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think that this sappling made terr;h,u :,


.Apropos Of the Quaker's legend ~.
Bostonian will deny this in toto soar en3' ttce
you it IS an exploded fable, and J, ra,sn W. tell
logically to prove, By dates and ;Un str;e. Eet7
psy, &nat such q thing could not nosanlt a!at
have happened. Well, now that that RNSSSiSiiioly
Ieil IS myth, Shakespeare nom de ',nn1i!an
aau g9an OF arc creature Of the imase4nnee'
tory, and am willing to concede de- annth 70 ~
tity. pe4soaal iden-
And, to digress a little, what T c,n -. -.
1au e admire In Boston is its. eomnrs nsyes
ceney,Ithe l know, it, and you knnMp kupa' z
= nna = ,ai.ar ia 1a;;s' kn9w that yon know +
over, meyer bursts off its bootstraps trv;nps ;S,ops
LIT itself into attention., It knows tst stnxto t
whole Of North America and sons ~ ~ !aa Saa
islands Of the Pacific Sea reYolye anna ~ Va .s
centre Of its intellectually; and what u Ma uN
else but bubble? Talk to it Of Chicaeo, >, ~ ~
It's marvellous ta Growth: its immense resource sa
swer is, - Yes, yes, we know; but it Iasns q,
culture" After the great fire, which ranf5 1avf5
have been astounding but for your preata. no1a1
conflagration, they went coollY to vorE s"ts :!
build up again, and, when offers Of assts@s
ance and words Of sympathy poured In ls51 qnon
tnem, tney exclaimed, We accept your sym.
help" Glorious Bostonl 'So1
I've Public Garden is another gem that nox.
ton years, and it Is royal jewel. Orieinolfs
salt marsh leading down to the Back R,,!!
it has been filled, and leyeled. All
erased. and fowered,. until now It ~ !.
the pride of the adult, the paradise
canine race, who are never allowed to wae s
the shortest stump OF the shortest tall withi51
its limits. "''D1
II we need other breathing-places, the7a
are Oakland and Forest Gardens, and CItp
Point, and Revere Beach, and Arlington. md md
Bunker Bunker, hiii,-and HI 50 might run on,-all
and all beautiful in their various sttrastfoee
OF course, during tliis heated term. bnsi.
ness !angn1shes, places OF amusement ,ara.
closed, and all who can, send wives and chils
dren to the many resorts that New England
offers To accommodate the mopeS' S'@fha
tnilius. ones who have no respit save on tn
blessed gay OF rest,-Sunday trains and Sun.
few hours travel; and, although ii Is hard j
for those who conduct these trips, It IN
much priced boon to those who wonH
hardly see from one years end to
another Gods green fields and blae
waters, we're it not for these cheap e1cur.
gentle souls that the Sabbath @ Should qeu be thna h
desecrated; but .seven-tentlls of those Who
make up that multitude have no other breath.
ing-tilne that the treadmill bondage Of sbor
leaves open. There is, in my view, no sensa
and less religion in making 4 day which CO
has given for rest strait-jacket to pin tht
soul. in. We are. nearer to Him under the
blue sky and beside sparkling waters, than il
hot and dusty chambers; and the songs q
birds, and the mlrmur OF the winds thfoush
!eafy trees, speak more of Heaven than Ia
drowsy tones OF wearied pastors and paid
and the man or woman who from
Monday morning to Saturday night IS al :
sorbed in the wearing strife for bread and
the short sojonrn in the country: and kiad:
illness and love towards ones neighbor ara
the charities that cover multitude OF sins
QCoS QCR,