The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-16
n, GENE srnATTON-PORTER.

sst., .,.INant ta 40 snn.
10 sciluSlon Inns su"JeN' ~ NV
ueu'pus | did not feel equal to u, so TO
vcr, and asked my friends.
NV w. 90 ,..u. 49, ,ru
aged from '"V w ''"'V 'o"" W ''
me
m. world was Cool. dim silence there,
.,.rv,yh,re b,xrinning to he
tme N'''"' -, ...A...
touched win re" an" so"' '"o'""'
calm vas broken only by a Few chicka-
- ard ,itmlre: occasionally a sparrow
~ a.. , cardinal whistled. while family
10y tho ,i,,lJs drifted in the notes OF
- m,s.anc for migration, and from
a. a. IA. u,,,.r the cries Of fiocking red
s,rys
Tho FIRST tree that spoke to me was
s,,n nutt,tinv a million exuuisitely
.iiv.r and green leaves set on
eu.a, s,.,,s that turned them in the
80, ,t.h sch faint,x,t breath Of air
ne.t ,nrtnuousIv they Whispered and
adv,,ccd aud retreated. making
49, ~ iii. e,,tuations of the hu-
". ~, 40 uus ma, I'm the least sur
.rIs.i when the aspen whispered to me:
Til ,.,nIe that the book of
q. ~ h.s, in the world. Saw to them
,ha, tho glory of the loves OF the human
-, "a IN. only one worth writing or
.s"it,,,
Wondered that a while AND men Il
..I could you proys itg'
"Su,elv, =, answered the aspen. Watch
.nIs I summon nv host of Immortal
,or,r,"
NV oh. waved her wilful head and
=, hor c,mmand through L,imberlost
go ,berc came trooping the dainty
,p,i. sxecthearts and the gallant low
.1 of an lands and literature. Hand
I'm hand they came, focking Hike birds
among my trees, uranus and Thisbe,
Iri,hos and lngelpre. Herman and
uorothea. N.colete and Auoasstn. Paul
and Virginia. David and Dora Lorna
r.. ar1 Ia.l, pIJd Rahhie and the
Ii,,ls Minister. Ichabod Crane and
Katrina van Tassel. Beaucaire and Lady
MARY. Mulyapey and Dinah Shadd on
s,i on they came. seemingly an endless
procession Of laughing faces. tear stained
tac,s. ayerted faces, all flushed from
the beating " love stirred hearts speak,
ing many tongues; hut all telling the
same story. and at the end, gayest OF
the gay. Nancy stair, Bambi. the Lady
Of the Decoration. Molly M~ake-believe.
Daddy Long-leys. lmperishable lovers.
with each pair of whom l had joyed and
sorrowed. So as the last one passed me
! nodded 10 the aspen and said You
are right. The o o of romanc is the
best book In the world. Nothing car be
SO well worth reading as the story OF the
loves of the human heart
Then ] noticed a gray DID maple Wig
orously shaking a mead OF scarlet, green
and god al me- 80 asked: now WHAT
is the matter with YOU HaVe you an
opinion coheerning oooKsF
Ine nflpls ahs"ereu' nave ,raV,
ehed around ,ne sIope, l ave Sro*~
seas anu T.n''su "ou'a.n, :
h'ei IN valley neIa ann ueep WOOL 1
nav sen VIC "orm wv aen az
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the ,rm os,sn is a crazv ioyesicL Girl
wa,,6 ,ia m,yhtv msn ~ vaInr whn
cora n, my s,mr,ors"
Then ,r,shtng thro,yh my v,ood wifi
cleaning sword and shining lance came
Don Ouix,te and Robin Hood Ruv Ddnz
and the Primo. of India. Monte Cristo
and Francis Villon. Kim and he Master
Of Rallartlne. Sinbad Robinson Crusoe
and tbe Y rr.r OF Pin. Narciss,,s trailing
behind on foot. a gallant host adyentur-
Ing for love OF the game. playing with
HE as carel.sslv as n practised iugyler
tossing halls. from Hood in ~velvets to
Crusoe In skins. daring men whose prov.
ince is to teach courage and fearless ad-
herence 20 conviction. So ! waved &c
them in passing and cried: March or
stardily, You stand for courage and
daring You are from the best books
in the world"
Whack. on my head came an ar
hetiye blow. Startled, | looked up tc
sec that last nights frost had begun t.
loosen the nuts of a giant hickory above
ME and II had 1rpnnaI tho first nn m