The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1921-01-22
A LITTLE JOURNEY To The WEST

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our Now 1 lay me-" and 1t would nave
been down to sleep" had it not been
for the wilful and persistent annoy
night, who gorge their little hides with
...S uioou OF innocent babes ana care
won. LnOtners and cause words OF
flame - ISdp from tongues OF brawny
men. -
nence came they and whittier GO
ing, you ask: but nov can tell.
olily know Tor truth, they were a
power" and since even those passen-
gers VINO indulged not in the eNtidya-
,ant luxury oI a pillow gave eNideins
of impatient. restless suffering, 1T Is
reasonable to believe that they may
have been sort of special serNi.e
crew, whose unobtrusive devotion to
the system had made them painstak-
ing. efficient and tireless in their at
tentions to its patrons.
But these discomforts pass with the
night and onIy live in the memory as
"a scourge of the flesh which, IL we
would put see. demonstrate beyond
question the noneXistence of pre-
1erred class among our human kim, as
wen as the perfect oneness OF our
common humanity; that Mother Nature
distributes equally and evenly. wlthoue
Iavor, ner benefits and her distresses,
and has promised to no race or class
Il monopoly of the one or an exemption
breakfast in the dining car was
l tedious function. long delayed with
the tables filled with hungry, clam
orous crowd. The service was in the
hands of the conductor and pantry
man. for the waiter crew, wearled
from overwork, had refused to 'doupie
out"
The conductor was the spirit of
cheerfulness. however. and in due time
| everyone had something to eat placed
before hir:l. somehow.
! Westward with .such speed and com
! fort as the venturous pioneers OF the
early days dreamed not of, ana whlch
| in the stern reality of their slow ana
toilsome journeyings would nave
seemed to them more as tale to whet
/ far Of nf tender
like the beckoning mirage OF some
| o oerwrought fertile brain.
| Still westward ana onward through
out the day and another. night and then
| the following morning brings to view
away off ahead where azure bending
sky joins hands the earth around, the
| first line defense of this national treas
use land, the foothills of the noun
tains-those mighty storehouseS OF
and cloud topped symbols of the west
ern world which might very approprie
ately indeed recall the Mountains OF
Zion, upon which descended the healtn
| giving dews in Aaron's day, and whefe
| sacred history informs us the LORD
commanded a blessing, even lire for-
! And here we are at Denver on y
busy Saturday noon with its wei re-
i membered holiday aspect. YET now Gnt
| ferent in it's general physical outline.
| 1T takes no effort of the will to reallze
| that business blocks have made for
| themselves a broader girth and a far
The new and massive Union Statloh;
whose principal facade and huge anu
| busy Seventeenth street. releases 70
| roam the city's crowded streets the
rustling cowboy with his big sompTero,
| Indians in semi-native dress ana MeNi-
| cans. some in overalls and some IN
| trousered boots with gaily coiored
| llerchiefs about their necks, sinSly OF
There they go sauntering along,
seemingly gazing and wondering alb,
| stractedly what it's all about ana
giancing with suspicious interest at
| window displays or making brlet sur
| vey of a shooting gallery and heedlnG
| not at all the warmth of invitations 70 o
| enter. extended at every step of their
It's the same old floating crowd and and
| the same old everyday loungers we
| used to see around Blake and Market
| and Larimer streets. but there's no eSo
cited. hopeful desperate rush 10 malt
| gaming tables of upper floors no mar. ,
inr iistIess. nerveless wrecks VINO
| care not whether they be cursed OF or
blessed, and no tinkling giasS ;mnse %
of shimmering lights through ;"
| doors. ,,,,,,,,, family at
2227 Arapahoe is apparently just as we
| knew it a quarter century back-coss, y,
quiet and comfortabiei, tha put yoices ioi % that
now are still we seem to hear again |;
one. earnest and resonant with w3ros ,.
of warning and advice-the other.
yvbispering encouragement in a tender
tone such as mothers use. IT,.
Again the insistent call OF NOISY
| alarm seems to rattle in our droWs!
| ears while the aroma from fragrant
cup completes awakening to the duties res
| of the day. Needlework of qualnt ue
| dow are silent witnesses of the tlreies,s
work of nimble fingers-of the toucn
of vanished Hanu farn,s of toll
The daughter of the house. MIS-. rn"
Hayes. and a brother, now alone ,oor, re .
l Ind hnmely
mas as of yore, and the atmosphere
thai knows no counterpart was that OF
home. -, -, our stay Mt
Denver. replete with interest and lncl.
dent. could scarcely have beeh fin;te HrJte q
| Tuiiv or pleasantly spent had de1lni.e
nrn9ram been made for each moment
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