. In God's out-of-doors. Natural history. neither tapestries nor lace can ever hope to emulate ! And this sunlight, dimmed but not gray, half wakes, half sleeps, and gives a light as of sunlight turned down as some study-lamp, and so gives a mild, sweet glow to gladden the eyes. 1 must go now. 1 put my book in my pocket. So, 1 feel a scholar; and down the ra- vine with desultory steps 1 go. The wind begins to walk with me and laughs sadly amidst a glow of leaves. The crickets are fiddling, though I do not quite know the tune; but 1 am not musical, which is no fault of theirs. A rabbit slouches
. In God's out-of-doors. Natural history. neither tapestries nor lace can ever hope to emulate ! And this sunlight, dimmed but not gray, half wakes, half sleeps, and gives a light as of sunlight turned down as some study-lamp, and so gives a mild, sweet glow to gladden the eyes. 1 must go now. 1 put my book in my pocket. So, 1 feel a scholar; and down the ra- vine with desultory steps 1 go. The wind begins to walk with me and laughs sadly amidst a glow of leaves. The crickets are fiddling, though I do not quite know the tune; but 1 am not musical, which is no fault of theirs. A rabbit slouches through a thicket and eyes me shyly and ducks into the briers; and a redbird calls with a voice of flame from his ruby throat. A cooing dove (just one) moans for a minute and is still. The corn- fields stand half gray, half-golden-green, resting against the coming rain and tem- pests. Apple-trees stand with flashes of red fruit through their branches and leaves, for apple-trees are brave folk to retain their leaves till the last minute. Only the suckers of oak-trees hola them longer with flame of anger because the winter comes. A little child is gather- 174 THE CROW'S NEST. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Quayle, William A. (William Alfred), 1860-1925. Cincinnati, Jennings & Pye; New York, Eaton & Mains
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