Our trip has already paid us a large profit.

With one exception it has been more than a year since I have seen anything outside of that monstrous town.

As long as the spirit of the child remains with the man, he loves the country.

All children are fond of the woods--the deep shade holds a mystery." They lay on the thick grass under an oak.

On one side of the tree was an old scar, made with an axe, and Henry, pointing to the scar, said: "To cut down this tree was once the task assigned some lusty young fellow, but just as he had begun his work, a neighbor came along and told him that his strong arm was needed by his country; and he put down his axe and took up a gun." "That may be," Richmond replied, "Many a hero has sprung from this land; these meadows have many times been mowed by men who went away to reap and who were reaped at Gettysburg." After a time they went out in the boat again, and were on the water when the sun lost its splendor and, hanging low, fired the distant wood-top.