Evening star., 1924-02-15
BY EMERSON HOUGH
Copyright. 1923. BY D. Applstsn L os.)

again. laughed William Clark. the
light-hearted. "Come now, help me
get my eelskin about =my hair. We
, ther up the river. 1: trust to take
it back home with me. after all. now
that we seem safe to pass these Sioux
without fight. / am happy enough
that our business today has come out
SO well. I am bit tired and an old
this morning; so I am ready to turn
into my blankets. Are all the men on
the roll tonight?"
Sergeant Ordway: reports Shan
non still absent. 1t seems he went
out on the hunt this morning, and
time, think. VIII. to see if he comes
in. 1t is rather a Wild business for
body to lie out all night in such
country, with only the wolves for
as you say. For me. 1 might be a
better sleeper than L am"
Yes, that is true" rejoined Will
Clark, rubbing his bruised leg. "It
is beginning to shew on you, too,
| omer and doctor and bookkeeper and
record-keeper and all that? No, you
think not-you must sit UP all night
by your little fire under the stars
and think and think. oh. 1 have
seen you. Merne! / have seen you
sitting there when you should have
] been sleeping. Do you call that lead
ership, Capt. Lewis? The men are
| under you. and If the leader is not
| fit, the men are not. Now, a huma n
body will stand only so much-or a
human mind. either. Merne. There
| is a limit TO effort and endurance.
! His friend turned to him seriously.
! You are right. WILL" said he. Il
! owe duty to many besides myself.
t,l- I,t ha r1
! You cannot carry the whole world on
your shoulders. Look now, l have
not been so blind as not to see that
something is going wrong with you.
Merne, you are i'll: or will be. Some
! thing is wrong?"
His companion made no reply They
! marched on to their own part of
| the encampment, and seated them
selves at the little fire which had
| been left burning for them.'
+, sThe original Journals OF these two aston
ishing young meu-Snc of them just thirty
| years old, the other thirty -four-should rank
among the epic literature of the world; Bat,
/ from hand to hand. handed down as unvalusr
| heritages, 'edited'' first by this and then hy
actual @ " mntilation m or alteration of their text
I the. Journals of Meriwether Lewis and William
Clark hold their ineffacable clarity in spite OF
! all. Their most curious quality is the strange
blending of two large souls which they show.
( 1t was only by studying closely the individual
i differences OF handwriting. style aud spelling
! that it could be determined what was the work
\ Of Lewis, which tiat done by CLARK.
y; And what labor! After long days of toll
! and danger, under unyarying hardships. in con
! ditions OF EXTREMIST discomfort and inconveni
/ ence for stsch work, the two young leaders set
| down with unfagging faithfulness countless
thousands of details, all in such fashion as
! showed the keenest and most exact powers ot
| observation. Boianists. nuturalists. geOgraph
! ers, map makers. builders, engineers. hunters,
|. journalists. they brought back in their note
books 4 mass of Information never equaled by
| the records Of aay other party of explorers.
| We cannot overcstimatc the sum of labor
!! which all this meant, day after day. month
| after month; nor should we underestimate the
, qualities Of mihd and education demanded OF
| them, the varied experience OF life Ia
primitive surroundings which needed to be part
| OF their requisite equipment. 1t was indeed
, as If the two friends were fitted hy the p ar
! Of Providence Cor this great enterprise which
| they concluded IN such simple. unpretendnG
i yet minutely thorough fashion. Neither though,
| himself hero, therefore each was one. The
, largest glory to lie accorded them is that they
| found their ambition and their content in the
/ days work wel done.
| William Clark went on with his
! reproving.
{; Tell me, Merne. what are you
| thinking of? 1t is not that woman?''
| He seemed to feel the sudden