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IN THE BEST PARLOR _Iris Weddell White_ 281 THE FIDDLER STRUCK UP "SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY" _Iris Weddell White_ 285 UPON THE COUCH THERE SAT A JOLLY GIANT _Iris Weddell White_ 297 BOB AND TINY TIM (Color Plate) _Hazel Frazee_ 304 THERE NEVER WAS SUCH A GOOSE _Iris Weddell White_ 307 "SO I AM TOLD," RETURNED THE SECOND _Iris Weddell White_ 329 HE READ HIS OWN NAME _Iris Weddell White_ 344 HE STOOD BY THE WINDOW--GLORIOUS! _Iris Weddell White_ 348 "A MERRY CHRISTMAS, BOB!" _Iris Weddell White_ 355 HOMEWARD PLODS HIS WEARY WAY _R. F. Babcock_ 361 THE COUNTRY CHURCHYARD _R. F. Babcock_ 369 I FOUND I WAS HOLDING TO A SPAR _Herbert N. Rudeen_ 372 WITH BEATING HEART I APPROACHED A VIEW _R. F. Babcock_ 397 A CEBUS MONKEY _Herbert N. Rudeen_ 405 THE SLEEPING FOX CATCHES NO POULTRY _Herbert N. Rudeen_ 411 CLARK TOOK THE LEAD _R. F. Babcock_ 433 WE MET AT THE CHURCH _R. F. Babcock_ 449 "WELL, THEN, BOBBY, MY BOY" _Herbert N. Rudeen_ 455 IN KATE, HOWEVER, I HAD A FIRM FRIEND _Herbert N. Rudeen_ 458 "FAITH, I WISH YOU'D TAKE ME!" _Herbert N. Rudeen_ 465 HE SOON SEES A FARMHOUSE AT A LITTLE DISTANCE _Herbert N. Rudeen_ 468 THE SQUIRE'S LIBRARY _Iris Weddell White_ 475 "THERE GOES MY INK!" _Lucille Enders_ 479 HORATIUS _By_ LORD MACAULAY NOTE.--This spirited poem by Lord Macaulay is founded on one of the most popular Roman legends. While the story is based on facts, we can by no means be certain that all of the details are historical. According to Roman legendary history, the Tarquins, Lucius Tarquinius Priscus and Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, were among the early kings of Rome. The reign of the former was glorious, but that of the latter was most unjust and tyrannical. Finally the unscrupulousness of the king and his son reached such a point that it became unendurable to the people, who in 509 B. C. rose in rebellion and drove the entire family from Rome. Tarquinius Superbus appealed to Lars P
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