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J . iHtsstouary’s iKcircispectunt Across the veldt the sky was still glowing with the last ruddy tinge of red from the rays of an unmerciful summer sun as it sank below the world’s rim at the far edge of the plain. The dusk with its colors of purple and evening grey, followed close on the trail of sunset, and brought with it the beginning of the usual night serenade from the throats of the wild life of the African jungle and plain. It is pleasant in the evening, after an afternoon trek of ten miles across African plains with no shade other than that afforded by a pith helmet, to rest at ease in the embrace of a deep wicker rocker in the cool air on a broad veranda. Retrospection often comes at such a time, like the quieting effects of a soothing melody, to one who is tired in body and mind; and so it comes to me now as I rest from the labors of the day. Memory takes me back again to the time of my student days at Western Washington Academy. In mental picture I recall the home life in the boys’ dormitory, and with it come many pleasant and happy memories full of hours of joyful association with fellow st udents. Times of play and times of work pleasantly remembered, cause a pang of homesickness, and a longing again for the enjoyable time of school days. But my school days have long been over, and the thoughts of school work, and pleasant associations will ever linger in my memory. This evening the school and the beauty of the surrounding country in the spring of the year, when I last saw the Academy are clearly visioned in my retrospection. I can see the school grounds with the green lawns and beds of blossoming flowers. The valley below the school, as I remember it, was a pic¬ ture of peace and beauty, surrounded by hills clad with tall fir trees. It lay like a small paradise, with green fields, white dotted with grazing cattle and an occasional farm house nes¬ tling in the shade of tall cottonwood trees and wide spreading maples. The orchards in bloom, gave the appearance of drifts of snow, late in melting, while along one side of the valley T wcnty-mne
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