this way2 to the sea1 to the sea6 ,trust me1 ,i know the way6 ,to the sea1 to the sea6 7,exit47 7,chant off the stage47 ,woe to the proud ones who defy ,him2 ,woe to the wicked who deny ,him2 ,woe to the wicked1 woe6 ,lord ,lytton4 ,,gestures4 #ajej ,v4 con4 #ajea ,b4 ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #ajeb ,v4 con4 #ajec ,h4 ,f4 #ajed ,drop hand hopelessly4 #ajee ,sits4 #ajef ,rises suddenly4 #ajeg ,ind4 ,h4 ,f4 #ajeh ,b4 ,h4 ,f4 #ajei ,lis4 #ajfj ,feels her way round the wall4 #ajfa ,clasp hands4 #ajfb ,feels her way back again4 #ajfc ,intense thoughtful position4 #ajfd ,feels wrists and throat4 #ajfe ,beckon4 #ajff ,clasp hands4 #ajfg ,show wrists4 #ajfh ,to neck4 #ajfi ,h4 ,f4 #ajgj ,both hands appealingly to front1 then stagger back4 #ajga ,start forward4 #ajgb ,hand to head4 #ajgc ,p4 ,h4 ,f4 #ajgd ,throw ,b4 up4 #ajge ,motion of writing for the whole letter4 #ajgf ,ind4 straight up4 #ajgg ,ind4 ,d4 ,f4 #ajgh ,h4 ,f4 #ajgi ,h4 ,f4 #ajhj ,weeps4 #ajha ,lis4 #ajhb ,for all words italicized use a far-off1 imitative voice4 #ajhc ,b4 thrown upward4 #ajhd ,hand to breast4 #ajhe ,to heart4 #ajhf ,the next lines must be given with strong dramatic power1 natural gestures1 and intense facial expression4 #ajhg ,clasp hands4 #ajhh ,take several steps to right4 #ajhi ,lis4 to left4 #ajij ,speak to right4 #ajia ,h4 ,o4 #ajib ,left ,h4 ,o4 ,the ,dream of ,eugene ,aram4 ',twas in the prime of summer-time1 ,an evening calm and cool1 ,and four-and-twenty happy boys ,came bounding out of school2#ajic ,there were some that ran1 and some that leapt ,like troutlets in the pool4 ,away#ajid they sped1 with gamesome minds1 ,and souls untouched by sin2 ,to a level mead they came1 and there ,they drave the wickets in3 ,pleasantly shone#ajie the setting sun ,over the town of ,lynn4 ,like sportive deer they coursed about1 ,and shouted as they ran ,turning to mirth all things#ajif of earth1 ,as only boyhood can1 ,but the usher#ajig sat remote from all1 ,a melancholy man6 ,his hat was off1 his vest apart1 ,to catch ,heaven's#ajih blessed breeze2 ,for a burning thought was in his brow1 ,and his bosom ill at ease2 ,so he leaned his head on his hands1 and read ,the book between his knees4 ,leaf after leaf he turned#ajii it o'er1 ,nor ever glanced aside1 ,for the peace of his soul he read that book ,in the golden eventide2 ,much study had made him very lean1 ,and pale1 and leaden-eyed4 ,at last he shut the ponderous tome2 ,with a fast and fervent grasp ,he strained#aajj the dusky covers close1 ,and fixed the brazen hasp3 8,o ,god6#aaja could ,i so close my mind1 ,and clasp it with a clasp60 ,then leaping#aajb on his feet upright3 ,some moody turns he took ,now up the mead1 then down the mead1 ,and past a shady nook ,and lo6 he saw a little boy#aajc ,that pored upon a book4 8,my gentle lad1 what is't you read1 ,romance or fairy fable8 ,or is it some historic page1 ,of kings and crowns unstable80 ,the young boy gave an upward glance 8,it is #8,the ,death of ,abel4'0#aajd ,the usher took six hasty strides1 ,as smit with sudden pain ,six hasty strides beyond the place1 ,then slowly back again2 ,and down#aaje he sat beside the lad1 ,and talked with him of ,cain2 ,and1 long since then1 of bloody men ,whose deeds tradition saves2 ,of lonely folk cut off unseen1 ,and hid#aajf in sudden graves2 ,of horrid stabs1 in groves forlorn1 ,and murders done in caves2 ,and how the sprites of injured men ,shriek upward#aajg from the sod ,ay1 how the ghostly hand will point ,to show the burial clod2 ,and unknown facts of guilty acts ,are seen in dreams from ,god2 ,he told how murderers walked the earth ,beneath the curse#aajh of ,cain1 ,with crimson clouds before their eyes1 ,and flames about their brain2 ,for blood has left upon their souls ,its everlasting stain4 8,and well10 quoth he1 8,i know1 for truth1 ,their pangs must be extreme ,woe1 woe1 unutterable woe1#aaji ,who spill life's sacred stream6 ,for why8 ,methought1 last night1 ,i wrought ,a murder in a dream6 8,one that had never done me wrong1 ,a feeble man1 and old2 ,i led him to a lonely field#aaaj ,the moon#aaaa shone clear and cold2 #8,now here1' said ,i1 #8this man shall die1 ,and ,i will have his gold6' 8,two sudden blows#aaab with ragged stick1 ,and one with a heavy stone1 ,one hurried gash#aaac with a hasty knife1 ,and then the deed was done2 ,there was nothing lying at my foot ,but lifeless flesh and bone4 8,nothing but lifeless flesh and bone1 ,that could not do me ill2 ,and yet ,i feared him all the more1 ,for lying there so still2#aaad ,there was a manhood in his look1 ,that murder could not kill4 8,and1 lo6 the universal air#aaae ,seemed lit with ghastly flame2 ,ten thousand thousand dreadful eyes#aaaf ,were looking down in blame2 ,i took the dead men by his hand1#aaag ,and called upon his name4 8,o ,god6#aaah it made me quake to see ,such sense within the slain2 ,but when ,i touched#aaai the lifeless clay1 ,the blood gushed out#aabj amain2 ,for every clot a burning spot ,was scorching in my brain4#aaba 8,my head was like an ardent coal2 ,my heart#aabb as solid ice2 ,my wretched1 wretched soul1 ,i knew1 ,was at the devil's price2 ,a dozen times ,i groaned2 the dead ,had never groaned but twice4 8,and now1 from forth the frowning sky1#aabc ,from the heaven's topmost height1 ,i heard a voicethe awful voice ,of the blood-avenging sprite3 #8,thou guilty man6 take up thy dead1 ,and hide it from my sight6' 8,i took the dreary body up1#aabd ,and cast#aabe it in a stream ,a sluggish water1 black#aabf as ink1 ,the depth was so extreme1 ,my gentle boy1 remember#aabg this ,is nothing but a dream6 8,down#aabh went the corpse with hollow plunge1 ,and vanished in the pool2 ,anon ,i cleansed#aabi my bloody hands1 ,and washed my forehead#aacj cool1 ,and sat among the urchins young1 ,that evening in the school4 8,o heaven6#aaca to think of their white souls1 ,and mine so black and grim6 ,i could not share in childish prayer1 ,nor join in evening hymn2 ,like a devil of the pit#aacb ,i seemed1 ,mid holy cherubim4 8,and peace went with them1 one and all1 ,and each calm pillow spread2 ,but guilt was my grim chamberlain1 ,that lighted me to bed2 ,and drew my midnight curtains round1#aacc ,with fingers bloody red4 8,all night ,i lay in agony1 ,in anguish#aacd dark and deep1 ,my fevered eyes ,i dared not close1 ,but stared aghast at ,sleep2 ,for ,sin has rendered unto her ,the keys of hell to keep4 8,all night ,i lay in agony1 ,from weary chime to chime1 ,with one besetting1 horrid hint1 ,that racked#aace me all the time ,a mighty yearning like the first ,fierce impulse unto crime4 8,one stern tyrannic thought1 that made ,all other thoughts its slave2#aacf ,stronger and stronger every pulse ,did that temptation crave1 ,still urging me to go#aacg and see ,the dead man in his grave4 8,heavily ,i rose up1 as soon ,as light was in the sky1 ,and sought the black1 accursed#aach pool1 ,with a wild1 misgiving eye2 ,and ,i saw the dead#aaci in the river bed1 ,for the faithless stream was dry4 8,merrily rose the lark1#aadj and shook ,the dewdrop from its wing2 ,but ,i never marked its morning flight1 ,i never heard it sing2 ,for ,i was stooping once again ,under the horrid thing4 8,with breathless speed1 like a soul in chase1 ,i took him up#aada and ran2 ,there was no time to dig a grave ,before the day began3 ,in a lonesome wood1 with heaps of leaves1 ,i hid#aadb the murdered man2 8,and all that day ,i read in school1 ,but my thought was otherwhere2 ,as soon as the midday task was done1 ,in secret ,i was there2 ,and a mighty wind had swept#aadc the leaves1 ,and still the corpse#aadd was bare4 8,then down ,i cast me#aade on my face1 ,and first began to weep1 ,for ,i knew my secret then was one ,that earth refused to keep ,or land or sea1 though he should be ,ten thousand fathoms#aadf deep4 8,so wills the fierce avenging sprite1 ,till blood for blood atones2 ,ay1 though he's buried in a cave1 ,and trodden down with stones1 ,and years have rotted off his flesh1 ,the world shall see his bones4 8,o ,god6 that horrid1 horrid#aadg dream ,besets me now1 awake2 ,again1 again1 with dizzy brain1#aadh ,the human life ,i take2 ,and my red right hand grows raging hot1 ,like ,cranmer's at the stake4 8,and still no peace for the restless clay1 ,will wave or mould allow2 ,the horrid thing pursues my soul ,it stands before#aadi me now60 ,the fearful boy looked up1 and saw ,huge drops upon his brow4 ,that very night1 while gentle sleep ,the urchin's eyelids kissed1 ,two stern-faced men set out from ,lynn1 ,through the cold and heavy mist2 ,and ,eugene ,aram walked#aaej between1 ,with gyves upon his wrist4 ,thomas ,hood4 ,,gestures4 #ajic ,h4 ,o4 #ajid ,h4 ,sw4 #ajie ,p4 ,h4 ,sw4 #ajif ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #ajig ,left ,h4 ,o4 #ajih ,glance up4 #ajii ,sp4 #aajj ,sp4 #aaja ,look up4 #aajb ,left1 raise ,p4 #aajc ,d4 ,f4 #aajd ,look up4 #aaje ,d4 ,f4 #aajf ,p4 ,d4 ,f4 #aajg ,raise ,p4 #aajh ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #aaji ,shake head4 #aaaj ,h4 ,f4 #aaaa ,a4 ,o4 #aaab ,sp4 #aaac ,sp4 #aaad ,p4 ,d4 ,f4 #aaae ,a4 ,sw4 #aaaf ,ind4 ,a4 ,impulses4 #aaag ,sp4 #aaah ,left hand to face4 #aaai ,p4 ,sp4 #aabj ,raise ,p4 ,sp4 #aaba ,to head4 #aabb ,to heart sustained4 #aabc ,look up4 #aabd - #aabe ,b4 ,sp4 #aabf ,p4 ,d4 ,f4 #aabg ,ind4 ,h4 ,o4 #aabh ,d4 ,f4 #aabi ,b4 ,sp4 #aacj ,to head4 #aaca ,clasp hands and look up4 #aacb ,ind4 ,d4 ,o4 #aacc ,b4 ,sp4 #aacd ,b4 ,cli4 ,d4 #aace ,to breast4 #aacf ,p4 ,d4 ,o4 #aacg ,h4 ,o4 #aach ,v4 ,d4 ,o4 #aaci ,ind4 ,d4 ,o4 #aadj ,a4 ,o4 #aada ,b4 ,sp4 #aadb ,p4 ,d4 ,o4 #aadc ,p4 ,d4 ,sw4 #aadd ,d4 ,o4 #aade ,b4 ,p4 ,d4 ,f4 #aadf ,d4 ,f4 #aadg ,b4 ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #aadh ,to head4 #aadi ,h4 ,f4 and shrink backward4 #aaej ,h4 ,f4 ,illustration3 8,shoo6 shoo6 a mouse1 a great mouse6 shoo6 shoo60 ,one ,day ,solitary4#aaea ,i am all right6 ,good-bye1#aaeb old chap6 ,twenty-four hours1 that won't be long2 ,nothing to do but take a nap1 ,andsay6#aaec can a fellow sing a song8 ,will the light fantastic be in order ,a pigeon-wing#aaed on your pantry floor8 ,what are the rules for a regular boarder8 ,be quiet8 ,all right6#aaee ,cling-clang goes the door4 ,clang-clink the bolts1 and ,i am locked in2 ,some pious reflection and repentance ,come next1 ,i suppose1 for ,i just begin ,to perceive the sting#aaef in the tail of my sentence 8,one day whereof shall be solitary40 ,here ,i am at the end of my journey1 ,and#aaegwell1 it ain't jolly1 not so very ,i'd like to throttle#aaeh that sharp attorney4 ,he took my money1 the very last dollar1#aaei ,didn't leave me so much as a dime1 ,not enough to buy me a paper collar ,to wear at my trial2 he knew all the time#aafj ',twas some that ,i got for the stolen silver4 ,why hasn't he been indicted1 too8 ,if he doesn't exactly rob and pilfer1 ,he lives by the plunder#aafa of them that do4 ,then didn't it put me into a fury1 ,to see him step up1#aafb and laugh and chat ,with the county attorney1 and joke with the jury1 ,when all was over1 then go back#aafc for his hat1 ,while ,sue was sobbing to break her heart1 ,and all ,i could do was to stand and stare8#aafd ,he had pleaded my cause1#aafe he had played his part1 ,and got his feeand what more#aaff did he care8 ,it's droll to think how1 just out yonder1#aafg ,the world goes jogging on the same2 ,old men will save1 and boys will squander1 ,and fellows will play at the same old game ,of get-and-spend to-morrow1#aafh next year ,and drink and carouse1 and who will there be ,to remember a comrade buried here8#aafi ,i am nothing to them1 they are nothing to me4 ,and ,sueyes1 she will forget me too1 ,i know2 already her tears are drying4 ,i believe there is nothing that girl can do ,so easy as laughing1 and lying1 and crying4 ,she clung to me while there was hope1 ,then broke her heart in that last wild sob2 ,but she ain't going to sit and mope ,while ,i am at work on a five years' job4 ,they'll set me to learning a trade1 no doubt1 ,and ,i must forget to speak or smile2 ,i shall go marching in#aagj and out1#aaga ,one of a silent tramping file ,of felons1 at morning1 and noon1 and night1 ,just down to the shops#aagb and back to the cells1#aagc ,and work with a thief at left#aagd and right1#aage ,and feed1 and sleep1 andnothing else4#aagf ,was ,i born for this8#aagg ,will the old folks know8 ,i can see them#aagh now on the old home-place2 ,his gait is feeble1 his step is slow1 ,there's a settled grief on his furrowed face2 ,while she goes wearily groping#aagi about ,in a sort of dream1 so bent1 so sad6 ,but this won't do6#aahj ,i must sing and shout1 ,and forget myself1 or else go mad4#aaha ,i won't be foolish2 although for a minute#aahb ,i was there#aahc in my little room once more4 ,what wouldn't ,i give just now to be in it8 ,the bed is yonder1#aahd and there#aahe;is the door2 ,the ,bible is here#aahf on the neat1 white stand2 ,the summer sweets are ripening now2 ,in the flickering light ,i reach my hand#aahg ,from the window1 and pluck them from the bough4 ,when ,i was a child 7oh6 well for me ,and them if ,i had never been older671 ,when he told me stories on his knee1 ,and tossed me1 and carried me on his shoulder2 ,when she knelt down and heard my prayer1 ,and gave me in my bed my good-night kiss ,did they ever think that all their care ,for an only son could come to this8 ,foolish again6#aahh ,no sense in tears ,and gnashing the teeth2 and yet1#aahi somehow1 ,i haven't thought of them so for years2 ,i never knew them1 ,i think1 till now4 ,how fondly1 how blindly1 they trusted me6 ,when ,i should have been in my bed asleep1 ,i slipped from the window1#aaij and down#aaia the tree1 ,and sowed for the harvest which now ,i reap4 ,and ,jenniehow could ,i bear to leave her8 ,if ,i had but wishedbut ,i was a fool6 ,my heart was filled with a thirst and a fever1 ,which no sweet airs of heaven could cool4 ,i can hear her asking3 #aaib8;,have you heard80 ,but mother falters and shakes her head2 #aaic8,o ,jennie6 ,jennie6 never a word6 ,what can it mean8 ,he must be dead60 #aaid,light-hearted1 a proud1 ambitious lad1 ,i left my home that morning in ,may2 ,what visions1#aaie what hopes1 what plans ,i had6 ,and what have ,i#aaifwhere are they all#aaigto-day8 ,wild fellows1 and wine1 and debts1 and gaming1 ,disgrace1#aaih and the loss of place and friend2 ,and ,i was an outlaw1#aaii past reclaiming4 ,arrest and sentence1 andthat is the end6#abjj ,five years6 ,shall ever ,i quit this prison8#abja ,homeless1 an outcast1 where#abjb shall ,i go8 ,return to them1 like one arisen#abjc ,from the grave1 that was buried long ago8 ,all is still2#abjd 'tis the close of the week2 ,i slink#abje through the garden1 ,i stop by the well1 ,i see him totter1#abjf ,i hear her shriek6 ,what sort of a tale will ,i have to tell8 ,but here ,i am6#abjg ,what's the use of grieving8 ,five yearswill it be too late to begin8 ,can sober thinking and honest living ,still make me the man ,i might have been8 ,i'll sleep4 ,oh6#abjh would ,i could wake to-morrow ,in that old room1 to find1 at last1 ,that all my troubles and all their sorrow ,are only a dream#abji of the night that is past4 ,j4 ,t4 ,trowbridge4 #aaea ,requires a table and chair4 ,,gestures4 #aaeb ,wave hand4 #aaec ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #aaed ,sp4 feet4 #aaee ,nod4 #aaef ,ind4 ,h4 ,f4 #aaeg ,walk up and down4 #aaeh ,sp4 #aaei ,h4 ,f4 #aafj ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 conversational4 #aafa ,h4 ,o4 #aafb ,imitate4 #aafc ,left ,h4 ,l4 #aafd ,imitate4 #aafe ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #aaff ,h4 ,l4 #aafg ,l4 ,h4 ,o4 #aafh ,h4 ,f4 #aafi ,d4 ,f4 #aagj ,hand carried across body and then out to4 #aaga ,h4 ,o4 #aagb ,h4 ,o4 #aagc ,h4 ,f4 #aagd ,left ,h4 ,o4 #aage ,h4 ,o4 #aagf ,sit4 #aagg ,left elbow on table1 hand to head4 #aagh ,h4 ,o4 #aagi ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #aahj ,rise4 #aaha ,to head4 #aahb ,sit4 #aahc ,h4 ,o4 #aahd ,h4 ,f4 #aahe ,h4 ,o4 #aahf ,left ,h4 ,f4 #aahg ,h4 ,o4 ,sp4 #aahh ,toss head4 #aahi ,head in hand4 #aaij ,h4 ,o4 #aaia ,d4 ,o4 #aaib ,to left4 #aaic ,to right4 #aaid ,rise4 #aaie ,v4 ,h4 ,f4 #aaif ,h4 ,o4 #aaig ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #aaih ,p4 ,d4 ,o4 #aaii ,h4 ,l4 #abjj ,look around cell1 ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #abja ,sit4 #abjb ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #abjc ,raise ,p4 #abjd ,p4 ,h4 ,f4 #abje ,p4 ,sw4 to ,f4 #abjf ,h4 ,f4 #abjg ,thumbs in armholes of vest1 and lean back in chair4 #abjh ,head on hand4 #abji ,v4 ,sp4 ,meg ,merrilies4 ,,adapted ,,by ,,frances ,e4 ,,peirce4 ,,argument4,henry ,bertram is stolen by the gypsies when a child2 he is abandoned by them1 serves in the army1 and finally wanders back to his native place4 ,the gypsies discover him1 and1 to extort money from the man who holds illegal possession of young ,bertram's estates1 conspire to carry him off by force or to murder him4 ,from this dilemma old ,meg ,merrilies delivers him at the peril of her life4 ,shot by her own people1 she dies heroically proclaiming his heirship to the estates of ,ellangowan4 ,,act ,,ii4 ,,scene ,,iii4 ,a wild forest1 cliff and hills in the distance2 a gypsy hut in the centre4 ,,bert4,my good woman1 do you know me1 that you look at me so hard8 ,,meg4,ay1 better than you know yourself6 ,,bert4,aye1 aye4 ,that is1 you'll tell my fortune4 ,,meg4,yes1 because ,i know your past4 ,,bert4,indeed6 ,then you have read a perplexed page4 ,,meg4,it will be clearer soon4 ,,bert4,never less likely4 ,,meg4,never more so6 ,if1 with a simple spell1 ,i cannot recall times which you have long forgotten1 hold me the most miserable impostor4 ,hear me1 hear me1 ,henry,henry ,bertram6 ,hark6 hark to the sound of other days6 ,listen1 and let your heart awake4 7,sings4 ,air1 ,gypsy ,girl47 ,oh6 hark ye1 young ,henry1 ,thy sire is a knight1 ,thy mother a lady1 ,so lovely and bright2 ,the hills and the dales1 ,from the towers which we see1 ,they all shall belong1 ,my dear ,henry1 to thee4 ,oh6 rest thee1 babe2 rest thee1 babe2 ,sleep on till day4 ,oh6 rest thee1 babe2 rest thee1 babe2 ,sleep while thee may4 ,,bert4,these words do1 indeed1 thrill my bosom with strange emotions4 ,woman1 speak more plainly1 and tell me why those sounds thus agitate my inmost soul1 and what ideas they are that thus darkly throng upon my mind at hearing them4 ,,meg4 ,listen youth1 to words of power2 ,swiftly comes the rightful hour6 ,they who did thee scathe and wrong1 ,shall pay their deeds by death ere long4 ,the dark shall be light1 and the wrong made right1 ,and ,bertram's right1 and ,bertram's might1 ,shall meet on ,ellangowan's height6 ,,bert4,bertram6 ,bertram6 ,why does that name sound so familiar to me8 ,,meg4,and now1 begone6 ,franco1 ,franco1 guide these strangers on their way to ,kippletringan2 ,kippletringan6 ,yet stay2 let me see your hand4 ,what say these lines of fortunes past8 ,wandering1 and woe1 and danger1 and crosses in love and friendship6 ,what of the future8 ,honor1 wealth1 prosperity1 love rewarded and friendship reunited6 ,but what of the present8 ,ay6 there's a trace1 which speaks of danger1 of captivity1 perchance2 but not of death6 ,if you are attacked1 be men1 and let your hands defend your heads6 ,i will not be far distant from you in the moment of need4 ,and now begone6 ,fate calls you6 ,away1 away1 away6 7,exit47 ,,act ,,iii4 ,,scene ,i4 ,sea-shore1 with the castle on the rocks4 ,,meg4,so1 so2 his death is purposed2 and they have chosen the scene of one murder to commit another4 ,right6 the blood spilt on that spot has long cried for vengeance1 and it shall fall upon them4 ,sebastian1 speed to ,dinmont and the youth2 tell them not to separate for their livesguide them to the glen near the tower2 there let them wait till ,glossin and ,hatteraick meet in the cavern1 and ,i will join them4 ,away1 and do my bidding6 7,exit ,sebastian47 ,now to send to ,mannering2 ,i must remain on the watch myself,gabriel ,i dare not trust4 ,ha6 who comes now8 ',tis ,abel ,sampson1 ,henry ,bertram's ancient tutor6 ,it shall be so4 7,advance47 ,stop6 ,i command ye6 ,,lucy4,she's mad6 ,,meg4,no2 ,i am not mad6 ,i've been imprisoned for mad1 scourged for mad1 banished for mad2 but mad ,i am not6 ,halt1 and stand fast1 or ye shall rue the day while a limb of you hangs together6 ,stay1 thou tremblest6 7,take out an old black whiskey bottle and hold it out to ,sampson1 left47 ,drink of this and put some heart in ye1 or ,i will ,can your learning tell you what that is1 eh8 ,will you remember my errand now8 ,ay6 then tell ,colonel ,mannering1 if ever he owed a debt to the house of ,ellangowan1 and hopes to see it prosper1 he must come instantly1 armed and well attended1 to the glen1 below the tower of ,derncleugh1 and fail not on his life6 ,you know the spot6 ,ay1 ,abel ,sampson1 there blazed my hearth for many a day6 and there1 beneath the willow that hung its garlands over the brook1 ,i've sat and sung to ,harry ,bertram1 songs of the old time4 ,that tree is wither'd now1 never to be green again1 and old ,meg ,merrilies will never1 never sing blythe songs more4 ,but ,i charge you1 ,abel ,sampson1 when the heir shall have his ownas soon as he shallthat you tell him not to forget ,meg ,merrilies1 but to build up the old walls in the glen for her sake1 and let those that live there be too good to fear the beings of another world1 for1 if ever the dead come back among the living1 ,i will be seen in that glen many a night after these crazed old bones are whitened in the mouldering grave6 ha6 ha6 7,laugh and stagger back47 ,i have said it1 old man6 ye shall see him again1 and the best lord he shall be that ,ellangowan has seen these hundred years4 ,but you're o'er long here4 ,to ,mannering6 ,away6 and bid him come to that spot instantly1 or the heir of ,ellangowan may perish forever6 ,away1 away6 7,exit while speaking the last two words47 ,sir ,walter ,scott4 ,the ,dukite ,snake4 ,well1 mate1 you've asked me about a fellow ,you met to-day in a black and yellow ,chain-gang suit1 with a peddler's pack1 ,or with some such burden strapped to his back4 ,did you meet him square8 ,no1 passed you by8#abaj ,well1 if you had1 and had looked in his eye1 ,you'd have felt for your irons then and there2 ,for the light of his eye is a madman's glare4 ,some eight years back1 in the spring of the year1 ,he came from ,scotland and settled here4#abaa ,a splendid young fellow he was just then1 ,and one of the bravest and truest of men4 ,in a year his wife came1 and he showed her round ,his sandal-wood and his crops in the ground1 ,and spoke of the future2 they cried for joy1 ,the husband's arm clasping his wife and boy4 ,well1 friend1 if a little of heaven's best bliss ,ever comes from the upper world#abab to this1 ,it came into that manly bushman's life1 ,and circled him round with the arms of his wife4 ,god bless that bright memory6 ,even to me1 ,a rough1 lonely man1 did she seem to be1 ,while living1 an angel#abac of ,god's pure love1 ,and now ,i could pray to her face above4 ,and ,davidhe loved her as only a man ,with a heart as large as was his heart1 can4 ,i wondered how they could have lived apart1 ,for he was her idol1 and she was his heart4 ,friends1 there isn't much more of the tale to tell2 ,i was talking of angels awhile since4 ,well1 ,now ,i'll change to a devilay1 to a devil6#abad ,you needn't start2 if a spirit of evil ,ever came to this world its hate to slake ,on mankind1 it came as a dukite snake1 ,now1 mark#abae you1 these dukites don't go alone2 ,there's another near when you see but one2 ,and beware you of killing that one you see ,without finding the other2 for you may be ,more than twenty miles from the spot that night1 ,when camped1 but you're tracked by the lone dukite1 ,that will follow#abaf your trail like death or fate1 ,and kill you as sure as you killed its mate4 ,well1 poor ,dave ,sloane had his young wife here ,three months2 'twas just this time of the year4 ,he had teamed some sandal-wood to the ,vasse1 ,and was homeward bound when he saw on the grass#abag ,a long red snake4#abah ,he had never been told ,of the dukite's ways2 he jumped to the road1 ,and smashed#abai its flat head with the bullock goad4 ,he was proud of the red skin1 so he tied ,its tail to the cart1 and the snake's blood dyed ,the bush on the path he followed that night4 ,he was early home1 and the dead dukite ,was flung at the door to be skinned next day4 ,at sunrise next morning he started away ,to hunt up his cattle4 ,a three hours' ride ,brought him back2 he gazed on his home with pride ,and joy in his heart2 he jumped from his horse ,and enteredto look on#abbj his young wife's corse1 ,and his dead child clutching its mother's clothes ,as in fright2 and there1 as he gazed1 arose1 ,from her breast1 where 'twas resting1 the gleaming head ,of the terrible dukite1 as if it said1 8,i've had vengeance1 my foe6 you took all ,i had60 ,and so had the snake3 ,david ,sloane was mad6 ,i rode to his hut just by chance that night1 ,and there#abba on the threshold the clear moonlight ,showed the two snakes dead4 ,i pushed in#abbb the door2 ,the dead were stretched#abbc on the moonlit floor2 ,the man held the hand of his wife1 his pride1 ,his poor life's treasure1 and crouched#abbd by her side4 ,i touched and called him2 he heeded me not2 ,so ,i dug her grave in a quiet spot1 ,and lifted them both1 her boy on her breast1 ,and laid them down in the shade to rest4 ,then ,i tried to take my poor friend away1 ,but he cried so woefully1 8,let me stay#abbe ,till she comes again60 that ,i had no heart ,to try to persuade him then to part ,from all that was left to him hereher grave2 ,so ,i stayed by his side that night1 and save ,one heart-cutting cry1 he uttered no sound ,o ,god6 that waillike the wail of a hound6 ',tis six long years since ,i heard that cry1 ,but 'twill ring in my ears till the day ,i die4 ,since that fearful night no one has heard ,poor ,david ,sloane utter sound or word4 ,you have seen to-day how he always goes2#abbf ,he's been given that suit of convict's clothes ,by some prison officer4 ,on his back ,you noticed a load like a peddler's pack8 ,well1 that's what#abbg he lives for2 when reason went1 ,still memory lived1 for his days are spent ,in searching for dukites2 year by year ,that bundle of skins is growing4 ',tis clear ,that the ,lord out of evil some good still takes2 ,for he's clearing#abbh this bush of the dukite snakes4 ,j4 ,boyle ,o',reilly4 ,,gestures4 #abaj ,h4 ,sw4 #abaa ,h4 ,o4 #abab ,a4 ,o4 #abac ,look up4 #abad ,ind4 ,d4 ,o4 #abae ,ind4 ,h4 ,f4 #abaf ,p4 ,d4 ,f4 ,sw4 #abag ,d4 ,f4 #abah ,trace with finger4 #abai ,sp4 #abbj ,p4 ,d4 ,f4 #abba ,d4 ,f4 #abbb ,v4 ,h4 ,f4 #abbc ,p4 ,d4 ,sw4 #abbd ,p4 ,d4 ,f4 #abbe ,clasp hands4 #abbf ,h4 ,sw4 #abbg ,h4 ,o4 #abbh ,v4 ,h4 ,sw4 ,mad4 ,this piece won the ,post-,graduate medal at the ,ninth ,annual ,commencement of the ,mt4 ,vernon ,institute of ,elocution and ,languages1 #ahib4 ',twas many years since ,i had left my home ,to travel distant lands1 but time sped on2#abbi ,again with eagerness and wonderment ,i sought the cherish'd haunts#abcj and friends of yore4 ,one man whom ,i remember'd as a boy1 ,whose piercing eyes1 pale face1 and silken locks ,had oft comment attracted1 now ,i found ,in mad-house pent4 ,he recognized my face1 ,although he would anon bewilder'd gaze4 ,in changing tones which shed a ling'ring light#abca ,awhile upon his soul1 but swiftly turn'd ,to fierce embitter'd grief1 he told me there ,his all-absorbing tale4 ',twas thus he spoke3 8,they call me mad4 ,and hour by hour ,i'm watch'd ,by lurking keepers1 who with looks askance1#abcb ,would search my thoughts1 and deem themselves unseen1 ,for when ,i would return their gaze1 they droop ,their eyes1 and with a heedless air pass by4#abcc ,they call me mad1 and so deny#abcd my right ,to liberty enjoy'd by other men4 ,they call me mad6 but know they#abce what they mean8 8,yea1 if vividly to recall the past1 ,and linger with emotions deep and fond ,on all that yielded life a moment's joy1 ,and now lies garner'd in sweet ,mem'ry's store ,if this#abcf betokens madness,i am mad4 ,or if to know with what dear promise youth ,was robedhow cherish'd were the constant thoughts ,of happiness to come in future years ,and feel how treach'rous was the fate that crush'd#abcg ,those thoughts and bade me dare to seek revenge#abch ,if this may madness prove1 then ,i am mad4 ,and this is why1#abci forsooth1 they deem me so6 8,even now the recollection of the past1 ,in varied visions1 float#abdj before mine eyes1 ,and thoughts of old afflictions make me feel ,how blest#abda ,i might have beenhow sad ,i am6#abdb 8,a group of children trotting#abdc off to school1 ,while two#abdd amongst the rest1 a boy and girl1 ,go hand in hand1 and prattle as they go1 ,then fondly kiss and part1 till1 school-time o'er1 ,they meet and kiss again1 and hand in hand ,return to home1#abde recounting all they've learnt4 ,anon they paddle in the rippling brook1#abdf ,their merry voices striving to out-do ,the babble of the water 'neath their feet2 ,or1 roaming in the fields1#abdg they mimic birds#abdh ,that seem to sing a sweet accomp'niment ,to happy childhood passing thus away4 8,the glad years speed#abdi along4 ,those children twain ,have ripen'd 'neath the influence of time1 ,for life has but reveal'd its summer days ,to him#abej of impulse strong and keen-sensed soul ,to her#abea of beauteous face and loving heart1 ,and each is happy in the other's love4 8,and this glad pair in childhood and in youth ,was ,cousin ,ruth and ,i4 ,oh6 it was joy ,to loiter arm in arm on summer eves ,by hedge-rows1#abeb or through fields#abec of long-grown grass ,where breath'd sweet-scented breezes all around1#abed ,and birds sang anthems to the dying day2 ,or wonder where the murm'ring river ran1#abee ,while tales of love gave birth to cheerful smiles4 ,and just as pleasant in the winter-tide ,to tread the hard1 crisp roads2 and watch the stars1 ,that look'd like angel-lovers gladd'ning ,earth1 ,while we humm'd homely airs1 and never dreamt ,that aught but death could e'er divide our hearts4 8,ah6 ,death assumed most unsuspected guise ,the guise of one whom ,i deemed friend1 alas6 ,and whom ,i'd make my confidant of hopes ,to be fulfill'd in future happy days4 ,you know#abef the rest4 ,my friend became my foe1 ,and won the heart of her ,i loved1 though that ,i might have brook'd in silence and in pain1 ,but he a villain#abeg proved1 and mock'd#abeh her tears4 ,i learnt the truth2 then sought1#abei and found him1 too1 ,though not alone1 as my heart wish'd4 ,arose ,within my breast#abfj the promptings of wild hate1 ,and1 like a furied fiend1 with fierce intent ,i grasp'd#abfa his throat and dash'd#abfb him to the ground1 ,and would have slain#abfc him there had those around ,not dragg'd my tight'ning fingers from his flesh4 8,thus foil'd1 a sudden impulse seized my soul1 ,and hate#abfd intense begat intenser love4#abfe ,from those who held me ,i sprang forth1#abff then rush'd ,to find my ,ruth and clasp#abfg her to my breast2 ,i yearn'd1 at least1 to heal her sorrow'd heart1 ,forget her wrong1 and love her as of old4 ,but when ,i found her1 my poor girl was dead2 ,there#abfh on the cruel river's bank she lay1 ,the water dripping#abfi from her golden hair ,those golden ringlets ,i had fondled oft6 ,i clasp'd her hand#abgj and gazed into her eyes1 ,whose steadfast stare seemed now to pierce me through1 ,and placed my lips against her clay-cold cheek ,till presently they bore her#abga from my sight4 8,night came2 the wand'ring wind was wailing wild1 ,and dreary rains were lashing#abgb all the land2 ,i felt them not1 ,i only felt the fire ,that raged within my soul1#abgc and wander'd on#abgd ,with pale and haggard features1 glaring1 blood-shot eyes1 ,dishevell'd hair1 clench'd fists1#abge and boiling blood6 ,amid the chaos of my brain#abgf one thought ,usurp'd despotic sway1 and led me on ,and on1 with purpose fix'd and fierceto kill1#abgg ,to murder#abgh him who slew my only love6 8,ere long ,i found the thing ,i soughtalone6 ,i heard#abgi the sound of voices1 heard them say #8,good-night1' #8,good-night4' ,one voice ,i knew2 'twas his6 ,i cowered low1#abhj till1 with quick step1 he pass'd1 ,then1 silent as a tiger1 follow'd#abha swift4 ,when he had gain'd the meadow he must cross1 ,i quicken'd pace1 and saw him speed before#abhb #8,hillo1 hillo6' ,i cried2 he stood to hear1 ,and ere a moment pass'd ,i reach'd his side4 ,there was a look of terror in his face1 ,and seeing me he scream'd1 and would have fled1 ,but1 with a grasp of steel1 ,i clutch'd#abhc his throat1 ,and1 though he craved for mercy1 strangled him1 ,and crush'd#abhd the reptile's form beneath my foot1 ,then left him#abhe lying on the meadow path1 ,and onward#abhf swiftly sped,i know not where1 ,until1 o'ercome by agony of heart1 ,upon the grass#abhg in dark despair ,i fell6 ,my throat#abhh was parch'd1 a mist#abhi came o'er my eyes1 ,my head was rack'd1 the blood forsook my veins1 ,and coldness1 by degrees1 my senses numb'd4#abij 8,when ,i awoke as 'twere from a long dream ,of agonizing thought1 ,i was confined ,within these walls1#abia and knew they call'd me mad40 ,,gestures4 #abbi ,h4 ,sw4 #abcj ,h4 ,f4 #abca ,p4 ,h4 ,f4 #abcb ,eyes ,sp4 #abcc ,h4 ,sw4 #abcd ,d4 ,l4 #abce ,h4 ,o4 #abcf ,h4 ,f4 #abcg ,p4 ,d4 ,o4 #abch ,cli4 raised4 #abci ,h4 ,o4 #abdj ,v4 ,h4 ,sw4 #abda ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #abdb ,drop hands hopelessly4 #abdc ,h4 ,sw4 #abdd ,ind4 ,h4 ,o4 #abde ,left ,h4 ,sw4 #abdf ,d4 ,f4 #abdg ,h4 ,sw4 #abdh ,look up4 #abdi ,h4 ,sw4 #abej ,h4 ,o4 #abea ,left ,h4 ,o4 #abeb ,h4 ,o4 #abec ,imp4 #abed ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #abee ,h4 ,sw4 #abef ,h4 ,f4 #abeg ,cli4 ,d4 #abeh ,p4 ,ind4 ,h4 ,o4 #abei ,h4 ,f4 #abfj ,to breast4 #abfa - #abfb ,b4 ,sp4 #abfc ,ind4 ,d4 ,f4 #abfd ,b4 ,cli4 ,d4 #abfe ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #abff ,h4 ,f4 #abfg ,b4 ,sp4 #abfh ,d4 ,f4 #abfi ,turn to ,p4 #abgj ,sp4 #abga ,left ,h4 ,sw4 #abgb ,b4 ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #abgc ,to breast4 #abgd ,h4 ,sw4 #abge ,b4 ,cli4 #abgf ,to head4 #abgg ,ind4 ,h4 ,o4 #abgh ,cli4 ,d4 ,o4 #abgi ,lis4 to left4 #abhj ,bend body4 #abha ,h4 ,sw4 #abhb ,h4 ,f4 #abhc ,b4 ,sp4 #abhd ,b4 ,p4 ,d4 ,f4 #abhe ,d4 ,o4 #abhf ,h4 ,f4 #abhg ,p4 ,d4 ,f4 #abhh ,to throat4 #abhi ,to eyes4 #abij ,p4 ,d4 ,o4 #abia ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 ,illustration3 8,and having wound their loathsome track to the top ,of this huge1 mouldering monument of ,rome1 ,hang hissing at the nobler man below40 ,a ,woman's ,vengeance4 ,i thank#abib you for your sympathy1 ,but help6 ,no1#abic there is none for me4 ,for what ,i've done ,i feel no sting ,of penitence1 nor can time bring ,one pang of sorrow4 ,you may think ,me hard1 unfeeling1 and may shrink#abid ,from me with loathing when ,i say1 ,i'm glad my bullet found the way ,into his heart2 and ,i would do ,the same again1 and glory1#abie too1 ,in having done it4 ,penalty6 ,for what they now may do with me ,i care but little4#abif ,he is dead1 ,and that ends all4 ,what made me do the deed8 ,the old1 ,old#abig time-worn story of man's cold ,and heartless cruelty2 of wrongs ,heaped on her head1#abih to whom belongs ,at least respect1#abii if nothing more4 ,i met himhim1 my husbandjust ,five years ago4 ,my ,god6 what trust ,i placed in his fair words1 so soft1 ,so sweet1 so full of love4 ,but love is blind1 ,and ,i was madly so4 ,the first two years ,were full#acjj of joyjoy without tears4 ,my life was of peaceful love4 ,but1 ah6 the change came sudden1 fast2 ,my summer sun was overcast4#acja ,the godlike being that ,i thought ,of all mankind#acjb most perfect wrought1 ,tore off#acjc the mask that hid his face1 ,and1 to my horror1#acjd in his place ,revealed a demon1#acje blackest-hued1 ,remorseless1 pitiless1 imbued ,with all the wickedness that heart ,can hold1 or shameless sin#acjf impart ,the loving words to curses#acjg turned2 ,my fond advances all were spurned4#acjh ,i soon became for him a thing ,to tread upona clod to fling#acji ,from out his path4 ,i took my child ,and fled#acaj one night1 half maddened1 wild1 ,far from his sight,i cared not where ,so ,i again his face might ne'er ,behold4 ,but soon once more with words ,that seemed to me like songs of birds#acaa ,he sought me out1 and with eyes ,filled with repentant tears1 implored ,forgiveness2 and ,ifool6#acab ignored#acac ,the past1 forgot my woes1 and went ,back to his home with heart content4 ,o ,heaven6#acad could ,i have but foreseen1 ,could ,i have known he did not mean ,to keep the vows so freely made6 ,once more his promises were cast ,aside1#acae as idle words1 and worse ,than e'en beforea daily curse#acaf ,my life became4 ,then came at last the final blow ,the worst that love can contemplate1 ,and which can turn that love to hate4#acag ,one night1 when he had gone from me1 ,i found a letter which he carelessly ,had overlooked4 ,the script#acah was small ,and neata woman's hand6 ,a wall ,of fire outstretched#acai before my eyes2 ,a nameless horror seemed to rise4 ,no1 no6 this could not be4 ,he might ,be bad1 be dead to sense of right1 ,but false6 ,o ,heaven6#acbj ,the dreadful thought ,surged in my brain4#acba ,i crushed#acbb it1 fought#acbc ,it down with frenzied eagerness4 ,the note was open2 chilled1 nerveless1 ,i drew it#acbd from its fold and read1 #acbe8,this night to meet him10 so it said4 ,this night6 how throbbed#acbf my aching head6 ,her house it gavethe place1 the hour ,i seemed renewed with sudden power4 ,he#acbg would be there1 and so would ,i4#acbh ,i cast#acbi the hated letter by2 ,my child from off the floor ,i clasped1 ,and from the bureau drawer ,i grasped ,a loaded pistol that would right ,my wrong4 ,so out#accj into the night1 ,into the raging storm1 ,i fled1 ,my babe clasped#acca in my arms4 ,i could but repeat1 8,false6 false6 ,i'll be revenged60#accb ,my soul ,now stirred and roused beyond control1 ,was filled with one desire alone1 ,and that was that he should atone#accc ,for thisto womanfoulest#accd wrong4 ,so through the night ,i sped along ,until ,i reached her house4 ,and then ,i heard#acce ,a voice withinhis voice6 ,each word ,in sweet and loving tenderness1 ,and accents that my#accf heart should bless ,were lavished on her#accg listening ears4 ,i listened1 listened1#acch all unseen1 ,until ,i thought ,i should go wild4#acci ,then1 with a desperate hand1 flung wide#acdj ,the casement4 ,with a bound1 beside ,the two#acda ,i stood4 ,she startedscreamed2 ,he turned#acdb and saw me1 and then seemed ,a moment as if turned to stone2 ,and as his baseness ,i made known1 ,shepoor thingwith a long1 low cry1 ,sank#acdc to the floor despairingly4 ,then1 like a fiend let loose from hell1 ,he toward#acdd me leaped with one fierce yell1 ,and grasping#acde quick a heavy chair ,cried1 8,curse you60 whirled it high#acdf in air4 ,i sprang aside#acdg in sudden dread2 ,the blow fell full upon the head ,of my sweet child1 that lifeless dropped ,back in my arms4 ,my heart throbs#acdh stopped2 ,a red mist swam#acdi before my sight2 ,i could not scream1 try as ,i might4 ,i grasped the pistol#acej from my breast1 ,and then ,i killed#acea him6 ,all the rest ,for days to me was blank2#aceb and when ,o ,heaven6 why did ,i not die then8 ,at last my sense came back4 ,i would ,have taken my own life if ,i could4 ,but it perhaps was better#acec so2 ,god will not judge me hard1 ,i know4 ,and when1 in answer to ,his call1 ,i stand within the heavenly hall1#aced ,and the ,blessed ,one ,says1 8,why hast thou transgressed my laws80 ,my babe shall plead its mother's#acee cause4 ,thomas ,f4 ,wilford4 ,,gestures4 #abib ,bow head4 #abic ,v4 ,con4 #abid ,b4 ,v4 to right4 #abie ,a4 ,o4 #abif ,shrug shoulders4 #abig ,h4 ,b4 #abih ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #abii ,h4 ,o4 #acjj ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #acja ,v4 ,a4 ,o4 #acjb ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #acjc ,v4 ,sp4 #acjd ,b4 ,v4 to ,r4 #acje ,ind4 ,d4 ,o4 #acjf ,p4 ,d4 ,o4 #acjg ,cli4 ,d4 #acjh ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #acji ,left ,d4 ,sw4 #acaj ,h4 ,l4 #acaa ,a4 ,o4 #acab ,b4 ,cli4 ,d4 #acac ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #acad ,clasp hands4 #acae ,v4 ,h4 ,l4 #acaf ,b4 ,cli4 ,d4 #acag ,p4 ,d4 ,o4 #acah ,look in left hand4 #acai ,v4 ,h4 ,sw4 #acbj ,clasp to breast4 #acba ,to head4 #acbb ,b4 ,p4 ,d4 #acbc ,b4 ,cli4 ,d4 #acbd ,sp4 #acbe ,trace on left hand4 #acbf ,hand to head4 #acbg ,h4 ,o4 #acbh ,to self4 #acbi ,left ,sp4 #accj ,h4 ,f4 #acca ,b4 ,sp4 #accb ,cli4 raised4 #accc ,d4 ,f4 #accd ,b4 ,cli4 ,d4 #acce ,lis4 #accf ,to self4 #accg ,h4 ,o4 #acch ,lean to ,r4 and raise hand4 #acci ,to head4 #acdj ,b4 ,v4 ,sp4 #acda ,h4 ,f4 #acdb ,look to left4 #acdc ,b4 ,d4 ,f4 #acdd ,left ,h4 ,o4 #acde - #acdf ,b4 ,sp4 #acdg ,start back4 #acdh ,r4 hand to heart4 #acdi ,left ,v4 ,sw4 #acej ,sp4 #acea ,ind4 ,h4 ,f4 #aceb ,b4 ,v4 ,h4 ,f4 #acec ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #aced ,a4 ,o4 #acee ,to self4 ,the ,dream of ,aldarin4 ,arranged by ,laura ,coleman1 who won with it the first gold graduating medal at the ,eighth ,commencement of the ,mt4 ,vernon ,institute of ,elocution and ,languages1 #ahia4 ,a chamber with a low1 dark ceiling1#acef supported by massive rafters#aceg of oak2 floors#aceh and walls#acei of dark stone1 unrelieved by wainscot or plasterbare1 rugged1 and destitute4 ,a dim1 smoking light1#acfj burning in a vessel of iron1 threw#acfa its red and murky beams over the fearful contents of a table4 ,it was piled high#acfb with the unsightly forms of the dead4 ,prostrate among these mangled bodies1 his arms flung carelessly#acfc on either side1 slept and dreamed ,aldarin#acfd;,aldarin1 the ,fratricide4 ,he hung on the verge of a rock1 a rock of melting bitumen1 that burned his hands to masses of crisped and blackened flesh4 ,the rock projected over#acfe a gulf1 to which the cataracts of earth might compare as the rivulet#acff to the vast ocean4#acfg ,it was the ,cataract of ,hell4 ,he looked below4 ,god of ,heaven1#acfh what a sight6 ,fiery waves1 convulsed and foaming1 with innumerable whirlpools#acfi crimsoned by bubbles of flame4 ,each whirlpool swallowing millions#acgj of the lost4 ,each bubble bearing on its surface the face of a soul1 lost#acga and lost forever4#acgb ,borne on by#acgc the waves1 they raised#acgd their hands and cast their burning eyes to the skies1 and shrieked the eternal death-wail of the lost4 ,over this scene1 awful and vast1 towered a figure#acge of ebony blackness1 his darkened brow concealed#acgf in the clouds1 his extended arms grasping#acgg the infinitude of the cataract1 his feet resting upon islands of bitumen far in the gulf#acgh below4 ,the eyes of the figure were fixed upon ,aldarin1#acgi as he clung with the nervous clasp of despair to the rock1 and their gaze curdled#achj his heated blood4 ,he was losing his grasp2 sliding and sliding from the rock1 his feet hung over#acha the gulf4 ,there was no hope for him4 ,he must fallfall#achb;and fall forever4 ,but lo6 a stairway1#achc built of white marble1 wide1 roomy1 and secure1 seemed to spring from the very rock to which he clung1 winding upward from the abyss1 till it was lost in the distance far1 far above4 ,he beheld two figures slowly descending#achdthe figure of a warrior#ache and the form of a dark-eyed woman4#achf ,he knew those figures2 he knew them well4 ,they were his victims6 ,her face1 his wife's6 beautiful as when he first wooed her in the gardens of ,palestine2#achg but there was blood#achh on her vestments1 near the heart1 and his lip was spotted with one drop of that thick1 red blood4 8,this10 he muttered1 8this1 indeed1 is hell1#achi and yet ,i must call for aidcall to them60#acij ,how the thought writhed like a serpent round his very heart4 ,he drew himself along the rugged rock1 clutching#acia the red-hot ore in the action4 ,he wanted but a single inch1 a little inch and he might grasp the marble of the stairway4 ,another and a desperate effort4 ,his fingers clutched it1#acib but his strength was gone4 ,he could not hold it in his grasp4 ,with an eye of horrible intensity he looked above4 8,thou wilt save me1#acic ,ilmerine1 my wife4 ,thou wilt drag me up to thee40 ,she stooped4 ,she clutched his blackened fingers and placed them around the marble4#acid ,his grasp was tight and desperate4 8,julian1 ,o ,julian6 grasp this hand4#acie ,aid me1 ,o ,julian6 my brother60 ,the warrior stooped1 laid hold on his hand1 and drawing it toward the casement1 wound it around#acif another piece of marble4 ,but again his strength fails4 #acig8;,julian1 my brother2 ,ilmerine1 my wife1 seize me6 ,drag me from this rock of terror6 ,save me6 ,o save me60#acih ,she stooped4 ,she unwound finger after finger4 ,she looked at his horror-stricken face and pointed to the red wound in her heart4#acii ,he looked toward the other face4 8,thou1 ,julian1#adjj reach me thy hand4 ,thy hand1 or ,i perish60 ,the warrior slowly reached forth his hand from beneath the folds of his cloak4 ,he held before the eyes of the doomed a goblet of gold4#adja ,it shone and glimmered through the foul air like the beacon fire of hell4 8,take it away6#adjb ',tis the death bowl60 shrieked ,aldarin's livid lips4 8,i murdered thee4 ,thou canst not save40 ,he drew back from the maddening sight4 ,he lost his hold1 he slid from the rock1 he fell4#adjc #adjd;,above1 beneath1 around1 all#adje was fire1 horror1#adjf death2 and still he fell4#adjg 8,forever and forever10 rose the shrieks of the lost4 ,all hell groaned aloud1 8,ever1 ever4 ,forever and forever10 and his own soul muttered back1 8,thisthisishell60#adjh ,george ,lippard4 ,,gestures4 #acef ,a4 ,o4 #aceg ,b4 ,a4 ,o4 #aceh ,d4 ,o4 #acei ,h4 ,o4 #acfj ,h4 ,f4 #acfa ,p4 ,h4 ,sw4 #acfb ,p4 ,sp4 #acfc ,sp4 #acfd ,h4 ,f4 #acfe ,p4 ,d4 ,f4 #acff ,d4 ,o4 #acfg ,h4 ,sw4 #acfh ,b4 ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 and look down4 #acfi ,sp4 ,p4 ,d4 ,f4 #acgj ,b4 ,d4 ,o4 #acga ,d4 ,f4 #acgb ,imp4 #acgc ,h4 ,sw4 #acgd ,b4 ,sp4 #acge ,ind4 ,h4 ,f4 #acgf ,v4 ,a4 ,f4 #acgg ,b4 ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #acgh ,d4 ,f4 #acgi ,ind4 ,d4 ,f4 #achj ,b4 to heart4 #acha ,p4 ,d4 ,f4 #achb ,p4 ,d4 ,sp4 #achc ,trace upward with finger4 #achd ,trace downward with finger4 #ache ,h4 ,f4 #achf ,imp4 #achg ,h4 ,l4 #achh ,ind4 ,h4 ,f4 #achi ,cli4 ,d4 #acij ,h4 ,f4 #acia ,sp4 #acib ,sp4 #acic ,b4 ,cla4 #acid ,sp4 #acie ,a4 ,f4 #acif ,sp4 #acig ,b4 extended4 #acih ,imp4 #acii ,to self4 #adjj ,left ,a4 ,f4 #adja ,l4 ,sp4 #adjb ,b4 ,v4 ,h4 ,f4 #adjc ,d4 ,f4 #adjd ,look around4 #adje ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #adjf ,turn to vertical4 #adjg ,b4 ,d4 ,f4 #adjh ,b4 ,cli4 ,a4 ,the ,death of ,uncle ,tom4 ,adapted by ,c4 ,r4 ,bechtel4 ,the escape of ,cassy and ,emmeline irritated the before surly temper of ,legree to the last degree2 and his fury1 as was to be expected1 fell upon the defenceless head of ,tom4 ,when he hurriedly announced the tidings among his hands1 there was a sudden light in ,tom's eye1 a sudden upraising of his hands1 that did not escape him4 ,he saw that he did not join the muster of the pursuers4 ,he thought of forcing him to do it1 but1 having had1 of old1 experience of his inflexibility when commanded to take part in any deed of inhumanity1 he would not1 in his hurry1 stop to enter into any conflict with him4 ,tom1 therefore1 remained behind1 with a few who had learned of him to pray1 and offered up prayers for the escape of the fugitives4 ,when ,legree returned1 baffled and disappointed1 all the long-working hatred of his soul toward his slave began to gather in a deadly and desperate form4 8,well1 ,tom60 said ,legree1 walking up and seizing him grimly by the collar of his coat1 and speaking through his teeth1 in a paroxysm of determined rage1 8do you know1 ,i've made up my mind to kill you80 8,it's very likely1 ,mas'r10 said ,tom1 calmly4 8,i have10 said ,legree1 with grim1 terrible calmness1 8donejust thatthing1 ,tom1 unless you'll tell me what you know about these yer gals60 ,tom stood silent4 8,d'ye hear80 said ,legree1 stamping1 with a roar like that of an incensed lion4 8,speak60 8,i han't got nothing to tell1 ,mas'r10 said ,tom1 with a slow1 firm1 deliberate utterance4 8,do ye dare to tell me1 ye old black ,christian1 ye don't know80 said ,legree4 ,tom stood silent4 8,speak60 thundered ,legree1 striking him furiously4 8,do you know anything80 8,i know1 ,mas'r1 but ,i can't tell anything4 ,i can die60 ,legree drew in a long breath1 and1 suppressing his rage1 took ,tom by the arm1 and1 approaching his face almost to his1 said in a terrible voice1 8,hark'e1 ,tom6 ye think1 'cause ,i've let ye off before1 ,i don't mean what ,i say2 but this time ,i've made up my mind1 and counted the cost4 ,you've always stood it out agin me2 now ,i'll conquer ye or kill ye6one or t'other4 ,i'll count every drop of blood there is in you1 and take 'em1 one by one1 till ye give up60 ,tom looked up at his master1 and answered1 8,mas'r1 if you was sick1 or in trouble1 or dying1 and ,i could save ye1 ,i'd give ye my heart's blood2 and if taking every drop of blood in this poor old body would save your precious soul1 ,i'd give 'em freely1 as the ,lord gave ,his for me4 ,o ,mas'r6 don't bring this great sin on your soul6 ,it will hurt you more than 'twill me6 ,do the worst you canmy troubles'll be over soon2 but1 if ye don't repent1 yours won't never end60 ,like a strange snatch of heavenly music heard in the lull of a tempest1 this burst of feeling made a moment's blank pause4 ,legree stood aghast and looked at ,tom1 and there was such a silence that the tick of the old clock could be heard measuring1 with silent touch1 the last moments of mercy and probation to that hardened heart4 ,it was but a moment4 ,there was one hesitating pauseone irresolute1 relenting thrilland the spirit of evil came back with sevenfold vehemence1 and ,legree1 foaming with rage1 smote his victim to the ground4 99 99 99 99 99 ,two days after1 a young man drove a light wagon up through the avenue of ,china-trees fronting ,legree's house1 and1 throwing the reins hastily on the horse's neck1 sprang out and inquired for the owner of the place4 ,it was ,george ,shelby1 the son of ,tom's former master4 ,he was soon introduced into the house1 where he found ,legree in the sitting-room4 ,legree received the stranger with a kind of surly hospitality4 8,i understand10 said the young man1 8that you bought1 in ,new ,orleans1 a boy named ,tom4 ,he used to be on my father's place1 and ,i came to see if ,i couldn't buy him back40 ,legree's brow grew dark1 and he broke out1 passionately3 8,yes1 ,i did buy such a fellow1 and a fine bargain ,i had of it1 too6 ,the most rebellious1 saucy1 impudent dog6 ,set up my niggers to run away2 got off two gals worth eight hundred or a thousand dollars apiece4 ,he owned to that1 and when ,i bid him tell me where they was1 he up and said he knew1 but he wouldn't tell1 and stood to it1 though ,i gave him the cussedest flogging ,i ever gave nigger yet4 ,i b'lieve he's trying to die1 but ,i don't know as he'll make it out40 8,where is he80 said ,george1 impetuously4 8,let me see him40 ,the cheeks of the young man were crimson and his eyes flashed fire1 but he prudently said nothing as yet4 8,he's in dat ar shed10 said a little fellow1 who stood holding ,george's horse4 ,legree kicked the boy and swore at him1 but ,george1 without saying another word1 turned and strode to the spot4 ,tom had been lying two days since the fatal night1 not suffering1 for every nerve of suffering was blunted and destroyed4 ,he lay1 for the most part1 in a quiet stupor1 for the laws of a powerful and well-knit frame would not at once release the imprisoned spirit4 ,by stealth1 there had been there1 in the darkness of the night1 poor desolated creatures1 who stole from their scanty hours' rest that they might repay to him some of those ministrations of love in which he had always been so abundant4 ,truly1 those poor disciples had little to giveonly the cup of cold waterbut it was given with full hearts4 ,when ,george entered the shed1 he felt his head giddy and his heart sick4 8,is it possibleis it possible80 said he1 kneeling down by him4 8,uncle ,tom1 my poor1 poor old friend60 ,something in the voice penetrated to the ear of the dying4 ,he moved his head gently1 smiled1 and said 8,jesus can make a dying bed ,feel soft as downy pillows are40 ,tears1 which did honor to his manly heart1 fell from the young man's eyes1 as he bent over his poor friend4 8,oh6 dear ,uncle ,tom6 do wakedo speak once more6 ,look up6 ,here's ,mas'r ,georgeyour own little ,mas'r ,george4 ,don't you know me80 8,mas'r ,george60 said ,tom1 opening his eyes1 and speaking in a feeble voice4 8,mas'r ,george60 ,he looked bewildered4 ,slowly the idea seemed to fill his soul1 and the vacant eye became fixed and brightened1 the whole face lighted up1 the hard hands clasped1 and tears ran down the cheeks4 8,bless the ,lord6 it isit isit's all ,i wanted6 ,they haven't forgot me4 ,it warms my soul2 it does my old heart good6 ,now ,i shall die content6 ,bless the ,lord1 oh6 my soul60 8,you sha'n't die6 you mustn't die1 nor think of it4 ,i've come to buy you1 and take you home10 said ,george1 with impetuous vehemence4 8,oh6 ,mas'r ,george1 ye're too late4 ,the ,lord's bought me1 and is going to take me home1 and ,i long to go4 ,heaven is better than ,kintuck40 8,oh6 don't die6 ,it'll kill me6it'll break my heart to think what you've sufferedand living in this old shed here6 ,poor1 poor fellow60 8,don't call me poor fellow60 said ,tom1 solemnly4 8,i have been poor fellow1 but that's all past and gone now4 ,i'm right in the door1 going into glory6 ,oh6 ,mas'r ,george6 ,heaven has come6 ,i've got the victory6the ,lord ,jesus has given it to me6 ,glory to ,his name60 ,at this moment the sudden flush of strength which the joy of meeting his young master had infused into the dying man gave way4 ,a sudden sinking fell upon him2 he closed his eyes2 and that mysterious and sublime change passed over his face that told the approach of other worlds4 ,he began to draw his breath with long1 deep inspirations1 and his broad chest rose and fell heavily4 ,the expression of his face was that of a conqueror4 8,whowhowho shall separate us from the love of ,christ80 he said1 in a voice that contended with mortal weakness1 and1 with a smile1 he fell asleep4 ,there is no monument to mark the last resting-place of our friend4 ,he needs none6 ,his ,lord knows where he lies1 and will raise him up1 immortal1 to appear with ,him when ,he shall appear in ,his glory4 ,pity him not6 ,such a life and death is not for pity6 ,not in the riches of omnipotence is the chief glory of ,god1 but in self-denying1 suffering love6 ,and blessed are the men whom ,he calls to fellowship with ,him1 bearing their cross after ,him with patience4 ,of such it is written3 8,blessed are they that mourn1 for they shall be comforted40 ,harriet ,beecher ,stowe4 ,illustration3 8,to-morrow'll be the happiest day of all the glad ,new ,year1 ,for ,i'm to be ,queen of the ,may1 mother1 ,i'm to be ,queen of the ,may60 8,swore ,off40 ,this piece won the class medal at the ,ninth ,annual ,commencement of the ,mt4 ,vernon ,institute of ,elocution and ,languages1 #ahib4 ,sit on chair at right side of a common table4 ,boys1 take another6#adji ,to-night we'll be gay1 ,for to-morrow1 you know1 is the ,new ,year's ,day1 ,and ,i promised my ,bessie to-night should be ,the very last night ,i stayed on this spree4 ,i've been a good fellowspent lots of 8tin0 ,in sampling and drinking both whiskey and gin2 ,and yet ,i remember1#adaj a long while ago1 ,when the sight of a drunken man frightened me so4 ,i ran for a square4#adaa ,i remember quite well ,when ,i even detested#adab the very smell ,of the accursed stuff4 ,i sometimes think ',twas the devil#adac who tempted me to take the first drink4 ,but why look back with remorse or regret8 ,i mustn't remember#adad;,i want to forget4 #adae,landlord1 the bottle6#adaf ,that's pretty good stuff2 ,though ,i reckon ,i've seen and tasted enough4 ,it's a year since ,i've drawn a sober breath4 ,the doctors all say ,i will go to my death ,if ,i do not leave offyou may laugh and scoff2 ,but somehow or other1 between me and you1 ,i believe what the doctors tell me is true1 ,for at night when ,i try to be closing my eyes1 ,such horrible visions#adag before me arise ,that ,i cannot rest1 and ,i walk#adah the floor ,and long for the sleep that is mine no more4 ,to-night it winds up4 ,laugh on1#adai but you'll see#adbj ,that this is the very last night of my spree4 ,i've promised my ,bessie1 and further1 ,i swore ,she's got the paperto taste it no more ,after to-night4 ,when ,i told her ,i'd sign1 ,the look on her face made me think of the time ,when she stood at the altar1#adba a beautiful bride1 ,and ,i looked on my choice with a good deal of pride4 ,ah6 many's the time since ,i've been on this spree1 ,i've seen this good woman get down#adbb on her knee ,and ask ,god1 in ,his goodness1 have mercy on me4 ,to-night it ends up4 ,do you hear#adbc what ,i say8 ,i'm a man#adbd once again from the ,new ,year's ,day4 ,take one with you8 ,why1 ,i certainly will#adbe ,to-night is my last1 and ,i'll be drinking my fill4 8,good luck and good health60#adbf strange wishes to make ,o'er each glass of whiskey and gin that we take4 ,good luck6 ,well1 now1 fellows1 be still1#adbg and we'll see ,the good luck ,i've had since ,i started this spree4 ,what with losing the job where ,i first learned my trade ,i've had twenty since1 and ,i'm much afraid ,the reason for losing them all is this glass4#adbc ,the story of shame and disgrace let us pass2#adbi ,i'll sum up the whole4 ,you all know#adcj it's true ,i could own a nice homenow the rent's overdue1 ,yet1 during this timeit is true1#adca what ,i say ,i wished myself luck at least ten times a day1 ,and as for good health6 ,now1 do you think it right1#adcb ,when you know it's destroying your appetite1 ,to call it good health8 ,why1 ,i've not tasted food ,for days at a time4 ,do you call my health good8 ,one with the landlord8#adcc ,to be sure1 ev'ry time ,his till has held many a dollar of mine4 ,come6 set up the poison6 ,to-night is the last ,then ,i'll look upon rum as a thing of the past#adcd ,well1 here's to you1#adce land ,ah6 you'd play me a trick6#adcf ,take off#adcg that red wig with the horns very quick1 ,or ,i'll put down this glass and be leaving the place4 ,boys1 look#adch at the way he's distorting his face6 ,look6#adci look6#addj it's the devila good masquerade#adda ,for those who engage in the rum-selling trade4 ,go on#addb with the game6you'll find ,i'm not afraid ,ha1 ha1 ha1 ha6 at your by-play ,i scoff ,whose blood-hound is this8#addc ,keep him off6#addd ,keep him off6#adde ,get out1#addf you big brute6 ,don't you fellows see#addg ,he's wicked8 ,will bite8 ,that he's snapping at me8 ,my ,god6#addh see his fangs6 all reeking with gore #addi;,help6 landlord1 help6 fell#adej this brute to the floor4 ,ah6 he's gone6 ,take another6#adea my nerves are unstrung1 ,quick6 ,give me the bottle#adeb ere the midnight is rung1 #adec;,ah6 whiskey's#aded the stuff that will make me feel gay1 ,and ,i've said ,i've sworn off from the ,new ,year's ,day ,quick6 give me the bottle6 ,curse you6#adee don't refuse1 ,or ,i'll pull you apart1#adef if my temper ,i lose ,now give me a glass6 ,come1 boys1 take a drink6#adeg ,it's the last you'll be taking with me1 so ,i think ,o ,god6 what is this8#adeh ,see1 boysit's a snake6 ,look6 the bottle is fullhear the hissing they make ,they crawl#adei from its neck4 ,for ,god's sake1 a drink6 ,thanks6 ,boys1 here's luck6#adfj 7,midnight hour strikes47 ',tis the ,new ,year1 ,i think4 ,my oath#adfayes my oath6 ,is this sound ,i hear#adfb ,the hour of midnight8 ,aye1 it is the ,new ,year4 7,throws glass from him47 ,begone from my sight1 thou demon of hell6 ,boys1 here they come6#adfc there they go6 ,ah1 the spell ,is o'er4 ,i'm afire6#adfd ,see6 ,it shoots#adfe from my eyes6 ,i am burning within6#adff ,there#adfg the red demon lies4 ,what angel is this8#adfh ',tis my ,bessie to see ,if my word has been kept about ending this spree ,no1 no1 it is black6#adfi ',tis the devil's device ,he's claiming a soul as a sacrifice4 ,great ,god6 ,is this death8#adgj ,the blood-hound again6 ,take him off6#adga ,take him off6#adgb ,do ,i call you in vain8 ,he clutches my throat#adgc;he chokes out my life6#adgd ,won't some of you fellows go after my wife8 ,must ,i die here alone8 ,see6 they beckon to me4 ,oh6 if ,bessie1 my heart-broken wife1 could but see ,that ,i kept my word4 ,won'tyoukindlysay ,i 8swore off0 for good on the ,new ,year's ,day4#adge ,j4 ,n4 ,fort4 ,,gestures4 #adji ,raise glass in left hand4 #adaj ,lean head on left hand4 #adaa ,h4 ,sw4 #adab ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #adac ,ind4 ,d4 ,o4 #adad ,rise and walk4 #adae ,call to left and sit4 #adaf ,motion of pouring out liquor and drinking4 #adag ,v4 ,h4 ,f4 #adah ,h4 ,sw4 #adai ,h4 ,o4 #adbj ,ind4 ,h4 ,o4 #adba ,h4 ,f4 #adbb ,d4 ,f4 #adbc ,h4 ,o4 #adbd ,stand up1 thumb in armhole4 #adbe ,sit4 #adbf ,raise glass in left hand4 #adbg ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #adbh ,point to left hand4 #adbi ,p4 ,sw4 #adcj ,h4 ,o4 #adca ,h4 ,o4 emphatic4 #adcb ,hand on knee4 #adcc ,to left4 #adcd ,h4 ,b4 #adce ,raise left hand with glass4 #adcf ,half rise4 #adcg ,v4 ,sp4 #adch ,point to left4 #adci - #addj ,imps4 #adda ,sit4 #addb ,h4 ,sw4 #addc ,rise suddenly1 get behind chair1 and look down to right4 #addd ,b4 ,v4 to ,r4 #adde ,imp4 #addf ,v4 ,sp4 #addg ,ind4 ,d4 ,o4 #addh ,b4 ,cli4 up4 #addi ,to left4 #adej ,cli4 ,d4 ,o4 #adea ,sit4 #adeb ,sp4 #adec ,drink4 #aded ,left ,sp4 #adee ,cli4 ,sp4 #adef ,b4 ,cli4 ,sp4 #adeg ,raise glass4 #adeh ,point to glass4 #adei ,sp4 #adfj ,drink4 #adfa ,raise hand1 palm front4 #adfb ,listen4 #adfc ,point here and there4 #adfd ,b4 to head4 #adfe ,b4 ,sp4 #adff ,b4 to breast4 #adfg ,ind4 ,d4 ,o4 #adfh ,look to left4 #adfi ,left ,v4 ,h4 ,o4 #adgj ,b4 on breast4 #adga ,b4 ,v4 ,h4 ,par4 to ,r4 #adgb ,imp4 #adgc ,b4 to throat4 #adgd ,sit4 #adge ,let head drop on left arm on table and the whole body relax4 ,the ,unknown ,speaker4 ,it is the ,fourth ,day of ,july1 #aggf4 ,in the old ,state-house#adgf in the city of ,philadelphia are gathered half a hundred men to strike#adgg from their limbs the shackles of ,british despotism4 ,there is silence#adgh in the hallevery face is turned toward the door#adgi where the committee of three1 who have been out all night penning a parchment1 are soon to enter4 ,the door opens1 the committee appears4#adhj ,that tall man#adha with the sharp features1 the bold brow1 and the sand-hued hair1 holding the parchment in his hand1 is a ,virginia farmer1 ,thomas ,jefferson4 ,that stout-built man#adhb with stern look and flashing eye1 is a ,boston man1 one ,john ,adams4 ,and that calm-faced man#adhc with hair drooping in thick curls to his shoulders1 that#adhd is the ,philadelphia printer1 ,benjamin ,franklin4 ,the three advance to the table4#adhe ,the parchment is laid#adhf there4 ,shall it be signed or not8 ,a fierce debate ensues4 ,jefferson#adhg speaks a few bold words4 ,adams#adhh pours out his whole soul4 ,the deep-toned voice of ,lee#adhi is heard1 swelling#adij in syllables of thunder-like music4 ,but still there is doubt1 and one pale-faced man whispers something about 8axes1#adia scaffolds1 and gibbet40 8,gibbet80 echoes a fierce1 bold voice through the hall4 8,gibbet8 ,they may stretch our necks on all#adib the gibbets in the land2 they may turn every rock#adic into a scaffold2 every tree#adid into a gallows2 every home#adie into a grave1 and yet the words of that parchment#adif there can never#adig die6 ,they may pour our blood#adih on a thousand scaffolds1 and yet from every drop that dyes the axe a new champion of freedom will spring#adii into birth4 ,the ,british ,king may blot out#aejj the stars of ,god from the sky1 but he cannot blot out ,his words written on that parchment#aeja there4 ,the works#aejb of ,god may perish2 ,his words1 never6#aejc 8,the words of this declaration will live in the world long after our bones are dust4 ,to the mechanic#aejd in his workshop they will speak hope2 to the slave#aeje in the mines1 freedom2 but to the coward kings1#aejf these words will speak in tones of warning#aejg they cannot choose but hear4 8,they will be terrible as the flaming syllables on ,belshazzar's wall6#aejh ,they will speak in language startling as the trump of the ,archangel#aeji saying3 #8,you have trampled on mankind long enough6 ,at last the voice of human woe has pierced#aeaj the ear of ,god1 and called ,his judgment down6 ,you have waded#aeaa to thrones through rivers of blood2 you have trampled#aeab on the necks of millions of fellow-beings4 ,now kings1 now purple hangmen1 for you#aeac come the days of axes and gibbets and scaffolds4' 8,such is the message of that declaration to mankind1#aead to the kings of the earth4 ,and shall we falter now8 ,and shall we start back#aeae appalled when our feet touch the very threshold#aeaf of ,freedom8 8,sign#aeag that parchment6 ,sign1#aeah if the next moment the gibbet's rope is about your neck6 ,sign1#aeai if the next minute this hall rings#aebj with the clash of the falling axes6 ,sign#aeba by all your hopes in life or death1 as men1 as husbands1#aebb as fathers1#aebc brothers1#aebd sign your names to the parchment1 or be accursed#aebe forever6 8,sign1 and not only for yourselves1 but for all ages1#aebf for that parchment will be the text-book of freedom1#aebg the ,bible#aebh of the rights of men forever4 ,nay1#aebi do not start and whisper with surprise6 ,it is truth1#aecj your own hearts witness it2 ,god#aeca proclaims it4 ,look at this strange history of a band#aecb of exiles and outcasts1 suddenly transformed into a people1#aecc a handful of#aecd men1 weak in arms1 but mighty#aece in ,god-like faith2 nay1 look at your recent achievements1 your ,bunker ,hill1#aecf your ,lexington1#aecg and then tell me1 if you can1#aech that ,god has not given ,america to be free6 8,it is not given to our poor human intellect to climb to the skies1#aeci and to pierce#aedj the councils of the ,almighty ,one4 ,but methinks ,i stand among the awful clouds#aeda which veil#aedb the brightness of ,jehovah's throne4 8,methinks ,i see the recording angel#aedc come trembling up to that throne to speak his dread message4 #8,father1#aedd the old world is baptized#aede in blood4 ,father1 look with one glance of ,thine eternal eye1 and behold evermore that terrible#aedf sight1 man trodden beneath the oppressor's feet1 nations lost in blood1 murder and superstition walking hand in hand over the graves of the victims1 and not a single voice#aedg to whisper hope to man6' 8,he stands there1#aedh the angel1 trembling with the record of human guilt4 ,but hark6#aedi ,the voice of ,jehovah speaks from out the awful cloud3 #8,let there be light again6 ,tell my people1 the poor and oppressed1 to go out from the old world1 from oppression and blood1 and build my altar in the new6' 8,as ,i live1 my friends1 ,i believe that to be ,his voice6 ,yes1 were my soul trembling on the verge#aeej of eternity1 were this hand#aeea freezing in death1 were this voice choking#aeeb in the last struggle1 ,i would still1 with the last impulse of that soul1 with the last wave#aeec of that hand1 with the last gasp of that voice1 implore#aeed you to remember this truth,god has given ,america to be free6#aeee ,yes1 as ,i sank#aeef into the gloomy shadows of the grave1 with my last faint whisper ,i would beg you to sign#aeeg that parchment for the sake of the millions whose very breath is now hushed#aeeh in intense expectation as they look up to you for the awful words1 #8,you are free6'0#aeei ,the unknown speaker fell exhausted in his seat1 but the work was done4 ,a wild murmur runs#aefj through the hall4 8,sign60 ,there is no doubt now4 ,look how they rush forward6#aefa ,stout-hearted ,john ,hancock has scarcely time to sign his bold name before the pen is grasped by another1#aefb another1#aefc and another4#aefd ,look how the names blaze#aefe on the parchment6 ,adams and ,lee1 ,jefferson and ,carroll1 ,franklin and ,sherman6 ,and now the parchment is signed4 ,now1 old man#aeff in the steeple1 now bare your arm and let the bell speak6#aefg ,hark#aefh to the music of that bell6 ,is there not a poetry in that sound1 a poetry more sublime than that of ,shakespeare#aefi and ,milton8 ,is there not a music in that sound that reminds you of those sublime tones which broke from angel lips when the news of the child ,jesus burst on the hill-tops of ,bethlehem8#aegj ,for the tones of that bell now come pealing1 pealing1 pealing4#aega 8,independence now#aegb and ,independence forever40#aegc ,,gestures4 #adgf ,h4 ,o4 #adgg ,b4 ,d4 ,l4 #adgh ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #adgi ,left ,h4 ,o4 #adhj ,left ,h4 ,o4 #adha ,left ,ind4 ,h4 ,o4 #adhb ,left ,ind4 ,h4 ,o4 #adhc ,left ,h4 ,o4 #adhd ,left ,ind4 ,h4 ,o4 #adhe ,right hand sweep from left to ,h4 ,f4 #adhf ,p4 ,h4 ,f4 #adhg ,h4 ,o4 #adhh ,left ,h4 ,o4 #adhi ,h4 ,f4 #adij ,h4 ,sw4 #adia ,hand to mouth1 sustained4 #adib ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #adic ,d4 ,o4 #adid ,h4 ,o4 #adie ,left ,h4 ,o4 #adif ,ind4 ,h4 ,f4 #adig ,ind4 ,d4 ,f4 #adih ,b4 ,d4 ,f4 #adii ,raise ,p4 #aejj ,v4 ,a4 ,sw4 #aeja ,ind4 ,h4 ,f4 #aejb ,h4 ,o4 #aejc ,d4 ,o4 #aejd ,h4 ,o4 #aeje ,left ,d4 ,o4 #aejf ,p4 ,ind4 ,h4 ,o4 #aejg ,ind4 ,impulses4 #aejh ,trace as though on wall4 #aeji ,a4 ,o4 #aeaj ,ind4 ,a4 ,o4 #aeaa ,b4 ,h4 ,f41 palms facing4 #aeab ,b4 ,p4 ,d4 ,o4 #aeac ,h4 ,o4 #aead ,h4 ,sw4 #aeae ,sp4 body4 #aeaf ,d4 ,f4 #aeag - #aeah - #aeai ,ind4 ,h4 ,f4 #aebj ,a4 ,sw4 #aeba ,ind4 ,h4 ,f4 #aebb ,h4 ,o4 #aebc - #aebd ,impulses4 #aebe ,cli4 ,d4 #aebf ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #aebg ,a4 ,o4 #aebh ,h4 ,o4 #aebi ,v4 ,h4 ,f4 #aecj ,h4 ,f4 #aeca ,a4 ,o4 #aecb ,h4 ,f4 #aecc ,h4 ,o4 #aecd ,h4 ,f4 #aece ,cli4 raised4 #aecf ,h4 ,o4 #aecg ,imp4 #aech ,h4 ,f4 #aeci ,a4 ,o4 #aedj ,ind4 ,a4 ,o4 #aeda ,b4 ,a4 ,o4 #aedb ,b4 ,v4 ,a4 ,o4 #aedc ,a4 ,o4 #aedd ,a4 ,o41 sustained to victims2 eyes follow this gesture4 #aede ,left ,p4 ,d4 ,l4 #aedf ,left ,v4 ,d4 ,l4 #aedg ,b4 ,d4 ,l4 #aedh ,a4 ,o4 #aedi ,lis4 to ,r4 ,a41 sustained during and to end of quotation4 #aeej ,d4 ,f4 #aeea ,h4 ,f4 #aeeb ,to throat4 #aeec ,sp4 #aeed ,b4 ,h4 ,f4 #aeee ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #aeef ,b4 ,d4 ,f4 #aeeg ,ind4 ,h4 ,f4 #aeeh ,b4 ,p4 ,h4 ,o4 #aeei ,b4 ,h4 ,o4 #aefj ,h4 ,sw4 #aefa ,h4 ,f4 #aefb - #aefc - #aefd ,imps4 #aefe ,trace with finger4 #aeff ,a4 ,f4 #aefg ,a4 ,sw4 #aefh ,lis4 #aefi ,left ,h4 ,l4 #aegj ,left ,h4 ,b4 #aega ,a4 ,sw4 #aegb ,h4 ,f4 #aegc ,h4 ,sw4 ,,juveniles4 ,the ,boy and the ,boot4 8,bother60 was all that ,john ,clatterby said2 ,his breath came quick and his cheeks were red1 ,he flourished his elbows and looked absurd1 ,while1 over and over1 his 8,bother60 ,i heard4 ,harder and harder he tugged and worked2 ,vainly and savagely still he jerked2 ,the boot1 half on1 would dawdle and flap1 8,bother60 and then he burst the strap4 ,redder than ever his hot cheek flamed2 ,louder than ever he fumed and blamed2 ,he wiggled his heel and he tugged at the leather ,till his knees and his chin came bumping together4 8,my boy10 said ,i1 in a voice like a flute1 8,why not first try your troublesome boot ,on the other foot80 8,i'm a goose60 laughed ,john1 ,as he stood1 in a flash1 with his two boots on4 ,in half the affairs of this every-day life 7,as that same day ,i said to my wife71 ,our troubles come from trying to put ,the left-hand boot on the right-hand foot4 ,farewell ,old ,shoe4 ,to be addressed to an old shoe which the speaker holds in his hand4 ,adieu6 adieu6 ,my poor old shoe6 ,what comfort ,i have had with you6 ,my sole companion day by day1 ,you've cheered and soothed my weary way6 ,a fond adieu1 ,my dear old shoe6 ,most faithful friend ,i've found in you6 ,alike1 midst fair or wintry weather1 ,we've shared life's pilgrimage together4 ,now rent and torn1 ,and sadly worn1 ,of every trace of beauty shorn4 ',tis with an honest1 heart-felt sigh ,i feel that ,i must throw you by4 ,a sad adieu6 ,poor worn-out shoe6 ,what sorry plights you've borne me through6 ,and1 oh6 it tears my tender heart ,to think that you and ,i must part4 ,once more1 adieu6 ,my faithful shoe6 ,i ne'er shall find the likes o' you1 ,and ,i will bless your memory ,for all the good you've been to me4 ,no other boot ,can ever suit ,as you have done my crippled feet6 ,no other shoe can ever be ,the tried1 true friend you've been to me4 ,a last adieu1 ,dear cast-off shoe6 ,whatever may become of you1 ,accept1 dear1 easiest1 best of shoes1 ,this farewell offering of my muse4 ,tale of a ,dog and a ,bee4 ,great big dog1 ,head upon his toes2 ,tiny little bee ,settles on his nose4 ,great big dog ,thinks it is a fly1 ,never says a word1 ,winks mighty sly4 ,tiny little bee ,tickles doggie's nose ,thinks like as not ',tis a blooming rose4 ,dog smiles a smile1 ,winks his other eye1 ,chuckles to himself ,how he'll catch a fly4 ,then he makes a snap1 ,mighty quick and spry1 ,gets the little bug1 ,but doesn't catch the fly4 ,tiny little bee1 ,alive and looking well1 ,great big dog1 ,mostly gone to swell4 ,,moral4 ,dear friends and brothers all1 ,don't be too fast and free1 ,and when you catch a fly ,be sure it ain't a bee4 ,little ,foxes4 ,among my tender vines ,i spy1 ,a little fox named 8,by-and-,by40 ,then set upon him1 quick1 ,i say1 ,the swift young hunter 8,right ,away40 ,around each tender vine ,i plant1 ,i find the little fox 8,i ,can't60 ,then fast as ever hunter ran1 ,chase him with brave and bold 8,i ,can40 8,no ,use in ,trying60 lags and whines1 ,this fox among my tender vines4 ,then drive him low and drive him high1 ,with this good hunter1 named 8,i'll ,try40 ,among the vines in my small lot1 ,creeps in the fox 8,oh1 ,i ,forgot40 ,then hunt him out and to his den1 ,with 8,i-,will-,not-,forget-,again40 ,a little fox is hidden there ,among my vines1 named 8,i ,don't ,care40 ,then let 8,i'm ,sorry10 hunter true1 ,chase him far from vines and you4 ,for a ,little ,girl4 ,i love my papa1 that ,i do1 ,and mamma says she loves him too2 ,and both of them love me1 ,i know1 ,a thousand ways their love they show4 ,but papa says he fears some day ,with some mean scamp ,i'll run away4 ,an ,oration for a ,boy4 ,i rise to make this short oration1 ,without the least equivocation1 ,or any false exaggeration1 ,and hope to win your approbation ,if not your warmest admiration4 ,i want to make a revelation1 ,just for the sake of exultation1 ,without a long enumeration1 ,in reference to education2 ,for1 since our school association ,we feel a high appreciation ,of teachers' kind administration4 ,whate'er may be our destination1 ,we'll have the pleasing consolation ,of living in high estimation ,with all our teachers1 in relation ,with every day's assimilation4 ,i hope you'll have the penetration ,to see this is my own creation1 ,and quite a novel adaptation4 ,please pardon the conglomeration1 ,for ,i'm scared like all the nation1 ,therefore accept my resignation4 ,illustration3 8,blessed mother1 save my brain60 8,they ,say40 ,the subject of my speech is one ,we hear of every day ',tis simply all about the fear ,we have of what 8they say60 ,how happy all of us could be1 ,if1 as we go our way1 ,we did not stop to think and care ,so much for what 8they say40 ,we never dress to go outside1 ,to church1 to ball1 or play1 ,but everything we wear or do ,is ruled by what 8they say40 ,half of the struggles we each make ,to keep up a display1 ,might be avoided1 were it not ,for dread of what 8they say40 ,the half of those who leave their homes ,for ,long ,branch and ,cape ,may ,would never go1 if it were not ,for fear of what 8they say40 ,one reason why ,i'm now so scared 7,pardon the weakness1 pray67 ,is that ,i'm thinking all the while1 8,of me what will #8they say8'0 ,but so 'twill be1 ,i judge1 as long ,as on the earth folks stay ,there'll always be1 with wise and fools1 ,that dread of what 8they say40 ,nobody's ,dog4 ,only a dirty black and white dog6 ,you can see him any day1 ,trotting meekly from street to street4 ,he almost seems to say1 ,as he looks in your face with wistful eye1 8,i don't mean to be in your way40 ,his tail hangs drooping between his legs2 ,his body is thin and spare2 ,how he envies the sleek and well-fed dogs ,that thrive on their masters' care6 ,and he wonders what they must think of him1 ,and grieves at his own hard fare4 ,sometimes he sees a friendly face ,a face that he seems to know2 ,and he thinks he may be the master ,that he lost so long ago2 ,and even dares to follow him home1 ,for he loved his master so4 ,poor ,jack6 ,he's only mistaken again1 ,and stoned and driven back2 ,but he's used to disappointments now1 ,and takes up his beaten track2 ,nobody's dog1 for nobody cares ,for poor1 unfortunate ,jack4 ,johnny's ,soliloquy4 ,it seems to be father's greatest joy ,to tell what he did when he was a boy4 ,nothing very wonderful1 so far's ,i can see2 ,and it seems pretty rough on a fellow like me1 ,when ,i've worked like a man all the long summer day ,and boys can get tired1 ,i don't care what they say ,to have father declare1 in his evening chat1 8,when ,i was a boy ,i did better than that4 8,i was bound out when ,i was a boy1 ,had never a play-day1 a book1 or a toy4 ,i earned my first suit when ,i was of age1 ,by working at odd hours for old ,deacon ,gage2 ,i often went barefoot1 having seldom a hat1 ,and as for a coat1 ,i was too poor for that4 ,of course ,i had extra clothes for cold weather1 ,but the clothes were not broadcloth1 nor the boots patent leather40 ,then he talks of this and that wonderful feat1 ,with little to wear and little to eat2 ,how he never went either to church or to school1 ,just picked up his learning without guide or rule4 ,and says3 8,john1 to be sure1 is easy to learn1 ,and always stands first at the close of the term4 ,but if ,i'd his chance at books in my day1 ,i don't think you'd have found me always at play40 ,now ,i am just as willing as can be to work1 ,nobody can call me a bit of a shirk2 ,i don't ask for fine clothes or frequent play-days1 ,for ,i know father's money has plenty of ways3 ,but when ,i've done as well as ,i can1 ,they might treat me as though ,i'd some day be a man4 ,i'm so tired of the song father always has sung3 8,i did better than that when ,i was young40 ,the ,wind in a ,frolic4 ,the wind one morning sprang up from sleep1 ,saying1 8,now for a frolic6 now for a leap6 ,now for a mad-cap galloping chase6 ,i'll make a commotion in every place60 ,so it swept with a bustle right through a great town1 ,creaking the signs1 and scattering down ,shutters2 and whisking1 with merciless squalls1 ,old women's bonnets and gingerbread stalls2 ,there never was heard a much lustier shout1 ,as the apples and oranges tumbled about2 ,and the urchins1 that stand with their thievish eyes ,forever on watch1 ran off each with a prize4 ,then away to the field it went blustering and humming1 ,and the cattle all wondered whatever was coming2 ,it plucked by the tails the grave matronly cows1 ,and tossed the colts' manes all over their brows1 ,till1 offended at such a familiar salute1 ,they all turned their backs and stood sulkily mute4 ,so on it went1 capering1 and playing its pranks1 ,whistling with reeds on the broad river's banks1 ,puffing the birds as they sat on the spray1 ,o'er the traveler's grave on the king's highway4 ,it was not too nice to hustle the bags ,of the beggar1 and flutter his dirty rags2 ',twas so bold that it feared not to play its joke ,with the doctor's wig or the gentleman's cloak4 ,through the forest it roared1 and cried1 gayly1 8,now1 ,you sturdy old oaks1 ,i'll make you bow60 ,and it made them bow without more ado1 ,or cracked their great branches through and through4 ,then it rushed like a monster1 on cottage and farm1 ,striking their dwellers with sudden alarm1 ,so they ran out like bees when threatened with harm4 ,there were dames with their kerchiefs tied over their caps1 ,to see if their poultry were free from mishaps2 ,the turkeys they gobbled1 the geese screamed aloud1 ,and the hens crept to roost in a terrified crowd2 ,there was rearing of ladders1 and logs laying on1 ,where the thatch from the roof threatened soon to be gone4 ,but the wind it swept on1 and met in a lane ,with a school-boy1 who panted and struggled in vain3 ,for it tossed him and twirled him1 then passed1 and he stood ,with his hat in a pool1 and his shoe in the mud4 ,then away went the wind in its holiday glee6 ,and now it was far on the billowy sea2 ,and the lordly ships felt its staggering blow1 ,and the little boats darted to and fro3 ,but lo6 night came1 and it sank to rest ,on the sea-bird's rock in the gleaming west1 ,laughing to think1 in its fearful fun1 ,how little of mischief it had done6 ,william ,howitt4 ,the ,speckled ,hen4 ,dear ,brother ,ben1 ,i take my pen ,to tell you where1 and how1 and when1 ,i found the nest of our speckled hen4 ,she never would lay in a sensible way1 ,like other hens1 in the barn on the hay2 ,but here and there and everywhere1 ,on the stable floor1 and the wood-house stair1 ,and once1 on the ground her eggs ,i found4 ,but yesterday ,i ran away1 ,with mother's leave1 in the barn to play4 ,the sun shone bright on the seedy floor1 ,and the doves so white were a pretty sight ,as they walked in and out of the open door1 ,with their little red feet and feathers neat4 ,cooing and cooing more and more4 ,well1 ,i went out to look about ,on the platform wide1 where1 side by side1 ,i could see the pig-pens in their pride2 ,and beyond them both1 on a narrow shelf1 ,i saw the speckled hen hide herself ,behind a pile of hoes and rakes ,and pieces of boards and broken stakes4 8,ah1 ha6 old hen1 ,i have found you now1 ,but to reach your nest ,i don't know how1 ,unless ,i could climb or creep or crawl ,along the edge of the pig-pen wall40 ,and while ,i stood in a thoughtful mood1 ,the speckled hen cackled as loud as she could1 ,and flew away1 as much as to say1 8,for once my treasure is out of your way40 ,i didn't wait a moment then2 ,i couldn't be conquered by that old hen6 ,but along the edge of the slippery ledge ,i carefully crept1 for the great pigs slept1 ,and ,i dared not even look to see ,if they were thinking of eating me4 ,but all at once1 oh6 what a dunce6 ,i dropped my basket into the pen1 ,the one you gave me1 ,brother ,ben2 ,there were two eggs in it1 by the way1 ,that ,i found in the manger under the hay1 ,then the pigs got up and ran about ,with a noise between a grunt and a shout1 ,and when ,i saw them rooting1 rooting1 ,of course ,i slipped and lost my footing1 ,and tripped1 and jumped1 and finally fell ,right down among the pigs1 pell-mell4 ,for once in my life ,i was afraid1 ,for the door that led out into the shed ,was fastened tight with an iron hook1 ,and father was down in the fields by the brook1 ,hoeing and weeding his rows of corn1 ,and here was his ,dolly1 so scared and forlorn4 ,but ,i called him1 and called him1 as loud as ,i could1 ,i knew he would hear mehe must and he should 8,o father6 ,o father6 7,get out1 you old pig47 ,o father6 oh6 oh60 for their mouths were so big4 ,then ,i waited a minute and called him again1 8,o father6 ,o father6 ,i am in the pig-pen60 ,and father did hear1 and he threw down his hoe1 ,and scampered as fast as a father could go4 ,the pigs had pushed me close to the wall1 ,and munched my basket1 eggs and all1 ,and chewed my sun-bonnet into a ball4 ,and one had rubbed his muddy nose ,all over my apron1 clean and white2 ,and they sniffed at me1 and stepped on my toes1 ,but hadn't taken the smallest bite1 ,when father opened the door at last1 ,and oh6 in his arms he held me fast4 ,e4 ,w4 ,denison4 ,the ,new ,baby4 ,muzzer's bought a baby ,ittle bits of zing2 ,zink ,i mos' could put him ,froo my rubber ring4 ,ain't he awful ugly8 ,ain't he awful pink8 ,just come down from ,heaven6 ,dat's a fib1 ,i zink4 ,doctor told annuzer ,great big awful lie2 ,nose ain't out of joyent ,dat ain't why ,i cry4 ,zink ,i ought to love him8 ,no1 ,i won'tso zere6 ,nassy1 crying baby ,ain't got any hair4 ,send me off wiz ,biddy ,every single day2 8,be a good boy1 ,charley ,run away and play40 ,dot all my nice kisses ,dot my place in bed2 ,mean to take my drumstick ,and hit him on ze head4 ,katie's ,wants4 ,me want ,christmas tree1 ,yes1 me do2 ,want an orange on it1 ,lots of candy1 too4 ,want some new dishes1 ,want a red pail1 ,want a rocking-horse ,with a very long tail4 ,want a little watch ,that says1 8,tick1 tick60 ,want a newer dolly1 ',cause ,victoria's sick4 ,want so many things ,don't know what to do2 ,want a little sister1 ,little brother1 too4 ,won't you buy 'em1 mamma8 ,tell me why you won't8 ,want to go to bed8 ,no1 me don't4 ,eva ,m4 ,tappan4 ,queer ,little ,stitches4 ,oh6 queer little stitches1 ,you surely are witches1 ,to bother me so6 ,i'm trying to plant you3 ,do stay where ,i want you1 ,all straight in a row4 ,now keep close together6 ,i never know whether ,you'll do as ,i say4 ,why can't you be smaller8 ,you really grow taller1 ,try hard as ,i may6 ,there6 now my thread's knotted1 ,my finger is dotted ,with sharp needle-pricks6 ,i mean to stop trying2 ,i cannot help crying2 ,oh6 dear1 what a fix6 ,yes1 yes1 little stitches1 ,i know you are witches ,i'm sure of it now ,because you don't bother ,grown people like mother ,when they try to sew4 ,you love to bewilder ,us poor little 8childer0 7,as ,bridget would say71 ,by jumping and dancing1 ,and leaping and prancing1 ,and losing your way4 ,hear the bees in the clover6 ,sewing 8over and over0 ,they don't understand4 ,i wish ,i was out there ,and playing about there ,in that great heap of sand6 ,the afternoon's going2 ,i must do my sewing ,before ,i can play4 ,now behave1 little stitches1 ,like good-natured witches1 ,the rest of the day4 ,i'd almost forgotten ,about waxing my cotton1 ,as good sewers do2 ,andoh6 what a memory6 ,here is my emery ,to help coax it through4 ,i'm so nicely provided ,i've really decided ,to finish the things4 ,there's nothing like trying2 ,my needle is flying ,as if it had wings4 ,there1 good-bye1 little stitches6 ,you obstinate witches1 ,you're punished1 you know4 ,you've been very ugly1 ,and now you sit snugly ,along in a row4 ,the ,nose ,out of ,joint4 ,oh6 a comical thing is a nose out of joint6 ,there is a wee chap ,who met this mishap2 ,he looked very glum1 ,and grew almost dumb2 ,then he stood in a corner to pout1 ,no doubt1 ,decidedly hurt and put out4 ,oh6 the innocent cause of a nose out of joint6 ,he tried to appear ,in excellent cheer4 ,in one eye a smile1 ,a tear all the while ,in the other1 led one to believe1 ,and grieve1 ,that clearly he tried to deceive6 ,oh6 the innocent cause of the nose out of joint6 ,ten pink little toes1 ,a wee1 funny nose1 ,and eyes1 bright and new1 ,of robin's egg blue1 ,and up-stairs in a soft cradle-nest1 ,at rest1 ,with tiniest hands on its breast6 ,oh6 the wonderful cure of a nose out of joint6 ,a mother's fond call1 ,a gentle footfall2 ,a sweet word of joy1 ,a kiss for her boy1 ,and a shy little brotherly peep1 ,and deep ,spring1 love for the baby asleep4 ,george ,cooper4 ,valedictory4 ,it now1 kind friends1 devolves on me ,to speak our ,val-e-dic-to-ry2 ,you've seen our ,exhibition through1 ,we've tried to please each one of you ,and if we've failed in any part1 ,lay it to head1 and not to heart2 ,for we have striven1 night and day1 ,to study well both speech and play4 ,we hope1 within another year1 ,again before you to appear4 ,but e'er we partbefore you go ,we wish you one and all to know ,we thank you for your presence here ,such kindness does our bosoms cheer1 ,and causes every boy to feel ,he ought to study with more zeal2 ,while all the girls it will inspire ,with an ambition to rise higher4 ,we feel much more than words can tell ,accept our heart-felt thanksfarewell6 ,presentation ,speech4 ,,dear ,,teacher3 ,i have been requested by the young ladies of this school 7or institution7 to offer you a slight token of our affection and regard4 ,i cannot tell you how delighted ,i am to be the means of conveying to you the expression of our united love4 ,what we offer you is a poor symbol of our feelings1 but we know you will receive it kindly1 as a simple indication of the attachment which each one of us cherishes for you in her heart of hearts4 ,you have made our lessons pleasant to usso pleasant that it would be ungrateful to call them tasks4 ,we know that we have often tried your temper and forbearance1 but you have dealt gently with us in our waywardness1 teaching us1 by example as well as precept1 the advantages of magnanimity and self-control4 ,we will never forget you4 ,we shall look back to this school 7or institution7 in after life1 not as a place of penance1 but as a scene of mental enjoyment1 where the paths of learning were strewn with flowers2 and whenever memory recalls our school-days1 our hearts will warm toward you as they do to-day4 ,i have been requested by my school-mates not to address you formally1 but as a beloved and respected friend4 ,in that light1 dear teacher1 we all regard you4 ,please accept1 with our little present1 our earnest good wishes4 ,may you always be as happy as you have endeavored to make your pupils1 and may theynothing better could be wished for thembe always as faithful to their duties to others as you have been in your duties to them4 ,little ,millie's ,declamation4 ,see my pretty ruffled dress6 ,see my tienty locket6 ',spects ,i'm most a lady now1 ',cause ,i got a pocket4 ,those down here are my blue shoes1 ,that ,i walk my feet in2 ',cause it wouldn't do to wear ,copper toes to meetin'4 ,see my pictured hankerfust ,sunday days ,i has it6 ,i can blow a noise in church ,most like papa does it4 ,papa's hitchin' ,jack and ,gray1 ,and they keep a prancin'2 ,horses don't wear ,sunday clothes ,they don't know they're dancin'4 ,grandpa used to go with us ,now he's gone to heaven2 ,guess he's at the angel church1 ,up where ,god is livin'4 ,i don't take no cakes along ,never thing of eatin'2 ,don't you want a nice clean kiss ',fore we go to meetin'4 ,the ,only ,child4 ,which is my nicest plaything8 ,i really cannot tell2 ,i have a china dolly1 ,i have a silver bell4 ,i have a string of beads2 ,my mother often tells me ,i have all a baby needs4 ,but if ,i had a brother ,as big as cousin ,ben1 ,or if ,i had a sister ,like little ,lilly ,fen1 ,we should have such times together1 ',twould drive the neighbors wild ,oh6 it's very lonesome ,to be an only child6 ,lulu's ,complaint4 ,i'se a poor 'ittle sorrowful baby1 ,for ,b'idget is 'way down stairs3 ,my titten has scatched my fin'er1 ,and ,dolly won't say her p'ayers4 ,i hain't seen my bootiful mamma ,since ever so long ado2 ,an' ,i ain't her tunninest baby ,no londer1 for ,b'idget says so4 ,mamma dot anoder new baby1 ,dod dived it,he didyes'erday2 ,an' it kies1 it kiesoh6 so defful6 ,i wis' ,he would take it away4 ,i don't want no 8sweet 'ittle sister20 ,i want my dood mamma1 ,i do2 ,i want her to tiss me and tiss me1 ,an' tall me her p'ecious ,lulu4 ,i dess my dear papa will bin' me ,a 'ittle dood titten some day2 ,here's nurse wid my mamma's new baby2 ,i wis' she would tate it away4 ,oh6 oh6 what tunnin' red fin'ers6 ,it sees me 'ite out of its eyes2 ,i dess we will teep it and dive it ,some can'y whenever it kies4 ,i dess ,i will dive it my dolly ,to play wid 'mos' every day2 ,an' ,i dess1 ,i dess,say1 ,b'idget1 ,ask ,dod not to tate it away4 ,little ,tommie's ,first ,smoke4 ,i've been sick4 ,mamma said 'mokin' was a nasty1 dirty1 disgraceful habit1 and bad for the window curtains4 ,papa said it wasn't4 ,he said all wise men 'moked1 and that it was good for rheumatism1 and that he didn't care for the window curtains1 not athat thing what busts and drowns people2 ,i forgot its name4 ,and he said women didn't know much anyway1 and that they couldn't reason like men4 ,so next day papa wasn't nice a bitthat day ,i frew over the accawarium1 and papa 'panked meand ,i felt as if ,i had the rheumatism ever' time ,i went to sit down1 and so ,i just got papa's pipe and loaded it and 'moked it1 to cure rheumatism where papa 'panked me4 ,and they put mustard plaster on my tummick till they most burned a hole in it1 ,i guess4 ,i fink they fought ,i was going to die4 ,i fought so too4 ,mamma said ,i was goin' to be a little cherub1 but ,i fought ,i was goin' to be awful sick4 ,nurse said ,i was goin' to be a cherub1 toothen she went to put a nuzzar mustard plaster on4 ,i didn't want her to1 and she called me somefing else4 ,i guess that was 'cause ,i frew the mustard plaster in her face4 ,i don't want to be a cherub anyway2 ,i'd rather be little ,tommie for a while yet4 ,but ,i wont 'moke any more4 ,i guess mamma was right4 ,maybe ,i'm sumfin' like a window curtain4 ',mokin' isn't good for me4 ,the ,elf-,child4 ,little ,orphant ,annie's come to our house to stay1 ,an' wash the cups an' saucers up1 and brush the crumbs away1 ,an' shoo the chickens off the porch1 an' dust the hearth1 an' sweep1 ,an' make the fire1 an' bake the bread1 an' earn her board and keep2 ,an' all us other children1 when the supper things is done1 ,we set around the kitchen fire an' has the mostest fun ,a-list'nin' to the witch tales 'at ,annie tells about1 ,an' the gobble-uns 'at gits you ,ef you ,don't ,watch ,out6 ,once they was a little boy wouldn't say his pray'rs-- ,an' when he went to bed at night1 away up-stairs1 ,his mammy heard him holler1 an' his daddy heard him bawl1 ,an' when they turn the kivvers down he wasn't there at all6 ,an' they seeked him in the rafter-room1 an' cubby-hole1 an' press1 ,an' seeked him up the chimbly-flue1 an' everywheres1 ,i guess1 ,but all they ever found was this--his pants an' round-about-- ,an' the gobble-uns 'll git you ,ef you ,don't ,watch ,out6 ,an' one time a little girl 'ud allus laugh an' grin1 ,an' make fun of ever' one an' all her blood an' kin4 ,an' onct1 when they was 8company10 an' old folks was there1 ,she mocked 'em1 an' shocked 'em1 an' said she didn't care6 ,an' jist as she kicked her heels an' turn't to run an' hide1 ,they was two great ,big ,black ,things a-standin' by her side1 ,an' they snatched her through the ceilin'1 'fore she knowed what she's about6 ,an' the gobble-uns 'll git you ,ef you ,don't ,watch ,out6 ,an' little ,orphant ,annie says1 when the blaze is blue1 ,an' the lampwick sputters1 an' the wind goes ,woo-oo6 ,an' you hear the crickets quit1 an' the moon is gray1 ,an' the lightnin'-bugs in dew is all squenched away-- ,you better mind your parents and yer teachers fond an' dear1 ,an' cherish them 'at loves you1 and dry the orphant's tear1 ,an' he'p the po' an' needy ones 'at clusters all about1 ,er the gobble-uns 'll git you ,ef you ,don't ,watch ,out6 ,,contents4 ,,dramatic4 ,,page ,ballad of ,breakneck1 ,the1 #acd ,ben ,hassan's ,dream1 #bcd ,ben-,hur's ,chariot ,race1 #cja ,corsican1 ,the1 #bgg ,dream of ,aldarin1 ,the1 #cfh ,dream of ,eugene ,aram1 ,the1 #ccg ,dying to ,win1 #aj ,felon's ,wife1 ,the1 #abg ,fra ,giacomo1 #bga ,jingles1 #aeh ,lost in the ,mountains1 #aie ,mad1 #ceh ,nell1 #bib ,nydia1 the ,blind ,girl of ,pompeii1 #ccc ,old ,actor's ,story1 ,the1 #bbg ,sir ,rupert's ,wife1 #bb ,spanish ,mother1 ,the1 #ei ,swore ,off1 #cgf ,uncle ,ned's ,tale1 #bed ,woman's ,vengeance1 ,a1 #cfc ,,pathetic4 ,back to ,griggsby's1 #aed ,crazy ,nell1 #ba ,dead ,letter1 ,the1 #d ,death of ,uncle ,tom1 ,the1 #cga ,dog ,story1 ,a1 #abb ,dolores1 #cjh ,dukite ,snake1 ,the1 #ced ,enguerrande's ,child1 #bji ,ivy-,clad ,ruin1 #bfe ,mary1 ,queen of ,scots1 #gc ,moon1 ,the1 #abe ,new ,mother1 ,a1 #aff ,not in the ,ranks1 #bbe ,old ,spinster1 ,the1 #aef ,one ,day ,solitary1 #cdf ,roderick ,lee1 #ea ,suicide1 ,the1 #abf ,tommy's ,death-,bed1 #hb ,waiting for the ,mail1 #cjj ,wayward ,life1 ,a1 #adj ,why ,she ,didn't ,stay in the ,poor-,house1 #add ,yes1 ,i'm ,guilty1 #bff ,,humorous4 ,book-,agent ,beats the ,bandit1 ,the1 #bbc ,charlie's ,story1 #bcg ,chemist to ,his ,love1 ,the1 #ach ,engineer's ,ride on a ,piano1 ,the1 #fd ,experience with a ,refractory ,cow1 #gj ,going to ,market1 #he ,holding a ,baby1 #eg ,how 8,ruby0 ,played1 #cbg ,humors of ,elocution1 #da ,i'm ,getting ,too ,big to ,kiss1 #bii ,lecture by ,one of the ,sex1 #bjf ,little ,torment1 ,the1 #adb ,meeting at ,wendletown1 ,the1 #agh ,merry ,mike1 #bbj ,pa1 #h ,reason ,why1 ,the1 #dc ,ruling ,passion1 ,the1 #big ,studying for the ,contest1 #ai ,thora1 #cag ,village ,choir1 ,the1 #bbb ,wanted1 a ,wife1 #aec ,yankee ,still ,ahead1 ,the1 #gi ,,patriotic4 ,gallant ,fifty-first1 ,the1 #c ,last ,salute1 ,the1 #ag ,proud ,flag of ,freedom1 ,the1 #aid ,soldier's ,offering1 ,a1 #bif ,unknown ,speaker1 ,the1 #chj ,valley ,forge1 #cbe ,world's ,hero1 ,the1 #ff ,,dialogues ,,and ,,dramas4 ,all ,wrong1 #bhc ,civilization1 #cj ,crowning of the ,sunday-,school ,angel1 #hh ,dorothy ,clyde1 #ajb ,getting ,ready1 #cb ,meg ,merrilies1 #cej ,merry ,sunflower1 #hf ,months1 ,the1 #bch ,petruchio's ,widow1 #aha ,scene from 8,merchant of ,venice10 #cac ,,juveniles4 ,boy and ,the ,boot1 ,the1 #chg ,elf-,child1 ,the1 #daa ,farewell1 ,old ,shoe1 #chh ,for a ,little ,girl1 #cia ,johnny's ,soliloquy1 #cid ,katie's ,wants1 #dja ,little ,foxes1 #cij ,little ,millie's ,declamation1 #djg ,little ,tommie's ,first ,smoke1 #daj ,lulu's ,complaint1 #dji ,new ,baby1 ,the1 #djj ,nobody's ,dog1 #cic ,nose ,out of ,joint1 ,the1 #djd ,only ,child1 ,the1 #djh ,oration for a ,boy1 ,an1 #djh ,presentation ,speech1 #djf ,queer ,little ,stitches1 #djb ,richard ,dingle's ,speech1 #age ,speckled ,hen1 ,the1 #cig ,tale of a ,dog and a ,bee1 #chi ,they ,say1 #cib ,unfinished ,prayer1 ,the1 #dab ,valedictory1 #dje ,wind in a ,frolic1 ,the1 #cif ,,miscellaneous4 ,bill1 the ,engineer1 #adf ,calls of ,the ,bells1 ,the1 #ii ,contrasts in ,shakespeare1 #bae ,coquette1 ,the1 #fg ,echo and the ,ferry1 #df ,enchanted ,shirt1 ,the1 #bfh ,exercise in ,pronunciation1 #abd ,go ,fan ,yourself1 #bia ,grain of ,truth1 ,a1 #bgf ,hints on ,expression1 #hg ,king's ,kiss1 ,the1 #bad ,legend of the ,wissahickon1 #afa ,little ,brown ,eyes1 #ab ,little ,christel1 #aca ,maiden ,song1 #bja ,notation of ,gestures1 #b ,nothing to ,wear1 #dd ,read ,this if ,you ,can1 #bfb ,six ,o',clock1 #bcf ,stars1 ,the1 #adc ,true ,remedy1 ,the1 #aea ,word ,pictures1 #agf ,transcriber's ,note ,this book was written in a period when many words had not become standardized in their spelling4 ,words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in the text4 ,these have been left unchanged unless indicated below4 ,dialect and misspelled words were not corrected1 unless indicated below4 8,the ,unfinished ,prayer10 listed in the ,contents on page #dab1 was not included in the original book4 ,illustrations were moved to the nearest break between works4 ,obvious printing errors1 such as backwards1 upside down1 missing or partially printed letters1 were corrected4 ,apostrophes and diacriticals were adjusted as needed4 ,final stops missing at the end of sentences and abbreviations were added4 ,duplicate letters at line endings or page breaks were removed4 ,footnotes were renumbered sequentially and were moved to the end of the work to which they pertain4 ,anchors #a1 #cje1 and #ccb were not printed in the original4 ,there are two anchors #def and #gha4 ,footnotes resolve to the first of each4 ,anchor #aaea was added to title of 8,one ,day ,solitary0 as the footnote applies to whole poem4 ,there are two footnotes numbered #cef2 the second is noted #cef;a4 ,duplicate of footnote #fdf was deleted4 ,spelling corrections3 whipers whispers we spoke fogotten forgotten it4 he she lingers ,wherfore ,wherefore should not we ,our brave commander1 ,jaques ,jacques ,elecution ,elocution and ,languages ,their's ,theirs not to reason why nesttings nestlings watching them ,they're ,they've wrought their fill couched crouched beneath the arch