The Washington herald., 1911-08-25
CHAPTER XXI-Continued.

"Ah! fanatic. All! visionary. All,
dreamer, dreamer. And you,"
That is the rest of the debt. Let the
wheel turn If need be. Each of US has
suffering. Mine own is for the faith, for
the cause"
For what faith? What cause do you
mean?
The cause Of the world" she answer
ed vaguely. The cause of humanity.
Oh, the worlds so big, and we're so very
little. Life runs away so fast. So many
suffer. in the world. SO many wantr Is
it right for us, more fortunate, to take
all. to eat in greed. to sleep in sloth, to
be free from care. when there are thou
sands, all over the world, needing food,
aid. sympathy. opportunity, the chance
to grow?
Why" she went on, Il put out little
plants. and love them, always. because
they're going to grow, they're going to
live. / love it-that thought of life, Of
growth. Well, can I make you under
stand, that was what felt over yonder
in that revolution. in mid-Europe? l felt
1t was just like seeing little plants set
out, to grow. Those poor people, Those
poor people! They're coming over here,
to grow, here in America, in this great
country out here. in this West They'll
grow, like plants extending, like grass
multiplying, going out, edging westward,
all the time. All, thousands of them,
millions yet to come. plants. little hu-
man plants with the right to live born
with them. I don't so much mind about
their creed. I don't so much mind about
race-their color even, But to see them
grow-why, I suppose God up In His
Heaven looks down and smiles when He
sees that. And we've who are here for
little time-we who sometimes are
given minds and means to fall in tune
with Gods smile-why, when we grow
little and selfish. instead of getting in
tune with the wish of God-why. we fail.
Then, indeed, we do not pay-we repu-
diate our debt to ourselves"
You are shaming me-" he said slowly.
But I see why they put you out of
Washington"
But they cannot put God out Of
Heaven! They cannot turn back the
stars. They cannot stop the rush of
those west-bound feet. the spread of the
millions, millions of blades of grass edg
ing out, on. That is what will make you
see this higher law some time That
is big politics, higher than what you call
your traditions. That will shame little
men. Many traditions are only egotism
and selfishness. There Is a compromise
which will be fnal-not one done in a
mutual cowardice. It's one done in
mutual largeness and courage
"Oh. beat her hands together, as
was sometimes her way-'America this
great West, this splendid country where
the feet are hurrying on so fast, fast
and the stream now carries men faster,
faster, so that 1t may be done-it may
be done-without de!ay-why, all this
America must one day give over war
and selfshness-just as we two have
tried to give over war and selfshness,
right here, right now. Do you suppose
this world was made just to hold selfish
ness and unhappiness? Do you think
that's all there ever was to the plan
of life? All, no! There's something in
living beyond eating and drinking and
sleeping and begetting. Faith-a great
faith in something, some plan ahead
some purpose under you-ah, that's liv-
ingp'
But they banished you for that?'
Yes; that's why they put me out Of
Washington. I suppose. I've been twice
banished. That is why I came here to
this country. Maybe, sir, that is why
came to you, here, Who shall say as
to these things? If only I could feel
your faith, your beliefs to be the same
as mine, I'd go away happy, for then
I'd know it had been a plan, somehow,
somewhere-for US. maybe
His throat worked strongly. There was
some struggle in the man. At last he
spoke. and quietly It see what sepa-
rates us now. 1t is the wall of our con-
ZIONIST, just as you are in general revo-