Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-13
1.-THE ROSARY OF a RAMBLER.

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i THE ROSARY OF a RAMBLER. /
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
If Henry Van Dyke ever wrote a line
that was not full OF noble and helpful.
thought 1t has long ere this been for
gotten, but had he written volumes OF
such they would all be atoned for by
that beautiful little message of his Te-s
Gently sent out, The Footh-path to
Peace. There are many who do not
know the road which leads to the land
of content and joy, but those who have
been seeking may journey there yet IL
they will but heed what he has written,
for them ard have patience and faith
10 perseNere. AT the first reading some
of the little guide post" seem rather
Strange and perhaps insignificant, but
| like most things which are worth read
ing once this little route Is worth read
ling over and over and with each read
ling one sees how trustworthy IT is. The:
strangest thing of all is the admonition,
"Covet nothing that is your neighbours
except his kindness of heart and gentle-
ness of manners" 1t 1t Is not because
we have all learned to keep the old;
commandment not to covet that this
seems strange, but because when we
covet it is not such things which we de-.
sire. If our neighbor have great
wealth, social position, political infiu
ence or handsome face we may not
remember the old Thou shalt not"
which years ago we learned on some
sultry Sunday afternoon. But human
nature covets POSSESSIONS not qualities,
and hence II is that the things which;
we might rightly coNet we have alto.
gether forgotten when envy has come
to us and Whispered that our neighbor
is blessed beyond ourselves and what
he himself deserves. Kindness of heart
and gentleness of manners-what bet
ter things could one desire2 When one:
has them it may be that "all other
things shall be added unto him. !
| 1tis the time of the year when men,
women and children begin to plan for a
summers trip. and various indeed are
1.-THE tastes shown by the Journeys.
chosen. One who has time and money
may decide TO make the grand tour"
and spend 4 pleasant summer abroad,
only To come home in the fall. vowing3
that there is no country like America,
after all. Another may seek respite.
from the enervating heat and willmakel
the delightful trip of the great lakes:
another viii desire to see the cities and
places of historical interest in the east
land Will spend few weeks browsing
around among the haunts of HaM-5
thorne Longfellow. Washington. JEFF.
fersor and all the heroes of '76" and.
the sturdy old pilgrim fathers. Yet an
other having lonsed to see the wonders
of nature will journey to Yellowstone,
and be awed With its grandeur and inn
mcnsity. Colorado With its famous re-.
sorts and .tlie land of flowers Will
have their full quota of visitors, and
even a few may go south. altho the
north will be rlore popular. Many
there are Who can not afford to takeany
one#of these extensive trips Who Will.
spend their vacations visiting friends
land perhaps Will have the best times Of
K all. The old home and the friends
Iswhom one has perhaps been forced.
however unwilling. To @neglect4as duties
and cares have increased.-how good
they8all Will seem. In that beautiful
poem by Riley, ..Aftei'Mhiles, he tells
of tie far scene TO journey to. where
1.-The old home stands and where the old
mother waits and II may be that
t1many have promised again and again
| to remember the old folks and the old
home II may be that in real heartfelt
| pleasure8an rest such n trip could not
be excAlisd and if the one who takes it
lis OF the Kind made happy by knowing
4 he has pleased others it is certain to
/ prove so. 80
L Duty Is Mard that is bugaboo to
most Of us but il issa question If a child
\ ever feels5that way about ii until he has
learned from older people that. however
futile it Is, he can Rrumbie and make
himself and every one else nliserable.
i This theory may be wrong. but a story
(which young lady told the other day
would bear5it out. 1t seems that when
the young lady vas a very little girl, an
Isaunt OF hers was slowly dying With con-
sumption and II was necessary for her
Ito spend the winter In the south. The
|mother of the little girl Mas the favorite
Il sister of the poor. afflicted girl. Who be-
looming homesck. wrote and asked her
Ito come to her OF course 1 ne request
4 was granted and as soon az possible the
i lwoman WAS Fastening to her dear young
.|sister. The little girl nevar thought but
i that her mother had to 90, and az
A mamma" had said II would be better
for her TO stay. at home with her father
land another aunt, she had thought
that the only proper thing to do She
\ knew She loved her mother and that no
lone could do quite az many nice thing.
\ as she could, but IL the dear girl aunt
3 needed her she was TO GO of course. She
i received a letter from her every day,
4 and many pretty gifts came With the
n letters and IT is8very probable she was
a sadly spoiled by the big folks. So. al
A tho she wanted 10 see her mother. she
4 wa, getting along very Well until one
4 Sunday, at church. a kind old lady. OF
4 one who meant to be kind, came up Il
4 her and said: Poor little girl, with her
J mother gone. expect she feels rea
\ Lonesome. doesn't she?' And that little
4 girl. who had been having the beet kind
Il ola time and who had never shed one
i tear, said she did, and to bear out her
q assertion began to weep and wall In
4 such an uncomfortable fashion that her
q much astonished aunt was compelled IL
u carry her home and spend the rest OF
the day in coddling her That was the
4 first time that little girl had ever known