The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-26
Y1TH1N a minute or two Of 8
o'clock that morning the sun
rose, and 1t was broad, staring


water. heaving SLOWLY ribbon OF beach
metallic white, tangle OF INTENDED,
unproductive vegetation. village
equally untended ana unproductiNe-ex-
cept OF unnecessary babies-where list
less brown people moved without much
purpose. or. lacking the ambition even
to make snow OF activity' loied where
they were.
the tropicaI sun mad no magic or haIf
lights to tlnge II all with romance or
STIR IL into IugitiVe beauty. Sucn as
> icapa was nj hear'' II STOOD revealed.
When the sun rose John McGennis
rose too ana stood Tor moment. un-
sniVering IN the iukewarm air, TO look
down on the poverty OF his town before
ne turned 10 pour water over himself
out OF an old tomato can.
Like the morning ana tne sea ana the
air the water had no tang In 1t, and Nc
Gennis CRYING himself SLOWLY and
methodlcahy, ret no 1resher Tor his
oath. When youthfui ana well tenn
pered pody rails to respond 10 the caress
OF sluicing water there Is generally
something wrong with the mind which
inhapts H. There was with the mind OF
McGennis.
me troupie lay outside his window.
Ihat compound Ok staring sea and sky
ana stared at village which the day re-
vealed had overwhelmed him. As mere
geological and botanical facts Sicaba,
Pagros. the tropics, had proved too big
TOT MIN. They made OF him just spot
OF lie, meaningless as an ant tolllng
unendingly In the forest OF the grass
stems. Tiny dot OF intelligence that he
VvNC call Ia =. A. - -
triumphant physical forces. McGennis
had come to wonder whether anything
he could do among them mattered much.
Slowly and methodically as he had
bathed he dressed-right puttee, left
puttee. put the strap twice round. haul
II through the buckle and tuck the end
back neatly-and when he was trim in
his khaki and yellow leather he stood
for a moment with the irresolution Of
inertia on him. Then he pulled his
knife from his pocket, strobe across Ia
the thick corner post OF his room
stopped, and with elaborate care cu, a
notch in the touph dense ,yoo5
The post from the upwa rd limit ~ his
reach to well down toward his knees
was Jagged with such notche. Iv,ng In
groups of seven. six side nv sido ord
another cut diagonaI,v across thau,
They were n calendar NJ r,ora Tho >, "a,
nary Significance in tho vivid 20 a.,
maker. Each of them renr.son,a, = AZ,
Of "Grin. pabble yohhIa |" col, s,,.,' vs."
Off twenty-four hours In MI. ~
stuck nv bis ,rad,,,o, .., 'o
conner with tba, oo,,,., eNvis
which conv.ntinrau,, ~, ,. '"e "ps
nleasuro .o,Ir. ..'G 81 ,'' eNpresseS
his hnd,, In -. >. 'oou u heeI
enced bic to5,. .,t,.,,'i, RIVER
cjar, CroalW,s ~, ...,'i as an an
In nj, ot,,oa - -, ne Hau' DOM
~ S,oaha ",,.. ,"e pi"i'Ne society
,hou.,'.. ""ssieu ms Jaw and
10 snasoh,ass,a. e'""s disposition
wiz a. g.
a.ca,,o NJ 81. 80 enthusiasm OF an
dasr ~, ~ ...se Ieco'us, iheiaceabIy
u,hinh M ,'"ss vi the Gays Tor
ha No 80, nus 'here could
,ho ,,n sns staIihs at MN from
,ho. g. ms "oou' 'ney warned MIN
go. r,, '"e na're s',e'cn at least ne
oui,tor ee an" sa"o'e' OF DE
tn. ,
,ran,ioo, h're immediately
ro,na 49, - =. pe ais'. Mc'ehhis nae
a., it, ." ".s me nrst srlmace' the
s,ar ne at 'ne ioou ms occidental
Sn.. .ua'"' .ne i,rst burst OF lnane
s.ar,sa ~ Ia''. n"ru. once iairiS
-. 'e'a,he Verltapie
h., anu appeaiihg ne
s,..s , chat'er became
= ques'ion anu answer ana MS
. o fundamentally human
ST." iouhu even the iooc
D.. p'eieraoie 10 emptiness
t. '"'~ 'ne que. OF the eve
. s anu ne stIlhess OF the Ione
1850, "nu ."e natness Oh the lawns
,,r,u "aeN Continuity OH, 'he question
~, '"e use anu ne would nave
~. "e"' u "'ahe all over win MS
NUN"
n .n,s pai'icu'ar morning ne stooc
III ""ne staring at the jagged post
wnen was AT once cehotaph to MS
uepai'eu aays anu an aitar prepared FOL
.ne 'ac.i".e ., uays 10 come W!thou
co. l, M,,ehhls knew that ms iates
Ho'cm , ,"unueu OUT taie OF 800 Th'
poss'oeS vi 'hat one POST were mo-
sHnauS'eu YET ana ms mouse held
uoAen o'ner pos's, virgin stlI' ah'
s,"oo,n anu even II ne snouid ehdur'
:" nooon All we pos.s III an the houses
VI SNnp"' anu al tHe ITiHHinS pain'