EARLIEST BUTTERFLIES 



J UST as in midsummer the people of the 

 little pasture and woodland hollows must 

 envy those of the hilltop their cool, breezy 

 outlook, so in mid- April the thought must 

 be reversed. For still the warfare be- 

 tween the north wind and the sun which 

 began in February skirmishes and reached 

 its Gettysburg in late March, goes fitfully 

 on, with Appomattox hardly in sight. 



The South is to win in this fratricidal 

 struggle though, and in the summer mil- 

 lennium of peace and prosperity the two 

 forces will join hands and work for the 

 good of the whole land. Already the 

 warriors of the North are driven to the 

 hilltops, where they still shout defiance, 

 and whence they rush in determined raids 

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