. St. Nicholas [serial]. leadingto a blockhouse that swarmed with Filipinos. Downthe lane came a hail of bullets, and it looked like cer-tain death to show them-selves ; so they lay huggingthe ground, and then up ran a younglieutenant to their aid. Heknew that everything de-pended on their taking thatblockhouse, and he calledto the men on the ground: Come, boys; I 11 leadyou. But still they hesitatedas they looked at that flame-spitting fort. Then fivestood up, and, with the lieu-tenant in the lead, theydashed into the hail of fire,yelling as only Americansoldiers can. Two bravebo
. St. Nicholas [serial]. leadingto a blockhouse that swarmed with Filipinos. Downthe lane came a hail of bullets, and it looked like cer-tain death to show them-selves ; so they lay huggingthe ground, and then up ran a younglieutenant to their aid. Heknew that everything de-pended on their taking thatblockhouse, and he calledto the men on the ground: Come, boys; I 11 leadyou. But still they hesitatedas they looked at that flame-spitting fort. Then fivestood up, and, with the lieu-tenant in the lead, theydashed into the hail of fire,yelling as only Americansoldiers can. Two braveboys staggered and fell,while the other four swepton. The Filipino fire slack-ened as they drew nearer,and they gained the desert-ed trenches with a their guns, theydashed toward the block-house, while the half-dazedcompany came poundingalong away in the the enemy did not waitto receive them, for just asthe four rushed up the lastrebel disappeared in thejungle and the battle of theBloody Lane was Without, sharp bites the hungry, howling night. Swift-scudding drifts cloud oer the afar, a fiery-crowned height Echoes tumultuous , bright comfort mocks the lowering sky;Hearts warm with love the deadening chill summers dewy grace, the evening mist and star,End in this perfect peace. A CRITICAL MO-MENT. RRETT, AGE BY ISABEL UNDERWOOD(AGE 14). {Gold Badge.) Friday, and a test inphysics! Question: Does a lowbarometer indicate fair orfoul weather? I bit my pencil in per-plexity. Oh, too alluringmagazine, why did yourpictured pages cause meto spend a pleasant hourin reading, when I shouldhave been acquainting my-self with the mysteries ofthe barometer? Powerlessto reason out the question,and not caring to lose tencredits from my mark, Iwas indeed in a I give it up altoge-ther, and accept a mark ofninety per cent, at themost? In despair, I wasabout to do so, when anidea occurred to me. The answer mus
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