VI 



THE CRICKET'S CHIRP 



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'ASILY the dominant 

 note of August is the 

 f W\ .M cricket's chirp. It is 

 the one note to vie in 

 W • ^'W,/ charm with the purl- 



ing of the mountain 

 brook. When we are 

 overpowered by the 

 heat of the day, the cooling suggestion of 

 water rippling over the stones brings such 

 a sense of relief as makes it most pleasing; 

 but when evening comes and we are less 

 biased in our judgments, the musical voice 

 of the cricket from out the grass comes with 

 peculiar charm. 



For the voice of the insect is better than 

 that of the brook. The inanimate brook 

 sings an accidental song, which springs 

 from no movement of its inner nature, 



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