1 88 THE CAMPAIGN IN SEPTEMBER. 



varied bloom. The garden is spring-like again 

 with all its abundant blossoms, but the flowers 

 are larger, deeper, and richer in their coloring, 

 more perfect in their form than ever before. 

 The drooping annuals make a sudden rapid 

 growth, all the " bedding-plants" cover them- 

 selves with renewed beauty. Pansies, that in 

 hot August were wee "johnny-jumpers," be- 

 come pansies again, with great staring, human- 

 like faces. The turf grows greener and more 

 velvety, and all nature seems to say, Let us 

 have one more blessed thrill of life before the 

 frosts of death fall. Make the most of Septem- 

 ber, for you will have nothing like it till May 

 comes round again. Alas ! May comes but 

 once in human life, and even to the bravest and 

 most beautiful, autumn must grow sere and sad 

 painfully fast, when there is no hope of the 

 " glory that fadeth not away." Such may well 

 cling to September. 



