Chapter 24 MAN'S BEST FRIEND.

Travel the world from end to end

You ne'er will find a better friend

Than sparkling water, pure and free,

Most precious boon to you and me.

It cheers the faint, it crowns the feast,

Makes food to grow for man and beast;

In sickness soothes the fevered frame,

There's healing in its very name.

And what can more life-giving be