Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1919-04-26
ALWAYS HAS HOPE
Prospector for Gold One Of For.
tunate Men.
With Belief In Ones Luck 10 Be
"Just Ahead" the Bullets OF Fate
Are Things at Which
TO Laugh.

The typical prospcctor for gold. still
met with In the far hills aud deserts.
may well be taken by all men as an
example and an inspiration ms far as
the blessings OF staying hopes are
concerned. says the Los Angeles
Times.
Hope deferred makcth the heart
sick" says the proverb. But It Is not
q good proverb. No matter how long
deferred n hope may be II should
never he abandoned. II should never
be anything but an inspiration and an
Indictment.
Take this nomadic tribe OF prospec-
tors. for instance. The typical pros.
pector Is man who has spent per
haps the most OF his life pursuing q
hope that has never been realized. Yet
We never find them discouraged. We
never know them TO end their days
In despair. No matter how many their
years OF failure may be they will tell
you that Just beyond the next chain
OF hills or In the heart OF q still unsx
plOred desert the treasures they seek
are surely awaiting them.
A most sincere and persistent man
is the prospector. lie believes 10 his
qucs, and respects H. The little or
the much that he wins by spasmodlc
toll he invests In his dreams. He
braves the soltudes and the lonely
wastes OF the world to reach the goal
for which he strives. Hunger. thirst
aud other hardships and suffrrings he
endures with a willing heart.
And he never despaIrs. That's the
glory Of the prospector-he never de-
spairs.
The average man, hedged In by the
traditions Of towns and cities or set.
tied in the humdrum OF the country.
looks upon the prospector us queer
and somewhat demented individual.
We laugh at this strange fellow who
Is pictured to us as plodding along In
the wildernesses and the sandy desc.
lations with his pack and his burro.
following the will.o'ihe. wisps OF for
tune.
But the prospector Is only doing In
his way what we are doing In ours.
We are following each our own dream
as the prospector is following his.
The only difference Is that we pro-
coed In safety and without adventure.
Otherwise we are the same AZ the
wanderer OF the desert and the hills.
Atxxl al
we are easy prey TO defeat. while Il Is
death alone that cnn defeat the pros
pector.
II seems TO us that Of Nil the mis-
fortunes there are In lfe-and heaven
knows there are many-thc misfOr.
tune OF hopelessness is the worst
SONY for hope the heart would die"
said poet. II was n true thing 10
say.
And about this wonderful thing Of
hope there is another way To look N T.
and that Is that We should always
have at least one hope nhend Tint
Is TO say, we should always have some
thing that we look forward to- Then
II what we have In hand fails MS. the
other thing that we look forward 20
will stay us.
Hope Is something to be- busy with
II Is something Of which We should
accumulate store. Always hav.
plenty of hopes and have them So TIM,
they will reach out and last AWAY into
the years Of the future.
There Is really something mySterl
Gus about hope. II You will cherish
II faithfully and keep II warm In your
heart you will be almost sure 10 some
time realize II. II Is said that we ARE
what we believe ourselves to be- But
perhaps We might better say that we
are what our hopes are
Since then long-cherlshed hope Is
most likely 10 be- realized. surely I,
were foolish Of us 10 harbor hopes that
viii not bring us comfort and joy
Hope for the best there ls-noi grra,
riches. not any material possession
but peace for the heart and serene
path for The white years Of old age