The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1890-11-20

YOUNG, THOUGH III. OLD.
Eorae People Mover Feel thoWei~iat
cf Declining Years.

people who live long enough grow old.
The longer yoa live, the older you
grow.
Some people carefully disguise the
fact, but coat of paint or an old house
merely makes it look smart: it doosn' t
keep the riclscty old stairway from
cfeak!ng, and ii won't strajgh:en Up the
window-fraple that's gone little asi,ow
as the house settles. You can-or at
least, the man from whom l bought my
last horse can-iy UP an old horse of
seventeen years 70 look like q firstly
colt of three or four, and to act 1t. too,
for about fifteen minutes. But It won't
last.
There are times when woman who is
walking that pleasant decade Of her pill
grirnagc between the fortieth and fifth
eth nilestoncs feels inspired to run, and
leap, and dance, and sing, ard renow
her youth in various ways, but the spirit
is evancsccnt, and the fashion Of it pass
eth away, and she sayeth ''of laughter,
it is mad; and Of mirtb, what dort,. it?"
; AMI she locketh upon ''thc n n singers
ard women singers, and the delights OF
SUIlS VI ElcD, SDI bcuOli. al. ID
and vcxation OF spirit, ard there is no
prois to her in that Sort of thing.
G"But, say you, ''can not one be young
hearted after forty?'
Yea, beloved, after sixty or seventy.
Down to the days of white-haired old
age the heart may glow with ton
derress. and the quiet warmth OF tho
june sunshine Of years ago stored away
in Its chambers Ss ages ago the sun
stored his heat and light away in tho
forests of tho earth, to dance and
CLEAN and glow again in merry flames
and summer warmth upon the coal-fed
hearths to-day.
For this reason, oh, my young road
ors, rejoice in the days of your youth,
when the light is sweet and it is a pleas
ant thing for the eyes to behold the sun;
let your hearts cheer for you in these
days OF sunshine and nights of star
light, ''and remove anger from thy
heart and put away evil from thy flesh" :"
remembering ''the days of darkness, for
they shall be nlaay" And the freight
that will come to glow upon the hearth
and dance in warmth and tenderness
upon the walls OF your hearts chambers
in those days will DO the light you are
storing away now.
Bo happy and light-hearted then; but
be the house of your mirth as pure q
temple. and your laughter siniess as ths
songs of birds; in all your mirth and
dancing, oyalt wisdom; and. indeed, she
shall bring thee to honor, and give to
thiEo head IN ornament greece; then
shall the years OF thy life be many and
thy heart DO very young.
There's sister I often meet in my
travels. She is tho good sister who
''ieois Jus. as young as ever she was"
She's llittorish thing, yet sho'd be q
little more kitteuish if she wag littlo
less elephantine.
Frisky old girl, how she does lovc TO
climb into the swing at the picnic!
Weighs two hundred and fifteen and
makes the swing creak Ike hosting
tackle.
Higher, AIr. Tbinshanks! Higher!
Oh, higher! You can't frjghtcn ne!
I'm not one cf the sc:;ry sort OF girls"
You bet she isa't. nas six children,
and If yor'll mistake hcr for her eldest
dEughter-a sweet, slender girl, with an
oval face, spiritueiia expression and
figure as graceful As a swaying lily
sholl ask you TO dinner for week.
Plays PUSSY wants q corner and
Hunt tho slipper" Loves to ''teeter."
With az cightcen-foot board yea have
to pull al bti5 about thirty inches over
to your side OF the trestle to mako it
balance. When the board is balanced
right in the middle, she can ilro tao
whole young mans Biblo class up into
the air IS though they Lad been fired
from catapult. When her end of the
board bangs down on the ground it jars
all the buds of the trees. Fond of
mountain climbing. Usually fastens on
to young man to drag her up. Older
brethren too weary. They dragged her
up hill when she was younger. Be-
sides, the old youngsters retain their
old-time prejudice in favor Of younger
girls. They help her daughters up.
Man never mistakes mother for daugh-
ter going up mountain. Apt to make
that mistake about luncheon time only.
Oh, we know the old-eldorly-that is,
nlidGle-agcd woman Who is "the young
est OF the lot!' And, knowing her, we
ly from her, that is, as we'll as c man
who has lcnS since shed his wings and
raised q few achors of corns--can fly.
We'll, then" You say, 'aro the people
who are already old, and those who are
getting there to avoid the society of
young people?"
BY 70 means, beloved, by no means
Mingle with them as you grow IN years; it
will keep your heart young. But remem-
her that ycu arc not as Young as you used
to be, and that old people can't do the
juvenile act at all gracefully.
Don't bore the young people. Go
away when you see they are tired Of
you. You don't enjoy them half ss
much as you let CT you 90, any how.
The other evening went to the home
of dear friend to meet some Young
people whom he had invited for that
purpose. I arrived somewhat lato.
There were two parlors and q music
room full OF young people. Bright, hap
py handsome faces, rosy cheeks, laugh
Ahs> NSNS, SiuStN'44i5 Sui-S; pi.iit' pms
smiles, white, soft hands, and faces OF
manly beauty, too; brave, hopeful, hap
py, boyish. faces. 1t was o picture that
any man might stand and look at with q
glowing heart, until the very tears OF
genial sympathy and happiness would
dim his eyes.
And what we're they doing? Sitting
In three circles, each circle of elli
gent human beings, with undying souls
and immortal intollects, passing u long
string rapidly from hand to band.
Round and round went the string, tho
human hands moving rs though it wero
matter of life to keep that belt going,
while enc earnest young person stood In
the center of the circle solennly watch
ing tho string. which had . key strung
Oh il somewhere.
BY and By he pounccd upon tho white
hands OF the prettiest girl in The circle.
The key was found in them.
The crowd shouted hoarsely and
shrie!1cd shrilly, IS though the Gauls
were at the gates.