The Ordway new era., 1922-08-18

used to carry wood. coal, vegetables
and what-not, fit nicely on the head
when the corners are tucked one in
side the other, the length of the sack
giving ample protection almost down
to the heels. After a trip or two YOU
would most rather always stay at
home than crowd single lie along the
narrow sidewalk to make progress at
all, or hug the wall of the buildings
to avoid being hit by the side of the
street car as 1t swerves up to the
corner.
AS you look the passengers over
after taking your seat in the tram.
you wonder if every body has lately
lost near relative or is on the way
tc funeral The black hats of the
men. the black crepe bands on their
arms. the black dresses and hats with
long black wells which the women
wear. are all signs of death. Since
mourning is worn for both near and
very distant relatives. some folk are
kept in mourning costume practical
ly all their lives. The effect is most
depressing. Along with this is the
ever present witness of recent death.
the almost sinister looking. heavily
decorated black hearses which are al
most always in sight. sometimes sev-
eral at once, on their errands OF sOr-
row. The swiftness with which death
often comes and the law which re-
quires burial within twenty-feur
hours after death make it quite pos
and to learn the next day that they
will never be seen here again. All
this pulls at your heart and you long
for vision of Jesus and His provis-
with Him, to sweep away these signs
of brooding sorrow and dispair. II
is a blessed relief to get back within
the privacy of your own thick walls.
disturbed, lift both eyes and heart to
Gods Heaven" with its stars.
When night of rest has passed
and another day dawns with its prom
Use of the usual routine, yoa lind
yourself heartened up to meet it.
After brief scrap with Spanish dur
ing a fleeting forenoon, there is
peculiar delight in having the COM
pany of young Argentine teacher
! during the tram ride to Gleason In
stitute. She is voluble and insists On
1 teaching Spanish every moment.
Could anything be more fortunate!
Why, you understand some OIL the
lingo in spite of YOURSELF Before
long, each is possessed with a desire
to be able to really converse. You
can hardly wait and before you know
how it happanned there are rev
words you can call your own. Dona
Julia rejoices with you and the teach-
er begs you to study harder than ever.
To make you understand just how
necessary more study is l hope you
will take the wrong tram back TO
, Coleglo Nortc Americana as ana oiia
day. 1t varied the days routine con-
oiderably to find myself in tram MI
, led with people all using Spaiilsn
and after going q few squares 10 uis-
cover that we were headed straight
| for the country! After few M
ward gasps I tried and succeeded IN
making the conductor understand Tue
name of the avenue and shcooi. ne
! tried hard to explain and l was soon
conscious of the attention OF every
body on the car. Another tram came
along going back to town ana from
his gesture l judged he wanted me u
take that But it was total strahs-
er to me, 50 l just sat back Ill the
| seat with an air of resignation, reas-
oninp that most trans run on CIR
cult and l knew had seen the one
was on go past the school at some
time. The conductor then pulled OUT
his watch and pointed out that II
would he 1900 O'Clock when ia get
home. 1t was 1900 when l got oi
The country was pretty so begah "
eniov the ride. A variety of houses
there were, indeed; cement ones WIN
trim looking yards where tint sheep'
goats. horses and cows pastured' less
prosperous ones with thatched FOOLS
and not afew which were boarded up
with "Johu D's." five gallon tin OH
cans fiattenod out. In several yaras
the native style of open stove hau
some woman attendant probaply pre-
naring the evening meal. Finally 'hs
end oft{he run Was reached and the
masters of the tram departed 10 .
ha- Passengers began to