. St. Nicholas [serial] . hot or cold,rain, wind, snow, sleet,ice all over, or the ther-mometer hot enough toscorch you,— the lightmust be lighted and beextinguished regularly. How many years haveyou been here ? Iask the keeper. I wasappointed in 1863. Sofor twenty-nine years thisman has kept the lightburning in this tower —a lonely spot in winter, seven miles from therailroad on one side, two miles and a half ofwater in front of him on the other side, northand south nothing but water as far as the eyecan reach. How many lives during those longyears may have depended on his faithful doingof hi
. St. Nicholas [serial] . hot or cold,rain, wind, snow, sleet,ice all over, or the ther-mometer hot enough toscorch you,— the lightmust be lighted and beextinguished regularly. How many years haveyou been here ? Iask the keeper. I wasappointed in 1863. Sofor twenty-nine years thisman has kept the lightburning in this tower —a lonely spot in winter, seven miles from therailroad on one side, two miles and a half ofwater in front of him on the other side, northand south nothing but water as far as the eyecan reach. How many lives during those longyears may have depended on his faithful doingof his duty, day by day! Does he have any-thing to read ? Yes, he shows me a box ofbooks, twenty-five or so, and says twice a yearhe gets a change, when the Government steamerbrings a box and takes away the old one, to besent to some other lighthouse. I shake hands with him, and go away. Reach-ing the road, I turn and look back. As I doso, a light shines out from the tower, and bythat I know my friend has once more lighted. CHANGING THE LAMP AT MIDNIGHT. the lantern, one more time in the twenty-nineyears of work. How many more like him thereare at this moment, tending their lanterns allalong the coast from Maine to Florida, eacha plain man, unknown to fame, just doing hisduty in a quiet, monotonous existence ! But doyou know, boys and girls, I often think of them,and particularly of this one I met, with a greatdeal of respect ? They are not distinguished orlearned men, but they are men who are faith-ful to their trust, men on whom a great dealdepends, and who are doing well their , as Mr. Whittier has said of steadfastAbraham Davenport: Simple duty hath no place for fear. A STORY OF OLD
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