The Arvada enterprise., 1922-02-02
BY
IRVING BACHELLER

| two hundred pounds. all Of 1t bone and
muscle. But under his great strength
was q wOinan'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 . minis
ter. He could tell q story with pretty
rough talk In 1t, but always for Q pur-
pose. He hated dirt on the hands Or
on the tongue. He loved flowers like
woman. He loved to look at the
stars at night and the colors Of the
sunset and the morning dew on the
meadows. never saw 4 man 20 much
10 love with fun and beauty"
They reached Havana that evening
and sold their canoe to q man who
kept boats to rent on the river shore.
They ate . hot supper at the tavern
and got q ride with q 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 II the end IT all jour
neys," said Abe a. they tramped along.
ibid II ever occur to you that every
live creature h4l lts homer The nsh Of
the sen. the births Of the air. the beasts
Of the field and forest. the creepers In
the grass, all 60 home. Most Of them
turn toward 1t when the day wanes.
The call Of home Is the one voice heard
and respected all the way down the
line Of life. And. ye know. the most
wonderful and mysterious thing In ma
ture 10 the power that fool animals
have to 90 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 blaxed trail through
the pathless deep more than ten thou.
sand miles long. It's the one mlracu-
lous gift-the one call that's irresist-
ible. Don't you hear 1t nowf I never
lie down In the darkness without
thinking Of home when am away"
"And it's hard to change your homo
when you're w0nted 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 q moment. Abe broke
In upon 1t with these words:
n reckon there must b. another
home somewhere to 90 to after We
have broke the last camp here. and 4
kind Of . birds compass to help %
0nd II. I reckon we'll hear the call of
II - We grow older"
He stopped and took OF his hat and
looked up at the stars and added:
"If II isn't % I don't 80 why the
long procession Of life keeps harping
On this subject Of home. think I ~
ths point Of the whole thing. It isn't
the place or the furniture that makes
II home. but the love and psacs that's
h II. BY and BY our home isn't here
any more. It has moved. Our minds
begin to beat about In the undiscov.
cred countries looking for It. soms-
how We got II located-each man for
HIMSELF"
For another space they hurried along
without speaking.
n tell you. Harry. whatever . large
number Of Intelligent folks have
agreed upon for some generations %
so-if they have been allowed to do
their own thinking" said ABB. Its
about the only wisdom there h."
He had sounded the keynote Il Tie
new Democracy.
30 under the lights q hsavsa.
speaking In the slsncs Of the night Of
impenetrable mystefieA they jour.
nsyed on toward the land Of plenty.
tits a. still ~ . gravsyard." Harry
whispered when they had climbed the
biu6 By the mill long after midnight
and were near the little village.
~They'rs all buried In slssp." said
ABB. "ws'll get Rutledss out q bed.
He'll give - Q shakedown soma
whsrs."
His loud rap On the door Of the tav.
en- signalized more than Q desire fof
rest In the weary travellers. for Just
thea Q cycle Of their lives had ended.