Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-17

Born to love and labor:
Born to win or fail.
Born to have his troubles:
Born to show his worth
By the way he rises
When he hits the earth
He was standing near the edge of the road and
as he finished telling what the poet had to say about
it his feet suddenly went out from under him and he
came down the slippery bank on his shoulder blades.
AS he sat in puddle, letting know how he felt,
couldn't help wishing the ladies' had not been present
There was no use trying to 60 on because the pole
of the hack had been broken, and the leading lady
was suffering terribly with her ankle. But there
happened to be a farm house not far away and
things good deal brighter than they might
have been. We put Miss Maxwell on of the
horses the rest of us being able to walk although
the mud made it pretty bad for the ladies. The
Doc and Cytie and fell behind the rest and he said
Il think, Zachariah, that shall have good
house tomorrow night. congratulate you on your
CleverneSs manager.
l told him l couldn't where 1 came in for any
praise but he answered:
''Modesty, Zachariah, is of the cardinal viz
tues l am gratiied to know that you have it in
such fair measure
CLYTIE slid her hand into mine as we sloshed along
- and pressed UP close to me; SO didnt bother any
about the Docs idea of my ability manager.
l glad to be there. Her hand was soft and
warm and moist. and when squeezed it she squeezed
back shouldn't have worried if the house we were
headed for had been thirty miles away The Doc
hurried on to catch up with the Monte Criso people,
leaving Clytie and me alone. She snugged closer
took a long breath and was getting her neatly
gathered in my arms, when two hands came between
our faces, pushing us apart
''Zachariah,' said the Doc, I'm afraid my poor
child is weary. We will let her lean upon us, and
help her onward"
Something cold seemed to triclle down my back.
1t might have been randrop but guess it wasn't.
WHEN we reached the farm house we found lot
w of wagons and bugges in the yard and heard
music inside. The Doc said he Judged that it was
either wedding dance 1t was wedding. The
farmers son going to get married to girl whose
ceremony. The groom had gone after her. and his
family and their friends fidgetng good deal,
for fear something had happened
1t was big, roomy place, and Angel Willie didn t
pany kept all night, although the farmers wife said
some of would have to sleep in the barn. While
the leading lady's ank. being doctored there
commoton outside. The groom had got
covered with mud The girl pretty little
thing, in spite of the way she spattered; but she
badly scared So the boy, who said the
brides father and brothers and some of their friends
coming to stop the wedding
Never mind, my good people, said the Doc, we
will see you through, and l may say that when
Quintius Coglostro decides to see thing through
obstacles vanish like that" He had held his hand
kerchief up and it suddenly disappeared
Il think" he went on, that 1 can speak for my
fellow travellers when say we will stand by you,
come what may. Why should the base materialism
of age be suffered to intrude itself upon the
Where love is there is always hope
Love leaps the stormy
Love makes us bold; love is the dope
That gives us strength to ably cope
With all enemies,
Be they or men or tieas.
The preacher getting ready to start the
marriage, when the brides people arrived outside