St Nicholas [serial] . MARCH TAIL-PIECE. BY ROBERT GIFFORD, AGE 15. (HONOR MEMBER.) Then when the games are over and hushed the noise and din ;When the little prayers are whispered and the sandman s peeping in ;When all are tucked up cozily and Mother takes the light,Oer each small cot Dad bends and bids the Kiddies all good night. 472 ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE [ A PORTRAIT TAKEN JOSEPH S. GUPFY, AGE 14. (HONOR MEMBER.) ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL. BY MADELEINE MARIE CAREY, AGE 12. (SILVER BADGE.) BY MARY L. PECK, AGE n IN THE DAYS OF THE AIR-SHIP BY THERESA R. ROBBINS (AGE l6) (Silver Badg
St Nicholas [serial] . MARCH TAIL-PIECE. BY ROBERT GIFFORD, AGE 15. (HONOR MEMBER.) Then when the games are over and hushed the noise and din ;When the little prayers are whispered and the sandman s peeping in ;When all are tucked up cozily and Mother takes the light,Oer each small cot Dad bends and bids the Kiddies all good night. 472 ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE [ A PORTRAIT TAKEN JOSEPH S. GUPFY, AGE 14. (HONOR MEMBER.) ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL. BY MADELEINE MARIE CAREY, AGE 12. (SILVER BADGE.) BY MARY L. PECK, AGE n IN THE DAYS OF THE AIR-SHIP BY THERESA R. ROBBINS (AGE l6) (Silver Badge) Elsie Lewis peered out from among her furs at thegreat, bleak stretches of snow and ice over which the air-ship was speeding. She had long wanted and begged togo to the north pole, and now at last she was to have herwish. We shall be at the pole soon, deary, said her father,smiling. A few minutes later he called to the aeronaut: Slow up, please, Carter! I think we are about made his observations, then announced: Yes, herewe are! and the air-ship dropped slowly to the ground. Elsie, aglow with delight, jumped out and stood besideher father and Carter. She, a girl of fifteen, was actuallyat the top of the earth! They looked about at the desolatewaste on all sides. Think of the men who made their way here with onlysledges and dogs! said Mr. Lewi
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