. Life and reminiscences from birth to manhood of Wm. G. Johnston . WILLIAM Q. JOHNSTONFrom a daguerreotype taken in i8 CHAPTER XIII. THE HEYDAY OF LIFE—YOUNG MEN AND MAIDENS— SUBURBS OF PITTSBURGH—A BREAK IN MY LIFE—FAREWELL TO YOUTH. When I remember all The friends so linked together,I ve seen around me fall Like leaves in wintry weather,I feel like one wlio treads alone Some banquet hall deserted,Whose lights are fled, whose garlands dead, And all but me departed. AFTER the fire of 45 my principal associates wereyoung men of my neighborhood, some of whom Ihad known in a casual way much earl
. Life and reminiscences from birth to manhood of Wm. G. Johnston . WILLIAM Q. JOHNSTONFrom a daguerreotype taken in i8 CHAPTER XIII. THE HEYDAY OF LIFE—YOUNG MEN AND MAIDENS— SUBURBS OF PITTSBURGH—A BREAK IN MY LIFE—FAREWELL TO YOUTH. When I remember all The friends so linked together,I ve seen around me fall Like leaves in wintry weather,I feel like one wlio treads alone Some banquet hall deserted,Whose lights are fled, whose garlands dead, And all but me departed. AFTER the fire of 45 my principal associates wereyoung men of my neighborhood, some of whom Ihad known in a casual way much earlier, and I mayadd that these continued to be reckoned among raymost cherished friends until all, save one, fell by theway, having been cut down by the dread reaper one byone. We met frequently from time to time, and othersfell in with us, until our numbers became considerablyswollen. At the outset we had no regular meetingplace, but at length, by some chance, we found a curiousrendezvous in a very small tailor shop on Third Street,below Ferry, The house i
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