. St. Nicholas [serial] . seems to frown On the rivers rolling flood,And on London town. Threatening heavy punishmentsShould they dare to disobey, Or to pass the sentries setIn the garden way. And a traveler from far lands,Little known or thought of then By the haughty Virgin QueenAnd her merry men, Sorely grieved the little ones For their playmate fair and good; Oft they strove to reach the gate,But they never could. Standing neath its time-worn door,Where the busy river runs, Smiles to-day, rememberingThose dear little ones. THORWALD AND THE STAR-CHILDREN. 259 THORWALD AND THE STAR-CHILDREN.

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. St. Nicholas [serial] . seems to frown On the rivers rolling flood,And on London town. Threatening heavy punishmentsShould they dare to disobey, Or to pass the sentries setIn the garden way. And a traveler from far lands,Little known or thought of then By the haughty Virgin QueenAnd her merry men, Sorely grieved the little ones For their playmate fair and good; Oft they strove to reach the gate,But they never could. Standing neath its time-worn door,Where the busy river runs, Smiles to-day, rememberingThose dear little ones. THORWALD AND THE STAR-CHILDREN. 259 THORWALD AND THE Story of Norway.—By Hjalmar H. Boyesen. I. THORWALDS mo-ther wasvery fe-ver burnedand throbbed in herveins ; she lay, all day longand all night long, withher eyes wide open, andcould not sleep. The doctorsat at her bedside and lookedat her through his spectacles ;but she grew worse instead ofbetter. Unless she can sleep a sound, natural sleep, he said, there is no hope for her, I fear. It was to fe Thorwalds.

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