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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
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