Nothing else was heard but the beating of their own hearts. In exactly three-quarters of a minute, Old Glory said, "What do you think of that?" Behold! a wonderful fairy sleigh, white as a snowdrift, and shining in the moonlight as if covered with diamond dust. It was piled high with softest cushions and robes of fur. It was drawn by thirteen fairy horses, with arching necks and flowing manes and tails. Each horse wore knots of red, white and blue at his ears and the lines were wound with ribbons of the same. "Jump in," said Old Glory. Into the midst of the cushions and furs they sprang. Crack went the whip, tinkle went the bells. Over the house-tops, through the frosty air, among the moonbeams, up and away sailed fairy horses and sleigh, American flags and Uncle Sam's boys. Santa Claus with his reindeer never went faster. Presently the tinkling bells were hushed, and the fairy horses stood very still before the tomb of Abraham Lincoln. "Come," said Old Glory, and he led them inside. You must get your father or mother to tell you what they saw there. Just before they left, a dirty little hand touched Old Glory and a shrill little voice said: "I'd like to leave my flag here. May I?" "And may I?" said another. Old Glory looked around and saw the same wish in the other faces. "You forget," said he, "that the flags are not yours. It would not be right to keep them. What did the people call Mr. Lincoln? You don't know? Well, I'll tell you. It was 'Honest Old Abe,' and Uncle Sam wants you to be like him." Again the merry bells tinkled, again the proud horses, with their flowing manes and tails, sprang into the air, and before the moon had said "good-night" to the earth, they were back at the flag shop. The very moment they reached it, horses and sleigh, cushions and robes, melted away and the children saw them no more. TWO FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS (Exercise for the Schoolroom) BY LIZZIE M. HADLEY AND CLARA J. DENTON FOR EIGHT BOYS. This dialogue, or exercise, is to be given by eight boys. While they and the school are singing the first song the boys march upon the stage and form into a semicircle, the four boys speaking for Washington on the right, the other four (for Lincoln) on the left. Portraits of Washington and Lincoln should be placed in a convenient position on the stage beneath a double arch wreathed with evergreens. The portraits should be draped with American flags. Each one of the boys should wear a small American flag pinned to his coat. SONG. TUNE, _Rally 'Round the Flag_ We are marching from the East, We are marching from the West, Singing the praises of a nation. That all the world may hear Of the men we hold so dear, Singing the praises of a nation. CHORUS For Washington and Lincoln, Hurrah, all hurrah, Sing as we gather Here from afar, Yes, for Washington and Lincoln, Let us ever sing, Sing all the praises of a nation.