The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-09-23

great disgust he finally uprooted
himself from the spot to which he
seemed glued, and turning his steed
toward Paris, started sayly in THAI
direction.
Imagine our CONSERVATION Just
at the crucial moment to be whiZzed
away, willy-nilly and deposited at our
W front door. like unruly children
sent Supperless to bed.
Evidently he had dense8 CO con-
strued our instructions to lake us to
the place at which we were first sta
toned, TO mean the place from which
we started, n SO here we were
h~enleward bound while the Grand
Prix went or without US.
But why make longer an already
long story?
With frantic gesticuiativns that
would ave put to shame the antics
of the most animated Frenchman ex-
tant, and that almost brought a strok.
OF apoplexy upon us. we finally sue
ceeded in making him understand our
wishes, and turning back, arrived az
the goal of Our ambition Just in time
to see h gay crowd at its best. And
II only | could picture it for you-tha.
vivid. dazzling. scintillating throns
in all the animation Of a Paris race
day.
Some Glass Here.
True there were gowns and Jewels
that would have done credit to tbs
most elaborate evening function rath-
er than an affair in the glazing light
OF day, but there were others SO Won
derfuf, SO exquisite, 50 undreamed of.
And then h slender elegance OF
the women; the patrician poise OF
their heads: the Easy unconscious
grace OF them: their light dalrance-
the gay, innocent, butterfly air OF
tnem! 1t Is all the dernier ,cri in
fashion, in beauty, in animation and
UIu4iAncy, and as we drove in the
pos AMID that vivid, laughing throng
the very air around US sparkled like
champagne and we were as %intoxicat-
: with the beauty and delight Of t all as
if we q been taking long draughts
OF that beverage.
mad not thought to write again OF
france. but next time 1 must talk a
Iilttfe-a very little, / will promise, Of
mails OF Versailles. Of F~ontain-
Dieau, and Roneu-Roneu that mos.
spot in all France.
Doubtless 1 have already written
700 much OF this country, n you
"oulo perhaps prefer to hear Of
e.her things, but those of you who
. nave ever fallen under the lure OF
enis oiuen, golden land through which
are will understand the
spel Il mas cast upon me, if By
, ahS cnance 1 have seen it through
1 your eyes as we'll as my own-if |
nave been fortunate enough to hav
N the slightest degree recalled it to
4 you as 1T first unfolded tself before
{ your delighted vision. 1 feel hat 1
E VIII De forgiven for my endless chat
! N, ABOUT 1t. while for those OF YOU
I ~n1 nave grown weary OF all this talk
2 ~ france and things French. there is
. Always the happy advantage that
.eauer Possesses over writer. which
uoootiess has been awaited of long
mere where there are so many
lungs unseen, yet visible, so many
h rings unspoken. yet heard NOR.
eIeAriy than any trumpet call, SO
f nHucn nat is unknown. yet known:
: 90 much that is strange. yet familiar
anu familiar. yet strange, "alI blend
: together In q living song that CULVER,
8 ever onward through the air" it IA
v nard TO know which subject TO give
precedence over anOther-hard Ia
Ieaize where interest may follow YOU
. anu "nere fail, for after all has been
: sald and written, the better part Of
Il all. the real heart OF it. must ever
> remain untold. and you realize thai
you nave still failed TO give exDressios
: 10 tnose things that really consecrakl
- M 1tIn~