SWAYING TREE TOPS 



first it is the result of the life within 

 that, when the hostilities are taken 

 away, bursts into blossom. In the 

 second it is the result of the coax- 

 ing, the alluring of a pleasing en- 

 vironment. May we not think that 

 the virtue which is the blossom of the 

 life within is the choicer and the more 

 desirable? But then who cares to 

 limit our opportunities for being vir- 

 tuous? If we do not respond when 

 hostilities cease, let us not fail when 

 the south wind blows. 



She who makes her appearance in 

 spring, new with ribbon and cloth 

 and flower, hath a mission. I hope 

 she realizes it. I have seen a street- 

 car full of the remnants of the winter 

 perceptibly brighten at the entrance 

 of the spring girl. The conductor 



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