Has war’s loud clarion called to arms? Has lightning struck a tree?
Has Jenkins broke his leg? Or has there been a storm at sea?
Has the sea-serpent shown his head? A comet’s tail been seen?
Or has some heiress with her groom gone off to Gretna Green?
All this and many marvels more you from this sheet may glean.
—J. T. Watson.
The autumn passed away as pleasantly as the summer.
The time drew near when the family from Old Lyon Hall were to go to Washington for the season.
Drusilla wrote to her housekeeper and steward at Cedarwood, giving them full instructions to prepare the cottage for the reception of herself and friends, and she enclosed an order on her banker for the necessary funds.
In due time she received a communication from mammy informing her that all things were now ready for the party.