. Zigzag journeys in the White city. With visits to the neighboring metropolis . Bates own room was filled withportraits of childrens authors, and thebest books for the young. The Folk-Lore Societies held theirmeetings in the Art Palace, in the city,where the Auxiliary Congresses were many private meetings amongthese amiable story-tellers. In one of thetwenty-eight or more halls devoted to suchmeetings, Mr. Marlowe related the storyof Waban, and recited a legend asso-ciated with the arrival of the Viking. Dunns: the visits of the Marlowes atthe Fair, there occurred one day a verytrag


. Zigzag journeys in the White city. With visits to the neighboring metropolis . Bates own room was filled withportraits of childrens authors, and thebest books for the young. The Folk-Lore Societies held theirmeetings in the Art Palace, in the city,where the Auxiliary Congresses were many private meetings amongthese amiable story-tellers. In one of thetwenty-eight or more halls devoted to suchmeetings, Mr. Marlowe related the storyof Waban, and recited a legend asso-ciated with the arrival of the Viking. Dunns: the visits of the Marlowes atthe Fair, there occurred one day a verytragic scene. The Cold Storage Ware-house took fire, and some firemen weresent up to the top of the high they were there, the flames burstout around the tower below, and theysaw that they were doomed. One of these, seeing his fate, seemedto glory in the thought that his life wasto end in sacrifice for others. He put his hand to his lips, threw akiss to the awestruck multitude, and thus parting with the worldleaped into the flames. A man never knows how noble he may be. CLOCK TOWER IN THE MANU-FACTURES BUILDING. THE FOLK-LORE MEETINGS AT THE ART PA LACE. 283 till his worth is put to the test. Mr. Marlowe, the Quaker, thoughtthat this mans death was the noblest scene that he saw at the greatFair. The Court of Honor at night was a scene of the new world ofelectricity such as the past had never seen. One night amid the


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