. Picturesque on the B. & O. . of the picturesque there steal in memories of the sacredpast which fall like a halo about the leafy crest. Stalwartboys in blue and in gray struggled through those thicklygrowing trees and brush, and one and then the other signaledfrom the highest peak to answering forces, like themselves,cloudward. Nestling under the kindly protection of thebillow)- masses of Bolivar Heights, quaint and crumblingHarpers Ferry lies. A white steeple here lifts its glitteringfinger, indexing the final ambition of man, while there theweather-beaten side of an old-time warehouse dwar
. Picturesque on the B. & O. . of the picturesque there steal in memories of the sacredpast which fall like a halo about the leafy crest. Stalwartboys in blue and in gray struggled through those thicklygrowing trees and brush, and one and then the other signaledfrom the highest peak to answering forces, like themselves,cloudward. Nestling under the kindly protection of thebillow)- masses of Bolivar Heights, quaint and crumblingHarpers Ferry lies. A white steeple here lifts its glitteringfinger, indexing the final ambition of man, while there theweather-beaten side of an old-time warehouse dwarfs sur-rounding buildings by its larger dimensions, throwing theminto such deep shade as to cause an involuntary feeling thatthe shadows of the past and of the present are in will Harpers Ferry be visited in the reflective, so tospeak. One cannot climb the rugged and wind-testingstreets without wondering at every step if John Brownwent that way to his death; or, perchance, if Stonewallmarched his men down from Bol
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