The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-18

comes no memory of . day such a. this
an early June morning. the old road
through shadowing woods. past fragrant
fields, by knolly stretches hs eagerly
afoot upon u. with rod and line and eel.
The h~own.winged thrush h Just a-'ir
and piping cheerly TO him Tie breeze
carries the greeting to other uIrushe- and
other thrushes toss theirs along Birus
that are not thrushes Join their maiin
voicinss In the chorus, until the music
ladon air h hearing here. there and every
where, the Eladne~s and the sweetness
Of natures jubilste.
A saucy red squirrel chatteru a. and
scolds him from the crotch of the old chest
nut tree, The fussy catbud fiuttcrs and
fumes from bough TO Rough in NOISY pro-
te~t against his proximity. The lcaVee
trcmble and shake, and scatter down little
showers Of silver tina, will glitter like je~eis
by and 10y when tho sur Sew them.
lrve and shrub and flower. bathed In the
mornings moisture--frrsh. unsoiled and
iull.fed- partake Of the JOY and health
ing thing u refreshed and satisfied.
Then, by and by. from beyond the dark
stretch VI hefnlocks. from which the read
turns To seek a pleassnter way. he hears
the brook sing and shout TO him: and now
he grev's IL face to face. anu follows u
where it, ripple- merely kiss his feet. ana
anon where he must brave it In DARK pools
that frown and grumble, and where cais-
raots arr angry, and where bold. laggsd
rocks varn him that danger Is about them.
and deep ravit,e- echo with the sullon voice
al waters held IN check agains, 'hsr will.
he follow u through shadow woods
and .unlit fields where n nurmurs
peacefully bv grassy hanks. there where
IL leaps ia wsnton reckleSsuess from rock
to rock. yondcr where " giidcs in DARK.
smooth c by ~overhanging clumps
OF alders that nod and touch their tip
above II.
All moods OF the brook are bu, changing
JOYS To- him. And he casts his flies In pool
ana ripple and alder stretch, demanding
tribute from them all. until a. last here Il.
the ancient log bridge across the creek.
It's timbers deoAving and awry, for its only
us> for year has been To cast shadows
on the water FOR trout to lie beneath when
the sun throws down too d- o'ly H.
rays a. n~oUn!av-ths old meadow iu-t
IL. md. and the big elm on the hank.
spreading its great mat % shade on the
gra,s beneath IL the spot for luncheon
and piIc and an hours rest
lying Ia the cool shade of the waving
elm, the smoke ~ his pipe curling about
IN the son iun air. hc secs the sky. a. blu
a. blue ran ~. with here and there a feecy
cloud sCriddins across IL, and swallows
da-hing and fitting. up and down, high and
low and never resting.
he -c-.s the row Of greer b.she. that grow
along and Chamber over the tumhling stone
vallthht mark-th he line between the meadow
and the wood~ b.ynnd. and the cpol grove
Of NAPLES climbing the hill, and the old
farm road that winds aroun II. shady AMI
gras--gruwn He rss.s the meadow grecu
aud level, stretching away and a~ay. With
the COWS standing la lazy groups under
the big chestnut trees, chewing. chewing.
their uplld ewes closed. and their breath
min CLING with IA" fragrance that even
the b - can never rob the clover blossoms
of although they work all IA" ~liveluus dav
And u. secs the brook. and hears Il as Il
goes singing down through the meadow.
nov hiding a muineu behind some alder
Ia ckc'. then flashing INTO light agar.
and dancing l~aughugly on IL way. NJ
"a AT last into the woods where the
meadow ends. and losing itself among
their shadows
He ~ss MAD hear. II all. and but for the
brook s'ng ug ana dan. .ng on lie way he
might long lie will uglv there, INCIDENT,
Rtnid The hummins 81 the ise. and the
Fragrance 81 the meadow blooms. AM
" ~ 'ng there vas naught m the yid" world
hl.i sun and sky and hs-- and clover But
the charm. Of the brook WOO HIM ever
from the dangerous cCStacv 81 hem all,
and again h. courts it, every mood ami
caprice. until at last Wholesome wear
noes and the departing sun warn hin that
m" rare Iun dav 10 dying and he trnils
h"inewari with the evening shadows u
Tie swce, -brrath~i kim
All! The memory Of III And pity the
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