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Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ...bSlat'ed aft'er-m&ths vagrant san misers XLV.-OCTOBER'S BRIGHT BLUE WEATHER. O suns and skies and clouds of June, And flowers of June together, Ye cannot rival for one hour October's bright blue weather. When loud the bumble-bee makes haste, Belated, thriftless vagrant, And Golden-Rod is dying fast, And lanes with grapes are fragrant; When Gentians roll their fringes tight To save them for the morning, 8 Copyright. And chestnuts fall from satin burrs Without a sound of warning; When on the ground red apples lie In piles like jewels shining, And redder still on old stone walls Are leaves of woodbine twining; When all the lovely wayside things Their white-winged seeds are sowing, And in the fields, still green and fair, Late aftermaths are growing; When springs run low, and on the brooks, In idle golden freighting, Bright leaves sink noiseless in the hush Of woods, for winter waiting; When comrades seek sweet country haunts By twos and twos together, And count like misers hour by hour, October's bright blue weather. 0 suns and skies and flowers of June, Count all your boasts together; Love loveth best of all the year October's bright blue weather. saTa ry as sas'sf nat&d gen er ations nim'ble re fined' par'son XLVI.--LEE'S STOCKING-LOOM. In olden times women sat for hours knitting stockings. You may have seen an old grandmother sitting before the fire on a long winter evening with needles and yarn busily engaged at the task of making stockings. But now nearly all stockings are made by a loom. This loom is the invention of William Lee, who lived in England in the days of Queen Elizabeth. William Lee was a studious boy. His parents decided to send him to college. He became a student at St. John's, Cambridge. He was a loving, unselfish boy, and soon won ...
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