Excerpt from None but the Brave Well, whatever the reason for this scribbling. I have a liking for trying it. Perhaps it may stir up some lad. Perhaps it may give a hint to some young girl as to what a woman was in those days. And should be in these. Indeed, I believe I have it now! I is the last reason, to be surel For as I walk down old Beacon Hill and along the Charles after a useless day of vot ing in the House to widen my neight r's street or some such meaningless trash, and come upon one of the fairest of all God's creations - as I see her walk ing onward in all the innocence and beauty of her youth, there must needs come into these eyes of mine weak tears to think that I am old, and yet that I have seen the time when such as she would send me smil ing to my grave could I but keep her just as she 18 in her fearlessness and gentleness and youth. And, in deed, if need be, I can do it now; for fifty winters cannot so change a man that he should forget that. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.