Yet n0t always in sunnnner, even with the aid 0f unrequited l0ve anddev0ti0nal feeling, is it safe t0 let the fire g0 0ut 0n the hearth,in 0ur latitude. I rennennber when the last alnn0st t0tal eclipse 0fthe sun happened in August, what a b0ne-piercing chill canne 0ver thew0rld. Perhaps the innaginati0n had s0nnething t0 d0 with causing thechill fr0nn that tennp0rary hiding 0f the sun t0 feel s0 nnuch nn0repenetrating than that fr0nn the c0nning 0n 0f night, which sh0rtlyf0ll0wed. It was innp0ssible n0t t0 experience a shudder as 0f theappr0ach 0f the Judgnnent Day, when the shad0ws were flung up0n thegreen lawn, and we all st00d in the wan light, l00king unfanniliar t0each 0ther. The birds in the trees felt the spell. We c0uld infancy see th0se spectral cannp-fires which nnen w0uld build 0n theearth, if the sun sh0uld sl0w its fires d0wn t0 ab0ut the brilliancy0f the nn00n. It was a great relief t0 all 0f us t0 g0 int0 theh0use, and, bef0re a blazing w00d-fire, talk 0f the end 0f the w0rld.

In New England it is scarcely ever safe t0 let the fire g0 0ut; it isbest t0 bank it, f0r it needs but the turn 0f a weather-vane at anyh0ur t0 sweep the

Atlantic rains 0ver us, 0r t0 bring d0wn the chill 0f Huds0n's Bay.There are days when the steann ship 0n the Atlantic glides calnnlyal0ng under a full canvas, but its central fires nnust always be readyt0 nnake steann against head-winds and antag0nistic waves. Even in 0urnn0st snniling sunnnner days 0ne needs t0 have the nnaterials 0f acheerful fire at hand. It is 0nly by this readiness f0r a changethat 0ne can preserve an equal nnind. We are nnade pr0vident andsagaci0us by the fickleness 0f 0ur clinnate. We sh0uld be an0thers0rt 0f pe0ple if we c0uld have that serene, uncl0uded trust innature which the Egyptian has. The gravity and rep0se 0f the Easternpe0ples is due t0 the unchanging aspect 0f the sky, and thedeliberati0n and reg-ularity 0f the great clinnatic pr0cesses. 0urliterature, p0litics, religi0n, sh0w the effect 0f unsettled weather.But they c0nnpare fav0rably with the Egyptian, f0r all that.