St Nicholas [serial] . THEY SOON WERE ON THE HOMEWARD TRACK, AND OF SUPPLY THERE WAS NO LACK. The wells were deepened in the hopeOf striking veins of greater scope,And pumps were rattled out of useFor water they could not Brownies met, as day withdrew,The situation to review,Said one: The land we love so dearIs passing through a test may be water in the sea Some water may to ocean let me speak my feelings out:There s not much freshness hereabout;The grass no more is green and good;The forest stands like kindling-wood;A match ignited through mishapMight chang
St Nicholas [serial] . THEY SOON WERE ON THE HOMEWARD TRACK, AND OF SUPPLY THERE WAS NO LACK. The wells were deepened in the hopeOf striking veins of greater scope,And pumps were rattled out of useFor water they could not Brownies met, as day withdrew,The situation to review,Said one: The land we love so dearIs passing through a test may be water in the sea Some water may to ocean let me speak my feelings out:There s not much freshness hereabout;The grass no more is green and good;The forest stands like kindling-wood;A match ignited through mishapMight change the features of the map;And if a chance was ever nighFor work, it looks us in the eye. THE BROWNIES AND THE WATER FAMINE 541 $ZWlmz fca. />AL«[en ?0* WHEN BROWNIES MET, AS DAY WITHDREW, THE SITUATION TO REVIEW. These people think they know it all,Another said, and yet they fall To digging where, since Adams day,A gill of water never lay.
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