The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-09
LOOK AT LIFE FROM Tie STAND
POINT or A NoNcONFoRnIsT.
Amber" Wants to lie Fr"t"piasm'
Il,rnacie or u Bird-fh Earth VIII Hs
n Paradise Some pay-Rctter To he q Bird
aud Fly Than "a Toad Under Water.

am tired Of the consoles waltz of events.
/ want 10 20 back and be a protoplasm.
want To H. n harnacie Oh a South Sea
island rock and let the full Pacific tides wash
over me and the southern suns steep me So
infinite Gains Of laziness. want 10 forget
that there are such things a. electric lights
aud steam engines IN the world ply oran
aches with the effort 10 keep ~ With the
stride of events have felt the same waY
behind "A runaway horse and once upon ths
coucatchsr of % fssi train. ! should expert
euce the same sensation. believe, tied TO The
ton If a comet sparkling through space
Give me the quiet that turks Ia the clovei
blossom and shndOw haunted woods, and you
are welcome 90 my place In crashing
sniashing. indi~crimiuatiye world. you MAJ
fan into nic with "rich men, poor men, bcg
gar men. and thieves. and take up YOU
niarcl, With them over Sitans grand boule
ward 10 the trim md iris bnryng grounf
where soul, and bodies go into eclipse.
THIS PLANETS fAsClNATloNs
wish ! we're n bird TO spread my wing
and Us away 10 the top of a tail elm TREE ora
mountain pine leaving forever this crazy
world. and steering my ieathcred sails straight
into the upper blue dipping my plumy oar
ia far or seas of silence III go 10 Oregon
where the ghoulish wood chopper had neeel
left his mark. and Ia find some forest 80 vasi
and deep TINT even the ilutter 90 falling leaf
could he heard Ia tho still air, and there H.
build me nest Of silence. drink Sunshine fof
wine, and never grow old Aud when dealt
came I'd turn intoan angel without any NOR,
fu.s than 10 takes for a bud 20 change -.
blossom ia have no funeral, nor Grape. nol
mourning friends nor horni display nor ont
door parade 81 hearse and followers, but IT,
simply die and be done with it. rs 'mornms
niclts into noon.
That fancy suggests another. Do you
know, / thins 81 woHld be rather difficult iol
a vide awake. public spirited mortal to be-
como. OF once am angelo re woui Away.
be- coming back and posing his WIG ike O.
butterfly over a rose, % So how thc vori'
was farng lie wouldn't icel hall as muci
interest 90 the hallciuiahs tfaf be used Go fee
n an election 10 would tasc a long timcio
MIN 10 forget his old political war cry. oru.'
himself 90 government where they didn
change rulers every four years
How would So seom. { wonder, 20 revisit
earth after the gives Of mortality bad beer
stricken from our faculties and The dust
limitation brushed from our visions 90 wa'ci
the green globe likea bubble in the sunshine
floating on ifs way amid the staf,f Monh
one care 90 lingo OF he quick % hie away
back t0 the heavenly country glad that one
race 0n earth was run torevorf Perhaps tn
shooting Stars are only angel tears after al
,hed by homesics spirits rreving for the oi
camping ground bfmrici with dolls ann
carved with miis. starred with se4- an.
fringod with forests. ! am inclined 90 thiAi
this beautiful planet woHid seem, even 90 ai
angels vision. complete pocket edition O.
Paradise itself, for never tcli me that licavci
can be any laires tAan earth shall be one d.
when freed from sorrow aud SIM
IHE oTHfa SIDE
But. aside from natures perfection, whai
would heavenly yisltant sce iollyf Tribe
and races boiling lise 400 lrshmans stew
mon troadins one another down TO chase @
mote of gold through ihe air. grown zap bog
blowing bubbles and cusug when the'
broke. u noneycombel landscape % grave
over which forever hrooIs the dark WiI. 20.
unaiicsiatea .ouow. iair women nt thcn
firing gas, ike painted dolls in satin gown.
Nith sanlust in their heart, anl cotton b1i
tn- in fhrf brains. uh babies eomiu.
up from the border lalIs of heaven iut
tho 81. -hNa4- Of siu. lise dove. hr.ne from
green meadow. anl t.o-~omy Trees lnin th
smoke ami dangers Of tle town, ships sailing
tnacherou, -eas. iralsat-l wi'h'mu. ship
sucked doHu ga yea.ty waves nhl.c pal.
band, Toss tur help temp SIS. Die packs o'
hungry hounds ino-el from ths ieash iracs
ing fruitful lands WiiA desoiltiun.s lover.
walking hand il hand together. friend, aul
conn aides n goodly fellowship. uuti invisible
voices summon one ami another away "a.
from our MAY day fields the ghosts of dandc
lion flowers are called bt unseen winds, tie
grand ani m-fayel march of progress, thc
rush of sfecils of sieam. tho crash of con
slant disaster the myriad WAYS OF taking
hle. the shock OF armies, me secret fash o'
the as-assin's blade, the lhud OF suicidal
leaps, the hickcriug ont OF love guarded lives
like wind blown lights the sowing OF tare-
BY evil hands. the patient garnerins 81 scat
terrell haryests ST golden deeds. the unequal
balance Of right with wrong, aud all the DO
solence oi might oyer right, but where and
what arm !, prayi
started out with the desire 20 be- a pro
topltsui. ani have evolved into pictorial
staff angel Suppose wo drop the shcaf of
.ancies and talk about commonplace things. /
tor tho only way fo avoid the worlds rIii |
.ulo. ny dear, /. % be commonplace Like
soldiers in trench. the way to save oni +
beads from the sharpsh00tor- is 10 LAY low
The signal for your scalp locks 20 ly is given /
ShoH sou raise above the level BE ike other I
FOLKS aud the world will let sou alone. rise t. /
Any Giyiduality, or scoru 20 be "a cOnfOrmist. /
and you az once become the target Tor bal /
rts DID 10 ever occur 10 YOU. though, that /
here is more glory n losing ones head pro /
,ided one finds 10 again n glory, than Ia /
serping % Oh ones shoulders here, and hav /
ng 1t counted ol about as much worth by fhe +
Lords appraisers as a unit ia a row OF 1000 {
brass pln-f I'D rather march into heaven /
when ms time comes without a head and /
'idiled all over with scars, than with a head
stuffed iull " feathers or "a soul 50 tame that /
. had never dared lift itself above cover Cor
ear Of getting hurt The toad that stags
inder water win never ho shot, while the
lird that seeks 10 tiy will now and then tail a
IVY ~ AA' NHNtrllAil nuAiif hNN WHO NhNiAN /
'atner De born with a bird daring than with
toads cautionf
When hear mothers entreating their chill
lren not to DO 30 and 50 because folks
vii think them peculiar or 20 b. precise and
irin and prudent, merely because that is tue
MY way To esrape criticism. want % say
II the Lord had meant everybody % be alike
Ie would have created them by the gross, a.
aen turn out paper boxes, instead OF one at
birth II you want 70 carly out the divine
dea IN the training u your child teach him
q 10 an individual and true to his individu
lty. coniormist Is the most undressing
lAs possible short OF tali0w candle OF
patchwork quilt -" Amber" Ia Chicago
rln4ne.
Answering for Himself
Conductor Excuse me, madam. but shall
ave TO ask sou for ticket tor that boy
blink hes over years OH