whose scepter is the hoe.

Not in vain did the scout of half a century ago drive back the savage
Indian from the plains; not in vain did Funston and his "Fighting
Twentieth" wade the Tulijan and swim the Marilao; not in vain did
Chaffee's army burst the gates of Peking, nor Calvin Titus fling out Old
Glory above its frowning walls.

Behind the scout came a patient, brave-hearted band of settlers who,
against loneliness and distances and drouth and prairie fire and plague
and boom, slowly but gloriously won the wilderness. Into the jungles of
Luzon will go the saw and spade and spelling book. Upon the Chinese
republic has a new light shined.

Not more to him who drives back the frontier than to him who follows after
and wins that wilderness with sword re-shaped to a plowshare does the
promise to Asher of old stand evermore secure!

"_Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy
strength be. The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the
everlasting arms._"

THE END

[Illustration: Sunflower]

BOOKS BY MARGARET HILL MCCARTER

WINNING THE WILDERNESS

Illustrated by J. N. Marchand

The latest book from Mrs. McCarter's pen is pronounced by critics the best
work she has ever done. It is a tale of the soil, of winning the land from
wilderness to fruitfulness. The author has written into it a great human
story, an epic of the prairies. It is aptly called "The Sunflower Book,"
for this flower figures in the glowing romance running through its
pages--the golden flower that Kansas chose as its emblem because its face
is ever turned toward the light.

A MASTER'S DEGREE

Illustrated in color by W. D. Goldbeck

Vivid in its portrayal of fascinating college life, the fine young men and
women do more than win victories in athletics and in the class-room--they
win out in the battle for character. Vigorous in its practical idealism,
this is a story to influence and inspire.

A WALL OF MEN

Illustrated in color by J. N. Marchand

"With God Almighty backing us, we've got to stand up like a wall of men,"
said one of the Free-soilers, and so they stood, the defenders of liberty
and home, on the newly-settled prairie lands--where the tragedy of the
Civil War was keenly known. The heroic figure of John Brown appears in the
story, and, with all the warring and suffering, young life with its
wonderful love moves through the pages of this powerful book.

THE PEACE OF THE SOLOMON VALLE