Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-02
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this time acquired higher rank In the
army it is possible that he would have
entered with ardor into the new condi-
tons. He was fitted for such; young,
and energetic, and daring. Those In the
cabinet or in the army council have ma
terial for exercising broader views of the
machinery of war, and to the eyes of
such many things which looked at In
detail seem wrong or foolish stand out In
their true national Importance.
His dissatisfaction With the army
changes was the last straw. He took 1t
into his head that in future the army
had no place for him. The idea multi
piled day by day with ever-increasing
evaporation. At last his mind was def
nitely made up. He sent in his papers,
and in due time retired.
1t is generally the way with human
beings that they expect some radical
roundings to follow close on some volun-
tary act They cannot understand. at
once at all events. that the eternal
verities'' are eternal. Il may die but
one of his songs And this is the whole
story in epitome. After all, what is lone
life, howsoever perfect or noble 1t may
be, in the great moving world of fact.
The great globe floats in a sea of logic
which encompasses it about everywhere
What Is ordained is ordained to an end
and no puny hopes or fears or wishes
of an individual can sway or change its
course. Conclusions follow premises. re-
suits follow causes. We rebel against
facts and conditions. Then for some new
whim or purpose entirely our own we
take a new step-forward or backward
1T matters not-and 10! we expect the
whole world with it's million years of
slow working UP to that particular mo-
ment to change, too.
This belief that things must change in
accordance with our desires has it's base
doc
depth it is founded on vanity. We are so
important to ourselves that we cannot
but think that that Importance is sus-
tanned through all crea ton
For little while Lord Athlyne tried to
persuade himself that now, at last he was
enjoying freedom. No more parades or
early hours; no more orderly rooms or
mess dinners. or duties at functions; no
more of the bald, stale conventonalities
Of an occupation which had lost it's
charm. He expected each day to be now
joyous with the realization of ancient
hopes.
But the expectations were not realized.
The days seemed longer than ever. and
he actually yearned for something to fill
up his time. Naturally his thoughts
turned as in the case of sportsmen they
ever do, on big game. The idea took him
and he began to plan out in his mind
no. He had had enough of Africa to last
him for some time India for tigers; the
Rockies for bear?
Happy thought. Bear would just suit
He could put in two things; look up that
woman in New York who claimed to be
his wife and silence her. He wouldn't like
such an idea to go abroad in case he
should ever marry. Then he would go on
to the Rockies or Colorado and have a
turn at the grizzlies.
He went straightway into the reading
room of the club he was in and began to
study Bradshaw
At last he had found a new interest in
life. For week he devoted himself to
the work in hand, until his whole sporting
outfit was prepared. Then he began to
think Of the other quest, and the more he
thought of it the more it puzzled him.