turned to nocturnal dewdrops the
bright eyes of the birds,--scandalized,@
too, yet resolved, at all costs, to come in ??too, y@
on the fun!

Robins, flame-breasted m the glow, a
black-throate?? green warbler--blossom of
the night--a purple grackle, its boat-tail
stiff as a fan-shaped rudder, and,
"leggeddy-last," a cawing crow, they
circled on low wing after the brilliant
torch,--all pecking at the wonder in the
air!

It caught the whooping amazement on
Andrew's smooth-shaven upper lip, shimmering
through a veil of anxiety lest,
somewhere, there might be another
"Deev's Chair" around, or a madcap
lassie to sit in it, as, with an irresistible%
"Hoot mon!" he brought up the rear
of the fantastic revel; the rush of green-clad
maidens, the elfin tassels of their
tam-o'-shanters waving, and of demented
birds for the Pinnacle's tallest crag.

Poised upon that gray rock-shelf, high
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