lie only shook his head and shouted, ''No, mother, the boys
need me, I know!" They carried him gently back to his
home, where for weeks his life was despaired of; but with
careful nursing and ,all the comforts kind friends could
secure, he was at last out of all danger and gradually
regained his strength. Dick Winters was untiring in his
devotion to him, giving him the credit for the honors that
had been heaped upon him and his beloved school.
Little Tim has relinquished his bootblack stand and
has become a schoolboy himself; and in all Benton there is
no nior:, popular boy than the Mascot of Niniwood Hall.
When Dame Nature,with work complete. reviewed'all her creatures
She selected man from all the host, with his peculiar features,
As a being whose perfections would never be disputed,
Whose manners, words and actions could never be refuted.
"The rich and the poor shall go hand in hand,
Justice shall rule this beauteous land.
Man to man shall be a brother
And I command ye: Love one another."
Thus said' she and did bequeath to man all futurity,
This Mall, ill her belief, was the acme of maturity.
Alas, poor Dame! 11l went the (lays since thus she speculated.
The faith implicit she possessed was to be disappointed.
Vice reigns supreme, the thirst for gold o'ercame anticipations,
Her will ignored, her laws revoked beyond all restoration,
Yet "the poor and rich go hand in hand"—
Like captive and headsman to the stand.
"Man to man to man" is "a brother,"
Cain to Abel was another.
Justice the land may rule, but 'tis sold to highest bidder,
And men each other love, when by it they gain consider.
MAN
L. J. L.