. Book of the Royal blue . where the sunshine is golden and as bluff and as bracing as Boreas,Nobody distant — and no one sure of the deep Western brand. I want to go, want to go, want to go West the old gang with its quip and its jest a good horse and be decently dressed again—Corduroys, stetson and old flannel and trees—I have suffered a bhght of them,Give me the peaks with the gray and the white of and snow—I am sick for the sight of them —Blessed old memories—yet how they hurt. I want to go, wa


. Book of the Royal blue . where the sunshine is golden and as bluff and as bracing as Boreas,Nobody distant — and no one sure of the deep Western brand. I want to go, want to go, want to go West the old gang with its quip and its jest a good horse and be decently dressed again—Corduroys, stetson and old flannel and trees—I have suffered a bhght of them,Give me the peaks with the gray and the white of and snow—I am sick for the sight of them —Blessed old memories—yet how they hurt. I want to go, want to go, want to go West again,Up near the top of the mountainous crest and gorges and cliffs and the rest again,Heaving themselves in their grandeur to me just feel the old thrill in my breast again,Know old camraderie mutely expressed , but I want to go, want to go West to the mountains, old girl — and to you! Blennerhasset Island Its True History By H. F. BALDWIN. [HERE is an island in theOhio River, opposite themouth of the Kanawhaand in plain view fromBaltimore & Ohio andBaltimore &Ohio South-western trains as theycross the Ohio River on the great steelbridge at Parkersburg, that nearly a centuryago was the scene of one of the strangestand most pathetic stories in the history ofthis country. The mystery which hung about the islandand its owners gave rise to many conjectures,some of which have found their way into profession, but soon after finishing hisstudies the death of his two brothers left himhead of that branch of the house. Of hissix sisters, five married men of fortune andhigh station, one remaining unmarried. His father died a very rich man, portion-ing his daughters handsomely and leaving alarge fortune to his son. When HarmanBlennerhasset broke the entail he sold theestate for $160,000; aside from this was anincome not vested in the J^l60,000, and asmall income of $6,600 per annum, whichbelonged to an ent


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