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rus Virgo Capricornus. | | | | Air Gemini Libra Aquarius. | | | | Water Cancer Scorpio Pisces. | |---------------------------------------------------------------| FATE. BY SUSAN MARR SPALDING. Two shall be born the whole wide world apart, And speak in different tongues, and have no thought Each of the other's being, and no heed: And these o'er unknown seas, to unknown lands, Shall cross, escaping wreck, defying death; And all unconsciously shape every act And bend each wandering step to this one end-- That one day out of darkness they shall meet And read life's meaning in each other's eyes. * * * * * And two shall walk some narrow way of life, So nearly side by side that should one turn Ever so little space to left or right, They needs must stand acknowledged face to face; And yet with wistful eyes that never meet, With groping hands that never clasp, and lips Calling in vain to ears that never hear, They seek each other all their weary days, And die unsatisfied. And this is Fate. * * * * * Susan Marr Spalding was born in Maine, and though she has written comparatively little for the public, she has thousands of admirers among lovers of true poetry. Her beautiful poem "Fate," which is reprinted above, was first published in the New York _Graphic_ thirty years ago. Had it not been for the keepers of scrap books it doubtless would have disappeared a few years after it was written. Instead, however, it has found a place in recently published collections of verse, and is regarded as one of the most beautiful and expressive utterances in English. FROM THE LIPS OF ANANIAS. A Collection of Gems that Would Have Made the Late Baron Munchausen Get Up and Leave the Room in Despair. A LION'S GRATITUDE. John Burroughs, the naturalist, was laughing about the story, widely published not long since, of a wild duck that got a salt-water mussel caught on its tongue and had intelligence enough to fly from the salt to the fresh water, where it dipped the mussel, sickening it through osmosis, and
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