Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-11-22

that it was easier for one WI hes
gorged at the fesh-pots to eostsn;
himself with the meagreness o. :
crust, than for one who has known
only the erust. Not that their life
was meaSre. It was that they found
keener delights aud deeper satisfac-
tons IN little things. Daylight, who
bad played the game in its biggest
and most fantastic aspects, found
that here, on the slopes of Sonoma
Mountain, it was still the same old
game. Man had still work 10 perform,
forces to combat, obstacles to over
come. When he experimental in a
small way at raising a few pigeons
for market, he found no less zest in
calculating in squads than formerly
when he had calculated in millions.
Achievement was no less achieve
ment, while the process of it seemed
more rational and received the sane.
tion Of his reason.
The domestic cat that had gone
wild and that preyed on his pigeons,
he found, by the comparative stand
ard, to be Of no less paramount men,
ace than Charles Klinkner in the
field of finance, trying to raid him for
several millions. The hawks and
weasels and 'coons were so many
Dowsetts, Lotions, and Guggenham'
mers that struck at him secretly. The
sea of wild vegetation that tossed It's
surf against the boundaries of all his
clearings and that sometimes crept in
and flooded in a single week was no
mean enemy to contend with and sub
due. His fat-soiled vegetablegarden
in the nook of hills that failed OF its
best was problem of engrosslng I'm
portance, and when he had solved it by
putting in draintile, the joy Of the
achievement was ever with him. lie
never worked in it and found the soil
unpacked and tractable without eX.
periencing the thrill of accomplish
ment.
There was the matter of the plumb
ing. He was enabled to purchase the
materials through lucky sale OF q
number of his hair brides. The worE
he did himself, though more than once
he was forced 10 call in Dede to hold
tight with pipe-wrench. And in the
end, when the bath.tub and the sta
tionary tubs were installed and II
working order, he could scarcely teal
himself away from the contemplation
of what his hands had wrought. the
first evening. missing him, Dede
sought and found him. lamp in hand
staring with silent glee at the tubs.
He rubbed his hand over their smooth
wooden lips and laughed aloud, ano
was as shame-faced as any boy when
she caught him thus secretly eXultlng
in his own prowess.
1t was this adventure in woodwork,
ing and plumbing that brought about
the building of the little workshop,
where he slowly gathered a collection
Of loved tools. And he. who In the
old days, out of his millions, could
purchase Immediately whatever ne
might desire. learned the new JOY OF
the possession that follows upon rigid
economy and desire long delayed. He
waited three months before daring the
extravaganza of a Yankee screw-driV.
er, and his glee in the marvellous lit
tie mechanism was so keen that Dede
conceived Fortnight great idea. For
six months she saved her egg-money,
which was hers by right Of allotment
and on his birthday presented him
with turning-lathe of wonderful sim.
plicity and multifarious eficiencies.
And their mutual delight in the lathe.
which was his, was only equalled by
their delight in Mab's first foal. which
was Dede's special private property.
Daylight had made no assertion OF
total abstinence. though he had not
taken drink for months after the