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advance of them, points out the chief beauties of a rare collection of paintings. Blanche's school-girl dreams are realized, and we stand in the presence of a famous woman. 'I'he snows of fifty winters are upon her head, and the face has lost the brilliant coloring of youth, but the lustre of the eye and the dignity of carriage declare that Time and Fame have conspired to deal kindly with her. 1902. The moon rising 011 the Dakota hills, reveals a cur-ions sceue ; a regiment of soldiers is assembled upon one of them, stretched in true western fashion 011 the ground, asleep, save the sentiuel,. steadily marching near by. My mind reverts to Blanche's speech, when asked about her brother's profession, rather more forcible than grammatical-"Laws, chile, he's going out West to fight the Jujins.v-c-nnd we presume that these words were prophetic. The music of a guitar, laden with the sweetness which distance alone can give, is borne to us by breezes from future years, and with telescopic aid we spy a figure by the brooklet yonder, the proud pose of which belongs essentially to a commander. Who can say whether Captain 'Nilson's thoughts are of the future, with rosy colored ambitions, or of the past, shaded with the delicious melancholy of memory. But music is the balm of such melancholy; let us think then that memories of the college life, expressed in music, are Heating around those western hills. 7'2