The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-11-22

heat. and a little after sunrise ! got 70
the top OF hill Before me was
long. low. blue, monotonous mountain
I walked looking at IL, but was
thinking OF the sea l wanted 10 see.
AT last wondered what that curious
blue thing might be. Then II struck
me II was the sea. | would have turn
ed back again, only was too tired.
wonder II all the things we long 10
see--the churches. the pictures, the
men In Europe-will disappoint MS So
You see. | had dreamed OF IL so long.
When / was a little boy, Winding
sheep behind the 'kopje,' | used TO see
the waves stretching out as far as the
eye could reach In the sunlight. My
sea! Is the ideal always more beauti-
| fui than the real?
81 got 10 the beach that afternoon,
ard I saw the water run up and down
on the sand. and saw the white foam
breakers. They were pretty. but
thought would go back the next day.
Ii was not my sea.
"Rut began 10 like II when ! sat
by il that night In the moonlight, ana
the next day liked II better, and be-
! fore | left / loved H. IL was not like
/ the sky and stars that talk OF what
has no beginning and no end, but II is
so human. OF all the things have ev-
or seen, only the sea is like a human
I eing. The sky is not. nor the earth
But the sea IS always moving. Always
something deep IN itself Is stirring II.
II never rests II ls always wanting,
wanting. wanting. Ii hurries on ana
then il crceps back slowly without
having reached. moaning. IL Is always
asking a question. and il never gets
the answer can hear II In the day
sad In the night The white foam
breakers are saying that which think.
I walk alone with them when there is
40 one 20 see me. and sing with them
i lie down ON the sand and watch them
l,wiui my eyes half shut The sky Is
bette. but II Is So high above oul
heads. | love the sea. Sometimes w
i1nust look down too. After five days
went back 10 Grahamstuwn
Il had glorious hooks, and IN th'
night | could sit IN my it'll. room ant
read them. but | WAS lonely Book
are not tic same things when you ar'
living among people, | cannot tel
why. but Icy are dead. ON the farm
they would have been living beings e
mo- hut here where there were *
many people about me, | wanted som'
one 10 belong 10 me- | was lonely
wanted something that was flesh an
blood. once on this farm there cam
a stranger | did not ask his name, In
he sat among the 'karroo' and talke'
with me. Now, wherever have tray
I eled | have looked for him. In hotels
In streets, In passenger wagons as the,
rushed In, through the open window
OF houses, have looked for him, but
have not found him. never heard
voice like his. One day | went TO ia
. botanic gardens. Ii was half hol
day. and the band was TO play stoo
T in the long raised avenue and locke
a down. There were many flowers, an
: ladies and children were walking abou
a beautifully dressed. At last the mus
h began. had not heard such mus
Il before. Al first II was slow and ever
n like the everyday life when we wal
through II without thought or feeling
|, Then II grew faster; then II PAUSED
II hesltated: then il was quite still for "A
instant. and then IL burst out. Lyndal
D. they made heaven right when the
n made 1t all music. II takes you up an
ID carries you away. away. till you hay
in the things you longed FOR You are l
IN close To them You have got out int
Ii n large. free. open place. could ~
in see ANYTHING while IL was playing.
II. stood with my head against my tire
,k but when IL was done ! saw that the
50 were ladies sitting close TO me on
OF wooden bench and the stranger WI
a had talked to me that day In the ka
* roo was sitting between them
=. "The ladies were very pretty al
he their dresses beautiful. | DO not thiI
al they had beer listening TO the mus
for they were talking and laughll
"a very softly. heard all they said al
| could even smell the rose on the brea
- OF one. was afraid he would see n
50 went TO the other side Of the tr'
ana soon they got up and began to pa
. ma and down I'm the avenue. All [
4 time the music played they chatt'
and he carried on his arm the scarf
tho pretticst lady | did not hear {
music. / tried 10 catch the sound
his voice each time he went 10y. VIII
was listening 10 the music. ! did (
know was budly dressed. Now J d.
SO ashamed Of myself never kn'
hrforc what a low. horrible thing
gas dressed IN tan cord That day
lhe farm when we sat on the grou
4 nndcr the thorn trees thought
4 quite belonged 60 me. Now ! saw
was not mine But he was still
Y beautiful Ills brown eyes are mn
4 beautiful than any ones eyes, exc
h yours.
at last thsy turned TO 90, an'
wnll,ed after them. When they
u oui of the gate. lie helped the lac
4 into Il phaeton aud stood for nome
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