Evening star., 1921-09-10

tn0n became interested IN tne AoHs
swing and made large profits through
buying during panics and selling dur
Ing booms. keeping out OF the market
during the rest Of the time. I soon
found that although playing these
long swings won for s,sn me 1aSa money: .ny "
other men. have not learned that
there is nothing of permanent value
In any Of the material things Land,
buianEs of
these things are Of value only as they
help us make good in the true sense
Of the word. BY making good in the
true sense, refer to acquiring health,
happiness. joy. and peace which comes
only through attempting to 1ollow
Jesus of Nazareth.
A story is told in one OF the old
seacoast towns at New England that
made a great impression on me in my
boyhood days. / first heard 1t In the
early nineties. Having been brought
up near the ocean; gong o 10 ,ee sneep
ing to the sound of the waves tapping
on the beach. the story appealed to
me. Moreover, as every winter we
would have four or five sh1pWrecks
what the story meant. Every ship.
wreck has great human interest
wrapped about it, and this one is
especially appealing.
There were two boys named Brown:
they were brothers. The mother had
dren were young. The father was a
sea captain, one of the best of the
town, but he was lost when these
boys were fourteen and sixteen years
Of age. respectively; They. however
did their own cooking and housework,
and went to school. The people called
them '.Hatchet and Handle" because
they were always together. the oloer
boy, Jimmie. finally went into a store.
the sea which only those OF you
brought up near the ocean can ap.
preciate, and when sixteen years OLD
he went out ION the banks" for
fishing trip.
The boy had been away only two
weeks when to that New England
! town came word that the vessel. with
all hands, had gone down. The dis-
aster was, Of course, great blow TO
the older brother, Jimmie-a terrible
! blow. 1t occurred in February or
March. The spring came on; the birds
again the trees changed their color
in the autumn. Still Jimmie was very
! sad In November rumor came
through the town that great four
master schooner had gone on the
rocks near the point. The boys OF
the town, as always, went with the
crowd to the point to see the wreck.
When they reached the shore the hfe-
boat had already gone out. It was
wicked afternoon; that lifeboat
would rise to the top of the waves
! and then go completely out Of sight.
Every one held his breath until finally
1t would come in sight again. Finally
| the boat reached the ship, took of
| the crew, and came back to shore.
i AS soon as it landed the life-saving
, men and the shipwrecked crew came
! stumbling out. falling exhausted on
the beach. They were taken to
i fire which had been built of drift
wood, were given food and rubbed.
They were gradually recovering when
a rumor ran about the crowd that a
chap sick and helpless. had been left
aboard the ship; that because OF his
weak condition they could not get
him into the lifeboat. since the
waves were too severe, the sea run
ming too high. Well, that didn't go
with the people of that New England
town, and they urged the hfeboat
crew to go back and save the other
man. The crew replied: mo. we can
not 1t is too much to attempt again
in these waves this afternoon"
Then. to the surprise Of every one.
little Jimmie Brown jumped up on