Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-03-15

mere was no work that could
abash them: no risk they were not
ready to assume: no dagger that
appeared in their path could daunt
them or turn them aside. and
when a call came upon their
charities. the thought was, why
should We not respond generously,
for have we not undated strength
to create more?"
When some n overborne. fell
out of the ranks ard grew still.
that mattered not. The lxplana-
tion was that he always had been
delicate n that he had new - taken
care of himself, or il all tue usual
explanations failed, it vas said
that he was "out of luck" and
then some primitive philosopher of
the company would deliver an adj
dress and prove to a demon stration
that luck as a force in thu world
which could no more be fought
back than measles or vhonping
cough. And some near friend
would explain that the ancient
belief that the Fates watched which
thread OF life to sever with their
scissors. and what they did when
a man became so much better
than his fellows that their reckless
ways gave him pain was to
mercifully bring peace to h.m, and
gu the death of such & man was not
an event TO weep over, bul rather
to chant a farewell joy strophe
above to be 10 him q lullaby for
the long sleep.
When from the outsidc world
leraned and accomplished gentle
men came among the band, and
meaning to be genial and Pleasant
guests talked down to tie band,
it always seemed to Ine a LiCy that
no voice from the subcnnscious
intellGcts of those guests could not
whisper to them to go slow; that
they did not know their audiences;
for who among the learned in
books and those who have worn
soft raiment all their days, can
comprehend what it il for thought
ful men tc t2kc .ieir post 2 .aduate
course in that great university.
the faculty OF which IS made up of
the ocean waves that break at the
mountains feet; the winds that.
coming up from the sea make all
the mighty pines on he mountain
tops, the harps on which to set
their anthems to music: che desert
with its cold and heat, ana when
it sleeps under its pail OF silence =
that dreadful silence which is SO
profond and all enccmFas ing as
though all nature had dice that
the nerves of dumb animals break
down under it and they are STAN
peded. When to those hunger,
and cold and thirst aid her 1ships
are added as assistants: when to
these generous natures feel the
pangs as one hope after ano her
dies in their souls. can am mere
book scholar give such men any
instruction to much iuteIes them?
When a great cairo for a long
time spreads its winding sheet
about a portion of the earth,
when the sun beats doa the world
and the air becomes fetiG: then
suddenly the elements arouse
themselves and call up "A cyclone
or n hurricane to clear The air,
which in its track leaves n trail
covered with the wreck of forests
and homes and SON etimCs dead
men and animals. But the air is
purified. Men who live cicse to
nature take on some pf its moods.
What wonder, then. If sometimes
sections of this old band would
suddenly arouse themselves and
paint things crimson give up to
excuses ard perpetrate episodes
not to he approv I'd by any Sunday
school society in the world.
1t was a way they had to clear
the atmosphere.
But let no one wonder If some
of the native sons Of California and
Nevada are a little spoiled II was
the old band who did it.
And do not blame that ole band.
They felt n hope alter aIother
die in their souls. and bore Il with
out plant. They knew thrt their
youth wss about 10, fall eff the