The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-10-29
ON LIES HIGHWAYS
OTAANoE MEETINGS THAT FATE
WILL BRiNo ABOUT.
oraduates Of the Sans University, In
Different Circumstances, commUnsd
In the Northern Woods-'Ths
Weary Ways o. Men"

4 srAdHAts Of . great university was
campsd one night six years ago In the
woods Of northern Michigan. He and
his companions, lying upon n bed of
spruce bouGhs, with their feet 70 the
are Of blazing pine roots. heard twigs
cracking out In the darkness. They
sat up quickly ~ Q man emerged from
the shadow into the freight. q young
man. unshaysn. unksmpt. battered By
tate. and carrying . bundle under bis
arm.
Ths stranger ate and then he sat on
his launches BY the fre. with his
knees In his arms. and smoked and
talked. In . pause OF the converna-
ton the graduate. looking dTeamiiy
out toward the shadowy forest aisles.
ana hardening 70 the soughing Of the
night wind In the pine trees. quoted
this BIT from Mathew ArnOldS Dover
Beach"
Was once. too At ~ full and round
earthly shore
Lay like the folds % . bright girdis
faEfd
But now ! only hear
Iis mslAnehOiy. Ions. wishdrawing roar.
RotFeAtinS. 10 the breath
OF thu night-wind. down the vast edges
dreaF.
Ana aaEsd shingles Of the world
There he paused. and Immediately
the stranger took up the quotation and
continued Il:
An. love. lot ua b true
To enc anOthsFi For the world, which
SS ns before US liz. a land Of dreams.
- various, 90 beautiful. 30 new,
Hath really neither JOY, nor love. nor
Hight.
MoS esrtit1ds, nor peace. nor help for
pain.
AAA ~ are here as on Q daTksninE plain.
Swept by confused alarms OF struggle and
tight
whsFs ignorant armies clash BY night
The stranger was q graduate of the
came university, For seven years he
had been drifting. with no definite
aim. but always carrying In his bundle
three books. the "RubaiyRt." Media
TONS OF Marcus AuFeliua" and the
Oxford Book OF English Verse"
The stranger took from his bundle
the book Of verse. and the other grad.
nate duS out OF his knapsack q copy Of
Matthew Arnold's poems. and there.
~ the rrolight In the forest. they ex.
changed books. and sat until morning
talking, and then they ate again and
the stranger took his bundle under his
arm. and a. they shook hands In part.
ina. he quoted T. o. Browns:
10 i've within . eavs--lt Ia most good:
hut n God makes = day
And someone come and say
1'o' ! have gathered fsSGots In tbs
EsA lot him stay.
Ana hGht . nrS and fan . temporal
mood,
- -, an mOrniRS. when the light =
gEowh
TAat he his path may read,
Thea hid thu man 0od-speod
Ma morning h not thine. yet must thou
own
TAsg have . cheerful warmth. those
ashss on the Stonsi
And % they parted. and each forgot
10 ash the others name. and they
novaE met again.
ona day last week that same uni.
Vsrsity graduate. who had bean camp
lnW In the northern woods. went into
. restaurant on Grand avenue In
Kansas City for q bite and = sup, II
waa . cheap short order" place. The
woman who came TO take his order
siAnesd 81 little golden watch hey
tAAa hung from his fob and smiled.
when che returned with hts ten-cent
plate Of beana ana coffee she locked
again At the koy, which was the In.
sigma ot the Phi Beta Kappa honor
fsaternity. and said;
~ IN In Arcadia vixiAtif- ("And
yoa have lived In Arcadlaf'')
TIE graduate stared In aatonlnh-
ment. fingered Ais fraternity key. and
askaa;
"Yoa recognise thAtr
~ Certainly, have . hey myself
wae Aoep Il In my room"
"And how came you hsrsS WHAT'S
ne story
por answer ahs quoted this line
tsOm Ernest Dawson;