The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-08-11

two hundred pounds all OF It bone anC
muscle. But under his great strength
was wOman's gentleness; under the
dirty. ragged clothes and the rough
brown skin grlmy with dust and
persplratiOn. was one Of the cleanesi
souls that ever came to this world.
don't mean that he was like a minis.
ter. He could tell a story w,th pretty
rough talk In II. but always for q pur-
pose. file hated dirt on the hands or
on the tongue. lie owed flowers like
woman. He loved to look az the
stars at night and the cOlors OF this
sunset and the morning dew on the
meadows. | never saw q man so much
in love with fun and beauty
They reached Havana that evening
and sold their canoe to man who
kept boats to rent on the river shore,
They ate a hot supper at the tavern
and got a ride with farmer who was
going ten miles In their direction.
From his cabin some two hOrrs later
they set out afoOt In the darkness.
Going home Is the end Of all jour
neys." said Abe as they tramped alons.
did Il ever occur TO you that every
live creature has its home? The fish OF
the seq. the birds OF the mir. the beasts
Of the field and forest. the creepers In
the grass. all 90 home. Most OF them
turn toward II when the day wanes.
The call Of home Is the one voice head
and respected all the way down the
line Of life. And, We know. the moH
wonderful and mysterious thing In ma
ture Is the power that fool animals
have to go home through great dts
tances, like the turtle that swan froiu
the Bay Of Blscay to his home OF Vsu
Dleman's Land. Somehow, coming over
In a ship, he had blazed trail through
the painless deep more than ten thon
sand miles long. It's the one miracu-
lous gift-the one call that's lrresist-
Ible. Don't you hear II now? never
lie down In the darkness without
thinking Of home when am away"
"And it's hard to change your home
when you're wonted 20 IT," said Harry.
"Yes. Its little ike dying when you
pull up the roots and move. It's been
hard on your folks"
This remark brought them up to the
greatest Of mysteries. They tramped
In silence for a moment. Abe broke
In upon II with these words
~ reckon there must be another
home somewhere to go to after we
have broke the last camp here, and a
kind Of a birds compass to help us
lind It. | reckon Wen hear the call OF
II ms we grow older"
He stopped and took or his hat and
looked up at the stars and added:
IF II isn't so | don't see why the
long procession OF life keeps harping
on this subject Of home. think see
the point Of the whole thing. II isn't
the place or the furniture that makes
II home. but the love and peace that's
In It. BY and by our horne isn't here
any more. II has moved Our minds
begin to beat about In the undlscov.
cred countries looking 70, 1T. Some.
how we got II located-et:h man for
himself"
For another space they hurried along
without speaking.
~ tell you. Harry, whatever a large
number of intelligent folks have
agreed upon for some generations IL
sO-lf they have been allowed to dc
their own thinking" said she. "It's
about the only wisdom thess Is"
He had sounded tie kevhpte OF TIT
new Democracy.
so. under the lights q heaven
speaking In the silence OF the night OF
Impenetrable mysteries. they jour
neyed on toward the land ~ plenty.
Its as still as graveyard" HarrT
whispered when they had climbed tn
blum by the mill long after mldnigL
and were near the little village.
They're all buried In sleep" sal
Abe. wen get Rutledge out OF bed
He'll give us shakedOwn some
where"
His loud rap on the door Of the tay
ern signalized more than desire fc,
rest In the wearS travellers, for jus,