_R F Babcock_
I CAST LOOSE MY BUFF COAT _Donn P Crane_
HALF A DOZEN INDIANS BOLTED IN _R F Babcock_
HE FISHED OUT AN OLD BUNGTOWN CENT _R F Babcock_
CHASING THE GEESE TO GET A NEW QUILL _R F Babcock_
THE FIRE SHIP GRAPPLED THE SPANIARD _Everett E Lowry_
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (Halftone)
ON THE MARCH _Everett E Lowry_
THE AMBUSH _Everett E Lowry_
"STONEWALL" JACKSON (Halftone)
THE LION HAD JUMPED INTO THE CROCODILE'S MOUTH
_Donn P Crane_
I BEHELD A NOBLE STAG _Donn P Crane_
THE HIND PART OF THE POOR CREATURE WAS MISSING
_Donn P Crane_
WARRIORS OF THE MOON _Donn P Crane_
WE DESCENDED SAFELY ON A MOUNTAIN OF ICE _Donn P Crane_
THE PARSON FIDDLED _Donn P Crane_
"AIN'T YOU GOING TO PUT THE BOOK IN" _Herbert N Rudeen_
"WHEN I WAS YOUNG" _Herbert N Rudeen_
ONE DREADFUL SOUND HE SEEMED TO HEAR _R F Babcock_
RUGBY SCHOOL (Color Plate)
THE BULLY CAUGHT IT ON HIS ELBOW _Louis Grell_
"A FIGHT!" _Louis Grell_
TOM SITS ON MARTIN'S KNEE _Louis Grell_

JONATHAN SWIFT

The father of Jonathan Swift was a Dublin lawyer who died just as he was
beginning what might have been a profitable career, and before his only
son was born. The widow was left with so little money that when her son
was born in November, 1667, she was not able to take care of him. Her
brother-in-law undertook to provide for mother and child.

He procured a nurse who became so attached to her little charge that
when she received a small sum of money from a relative in England and
was compelled to go to that country, she stole the baby and took him
with her across the channel. It was more than three years before
Jonathan was brought back to Dublin, but he had been tenderly cared for,
and though but five years of age had been taught to spell and to read in
the Bible.

A year later he was sent to a good school, where he made rapid progress.
However, he could not have been always studious, for visitors to the
school are still shown a desk in which his name is deeply cut.

He was fourteen years old when he entered the University of Dublin,
where his record was not a very satisfactory one. When it came ti