Mohave County miner., 1899-04-29
An Expression.


so seized with that desire should be well
looked after by his friends and the family
(or company physician until his disease
is located and 1t is determined what to do
for him, so that he may not get into
trouble himself nor bring disgrace upon
the family.
II would seem that kind neighbors
(who have had wide experience in life)
should take no note, and ah>ve all, no
offense at these rawlings OF new soul just
trying to sound it's own depths, when the
first measure ment it takes makes it look,
oh, so very deep. II s only the throes Of
the young chick jnst trying to break from
the shell; and We should not mind it be
cause it thinks itself iull hedged eagle
that can fly to the sun next day.
There are different causes for this com
plant, but it is usually found $50 our good
old doctor says) to be one or the other OF
two. Either the patient is in love and
has that unquench able desire to write
sweet things to his hearts idol, and brill
liant things for her to read, and wonder at
his remarkable genius, or he has great
big idea, away down in his soul, that he
has talent for writing that which, when
1t appears in print, will make the startled
world gaze in open mouthed astonish.
ment. S1me times it does, but what it
says would not look we'll in print Ii the
young man in love is successful, he will
tell you about blue skies, and birds and
h1Sers, az though you had never seen
any Yourself, aud his poetry Is something
wonderful 10 behold But il he is disap
pointed. then his writings take up the
form OF one great, long wall like the VOW
OF fifteen pound Tom cat under our bed |
ro)m window at the unseemlv hour Of |
midnight. The cat thinks there is moth |
Ing like il on earth 80 do the inmates OF |
the bedroom; but it mostly takes all the
boot ,cks We have, along with our whole
vocabulary Of choice words, to convince
him (the cat-and the wouli.be writer as
wel) that We look at the matter from diff
ferent standpoints, separated by an i'm
passable gulf
Qiite often it is almost as bad with the
budding genius who imapines he has dis.
covered that be was born to write things
that would eclipse Hpmer, Plato. Milton
and Shakespeare. He usually finds in
the beginning that all the editors and his
contem poraries are weaklings who can
not rise to comprehension of bis sub
lime flights OF fancy; and be thinks he
was born before his time. However,
when he has grown older, and his brow
and heart bears the scars OF many a we'll
aimed boot ,ck, together with the accom-
paniment that usually went through the
window at the same time, he finally dis.
GOV ers that the world does not want him
to sit below it's window and sing.
| have sometimes wondered II there
was not some way OF letting your Young
men down more gently, so that they
would not feel so heart.sick and sore--so
badly offended by the human race-but
1t seems the world has discovered that
the only cure for the disease Is the rough
est sort Of knocks and the hardest kind
of language. Even then it often persists
10 coming back to your window and rails
ing Its voice in different key, 10 plalntive 6
protest. 'Tis hard, very hard, to convince
1t that We rest better with out its music !
and refuse to have our ears educated to
appreciate its strains; so suppose there .
is little to say by way Of comfort or ad !
vice to either side. But We would like to I
say to our good friends in White Hills, :
and other parts of the county, that they
should not feel so much surprised and :
panied, nor allow their passions to rise,
and above all, they should not entertain
animosiiy, when irvm some unex pscted =
quarter, there goes up an unearthly wall 2
that was intended for sweetest music :
which should lull than to deeper sleep
Arise, go to the window, let the boo TEX
90, and swear, II you must, as a part of
The cure, but remember it is only poor,
Denighted, misguided being that thinks 1t
mas something that will do you good
some message for the human race. 1t
Intended no wrong, and you would feel
sorry II you could just see and understand
low hurt and sad at heart it feels because
he world refuses to listen, much less to 6