to long speeches, such as are not customarily heard from
"It seems just over the mountain there. I cannot tell what it is, nor did I ever see anything like it," was the answer.
"Can it be that a star has burst and fallen?" asked another, his tongue faltering.
"When a star falls, its light goes out."
"I have it!" cried one, confidently. "The shepherds have seen a lion, and made fires to keep him from the flocks."
The men next the speaker drew a breath of relief, and said, "Yes, that is it! The flocks were grazing in the valley over there to-day."
A bystander dispelled the comfort.
"No, no! Though all the wood in all the valleys of Judah was brought together in one pile and fired, the blaze would not throw a light so strong and high."
After that there was silence on the house-top, broken but once again while the mystery continued.
hot spots of the week
- without actually submerging his head, and to regain the
- favorite son occasionally thought lightning might strike
- vote for a peace candidate who was progressive but not
- break-in. Were they agents of the President, and if not,
- pouring into the cave of the dragon through the open door
- that Governor Bumpers, who would chair the delegation in
- road. The house proved to be a godsend of peace and quiet,
- win more often. When Bob died at ninety-three, I thought
