The Speaker, No. 5: Volume II, Issue 1 December, 1906.
Chapter 9
For now I had spent a great deal of blood, and was rather faint and weary. And it was luck for me that Kickums had lost spirit like his master, and went home as mildly as a lamb. For, when we came toward the farm, I seemed to be riding in a dream almost; and the voices of both men and women (who had hurried forth upon my track), as they met me, seemed to wander from a distant, muffling cloud. Only the thought of Lorna's death, like a heavy knell, was tolling in the belfry of my brain.
When we came to the stable door I rather fell from my horse than got off; and John Fry, with a look of wonder, took Kickum's head and led him in. Into the old farmhouse I tottered, like a weanling child, with mother, in her common clothes, helping me along, yet fearing, except by stealth, to look at me.
"I have killed him," was all I said, "even as he killed Lorna. Now let me see my wife, mother. She belongs to me none the less, though dead."
"You cannot see her now, dear John," said Ruth Huckaback, coming forward, since no one else had the courage.
"Annie is with her now, John."
"What has that to do with it? Let me see my dead and pray to die."
All the women fell away and whispered, and looked at me with side glances, and some sobbing, for my face was hard as flint. Ruth alone stood by me, and dropped her eyes and trembled. Then one little hand of hers stole into my great shaking palm, and the other was laid on my tattered coat; yet with her clothes she shunned my blood, while she whispered gently:
"John, she is not dead. She may even be your living one yet--your wife, your home, and your happiness. But you must not see her now."
Now, whether it was the light and brightness of my Lorna's nature, or the freedom from anxiety, but anyhow, one thing is certain; sure as the stars of hope above us, Lorna recovered long ere I did.
The Sky
The sky is a drinking-cup, That was overturned of old, And it pours in the eyes of men Its wines of airy gold.
We drink that wine all day, Till the last drop is drained up, And are lighted off to bed By the jewels in the cup!
--_Richard Henry Stoddard_.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
=NO. 1=
Editorials 1-4
The Artist's Secret Olive Schreiner 5
The History Lesson from L'Aiglon Edmund Rostand 6
Dawn Paul Laurence Dunbar 11
Bill, the Lokil Editor Eugene Field 12
Arena Scene from Quo Vadis Henry Sienkiewicz 15
The Cushville Hop Ben King 21
Sonny's Christening Ruth McEnery Stuart 22
How She Went into Business Joel Chandler Harris 28
The Leadership of Educated Men George William Curtis 34
Jean Valjean and the Bishop Victor Hugo 38
Coom, Lassie, Be Good to Me Charles McIlvaine 43
A Bird in the Hand F. S. Weatherby 44
The Slow Man Ernest Poole 45
Emmy Lou George Madden Martin 49
Glory John Luther Long 53
The Rose and the Gardener Austin Dobson 57
The Cap that Fits Austin Dobson 58
The Cure's Progress Austin Dobson 60
The Philosopher in the Apple Orchard Anthony Hope 61
The Photograph Paul Laurence Dunbar 67
A Message to Garcia Elbert Hubbard 68
Lovey-Loves Ben King 69
The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allan Poe 70
Nini, Ninette, Ninon Frederick S. Weatherby 77
With Any Amazement Rudyard Kipling 78
One, Two, Three H. C. Bunner 83
Mr. Dooley, on the Grip 85
=NO. 2=
Editorials 97-100
The Sign of the Cross Wilson Barrett 101
My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold William Wordsworth 105
"Gentlemen, the King" Robert Barr 106
The Only Way Charles Dickens 111
The New Americanism Henry Watterson 114
A Plea for Patriotism Benjamin Harrison 116
Fame Ben Jonson 117
The Independence of Cuba J. M. Thurston 118
The Children of the Poor Theodore Parker 122
Burns George William Curtis 124
A Night in Ste. Pilagie Mary H. Catherwood 127
The Call of the Wild Jack London 131
The Prisoner of Zenda Anthony Hope 135
In the Toils of the Enemy John S. Wood 139
The Advocate's First Plea George Barr McCutcheon 144
The Tell-Tale Heart Edgar Allan Poe 148
The Trial of Ben Thomas H. S. Edwards 151
Even This Shall Pass Away Theodore Tilton 155
On Milton John Dryden 156
Richelieu Bulwer Lytton 157
Flower in the Crannied Wall Lord Tennyson 161
The Burgomaster's Death (from "The Bells") 162
Jathrop Lathrop's Cow Anna Warner 167
The Hunchback Sheridan Knowles 172
Love Shakespeare 180
Last Speech of William McKinley 181
For Dear Old Yale James Langston 184
The Lance of Kanana 189
=NO. 3=
Editorials 193-198
Reading Elizabeth B. Browning 198
The Shave-Store Edmund Vance Cooke 199
The Moo-Cow-Moo Edmund Vance Cooke 200
Brother Wolf and the Horned Cattle Joel Chandler Harris 201
A Summer Lullaby Eudora S. Bumstead 204
The First Nowell (Old Carol) 205
A Riddle Jonathan Swift 206
Tiny Tim (from "A Christmas Carol") Charles Dickens 207
The American Flag Joseph R. Drake 212
A Grace for a Child Robert Herrick 212
The Fairies William Allingham 213
The Rule for Birds' Nesters (Old Rhyme) 214
Queen Mab Thomas Hood 215
The Star Song Robert Herrick 216
O Little Town of Bethlehem Phillips Brooks 217
Santa Claus (Anonymous) 218
Recessional Rudyard Kipling 219
The Bonniest Bairn in a' the Warl' Robert Ford 220
The Flag Goes By Henry Holcomb Bennett 221
Pocahontas William Makepeace Thackeray 222
A Farewell Charles Kingsley 223
The Shepherd Boy Sings John Bunyan 223
Two Apple-Howling Songs (Old Rhymes) 224
A Boy's Prayer Henry Charles Beeching 224
To-day Thomas Carlyle 225
Be True Horatio Bonar 225
My Native Land Sir Walter Scott 226
Green Things Growing Dinah Maria Mulock 226
The Wonderful Country of Good-Boy Land Mary E. Blake 227
The Fir-Tree Hans Christian Andersen 229
From a Railway Carriage Robert Louis Stevenson 233
The Land of Nod Robert Louis Stevenson 234
Burns George William Curtis 124
Whole Duty of Children Robert Louis Stevenson 234
The Story of Joseph (Arranged from Genesis) 235
Auld Daddy Darkness James Ferguson 240
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat Edward Lear 241
The Angel's Whisper Samuel Lover 242
Going into Breeches Charles and Mary Lamb 243
The Lost Doll Charles Kingsley 244
Baby Corn (Unknown) 245
Who Stole the Bird's Nest? Lydia Maria Child 246
Po' Little Lamb Paul Laurence Dunbar 248
Little Brown Baby Paul Laurence Dunbar 250
An Incident of the French Camp Robert Browning 251
Lullaby of an Infant Chief Sir Walter Scott 252
Old Ironsides Oliver Wendell Holmes 253
Concord Hymn Ralph Waldo Emerson 254
His College Examination (from "Up from Slavery") Booker T. Washington 255
A Child's Grace Robert Burns 260
A Howdy Song Joel Chandler Harris 261
Duty Ralph Waldo Emerson 261
Bud's Fairy Tale James Whitcomb Riley 262
The Boy that was Scaret o' Dyin' Annie Trumbull Slosson 268
What Does Little Birdie Say? Lord Tennyson 270
Laetus Sorte Mea (from "The Story of a Short Life") Juliana H. Ewing 271
The Victor of Marengo 275
Good Morning Robert Browning 279
Miranda and Her Friend Kroof (from "The Heart of the Ancient Wood") Charles G. D. Roberts 277
Little Nell Charles Dickens 282
Parsifal the Pure (from "Stories from Wagner") 285
=NO. 4=
Editorials 289-292
Charles Sumner Carl Schurz 293
How the Elephant Got His Trunk Rudyard Kipling 295
The Owl Lord Tennyson 299
T'nowhead's Bell J. M. Barrie 300
John Storm's Resolution Hall Cain 308
The Flood of the Floss George Eliot 314
The Real Muck Rake Man Henry van Dyke 319
The Hunt Mercy E. Baker 322
Francois Villon, About to Die John D. Swain 323
Lady Moon Lord Haughton 326
A Good Dinner Mary Stuart Cutting 326
My Rival Rudyard Kipling 328
Imph-m James Nicholson 328
Looking Forward Robert Louis Stevenson 329
Mrs. Atwood's Raiment Mary Stuart Cutting 330
Hymn of a Child Charles Wesley 341
The Day of Precious Penalties Marion Hill 342
Cradle Hymn Martin Luther 349
A Kentucky Cinderella F. Hopkinson Smith 350
At Lincoln's Tomb Robertus Love 355
Mammy's Pickanin' Lucy Dean Jenkins 357
The Old Doll Edith M. Thomas 359
Santa Claus Unknown 360
Little Christel Wm. B. Rands 361
Seven Times One Jean Ingelow 363
Daffy-Down-Dilly Anna B. Warner 364
The Ant and the Cricket Unknown 366
Cradle Hymn Isaac Watts 367
The Usual Way Anonymous 368
The Lark and the Rook Anonymous 369
The Gondola Race F. Hopkinson Smith 371
Lincoln Jonathan P. Dolliver 374
Spacially Jim Bessie Margon 376
An Opera George Ade 378
A Little Knight-Errant Margaret A. Richard 382
Jane Jones Ben King 383
=NO. 5=
Editorials 1-5
On Time John Milton 5
The Knight in the Wood E. Leicester Warren 6
A Little Feminine Casabianca Geo. Madden Martin 7
What He Got Out of It S. E. Kiser 11
The Play's the Thing Geo. Madden Martin 12
The Dancing School and Dicky Josephine Dodge Daskam 18
A Model Story in the Kindergarten Josephine Dodge Daskam 24
Fishin'? Anonymous 26
Ardelia in Arcady Josephine Dodge Daskam 27
Meriel Margaret Houston 34
The Old Man and "Shep" John G. Scorer 35
Who Knows Louise Chandler Moulton 36
The Negro Booker T. Washington 37
The Guillotine Victor Hugo 40
Robespierre's Last Speech Maximilian M. I. Robespierre 42
Secession Alex. H. Stephens 44
Birds Richard Henry Stoddard 47
The Death of Hypatia Charles Kingsley 48
Death Stands Above Me. Walter Savage Landor 54
The Tournament Sir Walter Scott 55
A Plea for the Old Year Louise Chandler Moulton 59
Fagin's Last Day Charles Dickens 60
A Caution to Poets. Matthew Arnold 64
Apollo Belvedere Ruth McEnery Stuart 65
An Invalid in Lodgings J. M. Barrie 71
The Stirrup-Cup Sidney Lanier 74
Das Krist Kindel. James Whitcomb Riley 75
Hiram Foster's Thanksgiving Turkey S. E. Kiser 77
The Winning of Lorna Doone R. D. Blackmore 79
The Sky Richard Henry Stoddard 96
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Transcriber's Note
Variant forms of words in the original text, sometimes within the same selection, have been retained in this ebook. Ellipses have been standardized. Omissions in the Table of Contents match those of the original document.
The following typographical corrections have been made in this ebook:
Page 17: Changed , to . (kind of mourning.)
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Page 41: Changed scafforld to scaffold (the scaffold against the scaffold)
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Table of Contents: Added missing parenthesis (from "The Heart of the Ancient Wood")
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Table of Contents: Changed Kris to Krist to match title in text (Das Krist Kindel.)
Table of Contents: Added missing word 'On' to match title in text (On Time)
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