The Red Cloud chief., 1905-05-05

Si ul''h ~ "i'
ing gaycty into mems hearts. The little
stations hummed with hustle and noise,
big farm wagons ratified of up the vii.
laye streets and raced with ''cut under
or omnibus; people walked with quick
steps; the baggagcmastcrs called
cbeerily to the traininen. ana the
brakemcn laughed goodbys to rollick'
ing girls. At times the train ran be-
tween shadowy groves, and delicate
landscape vistas, framed in branches,
opened, closed and succeeded each oth'
err, and then the travellers were carried
beyond into the level open again ana
looked Il to where the intensely blue
September skies ran down to the low
horizon, meeting the ~boundless aislcs
of corn. Ii takes u long time for the
full beauty of the fiat lands to each Il
mans soul. Once there, nor hills, nor
sea, nor growing fan leaves of palm
shall suffice him. 1t Is like the beauty
In the word Indiana. 1t may be that
there are people who do not consider
Indiana a beautiful word. but let 1t
ring true I'm your ears, and it has a
richer sound than Vallombrosa.
All ut once the anger ran out of John
Harklcss. He was Il hard man for
anger to larry with. And in place OF 1t
a strong sense of home coming began
to take possession of him. lie was GO
ing home. Back to Plattville. where |
belong he said to himself without bit.
t%erness. and it was the truth. Every
man cometh to his wv place In The
end"
Yes, as one leaves Il gay acquaintance
Of the playhouse lobby for some hard
handed, tried old friend, so he would
wave the outer world gOdspeed and
come back to the old ways Of Carlow.
| What though the years were dusty, he
had his friends and his memories and
his old black brier pipe. He had a
girls picture that he should carry In
his heart till his last day, and If his
life was saddcr 1t was infinitely richer
for It. His winter fircside would be not
so lonely for her sake. and, losing her,
he lost not everything. for he had had
the rare blessing of having known her.
And what man could wish to be healed
Of such Il hurt! Far better to have had
it than to trot n SNUG pace unscathed
He had been a dullard, Il sluSgard,
weary of himself. unfit TO fight, Il fail
ure in life and Il failure in love. That
was ended. He was tired of failing.
and ii was time to succeed for awhile.
To accept the worst that fate can deal
and to wiring courage from 1t instead
Of d~cspair-that is success, and 1t was
, the success that he would have. lie
would take fate by the neck. But had
1t done him unkindness? He looked
out over the beautiful, 'mOnotonous
landscape, and he answered heartily
mo-" There was ignorance in man,
but no unkindness. Were man utterly
wise he were utterly kind. The Cross
readers had not known better, that was
all.
The unfolding aisles of corn swan
pleasantly before his eyes. The earth
ed. The clement sun and summer rains
FASTENED the fruition. YOnder stood
the brown huystack, garnered to feed
the industrious horse that had earned
his need. There was the straw thatch
ed shelter for the cattle. How the or
chard bOughs bent with their burdens
The big red barns stood stored will
the harvest, for this was Carlow coun
ty, and he was coming home.
! They crossed Il byroad. An old mar
with "A streaky gray chin beard wa!
sitting on Il sack Of oats in Il scatles'
wagon waiting for the train to pass
Harkless seized his companion excited
ly by the elbow, Tommy" he cried
"it's Kim Fentriss! Look! Did 20,
see that old fellow!'
II saw II particularly uninterestet
and uninteresting gentleman sitting Oh
q bag" replied his friend.
"Why. that's old Kimball Fentriss
, He's going to town. He lives on TIN
edge OF the county,
SCAN this be true?" said Mereditl
gravely.
IL wonder" said Harkless thought
, fully a few moments later-"I wOnde
, why he had them changed around"
. "WhO changed arOund!"
"The team. lie always used to driv
! the bay on the hear side and the Sol
rel on the Off"
"And mt present." rejOined Meredith
81 am to understand that he Is driving
!, the sorrel on the near side and the ba.
. on the off 2"
/, That's it," returned the other. III
! must have worked them like that 70
: some time, because they didn't loo
uneasy. They're all right about tn
train, those two I've seen them STAN