Our young folks [serial] . 746 A Talk about the Aurora. [December, A TALK ABOUT THE AURORA. f~\ FATHER, do come out and tell us what this is ! exclaimed Lizzie, v-^ bursting into the parlor in hat and shawl, one chilly evening inOctober, as Mr. Leslie sat quietly reading his newspaper. Yes, father ! do come, quick! I never saw anything like it! joined inAda, the older of the two daughters, who was standing on the porch. The father dropped his paper, and, seizing hat and overcoat, rushed intothe garden. Here he found Charley gazing upward with a wondering ex-pression, but trying to look collect
Our young folks [serial] . 746 A Talk about the Aurora. [December, A TALK ABOUT THE AURORA. f~\ FATHER, do come out and tell us what this is ! exclaimed Lizzie, v-^ bursting into the parlor in hat and shawl, one chilly evening inOctober, as Mr. Leslie sat quietly reading his newspaper. Yes, father ! do come, quick! I never saw anything like it! joined inAda, the older of the two daughters, who was standing on the porch. The father dropped his paper, and, seizing hat and overcoat, rushed intothe garden. Here he found Charley gazing upward with a wondering ex-pression, but trying to look collected and very wise. The three youngpeople had been taking an evening stroll together, which had been pro-longed till after nightfall, when their, attention had been attracted by someunusual appearances in the sky. As Mr. Leslie stepped out of the house,he first caught a glimpse of the northern horizon, from which were flashingupwards long shimmering shafts of white and ruddy and greenish light. Look up, father ! Look overhea
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