The Washington herald., 1911-05-21
How Harry Walcott
Found His Way
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that Harry began to lcse his supreme conf
dence in his own ability to find his way
hcme.
Either way he followed along the top OF
tho rS1ge, the monkey showed his dissa'lsiac;
ton; but the direction in which they had
Harry was sure was the way home, brought
forth from Colombo evident signs OF pleas
ure.
Then Harry thought Of the plan Of send
ing the monkey up another tree and allow
ing him to take another look over the coun-
try. in the hope that from the top OF this
ridge he would be able to see some familiar
object and thus know his way home;
Putting this plan into execution, he no
ticed the same effect on the monkey as be-
fore 1t was evident that he saw. something
to worry or frighten him, and that 1t was
something in the distance.
When he came to the ground again CO.
lombo showed the same eager desire that he
had before to cross over the hollow IRON
which they hal come, and to. go out oil It
in the direction that seemed the wrong one
to Harry: but the boy reasoned in this wise:
That he did not know his way home was
something definite toward doing SO, was made
clear by the very angry look that was spread
all over the sky; that there was some chance
OF the monkey knowing the correct way,
trce-.oIr; and, take it all in all, it was quite
as safe tc trust the monkey as it was to
go any further in the course that he had been
Arguing thus to himself, Harry started of.
WITT, as brave heart as he could command,
in the direction that was according to the
will Of his little companion.
After they had gone for some distance,
Harry became more than ever convinced that
Colombo was wrong in his ideas OF the geog.
whether by any possibility he could not de-
terminc on some other course.
BY thi. time it was getting very black over
head. and the air seemed to be filed with
were being blown rapidly over the, top Of
the woods, and he could hear above him the
dull roar Of heavy wind.
He had not yet had any experience with
had been told enough Of them to feel pretty
well frightened when he heard the warnings
Of its approach.
The fear that he felt was evidently shared
by the mt nkey. and when. in his uncertain
the one that they had been following, the
monkey jumped out of his pocket again, and
with q backward glance, that seemed to be
filed with ,reproach, he started of on his
own account.
Hull in fear. half in desperation, Harry ran
after him, hardly noticing the way, and the
faster he ran the harder the monkey scurried
out OF the way.
Suddenly, after they had been running in
this way for some little time,. Harry notice1
that they were in one OF his well known
paths, and then he knew that Colombo had
been good guide.
Picking him up in his arms, he hurried on
with renewed speed. reaching home and its
shelter q few moments alter the storm burst,
with fury of which he had never dreamed
the clouds possible.
Afterwar1, when he heard of mighty trees
uprooted by the wind, AMI great boulders
washed down the mountain streams, he un-
derstood what il was that Colombo saw from
the top Of the tree that was SO terrifying
to him, and that the monkey had again saved
his masters life in q way that showed how
wise, and observing the little fellow was.