St Nicholas [serial] . t IV.—52. 802 A CENTURY AGO. [October, The robin will wear, on his bosomA vest that is bright and new, And the loveliest way-side blossomWill shine with the sun and dew. The leaves to-day are whirling, The brooks are all dry and dumb;But let me tell you, my darling,The spring will be sure to come. There must be rough, cold weather,And winds and rains so wild ;Not all good things togetherCome to us here, my child ! 1 So, when some dear joy losesIts beauteous summer glow,Think how the roots of the rosesAre kept alive in the snow !. A CENTURY Noah Brooks. Chapt
St Nicholas [serial] . t IV.—52. 802 A CENTURY AGO. [October, The robin will wear, on his bosomA vest that is bright and new, And the loveliest way-side blossomWill shine with the sun and dew. The leaves to-day are whirling, The brooks are all dry and dumb;But let me tell you, my darling,The spring will be sure to come. There must be rough, cold weather,And winds and rains so wild ;Not all good things togetherCome to us here, my child ! 1 So, when some dear joy losesIts beauteous summer glow,Think how the roots of the rosesAre kept alive in the snow !. A CENTURY Noah Brooks. Chapter I. 1777- The British have landed at the Back Cove ! shouted Peletiah Wardwell, one fine May morningin 1777, as he burst into the keeping-room of Cap-tain Joe Perkins house. Dame Perkins droppedher knitting-work, and, looking steadily over herspectacles at the lad, said : Peletiah, you have forgotten something. Peletiah, with a blush mantling his honest andalready flushed face, pulled off his sealskin cap andmade an awkward bow. Boys were brought up inthat way, one hundred years ago. Then he added, excitedly, but with less boister-ousness: Yes, the British have landed at theBack Cove. Captain Blodgctt has called for volun-teers. And Mr. Perkins has gone off to the Neck,said the dame, rising and going to the window,from which she could look up toward WindmillHill. No horseman was in sight. There was nosign of her husbands return. Then, with a flashof indignation in her eyes, she turned to the boyand asked : Why stand you there ? Go ! alarm the town
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