The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-02-06
NOT ROUND OF Joy
Some Few Drawbacks Connect
ed With Simple Life.
Man Who Goes Back to Nature Finds
That He Has In No Way Escaped
che Curse Of Adam, Laid
on Us All.

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itI For twelve hours out Of the twen-
ty-four / am now inundated In forest
near Vashon Heights, bordering the
clammy beach, trying to feed the hun
cry NAV Of the camp stove, the while
hopping my streaming brow and get
ting back my wind. The other twelve
hours of the day am dashing across
twelve miles of water In saucy craft,
getting to work, working, and dashing
back again at eventide to prepare the
hrewood for the evening repast. We
would get along fine in this world were
It not for the fact that we are obliged
20 eat.
My poets have lately referred much
to natures wondrous beauty that we
Of the city lose, and am now engaged
In Investigating the matter, but find
the little intimate matters connected
with living close to nature take SO
much Of ones time that one has few
moments for nature, except, perhaps,
II one be profane, to swear at the en-
tangling brush, the beach barnacles,
trying to saw through.
Some day when l get, perhaps, two
days firewood ahead, and the pancake
-four, butter and bacon, crackers, tea,
coffee, bread, ETC., all In, If the boat
is not whistling for the dock, intend
to lift my weary head from my sodden
task, brush the perspiration from my
eyes, and absorb some of this beauty
Of nature that hear so much about.
Last night l tore away few mo-
ments from wood saving to get into
the waters of the Sound. 1t was APP
parent at once that the Sound water
Is experiencing very late spring, and
that Its winter freshness has not yet
worn OF. However, after one is in
after the first shock-one gets recon-
ciled to the change, and the tonic eff
feet is highly celebrating. After the
dip sat on the veranda of my shack
and felt so well that l saw my way
clear to buy my winters coal and pay
the last half of my taxes. My good
ness, It would be worth while for ev-
eryone to take to beach bathing if only
for the optimism it induces can
even stand 1t to have Willie sit around
and tell me how to do things Willie
is only fifteen but he has an enormous
knowledge on every subject. he Is
here in the wilderness for the first time
in his life, yet he instructs me how to
saw log and prepare the firewood and
on other seasonable topics, and the
only way I can get even with him is
to send him two miles after milk,
thereby giving him opportunity to get
still closer to nature.
One would greatly enjoy commun-
ing with nature, no doubt, II one had
time to commune in this busy, stress
full business life. And there are hints
Of it. Yesterday the sun came up on
a world as fresh and bright as though
st had been made overnight; the soft
sea breeze came in through the win
dow, a strange forest bird chirruped
outside; the tapping of the water on
the beach wooed to further slumber,
and I was about to take another eyeful
and another earful when the camp cook
howled hoarsely for fuel, summoning
me hastily back to this material world.
II can arrange to get along without
eating, think / am going to like this
back-to-nature life Of the camp.-Se-
attic Post Intelligencer.