Guns and gunning . j(v>^v\ia/, R E F A C E HERE is a sprig of balsam on ourdesk, and it stifles the sickening odorsfrom the reeking streets. Tts the silence of the ForestCrowding in upon our doors, and as the associations bom of its perfume fill ourbrain to the exclusion of ever}i;hing else, what carewe for must} papers, stocks cind bonds, bcink booksand checks, bills and duns, or the tiresome ring ofthe telephone bell, the monotonous ticking of thetelegraphic instruments, the stupid contents of ledgers,the columns of interminable* figures, the wording ofperfunctory letters, or any o
Guns and gunning . j(v>^v\ia/, R E F A C E HERE is a sprig of balsam on ourdesk, and it stifles the sickening odorsfrom the reeking streets. Tts the silence of the ForestCrowding in upon our doors, and as the associations bom of its perfume fill ourbrain to the exclusion of ever}i;hing else, what carewe for must} papers, stocks cind bonds, bcink booksand checks, bills and duns, or the tiresome ring ofthe telephone bell, the monotonous ticking of thetelegraphic instruments, the stupid contents of ledgers,the columns of interminable* figures, the wording ofperfunctory letters, or any of the wheels which com-pose the senseless cirtificicilities of modem life ? Above the hum of the multitude, the roar ofthe elevated trains, the harsh clang of trolley carbells, the vile oaths of truckmen, and the insanemedley of city noises, there comes to us sweet andclear, the voice of dear old Mother Nature, bidding
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