, 1876-01-29

d lI'' " wa tAlN'|'
7Nat day, our friend found his way. witl
his dcoAa and the rDmnau, of bis wages il
ais peck t, The naancr Of his worl IS veal,
under bis nrH, to the market town near hi
intended horNe lie soon purch ,sed com
ple,e outfit everything ueedtul, incuGiha
boat, and at high tide, rowei out TO III,
center Of his ftru, ~takrd his hna,, and CON.
meac"d l'e !or himself, all alone On the lqpb,
Some marsh,
The very ne1t day he commenced dykirp
in one half acre, In two days more the
work Wa, cumpie,e, and ms the tide receded
AZ night h. closed the sluice gates. and the
next iay could stand on one half acra Of ter
"a .H'7na which with his own right arm be
had conquered from the invading sen. With
his boat he soon had material from the town,
/ built an humble cabin and commongrh house.
keeping The smoke from his lowly dwell
| ing rising hrnvcnwUrG over tNemAr,hrs sooH
attracted attention Cnriosity led many 20
/ row ont to the place 1t hign water to sc
What was up They always found our friend
! busy, At low water he lbord man;uly
dyking in his huadIsd acres; at ilood tide
he cultivated his htlfa already redeemed
s"mr Of h's visitors from time toIm Laugh.
ed a; him some snrarcd, many pjtiei, o:bers
thought him crazy; there were people uu.
charitable cnoUah 10 utter the hclicl thi hr
was a criminal hiding from justice, the cur
rent opinon guintd ground that he was
fool But he heNrl all their comments un
needed be was treq0rDtly pained hut other,
wise uHmoved, Ills HIM IS hliNcrrl, the
Hra' o thu sun drew great drops OF swe't
from every pore. Musquetoes c4me IN clou Is,
attacked every exposed sar.Ncr, until he was
pitttd aa ;hnuSh with small pnX For ong
mon'hs lie '9lcd On, o'lea nevtinI with mis-
h"pS, llc male mistakes and tal calculation,
bis dyke ott"n gnvc way, but he found a way
to ovrrcomc every ohstacl', and at last 0ae
morning, after having closed aii his uiccs
1T night he looked from his cabin daot. md
saw every foo; of his hundred acres ree
from water lie could walk all over il
HIS aSGs w's wen watched tiiut 'iay and Ior
many dlys Nltcr Not bucket Of water
was "'''Nt" 10 ''''.' 'h' ''l' '"'" was S'"'h
Wv y wv "''"N'' SON '"' Il '"u'' ue I'uE
ml, IL hired teams and piowed and sowca
:" s'""' H'' "'' MS h's' crop WIS h''Yea''
t'' Y'eN''nH ''n' io'o more 'hAH 'h' 'eS'
'"' guns ~ al '"i' country oa people open
N'"'' =" '""R"' """'' S"Ne' an'
r''' '' ''',"''' +'' ~" P'''"'''''' '"'''' NV
'"1 "''' '''''''S' !" w agriculture" "'"f''S"'
. ''" ''o'oe % "e"'A ~ 'Na' community
" % 'o' '''c'SS''S !" "''' |" u 'e N'oSP "rv''
'io oal ls''c'V0ed o'e"0rNe he Was sought
"'teF' resp c''d "no h'n'frd' Had be H'rng
g'eu II NHH'F"' t'meS "s haTd and mleI,
'AonSh not Tor Want OF system or principle
'e ""u'" nave hcrN ~oFot"' ana MS grave
a9honorea IN the po''e's hcld. Not unlike
'"e experience "i my ifieH0, ''as been thIt OF
many olIleg lrirHdr VINO nave ltii the well
ToJdrn paths anil much crowded high
ways q! literature aud science, ana boldly
pushed out into new, uniOllnwed, unexploroi
and unrcdermcd fields of inytstj4atiou. So
long ne cprtent IN live and dic 4, the b.liaf
of the fathers. 10 plod n,opr ovcr the same
roads, think the same thoughts dream the
same dreams give crrdrnce 10 the snme
mytb4 nrl he l,jd onie,lv in III. oIo family
vault with ia quaint ola cni.nnb over ,b.
,loo, ,hor ,ho o,d co,,.o ,l,.n r., i,
,,ooooo ava sr, ,,.,,,,h ,h, ro.il ,,.ou.,,,.
sus.pnnnc, tbrrpfron, hnt ron .le,inr mn ro,iv. !
alenti in retpr, Thev t,av. M wary. on ,he
s,nda nf t;re Tto;r ,oo,s,o,o oorro, ha
Il, .bo ,ime ,rojdo, wo,
the world. no better, for Their being in il
The Narrow family circle sLre missas than
,he mu,dtpd. ia ,ru,vrd hv ,bsir a.rortnr.
prt let them d.,.r, tor nnnv,,,,rad r.c,ors
sooL roo6,i,os il r,,,loo,,ol ,,r3s o,. ,o,,
roaj,s ip,o p,knnvn wilde stuay opd die. |
cover neg truths clucidn,o new i,lca CT
theory, and like my friend tniHng at his mud