All in a garden fair; the simple story of three boys ... - University Library

12 ALL IX A GARDEX FAIR.
when I was young. The world belongs to
Will Xo ! he loses ! the boy with many
thoughts wins—no—it is over— tliey are even.
Now, in the big race which may come after-
wards, to wliom would the girl bestow^ the j^rize ?
An orange or an apple may be divided in
halves, but a woman ? No ;
Eepublic, One and Indivisible.'
she is like the
In fact the race seemed in the first boy's
hands ; he was ten clear feet ahead, tliere were
but twenty feet between liim and the girl, who
clapped her hands and cried out ; he turned to
laugh at tlie second : it was a sad example of
pride before a fall ; his foot caught in a tuft of
grass and he was grassed. He was up in a
moment, but he was already overlapped, and
although he made up tlie difference it was a dead
heat, and tliey were in neck and neck.
Tlic third boj^ continued the race long after
it was hopeless, and came in witli a smiling and
satisfied face.
Tlie Frenchman patted this boy on the head
approvingly.