_A touching tale of an Astronette--and why the gentle rain from Heaven has the quality of mercy._ It is said that when she was a little girl her favorite poem was _Barbara Frietchie_, and it is told how she would sometimes poke her pretty head out of her bedroom window, survey the suburban street with her blue-sky eyes, and cry, "_Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, but spare your country's flag!_"…
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