. St. Nicholas [serial]. Each springtime cool the April Fool, his rain- Wake up and greet the May-time sweet! hedrop bells a-chiming, laughs, and startled flowers On rainbow wings a sunbeam brings to buds oer Unclose their eyes in glad surprise —to drench-dark banks climbing. ing April showers. May Aiken. 630. THE CAPTAIN, LEAPING FROM HIS CHAIR BY THE FIRE, WAS SENT SPRAWLING. (SEE PAGE 636.) THE KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN SPUR BY RUPERT SARGENT HOLLAND Author of Historic Boyhoods, Historic Girlhoods, etc. Chapter XII A STORM IN THE HIGHLANDS Real snow came late that December, not the thinlayef-th
. St. Nicholas [serial]. Each springtime cool the April Fool, his rain- Wake up and greet the May-time sweet! hedrop bells a-chiming, laughs, and startled flowers On rainbow wings a sunbeam brings to buds oer Unclose their eyes in glad surprise —to drench-dark banks climbing. ing April showers. May Aiken. 630. THE CAPTAIN, LEAPING FROM HIS CHAIR BY THE FIRE, WAS SENT SPRAWLING. (SEE PAGE 636.) THE KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN SPUR BY RUPERT SARGENT HOLLAND Author of Historic Boyhoods, Historic Girlhoods, etc. Chapter XII A STORM IN THE HIGHLANDS Real snow came late that December, not the thinlayef-that sparkled on the grass, but deep driftsthat-tllmost hid the fences, and made the countryabout Westover House look very new andstrange. Every morning, Roger woke up to findhis bedroom windows covered with queer frosttracings, and, when he looked out, the trees hadlong icicle fingers, and their limbs shone as ifthey were made of glass. It was good to get intowarm clothes and go down-stairs to a hot break-fast, and to stand in front of the blazing logs onthe dining-room hearth. His tutor left Westover House the day beforeChristmas, and Roger drove over with him to therailroad station. He had a few last presents he wanted to buy in the village, so he told John, thecoachman, not to wait for him. He had on
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