. Book of the Royal blue . the WarCradle,where were trained the men who have led thearmy that has never yet known defeat; or, itmay be the peaceful valley where BramBones overcame the adversary by the skill-ful maneu\ering of his pumpkin artillery. But year by year the scene is changing;struggles in Wall Street have taken the placeof Indian warfare: steam and electricityhave superseded the sail and the Henry Hudson come back he wouldnot recognize his Great River of theMountains. If Rip Van Winkle had goneto sleep the day the Clermont made hermaiden trip he would have been more puz
. Book of the Royal blue . the WarCradle,where were trained the men who have led thearmy that has never yet known defeat; or, itmay be the peaceful valley where BramBones overcame the adversary by the skill-ful maneu\ering of his pumpkin artillery. But year by year the scene is changing;struggles in Wall Street have taken the placeof Indian warfare: steam and electricityhave superseded the sail and the Henry Hudson come back he wouldnot recognize his Great River of theMountains. If Rip Van Winkle had goneto sleep the day the Clermont made hermaiden trip he would have been more puz-zled than ever to have wakened at the soundof the Hendrick Hudsons siren. Nay,if that later Rip, so well beloved by thepresent generation, could come back fromthat resting place where he was so tenderlylaid, not many years ago, he would findsome of his old haunts invaded by the rest-less spirit of commerce, and not evenSchneider, my dog Schneider, could nowtrace the foot-prints of some of the by-goneheroes of the
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