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144 Chit-Chat by Puck.
throng of people were ascending the stairs, over
the top of which floated beautiful phantoms in the
air, which sang:
** Would you climb to honour?
This the easy way.
Yours shall be the glory
’ Of dominion’s sway.”
Then awoke a burning desire in Dan’s soul.
Here was an easy way of getting to the top at
once, and he would no longer need to walk, alone
and neglected, by a toilsome path. He looked
upward along the stairs, and thought he could see
the gates of a gorgeous palace upon the heights.
“« See the gates of glory
Opened for you now,
Wreaths of laurel waiting
To entwine your brow!”
Nearer and nearer the siren’s song was wafted to
him.
“Why should I hesitate any longer?” he said,
enraptured ; but as he was about to take the first
step towards the stair, his whole past life rushed
before his mind, and he remembered the promises
he had made in his youth.
“No, no!” he cried out; “I will follow thee,
beautiful star, to my death!”
And when he looked up to the steep mountain
he saw his own star shedding such a bright lustre
that it lit up every fissure, and the smallest tuft of
grass or flower could be clearly seen up to the
highest point. Dan commenced with renewed
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