HE FREE LANCE. F. T. Coix, 'oo, Editor-in-Chief. G. K. WARN, 'OO D. F,. WurrTzla4, 'oo. C. T. WADE, H. H. HANSON, 'O2. C. E. DP,NNEV, 'OO, Business Manager. C. H. BASSI,R, 'OI, Assistant When Winter's dreary course is run, And nature, sleeping in decay, Shall wake to greet the vernal sun And list the robins' roundelay; When April buds shall burst to bloom, And strew their glory o'er the tomb Of 'Winter's lonely bier: With joyful hearts we can hut sing Sweet blessings of the new born Spring, The morning of the year. MY LADY OF THr, FIELD OF BLOOD. forest way seemed endless to Carl, as he trudged wearily ong, with his heavy portfolio under his arm, and he al ost felt himself wishing that he had not left the cosy to tramp over the rugged hills. And then, too, he had le to repay him for his trouble. True, he had made a if a miniature cataract, tumbling from its lofty height i on great, gaunt boulders, trickling over their mossy APRIL, 1899 Editor s A. M. ARNEY, 'at S. H. KUHN, 'OI. A. H. H. MILLUR, 'O2 APRIL. .4 ot A No. I.