The Rescue of an Old Place 



but the former lets some escape, and I am 

 told that when the nests are burned, the 

 fire shrivels the outside of the crawling 

 mass, which falls with the web to the 

 ground, but the caterpillars in the heart 

 of the living ball escape, to crawl up the 

 tree again and start afresh upon their 

 depredations. 

 The worm It is of no use to think that you have 



has come to . . . , .. 



stay. accomplished your purpose because, after 



heroic labor, there seems not a vestige of 

 a nest remaining. No sooner do you feel 

 that you have routed the last encampment 

 of the enemy than, presto ! his tents are 

 once more like those of the Assyrian for 

 multitude, and in a day or two you must 

 resume your round to find the enemy big- 

 ger and brisker than ever. About three 

 months of the season have to be given up 

 to the two campaigns, spring and fall, till 

 finally a person of imagination begins to 

 feel that the philosopher's prediction is 

 about to be fulfilled, and that the worm 

 has come to stay. 



" Of what use are the Cherry-trees ? " 

 say the wise ; " the worm, after all, is not 

 so bad as the black knot, and compared 

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