The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-01-13
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a. UlcA TalAeo along tae nlgn road
to Tracy this afternoon, liz replied ia
one greeting and another ;:good-hulmnioar::- lni /:
ed-looking wen'en, stopping Sodt by
their |man-companions, grinned aud nod.
ded to him az they passed Oh ; children
trot ting along the road cried out m "B d.
soif = in tho true Normandy sing-sopg.
Butler occasionally interrupted his some:
what remorsefal meditationls; to rep;ly, ;l to
them. "What fool he was w be was
.thinking.; ;".Alas! this is ! often what
people are thinking as they walk TOR a
little wey alone along the high road of
life. How he had wasted his youth,
his time; his chances. He,e he was.
at eight-and-twenty, a loiterer in the
race. He had tried hard enough at
tim mcs, but life had gone. wrong With
him somehow: j. : why was be-. always
in trouble 1:poor Batter asked himself ):
F<tdhsatisdsd, ont of,poekee .aa tsnper1
Why .ss he unhappy now vhsa mat.
tiers we're beginning . brightsn, .nd
one more chance offered itself for him
to retrieve the p,.t p H's bad q. terror
lest the future should only be a rcpeti-
ton Of times gone by-tboughtless i'm
prudence, id;eness, recklessness. He
thought if he could turn his back upon
it all, and take up new life under an
other name, he would be we'll content
If he could put on blouse aud dig
in the fields like these sunburnt fellows,
and forget all cares, and anxieties, and
perplexities in hard physical labor and
fatigue. A foolish, passionate .lonz zing
for the simpler forms of life had come
over him Of late. He was sick of cities,
Of men, of fine ladies, Of unsuccessful
efforts, of constant disappointment and
'all"re' lie was tired Of being tired,
and Of the problems of daily life which
haunted and perplexed him. Here per-
haps, be might be at peace, living from
"day to day, and from hour to hour.
And yet he felt that the best and
truest part Of him, such as it was, was
given to: his art, and that he would
sacrifice every thing, every hope for bet
ter things, if he sacrificed to wearincss,
to laziness-to fancy-vihat he would
not give pb fot e1ptditney and success.
He was no genius, he could not look for
ny brilliant lls future: he, w.s ydisconr.
aged and out ef1 htalt: .. He 3 blinked
With hi. short 1ishttsd :e1s ..elos;s the
country toward = hollow iar away, where
. farmstsad was nesting; he could see
the ta1l .oofElsk skniDg;mo,gy The t',ts d
AID the stacks. How 10th he Has to %.
He imagined hiun.olf diving lisii I cattle to
market floag the dusty >reaas5 bxg.is7
ihg, hiring laborerss'' digging df.ias,
tossing hay into carts; trimming fruit
trees, working in the fields. 1t was an
absurdity, and Butler sighed, for he
knew, il WAS absurd He; must 80
Vii et6err he wodld d 81 not he had seen
the last Of the place and the people in
lit he sbtd tnted Of the fruit of the
tree of good and Of evil; it vas too
late he could pot be- Adam living with
his Eve in The Garden Of Eden. 1t
was garden7full Of apples, bounteous,
fruitful, which was spread out before
him, stretqhing fton the 'ilec hills al!
down to the sea, but it was not the
Garden Of Eden. Had Eve bright
quick brown eyes, Butler wondered
did she come and go bnsily? did she
make elders and salads, and light FIRE
Of dried sticks ID tie evenings? Did
lthe carefully pick up the fruit that fell
to tho ground and store it away? did
she pull flowers to dseorate 'hers sbewe,
|xith and fed 4! the zeaas heifers + yisl
leaves out Of be-. .s .k..al did she. ~
tsr grain for the fowls Of the airl die
.he calf III shej jah,nals " theit names
and senules them: wish her: pretty sliu
dugshst did she, when theyi had bb<, bee.
turned out Of Paradise, weave garments
for herself .aa ! forAdau ! With q. spin
ning-wheeI, as Butler had seen tn
women use in these parts Had she
sweet odd voice, with a sort Of chord il
it? Dick sighed again, aud walked o.
quickly, watching great cloui,ahi
high overhead: And as he walked
c};Mitlng his cares with bis footsteps O
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