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B ? nOBERT G. INGKItSOLL.
9 B Xilfo Is a narrow valo botwoon tho cold
991 And barren peaks of two eternities.
991 Wo strive in vain to look beyond tho
91 heights.
j Vc cry aloud ; the only answer
99J Is tho echo of our wailing cry.
Mj From tho voiceless lips of the unroplying
991 dead
Thoro comes no word : but in the night of
. , death
9 | Hope sees a star , andilistctitng love can
991 hear *
991 Thorustloof awing. •
99J These myths wore born of hopes and fears
99 § and tears ,
1 -And smiles ; und thoy wore touched and
991 colored
99J By a11 there Is of Joy and grief between
991 ' The rosy , dawn of birth aud death's sad
9H night.
j They clothed ovon tho stars with passion ,
99J And gave to gods the fuults nnd frailties
991 Of the sons of men. In them the winds
99 § And waves were muBic , and all tho lakes
9Uf Streams , siirings , mountains , woods and
99 [ perfumed dells
9K Were haunted by a thousaud fairy forms.
I OUR ROBIN.
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K Our grounds at Podmoro arc not ox-
99 tensive. Indeed the houso itself ,
H , 'though ' old and roomy , is not preten-
K tious , and it stands modestly in tho
9f niidst of some fifteen acres only. More
1 Ihun half this space is taken up by the
HI lawn , pleasure-grounds , and garden ;
K the remainder is portioned off into Iwo
H meadows. In one of theso our cows
HL .graze , whilst the second is devoted to
HI ( providing hay for winter use.
H | The near field is separated from tho
9 ; pleasure-grounds by a light iron pal-
H ing ; on all remaining sides tho mead-
M • ows aro encircled hy a belt of beech-
B trees. Amidst these trees there runs a
9 narrow moss-grown foot-path , which
M is known by the sentimental title of
H ; 'Lovers' "Walk. Of late years , I have
9 grown almost to hate this pathway , on
fl -account of its painful associations ; but
m 'on this , the first morning of Robin's
M Visit , sho insists on a thorough in-
j Spection of our domains.
Hj- . "I am never happy till I am well
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B"Jri jj. " rv * 'coachedm the geography of the place
1 " -I am staying at , " she explains ; "so
B .you must take me everywhere , show
Hj , mo everything , and introduce me to
B "everybody. "
HI 'Youfrightfully energetic creature ! . "
Hi I say , with a sigh , as I put on my
H | broad-brimmed hat and seek for my
H " " gai on gloves. "I will try to takp
T v j6u * everywhere , since you wish it :
H there is not much worth seeing , though
B I warn you. As to introducing you fp
B -everybody , that is out of tho question ] .
H "We hardly visit lit all ; "we aWt caife
B ioi society. " fi \
m "Don 't caro for society ! " repeats
K Hobin , puckering her browsj. "How
H ; .funny ! that is" corrtotirig-aerself-H-
m " * * I don 't think I care much for society .
m Only one must mix more orr les s with
m -one's fellows , if only tojkeap,1o.ntf3twIts
B 'bright. "
H ; "Well , our wits may uSt fpr aU we-
HI -cai-e ! " I answenl-ather defiantly. ' " ' wi
B In the first place , toe. visit-the sW-
B bles , where Robin falls head over ears-
H - In lovewith our old retriever , N"ell. .
B She expresses , however , strong disap-
B proval of the carriage-horses.
B "They remind ona of two fat old
B aldermen , " she says , surveying them
H Avith smiling pity ; "they must have
B been eating their heads off for years ; "
H and she assists tho process by present-
H ing a piece of bread to my special pony ,
H -Scamper.
H' * " have " I
"They , ( answer calmly ,
H -'Aunt Louisa drives twice a week , and
H that is about all. "
H "How frightfully cruel ! " " exclaims
H _ Robin indignantly.
H "Cruel ? ' ' I repeat interrogatively.
H "Yes , cruel to keep them here do-
' * " < . ing nothing. How they must hate
their stalls ! "
H 'They are exei-cised every morning , "
B I explain.
K "Yes , and like it almost-as much as
H * \ve used to appreciate our constitution-
B - al at school. "
B "If 'you really * wisli it. we' tvill drive
H " this afternoon , " is my reluctant con-
H cession.
"Ofcom-sel should like it. and to-
H " morrow we'll take your pony out. All ,
H * Scamper , my boy , we will let you see
H -a little life ! " and she gives his nose
B = an affectionate kiss. - *
B t We are leaving the yard , when her
B "eye lights again on Nell , who , encouiv
B aged by tho attention she has already
B received , begins to whine like a spoilt
B - child and pull impatiently at her chain.
B " .May I unfasten her ? " asks Robin
B eagerly , and approaching the kennel.
B "As you like , " I answer carelessly.
B • "She is so frightfully demonstrative , I
B _ "when she does obtain her liberty , that' .
B * " * 1 seldom touch her. She will almost
B " -tear you to pieces , as a pleasant little
B vay of showing her gratitude. "
B > But before I have finished speaking
B Nell is free. Sho at once verifies my
words by springing upon Robin , who
i all but loses her equilibrium : secondly ,
she darts at me. For once however in
my lifetime I have taken time by the
forelock , and IavoidNell'a affectionate
intentions by dodging her skilfully be
hind the pump. Foiled in her endeav
ors to reach me , she relieves her feel
ings by tearing madly round the yard
for some minutes , after which she subr
sides into soberness once njpre , and ,
still panting , follows us meefciy enough
as we wander away from the stables.
! "And now I really think , we have
• seen everything , " I say , with a sigh of
satisfaction , taking out my watch to
ascertain the time.
/ To own tho truth , I have fallen into
such lazy habits that even strolling
about the grounds for an hour quite
tires me.
* "Have we ? Don't those fields belong
ix > youj" ' asks Robin , pointing with
, nitUesshands'to\rardBthemeado\v3. ;
* * "Yes\"I \ "
reply , sinking down oij" a
e ' seat that is handy ; "but we must not
> \ walk about in the hay-crop , and I am
&V convinced the cows would to33 us if we
' invaded their domain. "
* "And is there no way round the
fc meadows ? " asks my indefatigable
? ; iriend.
K * - She is leaning her elbows on tho top
t , -of tho iron fence , feeding tho old cow ,
tvv .Buttercup , with bunches of long tender
Y * .grass , and laughs a little at my terror
. -of tho gentle , land-eyed animal ; Robin
_ ig on the best of terms with all brute
C , - -ercatios. and brute creation , to judge
' from appearances , is also on the best
' ' - 1 of terms w ifeh her.
I T "Yes : there is a path called the
r , Lovers' Walk , " I answer , with a weary
? -V = sigh ; "but surely you don't want to
ff\ ' -explore that ! There is hotbirg to see. "
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"It can't bo far , " muses Robin , as
sho softly strokes Buttercup's nose.
"Half a mile , if it is an inch , " I say
impressively.
"Only that ? Then we must certainly
go , unless you feel yourself unequal
to tho exertion" this a little satirical
ly. "In that case I'll go alono. I
I couldn't lose ? "
suppose my way-
"Not if you tried your hardest. If
you go in at one end , you are bound
to come out at the other , unless you
deliberately turn round in tho middle , "
"Aro you coming ? " asked Robin.
Sho had left tho fence , and now
stands before me , tho very picture of
health and happiness , her bright eyes
dancing , her round cheeks rosy with
tho vigorousyounglife within her.
"Oh , I will come , if first you let me
rest a little ! " I rejoin , making a val-
liant effort not to bo uncivil on Robin's
first day.
Sho seats herself beside mo on tho
garden bench , and lovingly caresses
Nell's curly head , which is at once
thrust upon hoi' knees ; then she looks
or rather stares at me long and
earnestly.
"You are very much changed in the
last two years , Blanche , " she says sud
denly.
"Do you think so ? " I say , feeling
tho warm blood creep over my usually
pallid cheeks.
"Yes ; you have grown frightfully
quiet , pale , and languid how is it ? "
"I am all right ; it is only because
your are in such overflowing health
and spirits yourself that you think me
delicate , " is my rather rude answer.
Robin however only laughs her low
cheery laugh.
"Yes , I am strong , " sho says , look
ing down , with a contented smilo , at
firm round wrist , and re-arranging
the broad silver band which encircles
it ; 'and I am thankful for my strength ;
it makes one somehow feel so happy. "
"Yes , " I say vaguely. "I suppose
it must be a pleasant feeling. "
Then Robin began to talk of her
northern home , her brothers and sis
ter , her various occupations and
amusements , until , listening to her , it
suddenly dawns upon me that my life
hitherto has been aimless and indo
lent. This flashes across my brain
suddenly as I sit there on the seat be
side my old schoolfellow ; and then the
feeling of confidence which first drew
me towards Robin springs once more
into life.
"Itobin , " I say , edging nearer , and
putting my hand round her waist , "I
did want you so , dear. I knew we
were all .going to sleep , and worse
than .to sleep , down here , and nothing
seemed to rouse us. As you know , I
never had much energy , and what ,1 ,
once possessed is all used up. Since
poor Jack's misfortune , we have been
going from bad to worse ; we seem
settled in a fog of gloom ; and I am
afraid Jack will soon get past recovery ,
unless we can rouse him. "
" don't fret ! "
"Poor dear ! < There
and Robin laughingly wipes my eyes
with henjawn handkerchief. "They
ouglit to .have sent you up to me , or
asked somebody "here , or done some
thing , " - she declares , with .her usual
energy.
' "Oh , 'riot that ! I don't mind for my
self , " I explain , in a broken voice.
"I've got Harry ; but Jackseems to get
more and more melancholy every day. "
Bobin looks at me' a few moments
pityingly.
"Bee Bee , " she says then , "you
know I always did speak my mind at
school ; and I must say , my dear"
with a half curl of her upper lip
"that I think your brother more de
serving of contempt than pity. "
"Robin , how can you ? " I exclaim ,
withdrawing my arm , and sitting in
dignantly bolt upright. "You don't
know what love is. Jack is broken
hearted , and and I think his con
stancy is beautiful , "
"Of course it is very fine and very
romantic of him to go about the world
with his hair two inches longer than
any other man's , and wrapped in a
cloak of sombre recollections ; but at
the same time it is unutterably selfish
and unmanly. I can understand a
woman a very weak woman , I mean
moping herself into melancholy
madness ; but men should be made of
more reliable stuff. Does he mean to
waste his whole life in this fashion ? "
I am about to answer a little hotly ,
when John himself emerges from a
side path close to our seat. Before I
have even time to utter an exclamation
of surprise , Nell , poor , foolish , enthu
siastic doggie , flings the full weight of
her loving , but corpulent body , upon
him , and , taking him at a disadvan
tage since he has no idea that she is
at liberty sends him staggering back
against the trunk of a neighboring
beech tree.
"Down down ! " I cry , laughing ,
and springing to the rescue.
But John , after the first shock , rises
to the occasion , and , by an artful ruse ,
frees himself from. ! Nells ! overpower
ing attentions. His light walking
cane buzzes through the air , and away
flies the dog in pursuit.
"What mad spirits Nell is in ! " says
John , smiling slightly. "Thanks for
taking her out , Blanche. "
"Your thanks are not duo to me ;
'twas Robin who insisted on letting
her loose. "
{ I should think I did ! " remarks
Robin calmly , J and contemplating my ,
brother with a somewhat ireful eye.
"I consider it the greatest cruelty to
keep a big dog like that chained to its
kennel all day. "How would you
like" speaking with emphasis , and to
John "to bo shut up in one room
from morning till night ? "
John Smiles his rather dreamy
smile.
"As a rule , I am shut up , from
choicG *
4'AhA well , poor Nell' is but a dog ,
arid consequently endowed with a cer
tain amount o f spirit ! "
Robin makes this somewhat cutting
observation in such a tone that it is
impossible to take offense evidently
it is intended as a joke. Jack flushes
slightly as he says , with a faint
shado of animation
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"Wiser men than I have been fond
of solitude. Look at Diogenes. "
"Crusty old maniac no good to
himself or anybody else ! " answers
Robin irreverently.
"We are going round the Lovers'
Walk , John ; will you come ? " I ask ,
breaking into conversation. , I have
no wish for'Robhr and Jack to begin
by quarreling.
"No , thank , " he replies , relapsing
into his usual dreamy tone ; "I have
just come from there. " Then he raises
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walks slowly away.
As wo turn our steps in tho direc
tion of tho beeches , with Nell at our
heels , I remonstrate with Robin on the
cavulior way in which sho treats my
brother.
"He is not used to jokes , " I argue ,
"and does not understand them. "
• • Well , ho will havo to learn then , * *
returns Robin , composedly. "I am
not going to treat Win as if he were
Solomon. The fact is , both you and
your aunt have humored him far too
much he wants to bo brought round
to a common sense-view of life. "
My friend goes into ecstasies over
tho tender mosses interspersed with
just a few late primroses which car
pet pur path on either sido.
"If I were you , Blanche , I should
spend hours here , " sho says , glancing
up at the vivid greon canopy which
rustles overhead. "I should bring
out my book , lie down at tho foot of a
tree , and "
"And , " I interrupt , laughing , "sigh
for a romantic young painter to como
along and sketch you. "
"Just so , " laughs Robin ; "I should
not even object to the romantic young
artist , so long ' as ho wero not too
romantic. Of course ho would have
to idealize my nose a little" stroking
that white , but somewhat insignificant
feature "otherwise I should scarcely
bo in sympathy with my surround
ings. "
"Talking of romance , " I suy , after a
time , and returning to my ordinary
rather mournful tone , "there has been
a kind of aversion to this walk , in my
mind , since the day on which Lucy
was drowned. At the corner of the
farthest meadow there is a summer-
house , which used to be a favorite
haunt of mine ; but from it we can see
the waters of the pond in which sho
lost her lfe. I can show.you without
leaving our own grounds , the very
spot where she sank ; and I cannot
even now look at that wretched sheet
of water without picturing it all
again. "
"I can quite understand that , " re
turns. Robin , with ready sympathy.
"A tha. same time , it'certainly is a
pity ttio " walkas such a pretty one.
I wonder why your brother chooses it
for his morning stroll ; ho must find
it even more depressing than you. "
"Ye-es , " I answer slowly , for the
same thought had entered my own
head. "He used , I know , to avoid tho
place ; but lately I have often noticed
him coming from this direction. 01
course , I don't like to remark on it
it is better for him to walk here than
not to walk at all. "
By this time we have reached the
arbor. It is a rustic structure , in the
last stage of dilapidation. No one
.likes to give orders that it shall be
pulled down ; yet , since we aro not
likely ever to care for it again , no one
is ever sent to prop it up.
. "It is enough to give one the
blues , " remarks Robin , her bright face '
clouding for a moment she glances
at the ruin.
"If you could only picture the good
times we used to have here , " ' I say , i
with a sigh , "when we were all chil- !
dretf. Lucy would come dancing over
the fields to join our picnics in the ar
bor ; and often we used to sit here for
hours and tell each other stories of tho
future. Frequently enough the pond
worked into these fabrications. It was
strange , was it not , that the life story
of two out of three should have been
so nearly and darkly connected with
it ? "
"Yea , " answers Robin , a little vague
ly. Her eyes are fixed upon tho dis
tant water , shimmering in the sunlight ,
and seen but indistinctly through the
thick foliage of intervening trees.
"Who is that ? " she asks abruptly.
Brought down suddenly from my sad
recollections of the past to tho matter-
of-fact present , I strain my eyes in the
direction indicated and become aware
that a tall slight form , clad in gray ,
is standing beside the pond , apparent- i
ly gazing down into its waters. I start
as my eyes light on the figure , and for
a moment my heart seems to cease
beating.
"I don't know , I am sure , " I return
faintly. And then I continue very
softly , as though fearing my words
might echo across tho intervening
fields "it gave me a start at first , the
attitude reminded me so of Lucy. " 1
"Lucy ! But Lucy is dead ! " objects
Robin. j
"It can't be Alice , surely , " I contin-1
ue , still gazing at the figure , which is
now slowly skirting the pond. .
"And who is Alice ? " demands Robin '
briskly she is such a girl for sifting
matters.
"Alice is poorLucy's sister , " I re
ply. "But it cannot no , it cannot be
Alice , " I add , with a sigh of relief.
"She nover by any chance comes to
Frogstone. "
"How odd ! " murmurs Robin. " 11
was under the impression that Lucy J
was an only child. "
"Your idea is more than half right , " '
I answer thoughtfully. "Alice was
her step-sister , and older by some sev
en or eight years than Lucy. We used
to think in the old days that she was
over-bearing and tyrannical with the
poor child. There is no doubt that
she resented the idea of her engage
ment , and hated John with all the
strength of her ill-governed nature. " I
"And both their parents were dead ? " • .
"Yes ; they died when Lucy was a I
child. " I
"Why did Alice object to the en
gagement ? " '
"I hardly know. She had some
strange sad love story of her own , and
had come to the1 conclusion that no
faith was to be placed in men. Her
wish was , I believe , to keep Lucy un
married , as a genial companion for
herself. She mustv have loved her in
a wild selfislTVayfbut she certainly * ,
tyrannized over her abominably , and
at times rendered her life very wretch
ed. "
"Did she feel her sister's death
much ? " j
"Yes , " I answer , with a shudder.
"She came storming over here , and
demanded an interview with John. I
never told him , but received her my
self. She accused us of her sister's
death , declaring that , but for us , Lucy
would never have thought of ventur- |
ing upon the ice. When she found
that neither her entreaties nor demands
would induce me to let her see John ,
she went home and wrote him a wild
revengeful letter , which I fully
believe has rankled over since in his
mind. She told him that he was Lucy's
murderer. "
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WJi ro Oar Names Come from ,
It is surprising to many to find
how large a portion of English sur
names have a plain , every day mean
ing , and stand for a thing as well as
for a family , says a writer in All the
Year Bound. But , though a lame
may sound base or ridiculous on first
hearing it , there is so little in a
name that , even with mere acquaint
ances , it scarcely seems incongruous
that a man over six feet high should
be called Little , and a \ . C , Co
ward.
Most English surnames are taken
from counties or towns , from pro
fessions or trades , from some person
al peculiarity , from tho lather's
name , with son , Fitz , Mac , Ap or 0'
fixed or affixed ; or , lastly , from tho
crest borne by the founder of tho
Jamily in middle ages.
We have Cornwalls , Cumberlands ,
Yorkes and Somersets , from coun
ties ; and Wiltons , Barnets , Chichest-
urs " and Henleys from towns. Al
most every profession and trade ig
included in the list of names ; the
town gives us Butcher , Baker , Ma
son , Sadler and Draper ; the country
Parmer , Shepherd , Fisher , Hunter
and Fowler ; and the household , Cook
and Butler. To trades , too , must be
assigned such names as Potts.BuckJe
and Tucker. Personal peculiarities
or qualities account for almost af
many ; there ara Long and Short
Rich and Poor , Bigg and Little
Large and Small ; while of names
tuken from colors there is a whole
chromatic scale Black , White ,
Gray , Brown , Pink , Scarlett and
many more.
Then , again , men whose fathers
boasted no surname , and who had
no striking personality or peculiar
ity to mark them out from their fel
lows , were content to be known as
So-and-So's son , and thus founded
the families of Richardson , Johnson ,
Rubertson and Williamson. Not
only did this principle obtain among
the English peasantry , in feudal
times , but even among the Norman
families ; and so we have Fitzpatrick
and Firzwilliams ; while in Scotland
there are " all the Macs ; in Wales , all
the Aps , and in Ireland all theO's.
Sometimes the neighbors did not
even take the trouble to add son ;
they simply pluralized the name ,
and called the family Clements ,
Stephens and Adams. In Wales this
is a very favorite plan , though very
often they do not even add the
plural , and the stranger to the
mountains gets sadly confused be
tween Evan Morgan and Morgan
Evans , and between William Thomas
and Thomas Williams , and all other
combinations and permutations
which can be twisted out of half a
dozen names.
To mediaeval heraldy thoughper-
haps , in some few cases to personal
peculiarities must be assigned such
names as Wolfe , Hawke , Fox , Crane ,
Swan and the like , the owners being
called after the cognizances emblaz
oned on their shields. One of the
most luminous instances of the
schoolmaster being all abroad was
the derivation laid down by the
English and writing master at a pub
lic school , of the name Dove. The
origin of the name was actually as
cribed to an ancestor having kept
doves in his back yard at some time
or another !
Royalty and nobility have also
given surnames to humbler folks.
King , prince , duke , marquis earle
and baron are all names that may
be met with every day , while the less
er nobilhy and the territorial gentry
have furnished such names as lord ,
knight and squire. From the church ,
too , come pope , bishop , abbott dean ,
priest pilgrim , parson and clerk , al
most every grade in the hierarchy
being represented in one form or an
other.
iThere , is a story told * of the an
cient Wiltshire family of the dukes
of Lake house which illustrates this
peculiar form of surname and also
the pride of the untitled nobility in
the superiority of an ancient name
over a modern peerage. At the be
ginning of the century , a brand-new
peer cannoned against the master of
Lake house on the hunting , field ,
and , turninground , cried :
• 'Do you know whom you ' r riding
over sir ? I'm lord So and-so ! "
"And I , my lord , " replied the old
gentlemanwith quiet dignity , ' " ' am
duke of Lake. "
There was a story current at Cam
bridge not long ago , to the effect
that the proctor one night discover
ed an undergraduate on Magdalen
bridge , endeavoring , as he thought ,
to get in bed. The outraged Don
demanded the inebriate's name and
college , and thelatter replied :
"Nutt of Magdalen. "
The proctor repeated his question ,
and received the same answer.
"I don't want to know what col
lege you are not of , ' * he cried , angri
ly , "but what college you do belong
to. "
"Mygood man , " replied the under
graduate , with intense solemnity ,
"I have no other name to give you.
Go away. I'm trying to find my
bed. "
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Brutalizing Sport.
A people has its character in its
own keeping , whether it would shape
that character bylaws or by custom-
There is , perhaps , no way in which
tho national character is more read
ily and surely shaped than through
the popular sports and pastimes.
This is what gives to the discussion
of athletics the chief interest it has
for thinking ien.
The reflex action of popular sports *
is best shown in a pronounced case.
All readers are familiar with the
Spanish bull-fight. 3t is the direct
successor to the gladiatorial fights
with wild beasts at Borne , A con
tributor to the New York Home
Journal writing from Madrid has a
few pointed words of comment on
this public entertainment , which can
be read with profit even in this coun
try
"Taken altogether , - " he writes , "it
is in my estimation the most degrad
ing national sport to be seen in the
civilized world. To see the Spaniards
take their tendor little children to
rfitness this terrible spectacle , and
train them to glory in the torture of
these animals , fills one's mind with
dismay and pity. "
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BROOKLYN'S MINISTER ,
Talmaga the Great Divine Dwells
on Facts That are Pointed.
He Speaks of tho World In It's
Transformation Scene.
Salvation on Tapp Por all Those Who
Have Erred in Life.
Brooklyn , March 34. At the tabernacle
this morning , after expounding some pass
ages of Scripture in regard to the mysteries ,
the Rev. T. De Witt Talmagc , D. D. , gave
out the hymn beginning :
"How firm a foundation , ye Mints of tlie Lord.
I laid lor your fulth In liix excellent Word. "
The subject of his sermon was "Tough
Things in the Bible , " and his textII , Peter
iii , 10 : "In which arc some things hard to
bo understood. " Dr. Talmaga said :
The bible is tho most common sense book
in all the world. But thoro ate many things
, in it which require explanation. It all de
pends on the mood in which yon como to
this grand old book. You may employ on
its mysteries tho rule of multiplication or
substraction. There aro things , as my text
suggests , hard to be understood , but 1 shall
solve some of them , hoping to leave upon all
earnest minded people the impression that
if four or five of them can bo explained ,
perhaps thoy may alt bo explained.
THE CItEATIOX'S HUJtATIOX.
Hard thing tho first : Tho Bible says tho
world was cieatod in six days , while geology
says it was hundreds of thousands of years
in progress of building. In tho beginning.
God created the heaven and tho earth. "
"In tho beginning. " There you can roll in
10,000COO years if you want to. There is no
particular date given no contest between
science and revelation. Though tho world
may have been in process of creat ion for
millions of years , suddenly and quickly , and
in one week , it may have been litted up for
man's residence. .Just , as a great mansion
may have been many years in building , and
yet in one week it may be curtained and
chandeliered and cushioned an upholsterea
for a bride and groom.
You are not compelled to believe that the
world was made in our six days. It may not
have been a day of twenty-four hours , tho
day spoken of in the iii st chapter ; it may
have been God's day , and a thousand years
years with Him are as one day. "And the
evening and the morning were t he first day"
Gods day. "And Use evening and the
morning were the second day" God's day.
"iiou and I living in the seventh day. the
Sabbath of the world , the day of gospel re
demption , the grandest day of all the week ,
in which each day may have been made up
of thousands of years. Can you tell mo how
a man can get his mind and soul into sucti a
blasphemous twist as to scoff at that first
chapter of Genesis , its verses billows of
light surging up from sapphire seas of glory i
MGnT EVE..V linroiiE the bvy.
The Bible represents that light was creat
ed on Monday , and the sun was not created
until Thursday. Just think of it ! a book
declaring that light was created three days
before the sun shone ! Why. don't you
know that heat and electricity emit li ht
independent of the sun ? Besides that ,
when the earth was in process of condensa
tion , it was surrounded by thick vapors and
tho discharge of many volcanoes m tho pri
mary period , and all this obscuration may
have hindered the light of the sun from fall
ing on tiie earth until that Thursday morn
ing. Beside that , David Brewster and Her-
schel , the astronomer , and all the modern
men of their class , agree in ttie fact that tho
sun is not light ; that it is an opaque mass ;
that it is only the candlestick that holds the
light , a phosphorescent atmosphere floating
aronnd it , changing and changing , so it is
not to bo at all wondered at that not until
that Thursday morning its light fell on the
earth. Beside that the rocks in crystaliza-
tion emit lijrht. There is light from a thou
sand surfaces , the alkalies , for instance.
The metallic bases emit light. Thctc was
a time in the history of the world when
there were thousands of miles of liquid gran
ite flaming with light. Beside that it has been
found that there are burned out volcanoes
in other worlds which , when they were in
explosion and activity , must have cast forth
an insufferable lisht , throwing a glare all
over our earth. Beside that there arc the
aurora borealis and the aurora anchalis. A
book on "Physical Science , ' says :
ASritANGE S101IT AT t-E\ .
"Captain Bonnycastle , coming up the
Gulf of St. Lawrence on September 17 ,
1S20 , was aroused by the mate of the ves
sel in great alarm from an umisual appear
ance. It when sud
was a star-light night ,
denly the sky became overcast In the
direction of the land of Cornwallis county
an instantaneous and intensely vivid light ,
resemblinsr the aurora , shot out on tlie
hitherto gloomy and dark sea on the lee bow
that was so brilliant it lighted everything
distinctly , even to the masthead. The light
spread over the whole sea between the two
shores , and the waves , wnich before had
been tranquil , became agitated. Captain
Bonnycastle describes the scenu as that of
a blazin ? sheet of awful and most brilliant
light a long and vivid line 01 light that
showed the face of the high frowning land
abreast. The sky became lowering and
more intenselv obscure. Long , torturous
lines of light showed immense numbers of
large fish darting about as if in consterna
tion. The topsail yard and mizzen boom
were lighted by the glare as if gas-lights
had been burned directly below them , and
until just before daybreak , at 4 o'clock , the
most minute objects were distinctly
visible. " My hearers , there are ten thou
sand sources of light besides the light of
the sun.
sun.EXri.AIXIXG toe curat flood.
Another hard thing : The story of the
deluge and Noah's ark. They say that from
the account there it must have rained 800
feet of water each day in order that it might
be fifteen cubits above the hills. They say
that the ark could not have been large
enough to contain "two of every sort , " for
there would have been hundreds of thou
sands and hundred of thousonds of crea
tures. They say that these creatures would
have come from all lands and all zones.
Thoy say there was only one small window
in the ark and that would not have given
fresh air to keep the animals inside the ark
from suffocation. They say that the ark
was finally landed on a mountain 17,000 feet
high. They say they do not believe the
story. Neither do I. There is no such
story in the .Bible. I will telLyou what the
Bible story is. I must say that I have
changed my mind in regard to some matters
which once were to me very mysterious.
They are no more mysterious. This is the
key to the facts. This is the story of an
eye witness , Noah , hisstory incor
porated afterward by Moses in the
account. Noah described the scene just as
it appeared to him. He saw the flood and
he fathomed its depth. As far as eye could
reah everything was covered up , from hor
izon to horizon , or , as it says , "under the
whole heaven. " He did not refer to the
Sierra Nevadas , or to Mount Washington ,
for America had not been discovered , or , if
it had been discovered , he could not havo
seen so far off. He is giving the testimony
of an eye-witness. God speaks after tho
manner of men when he says everything
went under , and Noah speaks after the
manner of men when he says everything
did go under. An eye-witness. There is no
needof thinking that the kangaroo leaped
the ocean or that the polar bear came down
from the ice. Why did the deluge come ?
It came for the purnose of destroying the
outrageous inhabitants of the then thinly
populated earth , nearly all the population ,
probably very near the ark before it was
launched. What would have been the use
if submerging North and South America ,
or Europe , or Africa , when they were not
inhabited !
AXSWEKIJfG TnE SKEPTICS.
And as to the skeptical suggestion that in
order to have the water as deep as the Bible
states , it must have rained 800 feet every
day. I reply , the Bible distinctly declares
that the most of the flood rose instead of
falling. . Before the account where it says
"the' windows , of heaven were oiMjned. ' * it
says , ' 'all the fountains of the great deep
were broken up. " All ceologists agree in
saying that there are caverns in the earth
filled with water , and they rush forth , and
all the lakes and rivers forsook their bed.
The fountains of a great deep wero broken
up , and then the windows of heaven were
opened. Is it a strange thing that we should
be asked to believe in this flood of the Bible ,
when geologists tell us that again and
again and again the dry earth has been
drowned out ! Just open your geolog5' and
you will read of twenty floods. It is not
strange that infidel scientists wanting us to
believe in the twenty floods of geological
discovery , should , as soon as we believe in
our flood of tho Bible , pronounce us non
compos mentis ?
Well , then , another thing , in regard to
tne size of the ark. Instead of being a mud
scow , as some of these skeptics would have :
us understand , it was a magnificent ship ,
nearly as large as the Great Eastern , three
times tho size of an ordinary man-of-war. :
At the time in the world when ship build
ing was unknown , God had this vessel con1 1
structed , which turned out to be almostin :
the same proportions as our staunchest j'
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of experimenting in unvul architecture and
in ship carpentry , wo have at last got up to-
Noah's ark , that ship leading all tho fleets
of tho world on ull the oceans. Well. Noah
saw the animal creation going into this ark.
Ho gavo the account of an eyo . witness.
They were tho animals from tho region
where he lived ; for tho most part thoy wero
animals usoful to man , and if noxious in *
sects or poisonous roptiles went in , it was
only to discipline tho patience and to keep
alert tho generations after tho flood. Ho
saw them froing in. Thero wore a great
number of them , and ho gives tho account
of an oyc witness. Thoy went iu two and
two of all flesh.
THE ANIMALS I.V THE AltK.
Years ago I wa on a steamer on the River
Tay , and I came to Perth , Scotland. I got
off and I saw tho most wondorf ul agricultur
al show that I had over witnessed. Thero
were horsfts and cattlasuchas HosaBonbcur
never sketched , and thero wero dogs such
as tho loving pencil of Edwin Landsccr
nover portrayed , and there wero sheep and
fowl and creatures of all sorts. Suppose
that "two and two" of all tho creatures
of that agricultural show wore put upon tho
Tay steamor to bo transported to Dundee ,
and the noxt day I should be writinc home
to America and giving an account of tho oc
curronco , I would have used the same gentle
phraseology that Noah used in regard to the
embarkation of tho bruto creation in the ark
I would have said they went In two and
two of every sort. I would not have meant
C0,000. : ) A common senso man myself , I
would suppose that the people who read tho
letter wero common sense people.
"But how could you get them into tho
ark ? " ask infidel scientists. "How could
they be induced to go into the ark ? Ho
' .vould have to pick them out and drive them
in , and coax them in. " Could not the samo
God who gave instinct to the animal inspire
that instinct to seek for shelter from tho
storm ? However , nothing more than ordi
nary animal instinct was necessary. Have
you never been in the country when an
August thunder storm was coming up and
heard the cattle moan at the bars to get in . *
and seen the affrighted fowl go upon the
perch at noonday , and heard the affrighted
dog and cat calling at tho door , supplicating
entrance ? And aro you surprised that in
that age of the world , when there were
fewer places of shelter for dumb beasts , at
the muttering and rumbling and flashing
and quaniug and darkening of an approach
ing deluge , the animal creation came moan
ing and bleating to the sloping embankment
reaching up to the ancient Great Eastern
and passed in ? I have owned horses and
cattle and sheep and dogs , but I never had
a horse or a cow or a sheep that was so
stupid it did not know enough to come in
when it rained.
NOTHING AT ALL 1VONDEKFCL.
And then , that one window in the ark
which afforded such poor ventilation to the
creatures there assembled that small win
dow in the ark which excites so much mirth-
fulness on the part of infidels. If they knew
as much Hebrew as you 1 onld put on your
little finger nail they would have known
that that word translated there means win
dow course , a whole range of lights. Those
ignorant infidels do not know a window pane
from twenty windows. So if there is any
criticism of the ark , there seems to be too
much window for such a long storm. And
as to the other charge that the windows of
the ark must have been kept shut and
consequently all inside would have perished
from suflication , I have to say that there
arc people in this house to-day who , all the
wav from Liverpool to Bamegat lighthouse ,
and for two weeks , wore kept under deck ,
the hatches battened down because of the
storm. Some of you , in the old time sailing
vessels , were kept nearly a month with the
hatches down because of some long storm.
Then the infidels say that the ark landed
on a mountain 17,000 feet high , and that , of
course , as soon as the animals came forth
they would all be frozen iu the ice. That is
geographical ignorance ! Ararat is not
merely the name for a mountain , but for a
hilly district , and it may have been a hill
100 feet high , or 500 , or 1.0.J0 feet high on
which the ark alighted. Noah measured the
depths of the water above the hill , and it is
fifteen cubits , or twenty seven feet.
Ah ! my friends , this story of the ark is no
more incredible than if you say to me :
"Last summer I was among the hills of
New England , and there came on the most
terrific storm I ever saw , and the whole
country was flooded. The waters came up
over the lulls , and to save our lives we got
in a boat on the river , and even the dumb
creatures were so affrightened they came
moaning and bleating until we let them in
the boat. "
FOUND IN ALT. TRADITIONS.
Wc are not dependent upon the Bible for
the story of the flood entirely. All ages and
all literatures have traditions , broken tradi
tions , indistinct traditions , but still tradi
tions. The old books of tho Persians tell
about the flood at the time of Ahriman , who
so polluted the earth that it had to be wash
ed bv a great storm. The traditions of the
Chaldeans say that in tho time when Xisu-
thrus was king there was a great flood , and
he put his family and his friends in a large
vessel and all outside of them were destroy
ed , and after a while the birds went forth
and they came back and their claws were
tinged with mud. Lucian and Ovid , cele
brated writers , who had never seen the
Bible , described a flood in the time of Deu
calion. He took his friends into a boat , and
the animals came running to him in pairs.
So all lands , and all ages , and all literatures ,
seem to have a broken and indistinct tradi
tion of a calamity which Moses , here incorpo
rating Noah's account , so grandly , so beauti-
fullv , so accurately , so solemnly records.
My prayer is that the God who created
the world may create us anew in Christ
Jesus ; and the God who made light three :
days before the sun shone may kindle in
our hearts a light that will burn on lon < r
after the sun has expired : and that the Uod
who ordered the ark built and kept open
more than 103 years that the antedeluvians
might enter it for shelter , may graciously
incline us to accept the invitation which
this morning rose in music from the throne ,
sayins ; "Come thou and all thy houso into
the ark. "
JOSnfA STOPPING THE SUN .
Another hard thing to be understood : 1
The story that the sun and moon stood still
to allow Joshua to complete his victory.
Infidel scientists declare that an impossi
bility. But if a man have brain and j
strength enough to make a clock , can he not
start it and stop it , and start it airain and ]
stoi ) it again ? If a machinist have strength ,
and brain enough to make a corn thresher -
can he not start it and stop it , and start it j
airain and stop it again ? If God had ,
strength and wisdom to make the clock of ,
the universe , the great machinery of the ]
worlds' has he not strength enough and .
wisdom enough to start it and stop it , j
and start it again and stop it again ? .
Or stop one wheel , or stop twenty wheels , '
or stop all the wheels ? Is the clock stronger j
than the clock maker ? Docs the corn
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thresher know more than the machinist ? ,
Is the universe mightier than its God ? But \
people ask how could the moon have been ,
seen to stop iu the daytime ? Well , if you ,
have never seen the moon in the daytime j
it is because you have not been ]
a very diligent observer of the (
heavens. Besides that , it was not necessary ,
for the world literally to stop. By unusual ;
refraction of the sun's rays the day might ]
have been prolonrred. So that , while the ,
earth continued on its path in the heavens it ,
figuratively stopped. You must remember ]
that these Bible authorsuscd the vernacular ,
of their own day. just as you and I sav the (
sun went down The sun never goes down , j
We simply describe what appears to the ,
human eye. Besides that the world , our 1
world , could havo literally stopped without 1
throwing the universe out of balance. Our ]
world has two motions the one around the j
sun and the other on its own axis. 11 inis-ht
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have stopped on its own axis , while at the ]
same time it kept on iLs path through the j
heavens. So there was no need of stellar ,
confusion because our world slackened its j
speed or entirely stopped in its revolution \
on its own axis. That is none of the business 1
of Jupiter , or Mars , or Mercury , or Saturn , ]
or the Dipper. ]
AOKLDCHANGING CON'STANTLT. _ ]
Beside that , within tho memory of man j
there have been worlds that were born and ,
that died. A few years aio astronomers I
telegraphed , throusrh the Associated press , <
to all the world the astronomers from the ,
city of Washington that another world h'I "
been discovered. Within a comparatively
short space of time , astronomers tell us , .
thirteenworlds have burned down. From ,
their observatory they notice first that the .
worlds look like other worlds , because they .
became a deep red , showing they were on
fire ; then they became ashen , showing they J ,
were burned down ; then they entirely dis
appeared , showing that even the ashes were
scattered. Now , I say , if God can start a
world , and swing a world , and destroy a
world , he could stop one or two of them
without a great deal of exertion , or He could <
by usual refraction of the sun's rays
continue tho illumination. But in
fidel scientists say it would havo
been belittling for other worlds '
to stop on account of such a battle. Why , 1
sirs , what Yorktown was for revolutionary
times , and what Gettysburg was in our
civil contest , and what Sedan was in the
Franco-German war , and what Waterloo *
was in the Napoleonic destiny that was z
this battle of Joshua against tlio flva alllei . j |
ariulcs of Gibcon. It was that battle that j } |
changed tho cntlro course of history. . * ]
Joshua as Ira- * .
It wus a battlo to /
portant ns though 0 battlo , now should * f )
occur in which England and tho United t
States und Franco and Gormanjrand Italy j
and Turkey and Kussla should light for I
victory or annihilation. Ho wo vor much any \
other world , solar , lunar or stellar , might be
hastened In its errand of light , it would be )
oxcusablo if it lingered in tho heavens for a- fw ,
little whllo and putdown its sheaf of beame * U *
und gaicd on such an Armageddon.
WONDERS OF 5IODBKN TIMES. I
In tho early part of this century thoro was
what was called tho dark day. Somo of
theso aged men perhaps may remember It. ,
It is known In history as tho "dark day. " ? |
Workmen ut noon went to their homes and J |
courts and legislatures adjourned. No as- |
tronomcrs havo ovor been able to explain a
that dark day. Now. if God can advance 11
tho night carllbr than its time , can Ho not jri
adjourn tho night until after its timoJ 1 jpJ
often used to hear my father describo a ji
night I think he said it was In J8IO when |
his neighbors aroused him in great alarm. ' y
All tho heavenly bodies seemed to bo in - , |
motion. People thought our earth was jj
coming to its destruction. Tens of thou- ] i
sands or stars shooting. No astrouoinors
havo ever been ublo to explain that star
shoottnir. Now , docs not your common 7S
sense teach you that if God could start and h
stop tens of thouoands of worlds or meteors. p
He could start and stop two worlds ? If \
God can engineer a train or 10,000 worlds , [
or meteors , and stop them without acci- ,
dent or collision , can not Ho control ,
two carriages of light , and by putting down '
a golden brake stop the sun , and by putting 1
down a silver brake slop the moon ? Under • K
this explanation , instead of being skeptical f
about the sublime passage of the Bible , you < <
will , when you read it , feel moro like going / |
down on your knees before God asyou read : J/ /
"Sun , stand thou still above Gibcon , and
thou moon in the valley of Ajalon. " ,
Then there is the Bible statement that a I.
whale swallowed Jonah and ejected him *
upon the dry ground in three days. If you , {
will go to the museum at Nantucket , Mass. , I
you will find the skeleton of a whale largo 1
enough to swallow a man. I said to tho ] au- I m
itor. while I was standing in the museum : m
"Why it does not seem from the looks of . II
this skeleton that that story in tha book of | 1
Jonah is so very improbable , does it ? " "O , m
no , " he replied , "it docs not. " Thero is a. m
cavity iu tho mouth of the common whalo
largo enough for a man to live in. Thero I
have been sharks found again and again
with an cntiro human body in thorn.
JONAH AND TUB GREAT FISH. \M \
Beside that , the Bible says nothing about
a whale. It says , "The Lord prepared a
great fish ; " and there aro scientists who
tell us that there were sea monsters in M
other days that make tho modern whale 1/j /
seem very insitmiticant. I know in one ' ;
place in tho New Testament it speaks of the | W
whalo as appearing in tho occurrence I \M \
havo just mentioned , but tho word may 9
just as well be translated , "sca-jnonster" U
any kind of sea monster. .Procopins .
says , in the year 5.T2 , a sea monster was M
slain which had for fifty years destroyed
ships. I suppose this sea monster that took
care of Jonah may have been one of the j
creat sea monsters that could have easily ifl
taken down a prophet , and he could have ym
lived there three days if he had
kept in motion so as to keep the ) M
gastric juices from taking hold of lM
him and destroying linn , and at the end of t jfl
three days the monster would natuially be jfl
sick enough to regurgitate Jonah. Beside jjl
that , my lricnds , there is one word which )
explains the whole thing. It says : "The (
Lord . " If ship - '
prepared agreatiish. a car- < |
penter prepare a vessel to carry Texan 'M ' *
beeves to Glasgow , I suppose it can carry ]
Texan beeves ; if a ship earj > ciiter prepare a 19 "
vessel to carry coal to one of the northern * "H
ports , I suppose it can carry coal ; if a ship {
carpenter prepare a vessel to carry passon- 1H
gcrs to Liverpool , I suppose it can carry 19
passensers to Liverpool ; and if the Lord IH
prepared a fish to carry one passenger , I ,
suppose it could carry a passenger and the * M
ventilation have been all right. , ' 9
SETTLING THE GKEAT MATTEi : .
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So all the strange things in the Bible can i
be explained if you wish te have them ex- M
plained. And you can build them into a 9J
beautiful and healthful fire for your hearth , ,9
or you can with them put your immortal 9
interests into conflagration. But you had 9
better decide about the veracity of the ' 9
Bible very soon. I want this morning to l (
caution you against putting oil making up
your mind about this book. Ever since 1 < 'i * 9
there has been great discussion as to who Jj9
was the author of Junius' Letters , those 9J
letters so full of sarcasm and vituperation (9J (
and power. The whole English nation 9J
stirred up with it More than a hundred S
volumes written to discuss that question : f' - " 9J
"Who was Junius ? " "Who wrote the letters - 9J
of Junius ? " Well , it is an interestinir > H
question to discuss , but still , after all , it j9J
makes but little practical difference to you < 9J
and to me who Junius was , whether Sir 9J
Philip Francis , or Lord Chatham , or John 9J
Homo Tooke , or Horace Walpolc , or Henry H
Grattan , or any one of the forty four men 9J
who were seriously charged with tho ' 9J
authorship. But it is an absorbing question , 9
it is a practical question , it is an 9
overwhelming question to you and to 9
me , .the authorship of this Holy Bible 9
whether the Lord God of Heaven and earth I
or a pack of dupes , scoundrels or impostors. 9
We can not afford to adjourn that question 9J
a week or a day or an hour , any more than B
a sea captain can afford to say : "Well , this 9J
is a very dark night I have really lost my 9J
bearings ; there is a light out there. I don't * ' 9J
know whether it is a lighthouse or a false • 9
light on the shore ; I don't know what it is ; 9
but I'll just go to sleep and in the morning <
I'll find out. " In tho morning the vessel 9
might be on tho rocks and the beach strewn .9
with the white faces of the dead crew. Tho 9
time for that sea captain to find out about j9
the lighthouse is before ho goes to sleep. 9
O , my friends , I want you to understand f9J
that in our deliberations about this Bible fl
we are not at calm anchorage , but we are ! | 9
rapidly coming toward the coast coming /9
with all the furnaces ablate , coming at the 9j
rate of seventy heart throbs a minute , and 'J9
I must know whether it is going tobehar- 9
bor or shipwreck. 9J
BKOUGnT SAFE INTO nAKBOR. 9
I was so glad to read in the j > apers of the 9
fact that the steamship Edam had como 9
into harbor. A wcck before the Persian 9J
Monarch , plowing its way toward the Nar- 9
rows , a hundred miles out , savsignals - of t9
distress , bore down upon the vessel , and | fl
found it was the steamship Edam. She had ' 19
lost her propeller. She had 00 passengers- 9J
on board. The merciful captain of the Per- ' 9
sian Monarch endeavored to bring her in , )9J )
but the tow line broke. He fastened it 9J
again , but the sea was rough and the tow 9J
line broke again. Then the night.came on 9J
and the merciful captain of the Persian 9J
Monarch "lay tc > " thinking in the morning 9J
he could give rescue to the passeairers. The J9J
morning came , but during the uijrht the r 9J
steamship Edam had disappeared , and the ' V
captain of the Persian Monarch brought his 9J
vessel into harbor sayinir how 9
sad he felt because he could 9
not give complete rescue to that fl
lost ship. I am glad that afterward an- V
other vessel saw her and brought her into 9
safety. But when I saw tie story of that .9
steamship Edam , drifting , drifting , drift- 9
ing , I do not know where , but with no rud-
der. no lighthouse , no harbor , no help , I 9
said : "That is a skeptic , that i3 an iundcL 9
drifting , drifting , drifting , not knowing
where he drifts. " And.thcn , when I thoucht 9J
of the Persian monarch..anehored in harbor ,
J said. "Tiiat is a Christian , that is a man
who does all he can on the way , crossing 9J
the sea to help others , coming perhaps fl
through a very rough voyage into the har- fl
bor , there safe and sare forever. " Would H
God that there might be some
one today who would go forth and 9
bring in these souls that are drift-
ing. In this assemblage , how manv a 9
score shall I say , or a hundred , or a thou- 9
sand ? not quite certain about the truth of 9
the Bible , not certain about anythin" 9
Drifting , drifting , drifting. Ohowl would 9
like to tow them in. I throw you this cable. 9
Lay hold of thatspableof the gospel. Lav 9
hold of it I invite you allin. The harbor " - 9
iswidcj enough , large enough for all the ' 9
shipping. Come in , Oyou wanderers on 9
the deep. Drift no more , drift no more. 9
Come into the harbor. See tho glorious . 9
lighthouse of the gospel. "Peace on earth. { 9
pood will to men. " Come into the harbor. ' jr V 9
God grant that it may bo said of all of you ' 9
who are now drifting in your unbelief as it 9
might have been said of the passengers of 9
the steamship Edam , and as it was said cen- 9
turies ago of the wrecked corn ship of 9J
Alexanderia , "It camo to pas ? that they all 9J
escaped safe to land. .1 , 9J
He ranst Cool Down. M
Minister "My friend , I'm astonish- 9
Deacon "What at ? " 9
"I thought you were a good Chris-
tian , but I never heard such language
as you used when you fell just then J * I
"I am sorry ! But you'll have to put 9
me down as a backslider until I * get fl
cooled down a bit" Drake's Man-a- M
rine. ° 9
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