Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-20

1E&Hee WMEN NHEg saw 8UUBS AANN1 IN 3 &N&4
Abysm Of mlst the painless peaks extend,
Beyond whoseHnows their onward 50mrney lay
Wrapt In obscuFity, resolved to spend
T s Rgs Ds a ws rs n s thp e
About the road the guides (exhlbIting
Their patents By the Burgomeister sign'd)
Replied 10 many an anxious questioning
With knowledge and authority combined
Upon that point permitting no such thing
As doubt or choice. And best it l.. you'll find,
The guide by fate assigned ycu church or king,
OF creed or school with dsfeFence due 70 mind,
IL thro' the world you would not miss your ways
Where all who 90 unguided so astray.
But as regards the weather. II was not
BY means Of patents which the state provides
Easy TO certify ~ 'twonld be hot
or cold upon the morrow. And. besides
Afraid OF risking unlucky shot.
Authority was reticent The guides,
Pressed upon this point, would yoncheafe no lot
or revelation. Coy as maiden brides
To craving lovers, 70 adFoit were they,
Each understood them In different way.
The fret one, therefore, Of those travellers three
Made preparation to Withstand the cold:
The second fear'd the SIMS excess: and he
Ills fur coat TO his fellow-piIgrIm sold:
The third, mistrustiDg the utility
OF the whole enterprise. and being less bold,
Or more indifferent hs the case may be,
Went onward by way which he was told,
Though thrice as long, could be more safely
Stunning the mountain his two friends assembled.
And 80 they parted: one along the plain,
Alone; the other two, with stGd and guide,
Up the steep hills. Anon, they met again.
In the neat hostel on the other side
The two who who oer the mountain tops had ta'en
Their arduous course, arrived their fret; but,
Severely by the adventure, each was fain
There with exhausted forces, to abide
so long while. that he who went alone
Got there at last before the two were gone.
These two had croesd the mountain 80 they said
Each BY road as different ae could be:
Because their guides, tho both were patented
BY the same government. cond not agTes
On the same road. Thus each his own guide led
BY me own way: yet IN the same degree
The two ways were difieult 10 tread,
kven with inceeeant toll OF hand and knee,
That each wayfarer, when the goal he won.
Was Just as weary as the other one.
Bootless that goal both reach'd with bleeding feet,
The man who was well covered from the cold
Had suiterd All his journey from the heal;
He who at starting hts warm coat had sold
Was nearly frozen by the Icy sleet:
Yet each, despite the woful tale he told,
Ayerred that naught In nature could compete
With the mysterious ependore round him rolsd
IN solemn rapture by tho mighty hills,
Which, seen and felt, repaid thousand ills.
And all this had they seen and felt; had seen
The sudden sunrise burst from underneath
And wrap with rosy fumes the summiis keen;
Had felt the fine joy, shared the radiant wreath
or the hlithe sprite that dane es in the sheen
% the Eonorons torrent; felt the breath
or life grow godlike, breathd in haste between
The cold wide-opcn arms of watchfnl death,
Upon the slippery peaks. And, after that,
10 them the plain seemed pitiably. fat
The less adventurous traveller, while his two
hegain'd companions told their story out,
Glsnced smiling at his garments good as new,
And boots still comfortably soled and stout:
Then, with sigh of satisfaction. drew
he hagon TO him, turn'd his chair about,
Lighted his pipe, three puifs deliberate bl ew,
de crossed his legs. and cleard his throat and said
"AlIs well that ends well, as In books I've read.
"And we, methnkr, must be content, we three,
Each with the road he chose, who here to-day
Mcet 81 together just as wen, you see,
Ash we all had trayel'd the same way
1on two have travefsed heights unknown to me:
But, missing these, missed the pains you saw
Their pleasures cost; have kept my shin-bones free
From aches and bruises; have no bills to nav
For doctors stuffe: have saved my baggage too:
ana, though admlrings do not envy you.
"a finer rapture felt through everv vein.
wider prospect. and puror air,
On heights where yet You conld not long remain.
were yours; and now you mourn because You
Whilst here on level ground, can feel again
what l, who have not ever mounted there.
Nser Iet NJ al. But Ger the common plain.
~ eping the common path, twas mine to share
ne Joys OF common life, by contrast spOil'd
For those who through untrodden realms have
told.
"And long viii you dispute. nor e'er agrea
Which of
Even as yonr guides, of whom each boasts that he
:, FoInd out the only right one. ], content
10 1 .Ake tne beaten track, at least am free
From Oil such doubts: and, having kent the pent
Y. customs course, my way was made for me:
~ 70 g guide needed. since the trodden dent
or other footsteps served as guides 10 mine
ana ehow'd me where to sleep and where 10 dine
XIV
$50 compensation Is aesigne d TO each.
1here.s something better, born Of something
In every choice; and different men NAV reach
=, IN 1, THIS accommodating universel
BY different ways the self same end To breach
All "a FTlere, bnit by circumstance Derveree
Is bold and brave; but bones OF heroes bleach
IN warning heaps the stormy wInds dispense
On mountain tops, which men who cannot climb
May turn by ways more safe, If less sublime
Full hard OF access Is Philosophy.
mountain region. misty. cold. and gray
Annumerable guides across it try
TO lead men, each one BY different way.
Though ooasting each the same authority.
Iha highest climbers must at last some dav
from theT nigh climbing, climb they neer 50 high.
llesccnd into the common plaIns where they
MI VII haply ma some less ambitions soul
BY lowler ways hath won the wisht-for goal
XVI.
For he, perchanee. makes way in life ii last
Who doth 70 turn lies obstacles contrive
tSnnnnlng what he cannot enrmounf) &c fast
Ae tney VINO et0utly 10 o'efcome them strive
rs pleasant roaming over submits vast.
But, AFTER all. philosophers nusf live
nere on the plain wdere mans low life Is nase'd
And N the shutdown al 1t length arrive.
Nnate.er the road that meanwhile pleased as best
Booted Or bodies, at The Travellers Rest
Yossthss Companion.
THAT STOUT PARTY.
Aunt had left me : good deal 81
property, and it was while On iournev