. St. Nicholas [serial]. to away to the fields where the flowers are growing, To sip the dew with the droning bee;And away to the tree-crowned hills I m going,To race where the sky-born winds run free. Springtime comes with her fair face glowing, Star-eyed Spring,—and she calls to me. PRIZE COMPETITION No. 254DDrto. u (In making awards contributors ages are considered) n«V ,fAt AnnS Waldron (age I5). California; Elinor Welch (age 10) Connecticut- Elizabeth p7 v -iw Badges Margaret Humphrey (age 13), Oregon; Margaret C. Schnidler (age ia) Wisconsin- drawings cnrE(T I5i; Mirso,a: D°Jh>


. St. Nicholas [serial]. to away to the fields where the flowers are growing, To sip the dew with the droning bee;And away to the tree-crowned hills I m going,To race where the sky-born winds run free. Springtime comes with her fair face glowing, Star-eyed Spring,—and she calls to me. PRIZE COMPETITION No. 254DDrto. u (In making awards contributors ages are considered) n«V ,fAt AnnS Waldron (age I5). California; Elinor Welch (age 10) Connecticut- Elizabeth p7 v -iw Badges Margaret Humphrey (age 13), Oregon; Margaret C. Schnidler (age ia) Wisconsin- drawings cnrE(T I5i; Mirso,a: D°Jh> j™°£?™u%? ?Hl(age ,4) PHOTOGRAPHS. Gold Badge, Erika Peters (age 14), Texas. Silver Badges Alice McNeal (a,eMissouri; Catherine Fox (age 12), Wisconsin; Elizabeth Wrightman (a^e n) New York Helen sJLnH« PUZZLE-MAKING Gold Badges, Alice Sherburne (age 15), Massachusetts- Lydia A Cutler faee ,0 piSakNl™^Dw^^^b Pentreath (age I4)>Indiana- PUZZLE ANSWERS. Silver Badge, Dorothy Donaldson (age 14), New BY HELEN SYMONDS, AGE I5. (SILVER BADGE) BY ELIZABETH WRIGHTMAN, AGE 13. (SILVER BADGE) REFLECTIONS 662 ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE 663 SPRING BY RALPH SARGENT BAILEY (AGE 16) (Silver Badge) When the sorely tried commuter, in his back-yardgarden plot, Starts to wildly wield the rake and hoe and spade;When the ever bashful lover takes the blue forget-me-notWith youthful ardor to his chosen maid; When the portly cotton magnate grumbles at a ninety-eight. And says his breakfast put him off his game;When the rubber-booted angler, with his rod and reeland bait. Splashes gravely in pursuit of fishy fame; When the bone-begoggled student dumps his booksupon the tells the world hes out to have his fling;Just recall that vanquished Winter has indeed goneout the door;Just remember, gentle reader, that its Spring. A STORY OF THE ROAD(A True Story) BY CLAIRE FAITOUTE (AGE 12) (Silver Badge) Mother, Daddy, and I left Chicago at seven oclockone night in midwinter, on the Ove


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