Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11
CHAPTER, XIX.

John did not really mean that "1Ictty
or no Hctty." The possibility of mo
lIctty" had not entered his mind at all.
He just meant the words us an express
sion of EXTREMIST emphasis: and Oh the
third day after writing that letter he set
out, as he had declared he would, for
home. AS he had sold his horse and cut
ter before leaving the Farmers Inn, 1t
was necessary for him to make the jour
ncy on foot: hut he cared nothing for
that. a twenty-five mile walk, in such
fine weather. was nothing to him.
lie would have liked to bid farewell to
poor Billy the Barker. but Billy had mys.
teriously disappeared, and 1t was the
opinion of the woman who kept the
boarding house that he had gone into the
river, as he had often threatened to. All
John could do was to leave his address,
to he given to the man II he ever return.
cd, and with 1t message that IL he
would come out to the Cameron farm he
might stay there until he got we'll, ''and
It wouldn't cost him a cent"
1t was upon one Of the lovely days Of
early spring, when the dew was still up.
on the grass. that John turned his back
upon Temperanceville. At the top Of the
first high hill he turned and gazcd upon
the city. The golden light of the sun,
passing through the low hanging dome Of
sooty clouds above II, took on dull SAT.
iron tint, and the two rivers looked like
| furnished silver. From tall chimneys ev.
erywhere columns Of black smoke rose
straight to the pall-like sky, as IL sup.
porting It. Here and there, In the bases
| Of those columns, glowcd tongues Of
N,,,,. ho..llv Voecanfil,1a urVv lVt t,a
| well remembered, brilliant ut night will,
their changing hues Of blue and gold aud
| crimson. Distant as he was, the roar
of the mills reached his ears as a dull.
| unceasing growl. Step by step, as he
| hill, the city seemed to drop away from
before him until II was all gone and only
| the black dome above II remained, grow.
| Ing hourly vnster In breadth and height.
In late years. Pittsburg has won a
temporary respite from her old condi.
lions OF Crime and smudge and gloom
through the utilization Of natural gas In.
stead Of bituminous coal In her many
thousands Of hreplaces. Her buildings
are brighter, her air clearer and her PEG.
pie cleaner and perhaps happier by rea-
son Of the change; but she has lost some
thing OF her former distinctive pictur.
| eslucness.
Five miles out Of town. turning bend
In the rOad-arOund the corner Of an old
school house famous for Its complete GOV.
ering OF roses in the month OF June
John met Uncle David Henderson, In a
light wagon and driving double tenn at
q spanking gait. After their first excla.
nations of mutual gratiied surprise ut
the encounter, the giant sat staring ut
his nephew, too much occupied with
studying him to even think Of asking him
to get into the wagon.
"Why do you stare so at me, uncle?''
asked John.
"You look SO different from what you
used to. or course ! knew you, the mo.
ment I saw you. but, John, you don,
look like the same boy"
II am older"
"Only four months. 'Tain't that. You
have n different look. What have you
been doing!"
"Working In n rolling mill"
"Ah, that's It! Jump In, and I'll turn
around"
Don't you. want 20 go on into town p
| "NO. only came after YOU"
80 You did get my letter, then, and
never answered it?"
Didn't. hey? What do you call this
Could send wagon and team by mail
But was coming for you anyway"
When the horses heads We're turned
hOmeward, Uncle David again remarked
upon the change In Johns appearance.
"Men's looks" he said, depend good
deal on how they live, their surroundings
and their work. I've always known that
hut never appreciated 1t SO much as
do now In seeing you. The young fellow
who works on farm In the peace and
quiet there envirOning him. with the In.
Auence always pressing upon him Of Ma.
lures slow processes, which he cannot
control but only help. unconsciously sinks
into a tacit acceptance OF a secondary
place In the scale of being. The dormant
seed. slow-growing tree and lOngripen'
ing harvest, all compel him to recognition
of the law of patient submission to the
invisible force that Is operating at the
same time and In the same way upon him
and upon all things surrounding him. Ma.
ture masters him; the seasons make him
their slave; It Is more correct to say OF
him that he vegetables, than that he lives
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