The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-05-18

Gabriel Dante Swift w1s crazy
Gone out Of his mind over fool poetry
books. commented the village sage
snd barber. Felix Todd. Saif, had
oeen caught reading poetry book .
ioony thing called Heats F.dymion,
while tn. unread morning paper lay
discarded
Felix had dropped into Gauriels
real estate Office to discuss n. news
about the earthquake. Gabriel said b"
hadn't heard anything about it
hadn't SOFA The paper Vet
When F.lis searched foT it he found
Il in the waste basket He peePed
over Gabriels shoulder as he stopped
TO pick II up aud saw lot OF stli.-
ness about his love dancing before The
gate of h.a,en He tooh another peep
as he arose. and read words that
weren't ii for a good moral man 10
read about arms. = naked waist ami
Cupid
lie vas going TO give Gabriel some
pointed advice when he noticed some
thing which looked like d set Of res
olutlons hanging on the wall over III"
tons Gabes been making. he said
y himself and read
MY CREED
There is soul in everything that
bas life.
There Is spirit in the waterfalls.
Each lake and glyer Is II person
sIity
The teachings OF the ancien's were
cot myths They are facts, obsCHred
y the smoke oi our factories
The shadow OF the dollar has hid
cen the sun.
Concentration on the material has
Killed perception Of the spiritual
The mind Of man is all potent He
ohO Viii may s.e in the fountains the
| beautiful InhaDirers thereof and be
aoli the exquisite forms that dance IN
.ae waterfalls
The secret is concentration Of the
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Felix sighed. aud passed ont TO tell
his customers about H. Poor teilnR,
there was no use in chldus him H."
was daft II all came ui r"ad.u-
-gazy poetry books
''tANf. 4'l t'tH'.- VIZ '''f.-H-. '4'F--
adly. as his visitor went ont
Pig be mugtersd. HIS sr-lei is
he morning paper lie is 0t tile age.
tie THINKS more OF a monster that Mn
turn out horseshpr~ Al d hundred a
minute or grind so-called music, In a
Broken voice. with nasal twaug
han he does Of sunrise on the ga.
ter: o. all the glorious haTmonlrs that
swell through the forest uayes
! Opening his Keats again his eye
caught the following
GLORY and lDyeuras4 have passed ap.at
| For rf ~" wander uut In early morn.
Nc WT'4' rt lH's4s" Gu Ht -.t. lp".rn+
Into TIM East To- meet the smiling day
No crowd VI HttnPIa sstt-Nutt"d and
young and -s..
In wul-u baskets nr|Ee.rs ears NJ corn
Incense ha repeated The only
incense which the modern man toler,
ites rises from tobacco pipe; and
aymphs. II they appeared. would have
% Wear corsets Fancy a wood nymph
With an hour glass waist: bah"
He slammed tho door of his Office
and wandered out in search OF wo-
man who was young. fair. and didn't
wear corsets.
Concentration of the will" he nut
tered to himself Concentration o.
the will" AS he came to bend in
the path from where could be seen
tree-stump. cut level as a able he
thought OF a day, two months ago.
when as he turned the bend with all
his force OF mind and spirit concen-
trated in single resolve. to see one
~, # f.
which. he was fully persuaded lnhab-
tied the wood: a wood uymph. slow
!y, and gracefully had glided out
from between the trees and seated
herself on that very stump Stealth
! lily he had approached the shy. beau
tiful creature as she sat braidIng her
hair in the morning sunshine, and was
delighted 10 find that he had been
mistaken.
Forgive me. l thought you were a
nymph." he said, foolishly. as his
step, rustling among the dry leaves.
startled her.
oh. Endymion,' sne sighed. and
stopped in confusion Pardon re
I've been dreaming over Keats" she
stammered, taking a drab volume.
with gold lettering, from her bosom.
| You and | belong to the same fel-
| lowship. l. too. have wandered with
Endymion." he replied, taking book
from his pocket
| The level stump in a break in the
woods became their trysting place
| where they mingled love and panthe-
| Ism. But to-day, no graceful figure
with its flowing drapery met his
| gaze. Ii was not the day or hour OF
heir tryst Like the devotee OF
some footlight beauty. he beheld the
| .mpty stage and it was garish.
In mood of depression he crossed
| 10 the sward and passed into the