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The round suii, all rtjr ], lying low by the tree ”— ;i by the
“ By the t roe.11 Ay, she mock (.-cl him again, with her voice S’.veetand
merry ;
‘ Hit; over ! ’’ “ T Tic over ! 11 Jl Y ou man oTr the ferry "— the ferry.1'
iL Y ou man of the ferry— "
“ I o n m;-;n of-— you man oi— the ferry/'
Ay, here— it was here that. \yq woke her. the Echo of old;
A'i life of that day seems [in echo, and many times tuld.
SIkl!I I cross bv tlit: ferry to-morrow'. and come in my white
To that little low church? and will Oliver mot:!: me anon ?
Will it all seem ati echo iVoin childhood passed over— passed on?
Will Lbo grave1 parson bless us ? Hark! hark J in l_lj.tr dim failing
ligiil
I hear her! A s then the chi id’s voice dear and high, sweet and
m c n y ,
N ow she in(>cks the man :s tone w i!:li " Hle o v cr! rlic over tht: ferrv !1 ’
" A.nd, Katie,” ' rAnd, Katie." "A rt out with the glow-worms
to-night,
M y Katie ? ” ‘1 My K ati e l ” F o r id d n os 5 I b re; ik : a to 1 a u gh to r.
A:id tears. Then it all comes again as from far-away years;
A;?ai:i, some one else— oh, how softly!— with laughter comes after,
Comes after— with laughter comes after.
Jean I nuelow.
ANDRE AND HA Us-
JJ NORM 'S story is the one overmastering romance ot iho Rcvoiu-
I T tioii. American and English iilcratnre are full of eloquence
and poetry in tribute to his memory and sympathy tor his fete.
After a lapse of a hundred years there is no abate merit of absorbing
interest, What had this young’ man clone to merit i mm or tali iy ? The
mission whose tragic issue lifted him out of the oblivion ot other nr in a*
British officers, in its inceotion was free from peril or daring, and