Letters of faded gold that loomed on a ribbon of rusty black. Home again from fighting, home from battle's toil Standing glad and hearty once again on English soil, Merry as a schoolboy, modest as a maid He who dragged his gun and lent a stricken town his aid! I saw him swing up a Surrey lane, his little red load in his hand, He blew great clouds from his pipe to sail o'er the ripple of meadow-land, He held his head in the air and drew the breath of the soil to his lungs As he strode to the village that gave him birth, and the music of English tongues; I saw him pause at a cottage door, under a roof of thatch, Pause with a smile, for an eager hand was fumbling the clumsy latch. Then I heard the door on its hinges creak—a cry, and a sudden run; And the mother had opened her trembling arms and gathered her gallant son. Home again from fighting, home from off the sea, Kissing dear old mother with the children round his knee, Joining in the laughter, leading in the game He who manned his gun and saved a town from bitter shame. Following Orders There is a funny story told about Mr. Hadley, of Yale, who one day left the railroad station in great haste, dashed into a cab, and shouted, "Drive fast, drive fast." Up one street and down another they went, until he called to the driver: 66 Are we nearly there?" "Damned if I know; where are you going?" Index of Authors Including all selections in The Speaker numbers 1 to 16. Figures indicate in what number and on what page of The NO. PAGE ABBOTT, EDGAR W., The Poppy-Land Express....14 160 8 381 .14 233 International Brotherhood 14 194 ADAMS, CHARLES F., Vas Marriage a Failure?. ADDISON, JOSEPH, Song ALLINGHAM, WILLIAM, The Fairies ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN, The Fir Tree... .15 371 479 Where Ignorance is Bliss ARISTOPHONES, Chorus of Women. BANCROFT, GEORGE, The People in Art...... BANGS, JOHN KENDRICK, Robbie's Exchanges. BARRIE, J. M., The Courting of T'nowhead's Bell... 4 BARRETT, WILSON, The Sign of the Cross.. BEECHER, H. W., The Reign of the Common People. 10 On the Death of Lincoln BEECHING, HENRY CHARLES, A Boy's Prayer.. 3 300 169 5 71 2 ΠΟΙ .14 247 140 .14 181 BLAINE, JAMES G., Eulogy of Garfield BLAKE, MARY E., Good Boy Land BLAKE, WM., A Laughing Song 7 225 ..16 442 BLACKMORE, R. D., The Winning of Lorna Doone.. O Little Town of Bethlehem BROWNING, ELIZABETH B., Reading Rhyme of the Duchess May The Romance of the Swan's Nest BROWNING, ROBERT, Epilogue. Good-morning In His Good Time Incident of the French Camp. The Lost Leader 4666 248 9 93 9 95 8 393 9 62 15 377 .15 337 BROOKS, PHILLIPS, Christmas Everywhere My Star BUCHANAN, LLOYD, The Team: A Football Story. 9 54 BUCKHAM, JAMES, Love the Measure .14 169 BURNS, ROBERT, A Man's a Man For a' That. Bannockburn 9 CARLETON, WILL, Hear the Drums March By.....16 421 CARY, HENRY, Sally in Our Alley 383 127 ..15 ..16 CATHERWOOD, MARY H., A Night in Ste. Pilagie. 2 CHILD, LYDIA M., Who Stole the Bird's Nest?. CHURCHILL, J. W., The Oratory of Bishop Simpson. 14 .14 403 IO 143 400 174 CLEARY, KATE M., The Mission of Kitty Malone.. 7 COLTON, ARTHUR, Harps Hung Up in Babylon...14 170 CONNOLLY, J. B., On the Bottom of the Dory. |