St Nicholas [serial] . IN HASTE. BY MARGARET GILMAN, AGE 13. stirred up the flames in the convents. Toward noon, fouror five soldiers appeared in front of our house and firedseveral times, but after they had gone, everybody cameout of their houses. The next day, July 30, there was a great deal of firing,but on July 31 people were ordered to work, street carsand trains ran, and we were able to go for a walk in theafternoon. The next day things were about as usualhave been ever since, although several bombshave been thrown since the end of the A COPY. BY HENRIETTA BROWNING, AGE 14. BY JA
St Nicholas [serial] . IN HASTE. BY MARGARET GILMAN, AGE 13. stirred up the flames in the convents. Toward noon, fouror five soldiers appeared in front of our house and firedseveral times, but after they had gone, everybody cameout of their houses. The next day, July 30, there was a great deal of firing,but on July 31 people were ordered to work, street carsand trains ran, and we were able to go for a walk in theafternoon. The next day things were about as usualhave been ever since, although several bombshave been thrown since the end of the A COPY. BY HENRIETTA BROWNING, AGE 14. BY JACK HOPKINS,AGE 12. BY MARGARETAGE 13. igio.] ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE 377 HOPE BY FRANCES ELIZABETH SIMPSON (AGE l6) T IS like a blessing sent to cheer those in despair,Falling swiftly, silently from heavens dome; A beam whose brilliancy, so soft, so wondrous fair,Uplifts the eye and lights full many a dreary home. Man sits with careworn brow, and wrapped in sombershrouds,Encircled by an ever-deepening, hopeless gloom ;When, like a star that, sudden, breaks through troubledclouds,It shows the path and turns him from impendingdoom. Oh ! white-winged Hope, so fondly cherished in eachlife !Our human frailness clings to its pure light, ourguide;Its absence means our downfall and a darkened strife,Its presence smoothes the roughened path of theuntried. A spark divine, it draws us far beyond our scope,For, from Gods gracious, kindly smile springsradiant Hope. WHAT MOST INTERESTED ME DURINGMY VACATION BY EDMUND T. PRICE (AGE 14) So few boys have had the
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