Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15

Truly Rarsl Trip On Typical Tooner.
Vile Trolley May Bring One Rest
In Biz q Country the City
Has Fergotten
NJ SARAH u: LOWRlE

~ there was q place. near town where one
could escaps into The ScYntr,Itne s. Ies!
SS scvsss. se u 20 Sses sSs ou. % and no one e
ask you where you were eoinR.
A sudden vision of a farmhouse at which
! had spent the night with. some friends
tn.S sotamn came to me, and ! sneC !" -
and sssp and and q. st'Snd and pes Sp eonss:sstiSS
ling up shs e; rs1.I:d :HS sSs sleeve 's q care"
A great deal depends on your spprcesh
g place, whether II strikes you ~ reettul.
GsS,s sSs q; ::s.s:.. s:s.ps'. ss :y isss. mile. '
pond Of the country. :,
=. The one va to get into the rhythm yNs.' Of
Ss % Il. .uf :.us.S + q sSs
starts from Broad Is street iit.is after 3 r. n.
and arrives with casual air Of hayin1 hap.
Psnsd H. GU. beyond Media isa w.. wsSs Ss...s 10
quit. s is.. ss..e a -; ssoet. sESs c' west
A + SOME village the other side Of Media
"a the tall, white. .haired patriarch that
fathered the train ceased 70 call out the
name OF station when the train stopped. Now
and then he encouraged his .passensets by
prophecy q the place next In line. TO tne
to myself am and wss "So.Ser %i passenger ior Whom
Il was q maiden trip II was asitating. be.
cause We were not over. sure whether II was
that station or the next. observed that the
oshss stranger got c.t and looked ,os n!m .ni
I too almost made hasty exit at the wrong
stop.
However, barring that mote" Of uncer.
tsinty. tie mere fact Of taking 40 long a
tine tine to 80 e short distnns. S,,%,dh had the
Importance in a vasue past.
The Illusion Of being far from home was
enhanced by the unsuburban appearance OF
the countryside and Of the passengers that
Ect on and Of a. we'll as Of those who met
There were motors Of Fordish nature at
the stations, but there were horse. .deawn
wagons, breaking carts and once something
nearly resembling a "Germantown" drawn
BY two well matched sorrels.
The fields and streams and woods and
skirt survivais Of what had been country:
they were the real country, untrammeled by
the creeping inroads Of an approaching city.
Tho orange sun spreading In the west
vrs". aGTn Hnd out from c.,n ss :.S
untouched % the pumpkins among the corn
stacks.
The streams that followed and met and
parted from our route were as clear a. the
sir: and the cattle c.owdinE across the
crack nuts on the rocks a. they drove their
charges out Of the way Of the train. were
the only objects in the entire Landscape that
had the DIR OF keeping an appointment on q
time schedule.
a ! rot out. the driver Of the Ford from
Without 'Ssstd word. disappesr.d pear from ' sisht. h
The station man told me that he was prob.
ably looking, over the farm mail. He gave
suit somewhere within. Only myself and
some hens in a coop that reused themselves
proximity remained on our. feet on the
platform for what I would describe as an
But It was nothing to me! I had fallen
into an easy. irresponsible state Of coma and
could have stood somnolently yawnins there
W &hsn the =. hen; rSG Sr va: S:' t.,av N.
indeed unaddressed. Half way up a hill
the man at the wheel informed inc with
some show Of interest that THAT was where
he added th.t after two hours he had
'Oh. indeed" ! supposed ''her" meant the
Ford. but aside from an alarming churning
Of her inwsrds. she showed no sign Of lay:
A We approached the farm she manipu.
lated several swirling motions by which mail
was flung into the back doorway NJ nearby
house. and we took the circle before the biz
masterly suddenness.
0F COURSE, everything about the inside
~ Of that big old stone guest and alumni
house Of the. Wcsttown School. from the
thick walls, the pleasant open fires, the hig
cheerful bedrooms, the books. the flowers.
the apples. the pleasant. quiet meals and the
not not t"c early to rise habits Of the J place ~
In fact, all the creature comforts and the
cheerful imnaculat tcnesses are rests in
themselves. ! could not remember where
was whs" ! sct awak: rss. IN next % morning. !!
the branch Of a larch tree that had turned
golden. Il stretched across the window op.
posi.e the bed against background Of misty
:i The lat thing that remembered of the
night had been waking because Of the - utter
stiffness.
That CURIOUS. low. murmnrins growl which
the Csht thought st.o Of The, the ,t"wn and the
sS,s sronSd 0, ., N's the nsn%n ns naGs
we're perceptibly gone. Ny ear had to grow; grow
accustomed to the complete silence Of a
frosty night IN. which apparently not 10
nuch a. IedI OrOppeN.
COME ONE asked one Of the most en-.
y thuaiastic patrons Of the Wcstown Farm
what she did during the long still days out
there. she. was amused and said vaguely ::
"Well, there ore always the pigs. and
when YOU move on from them. there are the
I spent long while, but not 80 long A.
7 would have enjoyed, watching the piss.
They are MANY and varied md pcdisrced
and prolific. OF one huge SOW of registcreti
ancestors who got haushtily to her four
inadequate legs while ] sased my companion
"Her movements are slow, hut distin.
guished."
saaewsy of the sty q group Of pisiets abous
the sise OF hot water bottles were eating
corn COT supervised by two red hens-scif. .ap:
% twsmtv or 70 white. red. black and white
piss. These had the freedom Of ali outdoors
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