The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-08-18

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II know II, but there's only one Bin
kelso In the world" Harry answered
mournfully. "She was the one !
loved"
Yes, but you'll find another. II
looks serious, but II isn't-you're so
young. Hold up your head and keep
going. You'll be happy again soon"
Maybe, but ] don't see how" said
the boy.
There are lots Of things you can't
see from where you are at this present
moment There are good many miles
ahead o you, ] reckon. and one thing
you'll see plainly. by and by-that It's
all for the best. I've suffered a lot my
self but can see now Il has been a
help to me. There isn't an hour Of II I'd
be- willing To give up"
They padded along In silence for a
time.
Ut was my fault" said Harry pres
emily. 81 never could say the half |
wanted 10 when she was with me. NV
tongue Is too slow. She gave me a
chance and wasn't man enough to
take II. That's all Eye got to say on
that subject"
Some time afterward In a letter to
his father the boy wrote:
Il often think Of that ride down the
river and the way he talked TO me- II
was so gentle. lie was big, power
ful giant Of u man WHIP weighed over
two hundred pounds. all Of II bone and
muscle. But under his great strength
was wOman's gentleness; under the
dirty. ragged clothes and the rough,
brown skin grimy with dust and
perspiratiOn, was one OF the cleanest
souls that ever came to this world. I
don't mean that he was like a minis
ter. He could tell story with pretty
rough talk In 1t. but always for pur-
pose. He hated dirt on the hands or
on the tongue. He ioved flowers like
woman. lie loved to look at the
stars at night and the colors OF the
sunset and the morning dew on the
meadows. ] never saw a man SO much
In love with fun and beauty"
They reached Havana that evening
and sold their canoe to a man who
kept boats to rent on the river shore.
They ate a hot supper at the tavern
and got ride with farmer who was
going ten miles In their direction.
From his cabin some two hours later
they set out afoot in the darkness.
Going home IL the end OF all Jour-
neys." said Abe as they tramped along
did II ever occur to you that every
live creature has its homer The fish Of
the sea. the birds of the air. the beasts
OF the field and forest, the creepers In
the grass, all go home. Most OF them
turn toward II when the day wanes.
The call Of home is the one voice heard
and respected all the way down the
line OF life. And. We know. the most
wonderful and mysterious thing In ma
ture Is the power that fool animals
have to go home through great dis
tances. like the turtle that swan from
the Bay OF Biscay To his home OF Van
Dieman's Land. Somehow. coming over
In ship, he had blazed u trail through
the painless deep more than ten thou
sand miles long. It's the one miracu-
lous gift-the one call that's irresist-
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 to it," said Harry.
'Yes. its little like 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 moment. Abe broke
In upon II with these words:
II reckon there must be anothsi
home somewhere to go TO after we
have broke the last camp here. and
kind of birds compass to help us
find IT, reckon we'll hear the call OF
II as we grow older"
He stopped and took of his hat and
looked up at the stars and added:
''If II isn't So I don't see why the
long procession Of life keeps harplng
on this subject Of home. think l see
the point of the whole thing II isn't
the place or the furniture that makes
It home, but the love and peace that's
In II. BY and by our home isn't here
any more. II has moved. Our minds
begin to beat about In the undlscov.
cred countries looking for 1t. Some.
how We got II located-each man for
himself"
For another space they hurried along
without speaking.
IL tell you, Harry. whatever a large
number of intelligent folks have
agreed upon for some generations is
so-if they have been allowed to do
their own thinking" said Abe. "It's
about the only wisdom there is"
lie had sounded the keynote Of the
new Democracy.
SO. under the lights Of heaven, |
speaking In the silence Of the night of
impenetrahle mysteries. they jour
neyed on toward the land of plenty.
Its as still as a graveyard" Harry |
whispered when they had climbed the
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