Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-10-27
HIS MANNER OF GAIT.
Mnn's Thoughts and Character Revealed
by His Walk-Thc Troubled.

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Would you read a mans thoughtsi
Observe his gait; study his walk, A
famous philosopher approached by a per-
son whom he had never met before,
shouted out: Speak, that may see
YOU It was through the voice only
that the beauty of a person could be seen
by him. If he had desired 10 form an
accurate estimate OF the mind he would
no doubt have cried: walk, that | may
judge of YOU A mar may conceal his
true character by his tongue-hc may be
able TO make il wag in a way which will
deceive, hut his legs will betray him. a
thief can no more walk like an honest
man than a camel can go through the
eye Of a needle; a melancholy
man cannot possibly put on the
gait Of the soldier, and Calibau
never walked like Ariel. There is
fine walking which indicates self possess
sion; uprightness walks with case and
freedom; the student has the slow and
musing pace; the brakeman the quick,
nervous movement, While the lahurrr has
the hard and heavy tread. 4 keen OBJ
server once remarked that duplicity al
WAYS skulks; 50 il does. In lac man
ner, the thief invariably snraks; shame
has a sidelong carriage, but honesty puts
its feet into Excelsior's boots and
marches 10 an onward measure.
You will have no difficulty in picking
out the student. Who has not, while
strolling in the public garden or walking
along some Of the few thoroughiarcS not
vet blocked by commerce, noticed the
man with arms behind and eyes fastened
fixedly before him, neither looking to the
right nor 10 the left, but with slow and
steady step passing silently onwardi Per-
haps YOU ask yourself, "WhnJ can that
man be out for; he neither SECS nor hears
anything that is happening around him;
what good does a walk 10 Almi'
The students air, his git, his every
action will indicate that h is thinking
that there is something h. Is e~ndeavoring
to grasp; he walks like a man seeking a
pearl which he feels he will certainly
sooner or later find. H. has a confident
gait. Note the air Of hiIl who is troubled.
ANloAltrn IdAlAt-IANAh lNA hbAN FAiIs llbN
attempting to seek any thing; not striving
TO note the beauties # the universe Of
God, or the handiwork Of man. but on
the contrary endeayoring to shake OFF
some dreaded monster which appears to
follow him; a hidden power which seems
10 speak TO him Us 10 that other w~anderer,
bidding him 'move on" and he walks
hurriedly, seeing nothing, hearing
nothing. He is oppressed by a horrible
nightmare whose name is sorrow. Sorrow
and stiffness in such a case are synon-
ymous terms, and exercise is the only
antidote.
IL is the easiest thing in the world to
note that a man is in trouble by his gait;
indeed, he betrays it 10 that extent that
dogs lave been known TO bark at such
persons, as if divining that they were at
war with mankind. II a man is vexed
he walks to get over his madness, and if
you observe him sharply you will notice
that, not having the object of his anger
to kick, he viciously kicks up the gravel
or tries to chip of pieces Of the pave
ment with his boots.
How can you tell a wicked mani The
wicked flee when no man purueth. If
q man has done anything for which his
conscience accuses him, his impulse is to
fy, to get away from the scene Of bis
crime and TO put space between himself
and that still, small voice. He will be
In a hurry, and there will be neither po-
etry nor harmonyin his step. After men
quit this earth they ara sometimes forced
30 walk, in order TO expiate some Of their
offenses.-D. j. McGrath in Boston Globe.