The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-04-04


daily mental endeavor OF all OF us. Oh,
10 get away from nod carrying and
brick-laying and the heavy things that
hit Nc on the head all the time. Who
would not give up few things ctsssi.
tied ~ luxuries for an island OF the sea
only partially inhabitated by unsophis'
ticsted nativess place overrun with
vines and wild scentless towering things
that do not cloy nor tire. whore ali you
meet are strange dark people with no
social traditions. no clothes to speak OF.
hence no snxieties OF style to bother
them or you. How like morning walk
iu Paradise to wander over the fields
that are not worth much bcca use corn
and wheat and greed will not grow there
and when yeu meet only people you do
not know. The last condition 10 the
one. that. being never gratified. grows
more slluring from the beginning to the
end Of the chapter called by your name.
To escape from old jokes. weather chest
nuts, quondam friends whom we have
disgusted and Who are. In consequences.
themselves upindurable. lie q dream that
makss The island Of the sea 40 enchanted
spot. When the island fades. death 10 q
satisfaction. Anpihilation will wipe out
other things at the same time that it
abolishes you. II you cannot die the
day after your enemy it Is better to die
the day before than to live embittered
by his memory. That memory gives
him q sort Of Immortality which, speak
ing Tor myself. ! begrudge to him on his
own account and because Of the dis
comfort OF hate.
! believe Anthony Hopes popularity
10 due. IN great measure. to his max
ing this .Island Of the Sea" reality.
The Prisoner Of Zenda" gave the least
imaginative pass to Ruritania where
none Of their relations. queer friends.
or creditors could eyer get in. 1t was
- good - having six feet OF earth. meas
uring perpendicularly, between you and
Lincoln, Nebraska. Ii McClureis for
April Mr.. Hope beginss continued story
celled "Phroeo," tale OF brave deeds
and perilous ventures. The hero. q
young Englishman. buys an island in
the Mediterranean, mine miles long and
hive broad. q hundred miles from the
nearest land, Rhodes of the steamship
tracks and equally remote from any sub
marine cable. Neopalia is extremely
rugged and picturesque, it Crews. cot
ton. wine. oil, q little corn" tmuch would
make it an undesirable refuge for the
world-weary) The people are quite un-
sophisticated. but very good hearted
You 80 how lovely the spot is and how
il satisfies half q century's indrawn
breaths Of tortured desire! When his
lordship arrives he finds the people
suriy. They give him ten hours to get
back into his steam yacht and leave the
island which they say 10 theirs not his,
In case he refuses to leave they will kill
him. Ut course he stays and gets into
his citadel or castle with three friends.
some pistols. a rife. two goats, COW and
, water supply. The April enstallment
ends with the villagers approaching in
= mob and singing death chant. The
style II ~ matter OF fact and convinc-
ing % Ill Of Mr.. Hopes impossible ad-
are. That's what makes me
ny What ] does that Mr.. Hope re-
lreshss the children Of dust by opening
! window that the sodden and ungifted
can look out Of. and breathe and live
happily Tor . while.
Rudyard Kipling has . poem about
The Rritinh hone marines. ..Soldier and