The Monte Vista journal., 1898-01-29

DdVlu lOukeu ana shlu, OIL, tudt one
would give me u drink Of the water Of
the well OF Bethlehem. which Is by the
gate"
Mr.. Reed said: David was soldier
and just out OF battle. He was hot
and thirsty. He longed for drink Of
the water OF certain well he was
used TO when he was boy. 1t was
sort Of old oaken bucket "Reminiscences.
He was not pestered with our modern
terror of germs and microbes. The
New England pioneers OF Nebraska,
Kansas, Dakota and eastern Colorado
remember sadly the old springs and
wells of childhood. There is no; a
drop OF first-clnss water between Den
yer and the river-it Is either alkali, or
1t has Il wilted taste.
Three men. private soldiers OF Da-
vid, heard this request. They loved
their captain. They broke through the
ranks of the enemy nj peril OF their
lives, and brought him the sweet living
water OF the well OF Bethlehem. And
he looked n, his loyal clansmen and
would no, drink 1t. He poured out the
dear-bought water ms IA libation To
God, and said: BE 1t far from me. y
Lord. tha; should drink this. Is no,
this the blood Of the men that went in
gN'Haihs VI ihFiVi'it
would not drink it. We read the life
OF David. shepherd. guerilla. prince and
king, and u little thing like this makes
us love him.
| 1t Is no, money. bonds or n protective
tariff that holds the world together. II
is good will: 1t is sympathy. No people
are going TO get together and celebrate
the birthday or death Of any King
George. But nobody IL tired OF Robert
Burns. What did he do! He picked up
some old tunes and fitted words TO
them. He picked up some old words
and whlstled n tune to them. The world
is given up To trade: Not much. The
man who lived in n house tha: would
not rent for so n month keeps the
worlds attention ! go home tired and
some of Burns and Longfellow rests
me. For stronger tonic | take up my
Emerson or Epictitus.
One cannot live on beef and bread.
had letter yesterday that did me more
good than three meals. One must get
into sympathy with his kinfolks and
then their life helps his life. David
was IA man OF feeling. He was n sol.
dier and poet. Bayard Taylor wrote
some long poems that nobody reads.
He wrote two or three shor, ones that
everybody reads. One is the Song Of
the Soldier" beginning. Give us Il
song, the soldiers cried" In this poem
are two lines that suggest David
THE hrayest are the tenderesi. The
loving are the daring" Three men
had risked their lives to bring To him
what he wishcd-waier from the well
OF Bethlehem. II was too costly n gift
TO drink. He gave II to God. lie would
not commonizc n precious thing.
The American Is n little too apt 10
do wha, David would not do. Having
business at n pawnbrokcr's office one
day. l counted scventy-tive wedding
rings. That means starvation to wom'
en-. Not lightly will any woman let go
that plain loop OF gold. That means
she has fallen down In a shaft. There
is no more blue sky visible that might
be circled by n wedding ring. II Is u
pitlful sight.
But II seems to me the modern
American is ashamed Of sentiment.
know men who have never been seen
to laugh or cry. They put ON from the
outside kind Of II tin smile and tin
expression Of sympathy. We smile,
and the sympathy is plated or pasted
on. They are people Dickens was ne
Iuaintcd with. Now. sentiment Is nn
| excellent word What II Its definition
Thought. prompted 10y feeling.
| was present nj the Christmas fcsti
val of a country church. II WAS a vul
gar thing. 4 man would give his fam
ily n barrel of flour. and his boy a pair
OF boots and his daughter school
reader. I remarked to an Indiana farm
or that II was all practical. Yes" he
said. "too doggoncd practical"
We must not economic the great
memories Of the race and nation. I'VE
live" says Wordsworth. by admira
tion. hope and love" So In effect say.
Paul and the man he loved, Jesus
Christ.
IL makes me regret when I think o'
the things. memories Of old times. oi
In. DAYS OF the war OF the revolution, ]
remember 10 hav. seen In the rnrrc'
OF my fathers house. What has bc'
come OF the flax wheel and loom aud
clock. and old uniform and the sword
that flashed on the plains OF Abraham
and nj Monmouth, and that Wen,
finally into the sheath nj Yorktown
All this treasure has l.cn lost-lost IN
moving. The family had the curse OF
the wandering foot. and the thing
most worth saving dropped ont In th'
long pilgrimage from old lthelsohoth 10y
the ocean and Denver by the Platte. l,
Is II pity.
How many know accurately the
| birthplace Of their grandfathcr~! w.
nrc very careful as Ia ia" pe,llgrccs Of
horses and dogs. \ Lexington. ,ky.l,
man viii tell you the lln.ng" of n hun
drcd horses. lie is not nearly so posi-
tive regarding himself.
I notice mn appearance OF decay IN
patriotism of the old kind. II Is only
mn appearance. bu, I do not like the
appearance These boys of Denver
would. II the country was In real dan.
ger. get To tho front ms promptly n
the boys Of III and ~. But the np.
! pcnrnncc OF to-day I. discournging To
n lover OF country and mankind.
There II u tendency To reckon every
thing on n cnsh basis. Now ! want tu
say that there nrc some things that
cannot In. paid for In cash. Cash hn- :
nothing to do with II. 1tu-kin says.
"a man who thinks first of his wages
and then Of hi. work l. no man" 'rlc
hirciing iiccil, because he II u lirciing. g
"Thc good shepherd gives his life for
his sheep"
I have n friend. n hcrdicr. IN Helena.
Mont. lie had I.uD sheep. The shcp.
herd took them out. assisted by two
dogs, Fanny nni ltob. \ blizzard
cnfn" on. There went ont from Helena
four men. They found the hcrticr will,
his feet frozen. u little out Of his mind.
but the dog. were attending Ia busi.
ncss. Fanny and iloh hnd those sheer,
covered under blum. ''ri,e more !