Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-14

mementoes of its constrained limits
several well-deined bumps on my de
voted Uranium. Somehow. manageG
to wriggle out of my outer garments
but-a deuce of a time l had in storing
them out of the way OF my tired corpus
The net-bag next to the wall was
trickier than circus mule and emptied
itself as diligently as filed it, until ]
gave up in despair and strewed my
personal belongings over the bunk as
best could. My trousers. vest and
coat pockets, in the necessary handling
of those garments, emptied them oil
their contents; my collar and necktie
were safe enough until / need them:
but what to do with my spectacles was
a poser! Finally, again had recov-
cred to the recalcitrant net-bag afore-
said, and ingeniously inserting either
temple through corresponding loop
of the network, they hung secure, and
+, / composed myself to sleeep. A clear
conscience, aided by good digestion,
accomplishes wonders. slept several
hundred miles TRANQUILITY and awoke
to the misery of my situation only with
the we'll advanced morning. In the
berth the preliminaries of dressing
were cut to the EXTREMIST limit, and,
shoes in hand, sought the lavatory
and there finished the adornment of
my person, feeling pretty we'll, after
all, thank you!
At Knoxville hot breakfast awaited
us, with forty minutes vouch-safed for
its discussion, when we again speeded
on our journey. Shortly after passing
Morristown the train began it's eighty
mile climb up the mountains, side-by
side with the swift running French
Broad river. AS in former letter,
some years ago, gave my impressions
of the scenery, along this never-to- be-
forgotten route, shall forbear to again
burden the reader with them. Only,
he who has not made this trip lacks
one of the plessantest experiences
known to the traveller. Those eighty
miles are worth the crossing of the
continent to traverse.
After a three days. tarry at the
Swannanoa. found me suitable lodg-
ings at q private boarding-house-158
Chestnut street-you see / am not
afraid to make known my exact where
abouts-and here l am very pleasantly
situated, indeed. Not that my short
stay at the hotel was unpleasant; on
the contrary, from old association as
we'll as the congeniality of the present
management, / was loath to make q
change. But needed quieter quarters,
where my frail resolution would suffer
less from temptation to social inter-
course, and house me more closely to
one of the purposes of my sojourn in
this altituoious atmosphere. Yet, In
this, don't know that have bettered
my surroundings: there are here sew
eral bright and winning young ladies
whose companionship I find mighty
agreeable-perhaps too much for their
pleasure and edifcation. But try to
keep my desire for company within |
bounds, and so don't bother them more
than three hours out of four-on an
average!
Indeed my surroundings are bright
and cheerful. My room is on the
ground floor, nicely furnished. It
faces the south, and these days the sun /
far on the other side of the equator, /
gives me the utmost of his kindly |
light. A cheerful fire burns in the
CRATE, and the windows look out upon
high peaks and ranges of mountains
piled one against the other until in the
distance filmy, cloud-like contour re-
places the blue and green and brown.
which SUCCESSFULLY clothes their huge
Never was wight far
from home more favored, and yet a /
thousand times day my thought
wings itself across the intervening |
space - over mountain and river,
forest and plain--to the Valley
love SO welll To the old friends
whose being is my existence, whose
welfare is my desire, and whose love
and friendship are my delight.
Where bides the soul? The tenement of clay |
Is but shelter for its dreamsl
Awake, it spans the earth; nor night nor day,
Nor mountains high, nor flooding streams,
Nor oceans vasty deeps and surging tides,
Can mark its bounds, or compass in its stridesi
Where bides the soul9 In shrine of high /
resolve
The purpose strong to strive and wini
To all the ways that Duty's laws involve,
The soul, awakened, enters ini
As on its mission called-now here, now
there
Its home lies in the bouEdless everywherei
Where bides my soul2 The hearts of those
/ love
Are harborage for it most sure,
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