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• *"' l\ W/ll ■ :'«ii ■ j -KyJEg-Jafofrj^ '-> ■*. V** * "^ Vi'-'f "*!*■'*'- :"'*& '.'-^ B^^^^^!l^^:^'^JffJi'^&i^;>:*:,y^ "m^tr^f**:'"^ ,,'l'4^BT,^"ji* jSS^i i§«J 2 ■/ J -"•^' * *'' vS w 1 ' . . j i ii i ' ' ~~'~ ' *"****t""""'"—■"iaa'i—"——*^^' ""^**—"■**—■■■*■* ' —■—■a—Mar- i^l : , Hflfl HHHHHHHHH ,j« I ■»IIM» ■■«- II I II ' ' * '" I I I I . —* MAGAZINE SECTION ST. PAUL GLOBE. SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 1904. Vacation days, vacation days! The sun is warm and bright, With laughter gay we romp and play From early morn till night "Ding dong! Ding dong!" Twill not be long Before a horrid bell From summer's sleep will madly leap And sound vacation's knell* Its noisy throat will send each note To field and swimming pool, And this command will thrill the land, "To school! Ding dong! To school!" Vacation days, vacation days! We gallop and we drive, And ponies are the best by far Of all the things alive* They see the fun in romp and run, And we can all indorse The man who cried before he died, "My Kingdom for a horse!" With fields and brooks and shady nooks, And swimming holes so cool, It seems a crime that bells must chime, "Ding dong! To school! To school!" Vacation days, vacation days! They're drawing to a close; Such holidays are jolly days, How swiftly each one goes! Too soon the trees, the floVrs, the bees, The ponies fleet and kind, And other friends vacation sends, Must all be left behind What lass or lad would not be glad To be a pony free, And gaily tell the horrid bell, "Neigh, neigh! No school for me ?" EARLE HOOKER EATON.