SHOWERS OF SHOOTING STARS. 24) 



of gravitation constrains the veriest mote that ever floated 

 in a sunbeam, with the same unremitting care that it does 

 the mightiest of planets. Thus it is that each little meteor 

 is guided in its journeys for untold ages. Each of these 

 little objects hurries along, deflected at every moment, 

 to follow its beautifully curved path by the incessant 

 attraction of the sun. At last, however, the fatal plunge 

 is taken. The long wanderings of the meteor have come 

 to an end and it vanishes in n streak of splendour. 



