And as angels are harping their songs Sweet songs of a heavenly birth I'll listen to hear the same touch That played us this prelude on earth.

SACRED HARP PUB.

XXVII SIMEON HARP Nick's detective in San Francisco had no news; at all events no news with which he could be induced to part.

" "Still harping, but harping your praises.

The branches of the trees about the lower windows, softly harped the sound of the sea ...

It is, to borrow his own majestic language, "a sevenfold chorus of hallelujahs and harping symphonies.

Now quench my silver lamp, prythee, And bid the harpers harp that tune Fairies which haunt the meadowlands Sing clearly to the stars of June.

"Yet after all," harped the Vicar, "it comes to very little.

"It was his place to go," harped Gerilleau.

SIMEON HARP XXVIII.

Yaas I will, 'Deed I will, An' I'll tune ma harp an' jine de Shinin' Ban' Glory, Glory, I hope to gain de prommis' lan'!