122 FROM A NEW ENGLAND HILLSIDE. 



that the good cause, the purification of the 

 public service and of methods of adminis 

 tration, was moving steadily forward, 

 though never so full of life, it seemed as 

 though he might have sung his &quot; nunc 

 dimittis.&quot; And is it any wonder that we 

 felt it hard, even at that small hour, to seek 

 our couches ? 



the best of all ways 

 To lengthen our days, 



Is to steal a few hours from the night, my 

 dear. 



Tom Moore s lines never came more appro 

 priately than as he quoted them then, look 

 ing out upon the night ; but indeed the 

 night, that night of nights, seemed speeding 

 all too soon. 



MAY 27, 1894. 



