Evening star., 1914-08-01
Inviting in the Shade.


either. for it's hot out there in the sun.
No doubt the hammock or the old rock
ing chair with the hickory split bottom
would seem more inviting to one weary
Q from long walking. The singing of To-
Gusts and the droning of bees are soothing
on summers afternoon, and if there Is
vagrant breeze bsowing anywhere We
nearly always get share of it. If they
IuIed you into nap no apology would
have been expected. A good many people
walk UP and down our road. and not a
lew OF them stop in to rest. But you
were motoring by and had no chance to
90 these things. So, of course, you would
lack understanding of the emotion that
made Jane, returning. exclaim: This is
nome; our fiat in town never was one
/ think in that one sentence Jane
said about the whole of it. In coming
TO the country we had no thought be-
yond reducing the cost of living, of
doing something to enable my salary
to stretch to cover our necessities, with
margin left to provide for the in
evitable rainy day. The country for its
own sake made no especial appeal
But the question of profit or loss
somehow has become secondary. Our
successes and failures are merely in
cidental The trials and tribulations.
the diScomforts and inconvenienceS Of
II are accepted now as matters of course.
We have worries and vexations, it is
true. but they are put aside at night
and forgotten in the morning Now
OF the sunrise we have come more into
appreciation of the great miracle of
nature that makes of each day a new
one. full of promise and of possibilities
There is dawning upon us a glimmering
Of what life means
And If the rising of the sun brings
zest for work and achievement it's
going down is balm for throbbing
nerves and tired and aching bodies.
Evening In the country is a poultice
for every hurt of the most trying day
whether SDpnt afield N hoo or
IN the swelSr of the city. Nature puts
her house In order for the night and
the blessing of silence comes down
then by the sleepy chirping of a bird
or the call of insects. Lonely. you say?
Not If there is in your soul the same
peace that broods the earth.
Peace and Home.
1t is such peace as this which has
come to us. and which makes our ledger
and our cash book seem less important
than we had thought We may not find
fortune in the country. but we have
found home, That is the one big
vital fact of our adventure
But we have found other things as
well. Little Margerys healh is no longer
a cause of worry. We came out here
in March and she blossored with the
flowers and budded with the trees Out
IN the morning before the deN is dry
she goes all day long and sleeps the
long night through; and tn roses she
picks are no redder than the roses in
her cheeks cheeks the paleress OF which
had made Jane anx.ous-eyed and fearful
hearted. She is as happy as the birds
she loves to watch and tries in vain to
catch. and busy as the bees she has
learned to regard with respect and from
q distance From child more than
half spoiled and Of more than average
selfishness. her affections have expanded
until they embrace all that walks or
flies or creeps. She pets everything that
will submit to petting and the animals
are as devoted to her she to them.
Cd Bill, the horse. Lady. the COW, and