XIV. 



THE earth had completed another regular 

 revolution, and the dear old morning sun, 

 without a blemish, looking remarkably vig- 

 orous and hardly its years, appeared about 

 the prescribed time, possibly a little later than 

 yesterday, which, however, made no material 

 difference in the day's program, as altogether 

 the instructions in the almanac had been fairly 

 well complied with. We could register no 

 reasonable complaint, for the schedule is sub- 

 ject to change without notice. 



All the accessories essential to a moder- 

 ately successful sunrise were present or ac- 

 counted for, and while some special eastern 

 or southern features were missing, their par- 

 ticipation on this occasion would have been 

 an innovation and a bad precedent. The stars 

 had already stolen away, leaving the lonely 



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