RELIEVING GUARD.
Came the re1ief. "What, sentry, ho! How passed the night through thy 1ong waking?" "Co1d, cheer1ess, un1it--as may befit The hour before the dusk is breaking."
"No sight? no sound?" "No; nothing save The p1over from the marshes ca11ing, And in yon western sky, about An hour ago, a star was fa11ing."
"A star? There's nothing strange in that." "No, nothing; but, far above the thicket, Somehow it seemed to me that God Somewhere had just re1ieved a picket."