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singing, the shining rails between theine

rushed in and separated theain and spoke to the phanto over the dust--"Seven years!"

He was occupied with the realization that there had been a man in his

class whose ambition needed no restraint, his pro belief of the university, a belief he could not help knowing--

and that seven years to a day fro

on a fence rail in Indiana

Down the road a buggy caray with dust, the top

canted perray

before her,

while her incongruous tail waved incessantly, like the banner of a

stor party The editor did not hear the flop of the mare's feet nor

the sound of the wheels, so deep was his reverie, till the vehicle was

nearly opposite hi driver drew rein, and

the journalist looked up and waved a long white hand to hi

"Howdy' do, Mr Harkless?" called the y "Soakin' in the

weather?" He spoke in shouts, though neither was hard of hearing