CONTENTS '88 . . . Stuart N. Clarke . . . 5 Mr. Rattler's Story . . . Richard S. Farley. . . 5 The Story of a Life . . . Joseph D. Creeden. . . 10 Frederick Ozanam . . . Arthur J. Kenny. . . 13 The Story of Judith. . . Henry E. O'Keefe. . . 15 That Terrible Night. . . Richard S. Farley. . . 17 St. Francis Xavier, His Life. . . Joseph A. Haggarty. . . 21 His Character . . . Peter B. Havanagh. . . 23 His Death . . . Stuart N. Clarke. . . 26 His Grave . . . Thomas P. Walsh . . .28 Longfellow's Dream of Acadia . . . Joseph D. Creeden. . . 30 The Smiles of Life . . . Forbes J. Hennessy. . . 36 The Language of Birds . . .Richard S. Farley. . . 40 The Story of Esther . . .Henry E. O'Keefe. . . 44 The Way it Happened . . .Thomas A. Davis. . . 46 White With the Years of the Altar . . .Joseph D. Creeden. . . 51 The Gleam of the Golden Leaf . . .John S. Theban. . . 54 Vulcan's Thunder . . .Francis M. Byrne. . . 56 The Story of the Drama . . . Richard S. Farley. . . 62 Our Lady in Art. . . Charles A. Lopez . . . 68 The Story of Rebecca. . . Henry E. O'Keefe. . . 75 A Christmas Story . . . Joseph D. Creeden. . . 77 Which is King? . . . Thomas A. Finnegan. . . 86 The Tale of A Falling Star . . . Thomas P. Walsh. . . 88 The Charms of Fiction . . . Richard S. Farley. . . 90 The Old Mill . . .Thomas A Finnegan. . . 97 The Song of the Ave Maria . . .Joseph D. Creeden. . . 99 The Story of the First Pentecost . . .Michael F. Hennessy. . . 102 Autobiography of a Snowflake . . .Thomas F. Burke. . . 108 The Cricket's Soliloquy . . .Peter W. Maguire. . . 111 The Island Bell . . .Francis M. Byrne. . . 114 Digitized by Google., Stories and poems, Electronic reproduction, Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002, digitized, Description based on print version record