. St. Nicholas [serial]. ans Misery,they tugged and they pulled, and at lastthey got the fat woman through. I thought the most dangerous part wascrossing the Echo River. The boatswere flat, and in one place the rock cameout so far that we had to stoop down tokeep from hitting our heads against this river there are fishes with noeyes, as it is so dark they could not seeanyway. The Star Chamber is very pretty, chamber it looks as if there are stars and a guide takes the lanterns away, and goes behind therocks ; then he brings the lanterns back in a bunch, andon the side o
. St. Nicholas [serial]. ans Misery,they tugged and they pulled, and at lastthey got the fat woman through. I thought the most dangerous part wascrossing the Echo River. The boatswere flat, and in one place the rock cameout so far that we had to stoop down tokeep from hitting our heads against this river there are fishes with noeyes, as it is so dark they could not seeanyway. The Star Chamber is very pretty, chamber it looks as if there are stars and a guide takes the lanterns away, and goes behind therocks ; then he brings the lanterns back in a bunch, andon the side of the chamber it looks like the sun rising;then he holds them higher, and so on, until it looks likethe sun up in the skies. It was hard for some to climb the. Corkscrew, but atlast we climbed it. There is a place where you stop to eat dinner. Wehad two large baskets of lunch, and as there was a tablethere, we set it and ate our dinner. Some went on andfinished the route, but we went back. When we got to Vol. XXXI.— YOUTH. BY MARGARET I. LARIMER (AGE 12). When we young children laugh and shout, And jump and yell and run about, And turn the chairs all upside down, And tear big rents in our best gown, Our mother says : Now you must stop; You jump and run and skip and hop As if you had been brought up wild. Why dont you sit up nice and mild? But grandpa says : Just let em run And jump about and have some fun, They 11 never have their youth agin, And I just say it is a sin To make the children sit up straight And think about their future fate; So let em run, that s what I say, And have some fun while well they may. MY FAVORITE EPISODEIN HISTORY. THE OBJECT BEFORE DEAN, AGE II. In the top of BY MARY CROMER (AGE 13). The surrender of Lee at AppomattoxCourt House on April 9, 1865, is my fa-vorite episode in history. The Unionwas tried severely and was nearly dis-solved ; but it stood the test, and theNorth and South are bound together evenmore closely than ever
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