StNicholas [serial] . !rM OONTIDE stillness brooded over the forest,which was disturbed only by the nutter ofbirds wings and the bark of a tiny sun hung noon-high over a dell ofgreenest velvet sward, in the center of whichstood a solitary oak. A mighty forestgirdled this sylvan spot with walls ofdensest greenery. Suddenly the hush wasbroken by a sound so silvery and gleeful thatthe squirrel paused to listen before hescampered away with swift swish of tail, andthe bird poised on wing an instant to hear thisrival of the skylark before it took flight tothe deeper glades soli
StNicholas [serial] . !rM OONTIDE stillness brooded over the forest,which was disturbed only by the nutter ofbirds wings and the bark of a tiny sun hung noon-high over a dell ofgreenest velvet sward, in the center of whichstood a solitary oak. A mighty forestgirdled this sylvan spot with walls ofdensest greenery. Suddenly the hush wasbroken by a sound so silvery and gleeful thatthe squirrel paused to listen before hescampered away with swift swish of tail, andthe bird poised on wing an instant to hear thisrival of the skylark before it took flight tothe deeper glades solitary figure, clad in green from top to toe, stood under the oak, athis lips a silver hunting-horn, from which had proceeded the mellowstrains. Instantly, to the witchery of its notes, sprang from their hiding-places a goodly com-pany of strong men to the number of sevenscore. They, like their summoner, were clad in longmantles of Lincoln green, covering jerkins and breeches of leather. On their heads weregreen caps. E
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