Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-02-06

way VI tue performance | remarkos
in a sort of indifferent way thai
would be glad to get home and =,
a decent bath. thereby Kidding NJ
self of the surplus soil l carried 49,,
me.
Say, boy" he almost sbor..,
wouldn't that be fine and danAr.a
Then when he read the things 7 tr,.,
to say by my looks he immedio..,
relapsed into silence. am nr,.
sure that he regretted the spontan.
GUS exclamation which revealed !.
true, sub-conscious self and repudi0,
ed the philosophy of his daily life
He is a human being and he !,
formed me that he was a citi1or
the United States. He POSSESSES
average intelligence, l believe. wb..
on earth has soured him on ~.
home? Is not that the heart of c;v
ilization?' Is the home LOSING q.
influence upon American life? Wb..
is the matter with the ministers nj
the Gospel? What have they done .,
left undone that has incurred ri,
everlasting wrath? Did he really
believe what he said about them =,
did he merely give utterance to no,
nicious propaganda which he had
read or heard? Why are there -
many inefficient men like him, drift.
ing about over the country? Has IN,
educational system of the past bea,
all that it should have been? I'm
is not what it should be at present
what are the remedies to be applied,
| believe that at least some of thas 1
questions are vital and I faced them
fairly and squarely as I touched 81.
bows with my fellow laborers of tha /
threshing crew. Under conditions
like these l have described, a cara.
full observer can get pretty close Ia
human nature and see it as it really
is.
| did not stay with the crew long
enough to have the experience Of
sleeping out on the ground as all
the other fellows did. It was only
short distance from the threshing
outfit to the manse, so with the helm
of an automobile | slept where, civil.
lied man is supposed to sleep-in /
clean room and on decent bed Il
would have been no new experience
to me il | had, for | have often silent
out under the glttering stars.
have unrolled my blankets and spreal
them for the night and while sitting
or lying on them, / have watched
the sun dip beneath the hills and
seen the light of day die out in the
western sky. l have felt the chill
breath of night as darkness SLOWLY
and silently settled down over hill
and valley and plain. | have felt the /
dews of night gather upon me and
my bed and have partly realized the
great mystery of darkness and silence +
and oblivion that enveloped and
surrounded me. A little later on
have seen the waning moon climb
up in the eastern sky and throw her
silvery mantle over the sleeping half
OF the world while she drove to their
hiding places thousands of the small
Ter stars. | have experienced the
breath of the infinite in my face ID /
the dead of the night which awoh
me to realization that every other
animate thing near me was also
awake and in motion.
What causes this phenomenon,
anyhow? Is it because Mother Ma
ture suffers pang at the birth Of
a new day, or what is it? Does the
earth thrill with renewed life as the
light of day ceases to recede from
us and begins to approach again!
Who can tell? | do not think
missed any really new experience by +
sleeping at home.
When | at last left the crew and I
another chap took my place, car. /
ried with me check which proved
to be good for its face value when
l presented it at the bank for pay /
ment. | was paid at the fabulous
rate of -four bits" an hour and the
outfit was busy IL hours a day
Pretty good wages, l am inclined to E
think, and really believe it was the
easiest money I ever made in ny
life. felt almost guilty when toOE /
it, Away back yonder at the Other {
end of my career as a harvest hand 1
! followed the GRADER with a small
homemade, wooden hand rake ana
gathered the swaths of fallen gran
into convenient bundles for bindins E
Another person followed me am
bound my bundles with wisps o.
straw. For this work / received th
| pFincelV sum of 40 cents q daV ana