The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-18

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70 the spot where he had decided the bridge
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oenized as having been sent from Heaven.
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without delay. Historian and those. Who
p probably tse nth reason ss . sss'i that at'' =. IS"ss%3' a ag.
the sresSsrhocS o. Bridge Builder. and iss'
Bishop and the consuls Of the Republic OF
Adgnon gratefully gave hin all p2s.lh'e
OF the little shepherd boy may still he accepted
by the children. and his fete, April ~, mus
be regarded a: an especial hohdsy.
taking one end Of the isle de ia Bartheia..,
land. where more than = century later W.
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feuds bet ween the Popes in their palace on To-
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town in the Middle Ages. began the work Of
unusual hood OF the 1ver itself in the ssven.
teenth century. The little Gothic chapel.
t aSa,s q Il %h fss the Smf BODY S of r.. stnese t0 res'ed
bridge which be had been at such pains :"
sanguinary struggles. IL still TO be seen upon
the ruined arches. Al one time. IL appear
that his fete was celebrated by dancing and
water parties. no doubt accounting for The
nursery rhyme which came into being nobody
knows how long ago. A modern writer has
found an original and not unconvincing eN.
PLANTATION Of the words Of this familiar ditty.
Try to cross the slender wooden suspensiou
bridge which, for purposes Of trafffc, takes
the place of the ancient structure when the
Mistral, rent md0istrdi, comes sweeping with
all his force down the funnel OF the Rhono
valley, and you will find It dificult enough ~
maintain a dignihed carrfag e. Swept this
way and that. doubling and backing. and
Clinging as best you can to your hat, AMI
indeed to all your garments. you may well. A.
Nine. Duclaux suggests. have the sppearanCp
Of n grotesuue and involuntary dancer.