Outing . III. A jocund sprite I rovethe earth, 0 ! O ! the zest, thejoy The snow-shoe brings—each winters birth 1 feel again a boy. IV. But now on snow-shoes, webbed and stout, Oer deepest drifts I blustering Boreas I flout, And beard the Winter King. Oer whitened vale and frozen mere,I trip me like a bird, No space forbids, and everywhereMy welcome voice is heard. C. , 1896, by the Outing Publishing Company. All rights reserved. ReDCOAT AN© CONTBNeNTALo. OLONEL FER-GUSON leanedjauntily in therear doorway ofthe palace, switch-ing his boots withhis riding - whipand wa
Outing . III. A jocund sprite I rovethe earth, 0 ! O ! the zest, thejoy The snow-shoe brings—each winters birth 1 feel again a boy. IV. But now on snow-shoes, webbed and stout, Oer deepest drifts I blustering Boreas I flout, And beard the Winter King. Oer whitened vale and frozen mere,I trip me like a bird, No space forbids, and everywhereMy welcome voice is heard. C. , 1896, by the Outing Publishing Company. All rights reserved. ReDCOAT AN© CONTBNeNTALo. OLONEL FER-GUSON leanedjauntily in therear doorway ofthe palace, switch-ing his boots withhis riding - whipand watching agroom saddle hishorse in thecourt. Governor Try-on was gone, andJosiah Martin,last of the royalgovernors, heldsway in the pal-ace at New Berne. Balls and feteswere not of so frequent occurrence inthe great house as of yore. The hallsoftener resounded with the jingling ofspurs and clanking of swords as armedmen trod to and fro; for the struggle forindependence was at hand, and NewBerne shared the excitement and en-thusiasm. But Mars, however he may frightenTerpsichore, has no subduing influenceupon Cupid. So the blind god held hiscourt as royally as ever in the quaintcolonial town; and to nobody did hesend more lovers than to MistressSally Council, who dwelt with herfather on his farm in sight of the townsteeples. It was toward this plantation thatyoung Ferguson turned his horses headwhen at last he was mounted, for itwas an open secret that the Governorsnephew was m
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