The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-01
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THE TRAPPING: MAN
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inc travelling man goes forth in the SPRING
s s.l ana lertllizes the! earth with unctuous
STORY, and In the autumn he Joins in the
harvest song, covering his person the while
win nne linen and velvet out of his expense
money. HE knows his rights, and knowing
oares maintain Therefore he lives on the fat
OF the land, despising small things, and cult
vates the nperal arts, or the art Of being lib
eral which is much the same. Like the busv
bee that bears the pollen from flower to flow.
er' So ne bears seed thoughts from man to
man, and the world fructifes and is more glad
and bountiful for his being in it.
, he is ever q pilgrim but never a stranger.
ne sings In the Church. talks politics on the
street ana plays cards Oh the train. He cheers
ne country merchant educates, the cross
]roaos politician, and ~ dropping a dollar
among the Peter Pence throws a ray OF light
athwart the pathway of the man of God. 4
homeless wanderer. his grip is no less en-
|, Darrassed In the checkroom than he among
the children Of men. He is easy and informal
IN his manner, and often engages the atten-
ton of the waiter. girls. without the eccen-
/ net them elsewhere, eon his route. and. it
makes him feel at his. own hreside to hear
their gentle voices calling roast beet roast
mutton. zeal. and Irish stew. And, if he is
true knight: of the grip he will ,aptly an
sWer, Give me Irish, too. so there is a new
t4os.e oH LIZ pQFcetaln GYnbals and Joy about
the board Of the Wayside Imp that day. ~
But beneath :t' the gaRssaad nonchalant de-
meanor there y, oft rmas a serious vein, Some
little locket holds tie counterfeit of those who
have q story. or in his watch case is a. face
that: is MUCH to him. More than one depend
ent relative may be a spensioner on his purse:
ana now and then hes takes a. fxer in the
market. Just to chance a little Christmas pres
ent Tor the ,ffesfde folks at home He ,troub-
Ies not the world with his, own affairs, wheth-
er Of grief OF gladness, 4but bears to all about
MN me. spirit OF romance and knight errantry
or which he is tho only representative: extant
he sits at the same board with a farmer and
| pays twice as much fol. his meals without a
| murmur, and has no intention LOT starting a.
new political party to right his wrongs. =, Now
ana then he: drives across the country. and
after buying the team -presentsait.to his host
He travels nights and Sundays, spoils dream
Of home to catch train. and worse than a
soldier campaigns in wet and dry hot and
cold. He eats oleo for. butter, drinks abomi-
nah1e, lukewarm coffee without cream, de-
yours eggs that any hen ought to be ashamed
| to cackle over. and Is RECALLED with spring
chicken that was beheaded in the presence of
her mourning grandchildren.
Such In brief is his lot. and such the hero
! OF the grip. His vices are known. but his
virtues are: all untold. Like the turtle, his
voice is heard in the land, and he Is soup for
many. He goes forth from the ark when the
waters subsde, to pluck the first green leaf
and blaze the way for the children of men.
Those who can't see his blaze will do well
| to follow his smoke. ~