HARBINGERS OF SUMMER 



flies, dozens of them dancing up and down 

 in the soft radiance, and lighting to put 

 gorgeous yellow blossoms on twigs that 

 could never put forth such beauty again. 

 Here was the summer, coming sedately 

 through the gold-green spaces of the wood 

 with scores of golden spirits dancing joy- 

 ously about her. The " tiger swallowtail/' 

 Papilio turnus, as the lepidopterists have 

 named him, is the most beautiful of all our 

 butterflies, painted in gold with black mar- 

 gins, and a single touch of scarlet cun- 

 ningly applied to each wing. All the glow 

 of summer seems to be concentrated in 

 him, and his presence is the final test of 

 hers. 



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