New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-26
A Fable fOr "Quintus, i" c. W., samu

"Quintus,' c. w, Samuel Mnturn Peck, Et AL
Once upon boy who earned little
the saving hrewood the neghbor His first job
was for Mr. Jones' taught him the craft Of the sawpuck and
buc Just hold the stick of wood with the knee and just
how make every stick the length The boys next job
saving wood for Now Mrs Smith watch
the BOY work. day told him that needless take
pains length Of each log that wood to burn that
comfort the things desired of frewood and that
form attered prove which she led the boy her home
before the fireplace which, on the cold day.
CHEEKY flames and cracking logs The Roy
the beautiful fire Smith obtained from the logs of
length and thereafter glad saving
50 happened every the boy Mrs Smiths house
wood she would invite him 10 sit before the fire. where she
taught catch pictures in the eapng flames And
the boy became and fond of cutting wood
Smith and less and less interested in the and regular
cords which he assembling for Mr.. Jones
One day an little boys mind Why
the Smith way? Accordingly ne did that days
WILL saving the wood Mrs Smith liked it sawed
returned his bank and the result of the
boys labor he became very angry
boy Whereupon the boy told Of Mrs Smiths theory
o wood-cutting The boy lost that job.
By-and-by the boy econcled the loss, mainly
through sympathy Of Mrs Smith, who explained that his trouble
novel that all Of all time had differed to the
method Of saving woodhat insisted all wood be cut
length and piled while the other cared
not how the wood cut being content to enjoy the warmth and
roared and cracked the hearth And the
told the boy he must choose his group.
the boy grew ne Of woman's
He that his dollars piled his bank
and regularity he required Of his frewood
that all clerks be sawed off the length
blocked dimensions as MS
And he also children Of Mr. Jones left him
live house, that his wife died Of broken heart
that though the village Jones' they loahed him
died the pabearers chucked inwardy
And he knew that when Mrs died the whole mouned
would have her. that she asked be
remembered by the hospital she founded and endowed
the boy grew he did the theories Of Mrs Smith
himself attracted the gospel Of Smith, but
could bring himself utterly the beliefs
Of Jones tribe he before fire burning
upon he did not stand and tear
Dis hair cry those about him This s not hre
fed By logs Of length Call it what will but 1t is not FIRE.
has beauty there pictures the flames there no
warmth had from tit be something new and strange
but be fire. because for generations has
built his fires Of fagots Of length and you can
not depart tradition Oh fire. We who cut un
lengths the only who build fire. We
bod secret; produce beauty from frewood
contrary silent before all fires Except
udges Of green wood and all flames all the
beauty al the charm all the vgor that his limited vision
MURDOCH PEMBERTON.
An Illuminating fable that Of Mr.. Pemberon's and good
Interpretation Of shaced and Free Verse But the
@e u fables and parallels generally contains flaw The warmth
Generated BY FIRE made Of regular logs Is the that coming
ron the other kind Of fire. Bu-suppoe Mr. Jones owned
a. automobile with circular wheels, while Mrs Smiths had
shseESoaled- polygona ellptcal Mr. Jones
ear would you up the HILL from whose summit might
ns Happy Valley the Busy and Possibly Msrabls Town
Maekcnsen Pushes His Advantage Dobruda The Globe
Advantage ssrvis.
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