New-York tribune., 1908-08-30

say and registered an inward protest Still. II dis
content was a mark OF the Higher Life, we were
certainly attaining it 1t was WhitefaCe that
pointed out our mistake in this matter
Miranda" said She. in this communion with
Nature we have forgotten thing: that clirllila
ton that simplicity. YOU spoke about icre Nc have
been striving for more variety, more elaboration a
more ornate diet YOU may say, and OF course
IL against the whole spirit Of the thing
had to a,.rce with her We had begun At the
wrong place tried to improve what was already
t,erfect As far As being one with Nature vent
that IS in the matter OF dct.-theTc was no IiisheI
Life than that OF the Cow
WENT back to the stump fence 70 see II could get
L little more light this Higher Lite from these
women and found them sitting there with branch
Of old dried oak leaves and bit OF Wild carrot IN
their hands They held the carrot against the OAK
leaves and the leaves against the carrot. ana eN-
claimed again and again over the beauty ot them.
Uplifting SAID the one
"Ennnblingt" said the other
Only in the Higher Lie can Ec appreciate the
beauty of these simple things What are roses ana
lilies compared with them. .
Yes. Or Jewels pictures. We shall be nobier
and better all our days for this
SPRAYS of wild carrot and broken, hat-dead blt OF
oak could make one nobcr and better all one
davs. was a thing | couldn't comprehend But
am open minded if nothing else, and II httie thing
like that would upt me. Miranda Hopkins was
not the Cow remain in the mire.
| had to hunt around good deal before found
a branch as withered and decrepit as the one they
had and after al had to take a bit OF beech IN
1
much difference. | put it with some wild carrot
on stone pile, and sat down before them to be
uplifted l arranged the bits OF Wild carrot on one
side of the dead beech branch, and 1t didn't seem
to have any effect | put them over on the
side and still didn't feel either my nlnd or my
soul inclined to soar Then | climbed up on the
stone pile and looked down on them. | didn't feel
poetic | didn't feel ennobled. | didn't feel up
lifted physically And as it was hot and sunny on
that stone pile. went to where WhitetaCe and
the Spotted Heifer and dear Hereford Ill were
resting in the shade, carrying my dried beech twig
and the withered wild carrot
miranda" said Hereford III what on earth
have YOU got that wild carrot for? Don't you know
it will make YOU i'll No intelligent Cow with any
knowledge of her internal construction would eat
wild carrot
Hereford III said l, II am not going to eat
the wild carrot; am Just going to look at 1t 1t
is an ennobling influence And as for this dead
Hereford III. got up. Whiteface got up. Even
the Spotted IIeifer pulled herself out of the mud
at the edge of the brook They all gathered round me
Yes said l, that is one object of a Lowing
Kline 5 existence: to and appreciate the beauty
of wild carrot. You must feel the inner greatness
of pile, and you must uplift your groveling
consciousnesscs by the contemplation of a gnarled
branch These things may look to you simply like
carrot and dead oak; but if you have brains.-
brains and heart and soul and a deep insight into
the hidden things of lfe,you will see that they are
bewilderingly beautiful in their artistic simplicity
\ single flower, single stone, or even an old
fence rail- should give you thoughts tht lie TOO deep
for tears
Hereford Ill said that of these things made
him feel half SO bad as to see an intelligent Cow
like me carried away by a crazy idea SAID he
couldn't understand how had ever been taken III
byit; ..1 .... ,.
taken in by this idea, not at all It. quite the other
way: We taken it in and it's making new Cow
of me, a nobler, better, loveer being As a Low
ing Kline grazing in the Field Beautiful. L am try
ing life steadily, and to see it whole This is
Il God