Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-24
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/ THE ROSARY OF A RAMBLER. ]


+ THE ROSARY OF A RAMBLER. i
Among the paradoxes of life is the one
That 1t as an honor to be an exile, An
implied power from ones enemies must
in measure crafty the ambition of the
mind If not the longing of the heart of
the one who has been debarred from
home. Today there is exiled from the
England which is her birthright one of
the mest brilliant women who ever lived
within its bounds. Her praise has been
heatd all over the little island and En-
gland has been proud to claim her
lamong its men and women of letters.
/ Vet today in a hut in far-off South At
/ rica sits Olive Sehreiner, a prisoner of
her own land. For that which she had
i been praised she is now condemned. For
the loye which she gave to her adopted
/ land. for her tales of the sufferings of
those about her and for her magic pow
ct to move to sympathy her readers she
has been made q prisoner. Solitude and
deprivation can not overcome nature
! w
Ito more intimate knowledge of her
/ self and thru herself of mankind and the
8other Will give her even a greater sym
pathy with those about her. who have
/ suffered and who do suffer Whatever
may be said TO justify England for the
war In South Africa. there can be Moth
/ ing said to justify her in the punishment
4 Of Woman whose one fault has been
hot oh. \,
4 has appeared to her and has begged for
4 l.niency for people whom she. from
\ long association. has learned to love and
lcall her own. Free thought and free
4 speech are not realities yet. but the rel
ics of the dark ages are passing away.
To Enrland's shame be 1t said that ii is
even now scountenancing and pract!cing
one of them. But lei IT fear the conse-
/ Guences not only from the pen of the
I gifted Woman. who like the hunter In
4 her own dream has proved herself will
ing to toll a lifetime for one white feath-
Ter from the wing of the bird Of truth.
hut also from the hearts OF those who
/ love the noble woman who has told the
/ story Of the Beers and his veldt, and
| from that larger number of the free of
! mind and heart who revere honest con-
4 '.ictions whatever they may be and have
no compensation for cruelty and tyr
amy
Il II haven't had a vacation in over five
4 years, man said the other cay In i.
4 tene whieIl indicated that ne thought he
Iwas Worthy of special recognition Tor
l.,Asat reason. Truly he was. ANY man
! who can ana VIII MOI take vacation II
1--we years reeds 10 be remarked upon
and not in tlat,ering terms New, i
4 day from the office the store or the fac.
/ tory--mhy ii IS enough 10 take the life
4 ard the ambition from any manor wom-
an, Nacationa are coming 10 be regard
ed as absolutely necessary and the firm
4 t'lat does not giant til.In ia bach
4 lunlher.' Leitefing ard iaziness are al.
Ways % be condemned and tile man who
j does the one or the other IS not the ons
/ Who takes O. needs vacation. But tn,
Imam who Toes his work ana does II as
4 Weil as he can cpr;is u space when he
4 need not work ~ all He Will come back
| from lake or field or mountain with IA
new light i; hia eye and new ambition
lin his heart In the economy of nature
J the rest days scatter thru the long days
1 Of work TO come the blessings which
sloa benefits Of the rips have died out
the memories. mich are the best par,
after all, Mili ralnain for no one can
tell how long. 1oiler and idler alike nee,
y change Rest VIII come 10 the one
8l and perchance 10 the other will come d
A realization of the blessings which car
4 follow nothing else but hard and almos
ceaselesl wo,k.
1 i, was one of the hottest days Of las;
week when only those who We're fool
ish or Who We're compelled to be out
went forth from shady houses during
the sunny hours Of the day. Yet II lit
III. boy OF about ten years was seer rae
ing for dear life, around his home No,
did he stop when he had gone aroune
4once or twice, but kept on running unit
the neighbor in tine shady house mex
door was fairly faint from waecKDlt
him She had visions OF sungtrok,
boy, who would be found by mother %
father when they returned in the eve
ming from trip out OF town, and 50
despite her feeling that she should no
dictate 10 another weinan's boy. "hei
her own took more time and attention
4 than she had 70 bestow. She called {,
MN, as III HIS it.Ls iAl7iiN ~
window II stopped nearly exhausted
and seemed surprised when she aske,
! him Why he ran so in the hot sur
a Why. am trying 10 get breeze h
I said 1T the only way to keep cool ant
r can't get breeze unless ! run jus
as fast as can" No amount OF persua
sion could lure him into the belief tina
! he Mould be colder If he gave ZIP hi
running. until she casually nentione
the fact that there was a pitcher o
: lemonade in her dining room and oesid
1t plate of ginger cookies. One sh
e had him In the house she famed hiI
e and washed his dusty face and hand
and gave him something to eat an
drink The red and swollen look wa
e leaving has face, and she Was beginnin
n to feel that her strategy had been We
: worth while. when the boy natur
/, which can not stay within doors 70
very long unles 1t is meal or bed tim,
asserted Itself We'll. ! must go gu
and get another breeze he said, jus
see how cool am now. And he Wen
$ off smiling. leaving her smiling as sh
a thought how very like men and wone
: are the little boys and girls. who thin
II theg cd which comes To them is the r.
(, suit of their own wisdom. She was wis
/. enough to know that she could not kee
$ him longer but she shook her hea
when he called to her, about the thir
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