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HON. HAROLD M. SEWALL OF BATH.

By THE wharves where the waves are lapping; and the full tides intertwine. In the lee of the keelson's shelter; by the smell of the fragrant pine, Where the ships were coming and going and the tall masts touched the sky, We saw new worlds a-building --boys together -- he and I B

Re heard the world a-calllng-"there's SOJl1C'thillg to he done"The proof of his high-horn purpose are the honors he has wnnFOl' his was the call to service in the lands l)('yond the s('a \VhCl'e be <lid his counh'y's mission, in its fnIl integrity. Thel'e's a story that's told In the 81'chiv('S of those tense Samoan days, 'Vhen Sewall faced the issues of a thousand "a1'lant ways, 'Vlwn his was the firm decision that must ncith(,I' Iimll nor lag, If the Faith of a Nation's promise, was to stand by a Nation's flag. He has scrved the State as fully as he sCl'ved us ovcrseas; lIe has done what he thought was l'ighteous-not wha t he thought would )l]ease; He hus stood, to his conscience captive-no touch of shame 01' l)lame To holrl him to servile duty 01' to turnish an honored name. They w(,1'e masters of men-tbe Sewalls-in those days of long ago;

And theil' ships weI'e tIle prlde of the people; and their fleets went to aud fl'o To the IlUIl'ts of the world beyond us, to those m;ystie ports unst'en; As the)' built and nmnned fOl' ConnncrcC', to the pride of 0111' nterchant-mal'llleWas the call the wide-world gave him and the honOI's that he eal'nt'd, 'Vas the stand for the nation's hon01', in the SCl'yjce he returned, But the t'ei1o of boyhoocl's purpose as he sensed wlth bated lips The world's demand f01' Sel'vice, in the ' sailing of the ships?

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