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the clouds; the variegated face of the earth; the pure, balmy atmosphere; the great globe beneath their feet; the exquisitely graceful shaft that pierced the vault nearly one hundred feet above their heads, bearing our beautiful symbol of liberty; all these, combined with the inspiration that always attends looking out upon the works of God from great elevations, thrilled the souls of the two spectators as they had never been before in their lives. Thus they sat in silence drinking in the beauties of the morning for nearly a quarter of an hour. Approaching steps upon the stairway broke the spell, and the Professor and Fred stepped into the observatory. As they looked out upon th

apidly approaching. Dr. Jones looked at it through his glasses, and said: "That is Columbus, the capital city of Ohio. Those great stone buildin

, away above the world with all its cares and sorrows, and being incarcerated within those gloomy walls, many of t

he only restrictive law laid upon him. And he became so vile that the Lord was compelled to drown them like so many rats. Beautiful and insp

ing atmosphere of this upper region seemed to

during the night. The wind had shifted to the south, and they were sailing twenty miles an hour, due north. The Doctor rubb

ut in such crowds, cheering them so lustily, that our friends could do little else than sit through the day and watch them through their glasses. A

sighed Fred. "I do not doubt th

r," said the Professor. "But we can well afford t

could attend church Sunda

ook of sermons and a Bible. Then we have an organ, and the best choir I ever heard. The Doctor or Profes

red. This suggestion was immediately rejected a

a map. "We are heading straig

e town, and I have not seen it for many years. The population has

ace. Do you see on the north side of the town those brick and stone buildings in a campus? That is Baldwin University, where I attended school several years. You did

n the University. "We shall pas

e the students pouring out of the buildings! Let's give

a good view might be taken of the beautiful metropolis

it has grown to be,"

e sure that I can see the old two-story farmhouse where I was born. It is, sure as shooting! There is grandfather's farm where the 'Gunpowder tea' party was held that I told you of. And off here are the Heights, or South Cleveland. In 1862

very small soldier at

e drummer the first two years of my soldiering, and the last year I was detailed as mounted orderly at brigade he

less) of Clevelanders were tr

dropped anchor here and given my old

principal portion of the city, and will be

e Doctor. "But we may see yo

hese great inland seas are exceedingly large. The Canadian shores were visible, and when Sing announced dinner, the splendid domain of Her Majesty Victoria, Ontario

e smoking-room, lighted their pipes and

ll be in the Arctics in two

then be obliged to get ou

air chambers between, and I can turn hot air into them at pleasure. The windows

mes death, suffered by former Arctic explorers," said the Professor. "And, Doctor," he continued, "if we make a successful trip,

things were as they were. We fought a fair fight to the finish, and settled forever the question of human slavery in America. Had the first few battles of the war been won by the North, the South might have laid down their arms, and have been permitted to retain their institution of sla

n reading the history of that war, that in the latter part of it you fought

and South, in the matter of logistics. Long lines of communications had to be kept open, and such splendid raiders as John Morgan, Forest, Mosby, etc., were not slow to break them frequently, so that I remember going to bed supperless many times after a hard day's march, because our rations had been captured and burned. Our wagon trains were something immense, while the big Bell tents were in use; but after what were

you were in some of the g

ck into Tennessee, fought a desperate battle at Franklin, and a few weeks later annihilated the army at Nashville. While we were doing this

e hearing your war

o to sleep if I should tell you of the ba

right," said the Doctor. "I'll

" replied Fred. "And no

ses, and all retired at an early ho