The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-08-16

about IIFl IHtb HtF H. $500
built. and / wonder and wonder again
where their senses are, for there IS
nothing in this world 50 beautiful "a Il
boat that is well built and that goes sail
;ns, over the water like Il
ideaIized swan, controlled by the mind
Of a man.
LIFE on THE YACHT.
We are immensely comfortable, the five
Of rs. Our host is Il charming bachelor
with a heart big enough to love all WO-
mankind and whose marriage would be
n great grief To all except those women
who had never met him. Then there *
The Ensign. who has been to Egypt. seen
the beauties Of India. Paris and London
and eventually laid his heart at the feet
OF an American woman. while as for the
Colonel-welI. the Colonel is Il delicious
remnant of the past, not WORKOUT, bI@
enough to be useful. witty enough to
be entertaining. and hayin" the courtesy
of Il Bayard. Molly is Young pretty. and
in love. while well, it has been
many n long day since | was III love,
but | find that there is much enjoyment
in life and Il friend Is a good thing
to have. We loaf around and talk and
sleep and dream away the sunny hours.
while we wonder how the people at New
port are standing the heat and whether
those ut Bar IIarhor are really enjoy
ing themselves or only making pretend to.
Tonight the moon is out, and Molly
and | are stretched on low chairs with
the men ut or feet on soft cushions.
The moonlight has made a pretty picture
Of it. and the sailors are singing some
everyday ditty that loses its
place sound and blends in with the gen
eral air or rOmance and makes us very
quiet and very happy. At last the En-
sign. who Is given to thinking about
things, said: "Who Of you does not
love to see Il good melodrama: 1t Is life
like: that is the charm of it. The society
play is life in the drawing-room. but the
melodrama takes in all sorts and con-
ditions of men. The melodrama is al
impressionist picture-the colors are laid
on crudely. but distinctly-wbilc the so
ciety play is Il Mcissonicr. where every
detail is wrought out 50 finely that it
hardly affects ono unless Il magnifying
glass is used. Some Of the playwrights
are putting too fine Il point on their
pencils. On Il white sheet of paper they
can only make light gray lines. and
while gray and White are cool looking
they are neither impressive nor truthful,
- IL - 'fLt ~ ib''h
strokes. and if the gray comes i'll at
all it is between the black and the
white. Lies picture is never gray and
white
MELODRAMA OF LIFE.
THAT is all very WELL" said the Col
oneI. quietly. "but why. when we 90 to
see a melodrama. do the tears run down
the face of Molly? Why does Bah sit so
quietly in the back Of the box: Why
does my old heart ache 50 hard | am
forced to think it will break my shirt
front? Ill tell YOU why-bccause the
melodrama is nearly always the old. old
story of love and forgiveness and of
honesty triumphant over vice; because it
reminds us in this old world of ours that
the time comes VIM we must remember
that love, goodness. gratitude, and honor
are not confined to the drawing-room. but
may be discovered where least expected.
"Now. as for me- remarked the Cap
tain. Il thought it WAS the emotional
side that affected YOU women"
Yes" replied Molly. that does
amount to a good deal: but, say what
YOU will. it is the heart beat that con
tradicts us all. no matter how hard we
may try to prove We have no heart
She looked so bitterly at the Captain
as she said this that he laughed. threw
his cigarette into the water. and asked
"IU agree that we nave hearts, but
want somebody to tell me what she
means by Il heart beat:'
The Ens@in spoke first, at is-Well
YOU know, it is the something tina
makes you feel that humanity has beer
touched and that each time your hear
throbs there is another one to answer
it."
NATURE VERSUS ART.
ITS we'll said Molly. Il can feel it
but | don't know how to explain it eX
ccpt to say that it is like the difference
between staring at your face in nj
looking glass and seeing it in Il clcal
brook. In the glass. no matter how
exact if may he, YOU are represented a>
il pleases you. The brook gives yol
back natures picture, and shows yo,
YOUR face as God Almighty made it an,
as YOU have marked it. Then it is under
standing suffering because you have suf
fered. 1t is approaching love. hccaus.
Won have loved. 1t is the exquisite sym
pathy between human beings that come,
from the perfect understanding that ex
lists between them"
Molly got a round of applause, and tn
Ensign looked as proud of her as if h
exnected her to head Il regiment 70
foreign parts. singing. I'm off on tn
morning train. to cross the roarin
main
snow" said the Colonel, ''the mclc
drama that we call Life is good. 1t
tr1e we all see the dark side once j
awhile, but there come the white da!