The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-11

tt.,3ahed the gir op iar Jua% ol u"4'
over her broad clear f'rDAtan A'H
leaning his head again n0 .aeh %!
Tho rocking thalr 100 Hatl-' l"s
eyes he looked mp at lHr gray smoke
begrimcd ceiling
II was dreaming mf craf toNh-
lady. he whispered a-f dream.
"DreaminG She repeated
Yes / only have lNo dreams,
Which must seeu very sttause Io >"t
Whom you Jlnnk of hoY many ho0r.
So hCtc IA thc same chair .ocAlhs
cat OF the same window at .fpe anne
old tenement house ACROSS tAe way
ron see you are young 3nd nave
many dreams as au AWnE ptopr
should have HAD many many
dreams when I was VOW age o1t JUST
now there are only the ESQ
With her soft white fingers l'F
touched those OF The Old man resting
On his knee
please tell nae" she said what
are the two dreams a1out' I'd really
/ like SO much 90 know.
"Would you2" bee said think u
tell yOa because you would under
stand so much better than The others.
INC one understands me- here. except
( lerhaps. little Doris Ny irst dream
my dear. is OF a young man witA long
( black hair and ho Is dressed in
Ivetvef coat and plaid trousers aud
broad felt hat RE i5 standing on
the steps OF wagon which Is painted
( with gay eolOrs and IN large gilt let-
ters on the sides are the words The
Great MOzark' Back OF him there
fve
| field, and before him there is a broad
roadway The roadway Is filed win
\ great crowd OF farmers and their
wives and little children, and they are
+ all laughing at the funny stories he is
telling them And Why shonldn
/ they laugh for there is a blue SKY
over their heads, and there is noiA-
ling about them but green pastures,
! and fields OF waving corn. and wheat
/ and shade trees, and the curious
Hooking man I'm the lonE hair who
( tells them funny stories Then. when
/ they are laughing the loudest he tries
/ 20 sell them bottles OF medicine which
ihe pretends will cure every i'll under
/ the sun, and while they really cTe
none. oo no harm az all.
When The sun has set and the peo-
/ pie have gone 70 their homes FOR sup
per. the Great Mozark reeds his
horses and cooks his own supper IN
/ a little oven in his wagon, or over A
wood fire at the roadside. Afterward
/ he smokes his pipe and counts the
money he has made from the bottles
1 OF medicine he has sold And later
the crowd comes back, only il Is A
/ bigger crowd now, and the medicine
man stands between two flaming
torches and tells his stories and
| Handles words with the onlookers and
sells his ellxer OF life Late a. night,
when he Is alone once more, he goes
10 bed on canvas cot IN the gay
painted wagon. or, when the weather
LIS warm and fine, ne wraps himself
| in a great blanket and sleeps on the
ground with only the stars overhead.
AT the break OF day, when the sun
! is lust showing itself over the tree
tops, and the dew covers the fields,
the birds sing their morning songs
and wake the medicine man from his
long sleep After he has washed and
dressed the Great Mozark feeds his
horses aud cooks his own good break
fast. Then with the sun up, but the
fields still damp with dew and tho
birds hopping and skipping about
him. he starts on TO the next little
village, laughing and talking to his
horses as he goes. can see him now
as he drives slowly over an open
sunlit road. or again along a silent
wood.road under the boughs or the
forest trees
The old man pressed his thin white
bands over his eyes and gave little
sigh. That, my dear young lady.
re said. is one Of my dreams"
And the other9" Fay asked.
"The other? The other IS OF a
farmhouse just like the one | used to
know very long time ago, ana when
ever my travels brought me anywhere
near to that neighborhood | used 10
hunt up the place and lean over the
fence, and wish that some day the
house and the farm and the garden
might be mine. IL was just an olo
whitewashed house with broad
porch. and q couple OF rocking-chairs
on II. and there were always some
COWS and chickens fooling about, ana
there was also one OF those old-oaken-
bucket wells II really wasn't much
OF q place, but there was wonderful
peece that seemed 10 brood over ii
and shut il out from the rest OF the
world. was young then and full Of
deviltry. too, but | always somehow
pictured myself one day sitting on
that porch, and looking out on the
orchard. and seeing the sun set. and
the Ngnt OF tile day fade into twt-
light and then into the black night
the night that all of us must face
sometime"
The old man sighed and smiled at
Fav. Those are my dreams, my dear
Young lady" he went on, and then,
nodding his head toward the open
\. indow and the brick building across
the way. hideous with its network oil
rusty iron hre.escapes and this he
added lis my life
Fay pressed one OF his hands IN
lAeth OF hers ~ understand what Won
mean" She said, and I'm glad that
YOU told me about your dreams You
see / came from the country, too. I've
lived there all Of my lite and I'm
sure love Il Just az you love lt.
And yet You came 20 this
For few minutes Fay hesitated
Lyon see. Mr.. Hooker" she explained
II wasn't very happy where was.