Evening star., 1928-09-23

spot OF big trees, bllle-neaueo noun
tainS and green-hedged gardens OF
gorgeous blooms like to stroll over the
park or seat themselves in the wide
benched pavilion to see the sun SpatteI
the sky with flames of fire, streaked
with green and lavender and with
ridges of Stealthy dusk clouds that
spread and spread until they blanket
the world in leaden gray.
Then YOU watch the home lights
twinkle out in the houses below, ano
of WaynesborO way the blaze of street
lamps and electric signs gives to the
little town across the valley a golden
glare that, by contrast, somehoW-juSt
Somchow-remindS you of that other
twilight time on London Bridge when
to be like other tourists, you echoed the
stock cry of the SentimentaliSt-"Oh
cleaning lamps of London, If tears youl
lights could drown, Your victims eyes
would weep them, oh, lamps Of Lon
don Town. And you say it all over tC
Waynesboro and grin at your own ex-
penSe For there is no likeness, what
ever. Waynesboro being tranquil
prosperous little town. named after that
Anthony Wayne who tore his lace
ruffies and cooked his Continental hat
aSkeW, that time he took Stony Point
at o'clock in the morning!
WayneSboro is a commercial and in
duStrial center, with factories, banks
and newspaperS-deSpite its fathering
of so tempeStuous patriot as Mad
Anthony, who offered to storm He'll, il
Gen. Washington would make out the
plans for him.
All of which is just to tell about one
sunset time on the mountain when a
couple of women, Strolling down an
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coal piled high in cars forever passing
on a terrace of track. below, noticed a
solitary figure ahead, with eyes fixed
on the departing glory of the sky.
He was old and shabby, and on a
2 band of his rusty stovepipe hat was
lettered in pencil:
Help the blind"
AS the women neared him, the look
Of inspiration" with which the two
had credited him changed to alert as
eurance-he had been waiting to pro-
tect himself from approaching footsteps
until he could judge, by that soul-sight
that the blind possess, that it was safe
to hobble on. Down under a tree oy
the roadside. he sells post cards at
cent EACH and as nearly every buyer
adds a nickel or SO, he prospers cheer
fully-especially as a good woman IN
the vicinity gives him his regular meals.
How is busineSs?" asked some one
who had bought a card for dime.
He admitted that business was all
right, but, as the season was about
closed, he would have to be getting
back to Hagerstown for his daily job
cutting wood.
We'll, you seem to be a very useful
and happy person." complimented the
other.
have had a good Summer in this fine,
beautiful place, and regular job to go
home to. That's enough for anybody
yesSum."
1t was such a cheerful voice in con-
trast to his wide-open, meaningless
eyes, that the woman asked him how
long he had been blind, and he an
swered with tranquil interest:
"Fiftysnine years ago I slipped on the
floor and hit my head. The knock
on my skull paralyzed my eyebaliS-
and that's all 1 ever Saw-yeSsum.
The explanation came with such
pleasant ease that the woman thought,
for one thing what a wise man OLD
Sterne was when he laid it down Tor
us that God tempers the wind to the
shorn lamb-and that was all there was
to the incident-unless:
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counting if generous overpaymentS Tor
post cards, regular meals" and IKE
hidden goodnesseS, to this near-helpless
brown brother, and countless others
that we never hear about, is one OF
the big reasons why this world Will
always be a kind and wholesome
place-same as old Mr. Frawg keeps the
water fresh in the spring!
1t is a splendid place up there In
the Blue Ridge, but, all the same, after
your outing is over, you realize, as
always and always, that:
East, West--home is best"
And you act according.
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HERE is something novel in weddings
Il sent to this column by former
colleague Of The Star:
After brilliant church wedding a
few evenings ago a newly married couple
enjoyed a thrill when they eScaLc from
q large party of house guests by the
adoption of unique get away" after
the wedding reception had concluded.
Retiring to rooms in the upper part
of the brides home. a quick change OF
attire was made, and while the guests
and members of the wedding party took
up points of vantage around the home