Jonathan's pipe and hear again the
lingering verse of the idle singer's tales; a retrospect of many long
summer twilights, wherein the warmth of the settling embers mingles with
the sharp coolness of a summer night, and pleasant talk gives place to
pleasant silence.

The apple logs have burned through and rolled apart, the great backlog
has settled deeper and deeper into the ashes. The fire whispers and
murmurs, it whistles soft, low notes, it chuckles and sighs, finally it
sinks into reverie, stirring now and then to whisper "sh-h-h-h" lest we
break the spell. Only the old clock in the hall refuses to yield, and
soberly persists in its "tick-tock," "tick-tock." Jonathan's pipe is
smoked out, but he does not fill it, and we sit there, looking deep into
the rosy glow, and dreaming, dreaming--

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