St Nicholas [serial] . A BEAR UP A TREE. BY LOIS A. SPRIGG, AGE 13. (PRIZE, CLASS B, WILD CREATURE PHOTOGRAPHY.) And the Hobbledy-Hopes say that Hope-ee is where Those fine castles are that you built out of air, On hilltops commanding, in real marble standing,— Whatever you ve wished for is there !There are gardens and green glades and glimpses of sea,And in front of each house grows a laurel-wreath tree;There no one will say: You are dreaming all day, — In the country of Happy Hope-ee. Each Hobbledy-Hope has a little Half Hour, A boat that keeps sailing in sunshine or shower; You watch the wi
St Nicholas [serial] . A BEAR UP A TREE. BY LOIS A. SPRIGG, AGE 13. (PRIZE, CLASS B, WILD CREATURE PHOTOGRAPHY.) And the Hobbledy-Hopes say that Hope-ee is where Those fine castles are that you built out of air, On hilltops commanding, in real marble standing,— Whatever you ve wished for is there !There are gardens and green glades and glimpses of sea,And in front of each house grows a laurel-wreath tree;There no one will say: You are dreaming all day, — In the country of Happy Hope-ee. Each Hobbledy-Hope has a little Half Hour, A boat that keeps sailing in sunshine or shower; You watch the winds veering, the rigging, the sheering, As they bound oer the billows of Be-Working Sea;Then a Hobbledy-Hope he will course you awayFrom the Be-Loafing Beach of that Be-Lazy Bay To the country of Happy Hope-ee. 376 ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE [Feb.,. COPY. BY JEANNE M. DEMETRE, AGE 16.(HONOR MEMBER.) WHAT MOST INTERESTED ME DURINGMY VACATION BY RUTH 1NGALLS (AGE 13) {Silver Badge)The event which interested me most during my vacationwas La Semana Triste in Barcelona. On Monday, July 26, we went down to the dock to seesome friends off on the Spanish mail Buenos Ayres, whichwas loading soldiers and ammunition to be sent to was great excitement, the people refusing to havetheir soldiers sent off to war, never to return. Theyrushed toward the ship, the women in front with theirarms outstretched to defend their husbands and we left the dock and started up the main street to gohome, it was crowded with the lower classes and not a carwas running. Eight men were shot who said Downwith the war ! The next afternoon the city was put under martial law,and in the evening the lower classes burned as many con- vents as they could. Most of those which were not burnedwere defended by monks. A convent, just across the street
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