The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-06-26

THE LIKINGS or 4 COTNTRI
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! like TO lie abed late of. a morning
and think thoughts. At such times
they come flowing into my head like
rain into an open barn: food thoughts,
bad thoughts, queer thoughts, all ntS
and conditions IF though s-wls" and
otherws So Where do they me from:
And why do 'h'y come at t. at time
more than at any olh +: These are
questions to which it would puzzle me
to find an answer.
like, us | take my WY to school If
a morning, to look on the 81 Ky, on the
flowers and shrubs and trees, on the
field insects and tn" green grass.
God things.
| like to watch the COWS grazing IN
the fields. They are always pl'l'n'
| and docil-, and, lis they me We lrlsurtly
from place to place, never hnrryIng or
appearing to be worried about any
| thing, they seem to be- on rely con-
t. ntcd with their To-. 1t strikes ne
that no animal present snch Il con,
trast to the ordinary man us the COW
like to see the blacksmith Won king
at his forge in his shop at the corner
of the lane When he first swings
his great hammer and brings it down
W tn clank on the anvil, no sparks
app ar in response. But he cont nues
ceaselessly toling, h .mmering, while
| the weat pours down his honest face.
and the muscles stand for h like cords
on his brown. hr,wny arms. Al d
then the spank pour f r'h in volumes.
If he dldn wol so hard; # h" W. IT.
not so PARENT and persistent in his
efforts. he would nor get any sparks.
He has taught me II lessnn.-tha'
blacksmith. | like t. go into the
busy. bustling town sometimes. !
think it must be Very easy for a pr
son to 90 astray there, though. TIE
noise is so great and bewilderng, and
there are so many streets engaging
in different directions, some going
down into dark depths and others APP
pearing to 90 nowhere at all. For my
own part, like best to walk on a
certain peaceful thoroughfare tia
runs directly in the centre of the town
and extends right out into the be"n'l-
full country beyond. II is ii very
broad. clean, and hright-lo' King street.
But | notice that very few p 'ople walk
on it with me.
Ike to watch the great people VIII"
come to our little place for recreation
in the summer time. They are very
rich people, and, as they drive along
in their fine carriages, dressed up il
their fine cloths. they seem very proud
and contented. But heard wise
man say once that the simplest things
are always the best things, and | am
inclined to believe that the simplest
people are always the best people, too.
like to 60 into the peaceful old
chur Ii. when there is nobody there.
TO be alone with God,
| like to sit on the bench and gaz"
over the broad, broad ocean at the sky
beyond. 1t seems very, very far away,
bnt | notice that no matter how rough
h sea is, or how great is its rumble
and roar that ky is always to be seen
there beyond.
| like to stand on the bank of TIE
broad, deep river, and watch it rolling
silently on its course. Against its
strong. unfathomable stream no hing
ever makes head. No living creature,
no flower, no leaf. no particle of ami
mate or inanimate existence ever says
back. 1t always goes on. Like life.
| like to watch the day die, and
night come stealing up to cov'r the
world with its black cloak. Slowly,
slowly, as though 10th to 60, the light
fades to shadow, and tken to dense
and dismal darkness. But Just when
everything appears gloomiest, and
when grim shadows beset on- on every
side. suddenly the stars SHINE forth in
the sky, bright and beautiful Hope!
hope. like to sit by the tirtside and
watch tn ruddy flames sparkling in
The chimney. | See things-wondrous
things-in those flames, that | never
see elsewhere Many Of them, though,
90 up in smoke.
like. as the night draws on, to
hear the wind whistling and bowling,
bending the trees. rambling in the
chimneys, shaking the house, and
making the sea roar in fury. 1t makes
me shiver and think of my bed. |
| like to 90 to bed.
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