Jackanapes . evillage fair, and over it she and Captain Johnson tell, asbest they can, between them, the story of Jackanapes rideacross the Goose Green; and how he won Lollo—theGipsys Lollo—the racer Lollo—dear Lollo—faithful Lollo—Lollo the never vanquished—Lollo the tender servant ofhis old mistress. And Lollos ears twitch at every mentionof his name. Their hearer does not speak, but he never moves hiseyes from the trumpet, and when the tale is told, helifts Miss Jessamines hand and presses his heavy blackmoustache in silence to her trembling fingers. The sun, setting gently to his rest, emb
Jackanapes . evillage fair, and over it she and Captain Johnson tell, asbest they can, between them, the story of Jackanapes rideacross the Goose Green; and how he won Lollo—theGipsys Lollo—the racer Lollo—dear Lollo—faithful Lollo—Lollo the never vanquished—Lollo the tender servant ofhis old mistress. And Lollos ears twitch at every mentionof his name. Their hearer does not speak, but he never moves hiseyes from the trumpet, and when the tale is told, helifts Miss Jessamines hand and presses his heavy blackmoustache in silence to her trembling fingers. The sun, setting gently to his rest, embroiders thesombre foliage of the oak-tree with threads of gold. TheGrey Goose is sensible of an atmosphere of repose, andputs up one leg for the night. The grass glows with amore vivid green, and, in answer to a ringing call fromTony, his sisters, fluttering over the daisies in pale-huedmuslins, come out of their ever-open door, like .prettypigeons from a dovecote. 46 DAS SICHTBARE 1ST ZEITLICH. J. And, if the good gossips eyes do not deceive them, allthe Miss Johnsons, and both the officers, go wandering offinto the lanes, where bryony wreaths still twine about the brambles. ***** * A sorrowful story, and ending badly ? Nay, Jackanapes, for the end is not yet. A life wasted that might have been useful ? Men who have died for men, in all ages, forgive thethought! There is a heritage of heroic example and noble obli-gation, not reckoned in the Wealth of Nations, but essen-tial to a nations life; the contempt of which, in any people,may, not slowly, mean even its commercial fall. Very sweet are the uses of prosperity, the harvests of DAS UNSICHTBARE 1ST EWIG. 47 peace and progress, the fostering sunshine of health andhappiness, and length of days in the land. But there be things—oh, sons of what has deserved thename of Great Britain, forget it not!—the good of whichand the use of which are beyond all calculation ofworldly goods and earthly uses: things such as Lov
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