The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-03-02

\ SUMMER 0hN IN MOSS Ga9#ft
WCCDS az \ GAleL.n,G Brock.

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Il is IA wa914@ ) il mi,S,anta a.. i
fisherman i, f.'its.~ = 4lu9< 4. sa.
brook. The stre..i rlsns through .tef y
est--thraugh Ear WOOD .reass. Nh
owing IL their SEA-, Un.la. rjesll. :.
most like +. ilsh PARKS: %t.iTou,a messy
evergreen s~,iG.eS. where every SQUAD altl
eoler is sl.}anel. thrrn%h rnakv r#vi,ts.
down which lie We. kur".e win. iret-
ful r%!ail,ts aGair.t iiln bov .lcrs II il
path. I'll Al last it finds an o,tie, IN a
mountain lake.
To-Day it is evident :ilai IL the = :.
life is prepared Is hc l3zy-eye,.
trout thai ere won't - rusl SO ca"eeit
at worna on fy. Vow The fisherman ! =
gins t. feel lie iniiucn"" of this all ler-
yaGing iner n. AID finally b. LAYS down
his lnia and stretches himself oft Oh the
ooh bank. ClGea ~ his side i !.
sound Of ripping water. cool and sootit-
mo- iiiV t!iE SIl'd'.iiiS toibot Il llld iAIt
keeps off the sun.
The bank here is covered with tlic'.
moss--a pleasant couch waiting for some
II to come and use it. In the ECONOMY
of the woods nothing is permitted to
exist for itself only: the saplinys have
their own life. hut must also furnish
leaves ard twigs To the deer. ard bark
70 the nlbbling hares. No plant or ami
nal is entirely selfish, and 81 this hum
bic moss. since il can 10 little else. il
ready TO serve IS Il resting place fer III,
weary.
There i anoil saving ti3s.: goes. "BeSt
cas- is free easr-or tie ease bought
with too much labor # preparation is
hardly worth having, and this thought.
though it may not l." vt,y profound.
suggests great delight Of the woods.
everything is free-is natural. 20 one
but t~ireiess nature has iabored. Moves
have acEed. no back has become bent, in
the making Of this coach IF moss; no
hands have toiled Ia rear :le grateful
shade If the maple. The refreshing
splash and ripple Of the brook is freely.
Gnconsciouslv given.
The voluptnaries # the eat wore close
students Of the art 81 idlnnees. Lcung-
ing on their cushions. they listened to
soft music and watched the i..oy.mcnt.
of dancing slaves. Other s.a-cs waved
cooling fans. and, if tl:c:s masters were
exposed to the sun. held sill:"a canonies
above them. The eastern prince thought
that the pleasures of illcne-s could be
no further perfected.
But the dancer, must often lave nrown
weary; the slaves holding the ranopips
tainted in the sun: the fan bearers and
the musicians doubtless wondered at the
unjust fate which condemned them to
labor Iii order that others might enjoy.
No Indian rajah or Persian lord ever
reclined mon an easier conch than this
n on which the fisherman stretche~
himself. The brook makes the most d.
lightful Of music. Sunbeams dancing
on leaf and moss and ripples are IL
pleasant to watch as the movement III
weary slaves.
Nor do the sights and sounds of the
woods lack variety. The music of the
water is mingled with the twitter of
forest birds-thrushes and wood spar
rows: the songful enthusiasm of their
annual youth is past. hut the midsum-
mer notes are full of happiness. and tell
OF nests we'll stocked with little ones.
Squirrels chirp and chatter, The dead
leaves strewing the ground are of every
shade OF brown and red and yellow. and
the slender shafts of sunlight. which dart
down through the breeze stirred foliage
overhead. never fall twice upon colors
that are exactly similar.
The trout fisherman, half dreamy.
half observant. and wholly happy. ha.
lain there till the long, warm summer
is drawing to a close. The shy
little wood creatures that love the dusk
out of their hiding places and run
near him, quite fearless of his motionless
figure. Delicate, mouselike creatures
are here. the flying squirrels, in soft
gray draperies. A mink trots over the
powders in the brooks bed. and,
Of its own importance, eyes
the man suspiciously.
Darkness is coming on, and it is time
Tor the trout fisherman to 20 home. He
the messy bank regretfully. halt
persuaded that idleness, and not work,
5 mans chief blessing S.
Palmer in Christian Union