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Show WHEN ALL NATURE IS ASTIR. Two O'clock In the Morning the Universal Uni-versal Waking Hour. t Tliero is one hour of tho night be- ,, j k tween midnight and morning 2 lr '9 o'clock, to bo accurate when all na ture is astir. The cowboys and the shepherds and tho old country f-ili tell us about it. This hour Is heraldc- by tho rooster crowing, not this timr. to announce tho hour of down, but as though ho were a watchman speedlnr the course of night. Cowboys assert that tho entire herd of cattle wake up and walk about and He down ant' lest in a new lair. Tho sheep rouse I themselves and crop the grass, thf birds stir in their nests, tho cowboys" horses and the shepherd's dog open their eyes to see that all is well. The shepherd and tho cowboy open their uyes, too, to look for a moment at the Etars and become for the time belnp 1 mere animals in nature's flock; yet there is no accounting for tho In audible summons, tho gentle touch of i 1 nture that recalls all tho sleepers tr life at precisely the same hour. Even lo those deepest read in theso arcana this rhythmical nightly resurrection lemalns a mystery. |