The Chap-book; semi-monthly . nto hoot. Shaw was himself again at once. He opened 540 THE MORN IS FINE his lips, and amid the resulting silence he said, lookingat the solitary malcontent. ** I quite agree with myfriend in the Gallery — but what are two against somany? A single breath of opposition braced hisenergies. For Shaw is like the kite, and can rise onlywhen the popular is aura is against him. Clarence Rook. THE MORN IS FINE .HE morn is fine, the wind smells sweet:The nomad man that lurks in me Arouses, and I fain would meetThe fellowship of vagrancy. Along the mountain roads of
The Chap-book; semi-monthly . nto hoot. Shaw was himself again at once. He opened 540 THE MORN IS FINE his lips, and amid the resulting silence he said, lookingat the solitary malcontent. ** I quite agree with myfriend in the Gallery — but what are two against somany? A single breath of opposition braced hisenergies. For Shaw is like the kite, and can rise onlywhen the popular is aura is against him. Clarence Rook. THE MORN IS FINE .HE morn is fine, the wind smells sweet:The nomad man that lurks in me Arouses, and I fain would meetThe fellowship of vagrancy. Along the mountain roads of , foot-farers from near and far; Ye who do love the wandering wayOf Beauty, show what stuff ye are. And face the westward-luring path ; The hours are yours twixt dawn and night ;And since that Youth*s sure aftermath Is Memory — use the day aright, That by the fire, when evenings cronies gathered close around. The old-time deeds may twinkle peace be in the back-logs sound. Richard Burton. w DRAWING 541. DRAWN BY A. E. BORIE 542 THE YOUNG PERSON THE YOUNG PERSON THE prevailing characteristic of Mrs. Murdocksboarding-house was a faded gentility. Both and No. 208 had seen better days. Thelady herself, crossing her shining and veinous old handsover her black barege lap, was prone to remind herselect company of boarders that she had once been aperson of wealth and high standing. But this was a fact that it was hardly necessary forMrs. Murdock to verbally announce. One saw it at aglance. That this was a house originally intended forfine people who lived finely, the observant visitor at could tell by the dim frescoes on the high ceilings,the long crystal chandeliers and the tall mirrors withgreat gilt frames. So the same observer could have seenby Mrs. Murdocks condescending dignity of manner,by her mode of expressing herself, and by her wellmodulated voice, that here was a lady above her an interview with her, a visit to her s
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