StNicholas [serial] . HEADING. BV ELIZABETH TYLER, AGE 14. (GOLD BADGE.) AN EVENING RIDE. BY CARL W. PUTNAM (AGE I 7). {Gold Badge.) Rising in haste from a pleasant gameWe pass to the whispering night, Almost nine, and the mail to get,Ere ever the door shuts tight. No moonlight filters through the trees ; We grope for our wheels in vain,And next our stumbling footsteps lead To the end of the long dark lane. A push, a leap; we re on, we re off,Neath the dim stars twinklingfires,. THE HOKSE. BY GEORGE EDWARD DAY, AGE 12. (GOLD BADGE.)82 Whilst hidden ruts and sands unseenClutch at our writhing t
StNicholas [serial] . HEADING. BV ELIZABETH TYLER, AGE 14. (GOLD BADGE.) AN EVENING RIDE. BY CARL W. PUTNAM (AGE I 7). {Gold Badge.) Rising in haste from a pleasant gameWe pass to the whispering night, Almost nine, and the mail to get,Ere ever the door shuts tight. No moonlight filters through the trees ; We grope for our wheels in vain,And next our stumbling footsteps lead To the end of the long dark lane. A push, a leap; we re on, we re off,Neath the dim stars twinklingfires,. THE HOKSE. BY GEORGE EDWARD DAY, AGE 12. (GOLD BADGE.)82 Whilst hidden ruts and sands unseenClutch at our writhing tires. Hearts in our mouths, nerves on the stretch, We speed through the rustling white road twists like a living thing,Neath our whirring, rushing flight. Each jagged shadow in our path May be a stick or a that a man that bat-like passed ? Who knows or cares! Ride on ! And so we ride, till we reach our goal,Through wavering shadows whirled, And step from the gloom to the light and noise,As if to another world. It is eight years ago this monthsince we made the first announce-ment of the St. Nicholas seems a long time to youngpeople, no doubt. Even thoseLeague members who were thenjust entering their teens, in shorttrousers and dresses, are men andwomen now, and of course the timewhen one is growing from the ageof little-folks to the high estateof grown-ups always seemsvery long—as long as all the restof ones life, even if one live be-yond
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