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and heroes held high carnival together, making summer 

 holiday in their playful efforts to injure Baldur the invul- 

 nerable. But as Thetis, mother of Achilles, left unprotected 

 that one fatal spot on the divine heel, and as a Delilah 

 learned in time wherein lay the strength of a Samson, and his 

 weakness, so had Odin failed to make Baldur invulnerable, 

 and Loki, ever evil in design, soon found that, because it 

 was so insignificant and because moreover it was a mere 

 parasite, Hving on the life-sap of the sturdy oak to which it 

 clung, one tiny sprig of mistletoe alone of all creation had 

 escaped the fearful oath and it alone had given no promise 

 to spare Baldur. Quickly fashioning an arrow from the 

 innocent twig, Loki handed it to blind Hoder, bidding him 

 join in the sport and offering to guide the aim. Blind though 

 the archer was, yet like the arrow which Hamlet shot over the 

 house, Hoder's shaft sped true to the mark and the sun-god 

 fell dead, Loki's mad design accomplished. Then was summer 

 gone from the earth and the twilight of winter took its place. 

 Nor did weeping for Baldur ever raise him from his tomb. 



Seldom do we find a number of men who will agree on a 

 common object. Terence spoke his conviction when he said 

 so long ago, "As many men, so many minds," but when 

 Aladdin's lamp is handed them to rub and they commence 

 recording their hearts' wishes I find that they never proceed 

 very far before with one consent they begin to wish for 

 gardens. Perhaps because he was one of the first of printers 

 and could see his wish rendered into such readable form, old 



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