The New England magazine . honorable occu-pation and not to be sneered at; the other,of hardier fibre, compelling new fortunesfrom her own soil. BAFFLED By PAULINE CARRINGTON BOUVE Mine enemy harbored a baleful thought(With malice and cunning twas fraught),And he said: Go forth, and do my willWith the thing my brain hath wrought. Then forth came his messenger, swift and straight,To the House of my Soul, and knocked at the gate, At the place all clean and fair,Where Good and Evil wait. But Prayer had entered the sunlit place,And stood with her pitying, patient face At the white-barred door of t
The New England magazine . honorable occu-pation and not to be sneered at; the other,of hardier fibre, compelling new fortunesfrom her own soil. BAFFLED By PAULINE CARRINGTON BOUVE Mine enemy harbored a baleful thought(With malice and cunning twas fraught),And he said: Go forth, and do my willWith the thing my brain hath wrought. Then forth came his messenger, swift and straight,To the House of my Soul, and knocked at the gate, At the place all clean and fair,Where Good and Evil wait. But Prayer had entered the sunlit place,And stood with her pitying, patient face At the white-barred door of the gateWhere dreams fill the silent space. So the reaches of silence were all unstirred,And the message of wrath was never heard; For Prayer had sealed the door of my soulTo the Lord of Hate and his evil word. And I sent back his herald I had not seen(Knowing naught of mine enemys rage and spleen) With a message of peace, a guerdon of love,And in my souls house I am still serene! LETTERS OF A WELLESLEY GIRL By H. B. ADAMS. I. ARRIVAL Said Fresh: Aller Anfang ist schwer,And her face was dislocated doleful,She pulled out great hanks of her hair,And shed scalding tears by the bowlful.— Adscititious Experiences of Harriet Martineau. ELL, here I am at Wellesley. Ihave a room in The Inn, whichis a sort of a cross between abig boarding-house and a lit-tle hotel, and is situated nearthe heart of the village. I found I could ntget in any of the college buildings. Youhave to make application years and yearsbeforehand to get in any of the buildingson the grounds. Some of the girls had their applicationsin as soon as they were born. I heard ofone whose grandmother made applicationbefore her (the girls) mother was born;but I dont believe that; it was evidently astory gotten up for Freshman consump-tion. None or few of the Freshmen live on thegrounds; most of them board in the village,and good rooms are scarce even there. Iwas very lucky to get in The Inn. Somegirl had just given up her ro
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