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ROUND ABOUT CHICAGO 



to the ridiculous foot-propelled swan-boats that 

 make the circuit of the lagoons and canals, is an 

 easy descent, so the children run off for a ride, 

 while Mother and I walk around the warm, sunny, 

 blessed, old-fashioned garden in front of the 



greenhouses, hunting this and that old favorite 

 and finding them all. 



Then we march down to the lake shore drive, 

 and from the shade of the great old trees watch 

 the passing show of glittering equipages and 

 holiday promenaders, while the children play 

 hide-and-seek up and down and around the im- 

 posing Grant monument. 



