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RECREATION 



11.30 — 12.30 — 1.30 and we must needs 

 sit there in a hot hotel room trouser- 

 less. At 2.45 p. m. we got them back. 

 But even that experience hardly ruffled 

 our tempers. We had too much sun- 

 shine in our souls, to be ruffled. Six 

 weeks we had been out in pure air and 

 sunshine. We had climbed mountains, 

 fished lakes, and streams, associated 

 with the finest of people, and slept under 

 the moon and stars. Our outfit had 

 cost us about $15.00. We had realized 

 $30.00. Our expenses had not been 



$4.00 for any one week, and a better, 

 stronger, healthier pair of fellows vou 

 never saw than we were on our return 

 If you doubt it, try it. I have not been 

 able to tell one fraction of the pleasures 

 of such a trip. If you can't take it six 

 weeks, take it six days. I am going to 

 repeat it this summer through the St. 

 Croix Valley, and August will be the 

 month. My companion this time is to 

 be my wife — that same schoolma'am i 

 first met at the end of my very, very 

 Best Outing. 



A SYLVAN SERVICE 



By C. LEON BRUMBAUGH 



Jack-in-the-pulpit says to-day, 

 He never can preach and much less pray, 

 While the violets laugh and the lilies nod, 

 And the anemones dance in the house of God. 



High in the belfry, winds ring out 

 The columbine's chimes, while many a shout 

 From the wag-tail lithe from the bank below 

 Is evangel enough till the roses blow. 



Thrust in the vestry, calm and sweet, 

 The Angelus sings in deepest retreat ; 

 All the passion is gone from the rebel heart, 

 But that love which it does not bid depart. 



Jack-in-the-pulpit! then today, 



You need not preach and must not pray ; 



The communicants drink of the cup called Peace, 



'Twere-a curse now to bring them Sorrow's lease. 



