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thinking it a better road than the street. Poor little 

 thing ! she had never seen a sidewalk before. But 

 she quickly dropped into city ways, and became 

 accustomed to city sights even the elevated rail- 

 roads. There were a few things, however, she never 

 could fully understand. Principal among these were 

 the statues in the Park. She never passed the Web- 

 ster- monument without looking up, almost with 

 veneration, at the massive man who stood there 

 silent and grand. The power he exercised over 

 humanity when alive seemed to be felt by this sen- 

 sitive creature even in its bronze embodiment. 



The winter passed, with its snows, its sleigh- 

 bells, its storms, and its pleasures ; and spring was 

 foretold by buds and birds. Old men, who had 

 hibernated all winter, ventured out in close carriages, 

 wrapped in furs to the chin. Dowagers who were 

 recovering from the effects of social campaigning in 

 a determined effort to keep their position on a par 

 with their money, were out in the Park resplendent 

 in rumbling carriages and jingling harnesses. It was 

 upon one of the days that bring the squirrel from 

 his home to feed on the newly formed buds, that 



