The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-03-11

| Earth'S beauties now we see
Unfolding to the Frightening sun,
| From heritage, field and tree"
This is the most cheerful and In.
| teTesting OF the four quarterly seas
| ons.
The average date for the last kill
| ing frost having now passed it be-
| hooves the truckers to hustle in their
| leading crops, or be left" when the
| harvest comes.
There is some risk of an occasion
al later wave" but there can be no
| early crops without risking early
planting. "n at first you don't sue
coed, try, try again"
! Mrs. Delay seems to fear that II
may be wrong for women to indulge
| in gambling! Don't she know that
we men are entitled TO? Licensed
| dealers sell whiskey to cruel fathers
who go home and abuse their families,
| which would be very wrong If they
were not licensed to do so!
Neither can Mrs. Delay see any
difference between playing for a dol
! lars worth of gold and a dollars
worth of some useful commodity. This
reminds me Of the story of the deacon
and the Friend" Old Quaker BaTak
Van went to his deacon neighbor with
broken into the cOTnf1eld and destroy
ed about two acres Of his corn, and
he desired to have a just settlement.
"Ah, well, that is easy enOug1-you
pay me a hundred dollars and take
the balance of the corn crop"
mo, no." said the Quaker, "thee
misunderstood met was thy cattle
which broke into my cOTnfield and de-
stroyed the crop"
"Ahai" answered the deacon, that
makes the case quite different"
And sucl is about the size of the
difference between gambling for mon
ey and for its equivalents.
playing for keeps" seems a small
Rffair-but the tendency of such al
1urements is like the gentle but dan
gerOus tide where the waters of Lake
Erie enter the Niagara river many
miles above the great falls in its
downward course 20 Lake Ontario.
AS the waters Of the lake narrow at
the eastern end, q gentle current may
be family perceived, which shows a
faster movement of the smooth sur
face with every mile passed over, I'M
til it becomes most alluFing, appearing
so safe and harmless that one feels
like reposing in a skiff to glide with
the drifting tide the remainder of his
life!
I imagine a fascinated boy, as in
nocent of danger as the boy who
plays marbles ''foT keeps" who has
gone to sleep and is dreaming OF
heavenly flights with angel wings.
when a jar of his little craft by con-
tact with a floating timber awakens
him to find that he is far from shore,
and everything On either side Of the
river seems rushing backward with
panoramic speed. For awhile he en-
joys the situation as with a celestial
charm But when the waters begin
to Foughen into rapids" and the
boat commences rearing in front and
kicking up behind, he becomes alarm
ed, and grabs the only OaF-one being
lost-perhaps having dropped over
board while he slept
He tries In vain to work his way
out to the American shore-having
but little control of the boat, which
only whirls about as he is making
desperate struggles in his wild alarm
AS he looks ahead the frothy waters
seem to be dropping like a house
roof, and the boat dropping lower
with every plunge.
Passing near to Goat Island he is
saved by means OF ropes thrown by
parties Who had observed the boy in
peril, and we're On the alert to do the
last saving act which was possible, TO
rescue him
AS the little boat shot over the great
falls through the clouds Of mist, the
awful thundeTings Of the cataract be-
low made the earth trembIe like q
roaring lion which had been disap-
pointed in securing its prey.
Let US keep the safety compass
ever active, 20 shua the starting cur
rents which have q downward trace.
THOS. MMIELAN.