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Show I Jottings Fromjj From rom III 'I I ' III I Ii Iia | a aJProdigal Prodlgal Prodigal SonI Sonr SonDear Son ] jj I II , I r ' I I Dear BishI Bish Bfsh I I II I think thmk I 111 III ii drop you a line and tell I iyou you of a few personal happenings happemngs fora fora for ' [ a change You know . we v.e ve sometimesget sometimesget sometimes | get into mto a rut and follow foHow the sometimesI same oldI oldtrml oldtrail old I | I trail trml so long that it gets thesome tiresome to the I j IWliter jwriter jwiiter Wliter writer as well wen as the leader reader . It is reI refreshing re- re refreshing - - I I Ifreshing freshing to meet up upith \ \\ith ith with \ \ ith an old time timefriend timefriend ! friend , especially when he knows knowsevery knOv knowsevery timeI . s sI severy I I every man , woman and child m in the theI thecommunity thecommunity I community where he has lived for so so1 imany I Imany I many years , and then takes his de- de departure de departure . - I ' parture from the community he has hasknown hasknown hasknown I hasI known so long and whom he loves so sowell sowell sowell { well He leaves the fnends friends he hasIlearned has i learned to cherish and with whom he hehas hehas hehas , Ilearned has spent many happy hours , goes out outinto outinto outinto , into a strange community commumty where "here here " they theyI theynever theyj\ theyj theyjnever I \ never speak , unless spoken to , and InI Inmany inmany in imany many instances they feel as if you areinsulting areinsulting are \ I insulting them e\ e e e\en e en een \ en if you speak speakgently speakgently speakgently ] gently and kindly , anxious only to toI toonce toonce toonce ! once again hear the sound of your 3'our 3our ' ownvoice own ownvoice ownvoice I voice . I IThat That friend , was myoid my old friend D SL SL S 'L L ' L McCorkIe McCorkle We chanced to meet bymere bymere by bymere \mere mere \ mere accident , and the hearty hand- hand handclasp handclasp hand-clasp hand clasp - ! clasp that he gave me , the cheerful cheerfultone cheerfultone cheerfultone ! tone of his com comersatlon consersatfon . ersatloD , . the inquiry hemade he heI hemade hemade made about his old time friends heI of ofMoab ofMoab ofMoab I I Moab hisheart , told me that deep down in his hisI I heart he was 1 lonesome 0 n e s 0 m e to see I them seethem once again . He wondered how I Ithis howthis this one and the other fellow was wasgetting wasgetting 1 gettmg getting on ; how his friendship wentout went wentout I out to those of the old town , whom he had hehad been with for so many years as heI a I I ( teacher ateacher of their children , , as well asI assuperintendent asI assuperintendent as superintendent _ , , of . schools for - - - - - - - - - - v so I AimhAijTpleasant manypleasant frjvAWWAhf AU * * JV many manyI AimhAijT pleasant years It really sent a thrill thrillof thrillof thrillof I of joy down my physical body at thewarmth the theI thewarmth thewarmth warmth and pleasure pleasurethat - -that that he extended I to extendedto al1 all ot of his old and beloved frIends . I IWe We ofthe talked of one and then another of ofI I } discoverthat the older ones , , but I could discover discoverI I that his heart went out to young as asI aswell aswell aswell I well as old So please lease remember that thatI thatabsence thatlabsence thatabsence I labsence absence old-time old time oldtime makes the heart of our old- old - - time friends grow fonder . . And then I met another , very muchyounger muchyounger much | younger in years , full fun of life Ufe , full of joy ofjoy ofthe and seeking after the pleasures of the world , making friends among the theyounger theyounger theyounger younger ones , , and while wWIe he made in- in inquirv inqufrv to-quirv to quirv - quirv qufrv of the old home town , yet there therewas therewas therewas oldhome was less anxiety to go back to the old home whomhe town He had met others whom whomI he had much pleasure in knowing and andhis I his foundfriends thoughts were with his new found friends But to " me , "old old tunes are sweetest aresweetest and old friends are best " . I IAnd between betv beta And thus we have the contrast contrnst be- be be - - tv ta tween . een youth and age . It seems to me meas men.s outmore n.s ns as . we grow older oldeI , , our thoughts go out more havegrown and more to those who have- have - havemade hayvemade hivemade grown old alone along with us as we hayve hive made the grade side by side > , > " "What What " time Is it itTime itTime ? ? ' Time to do well ; ; : Time to live better ; Give up the grudge ; Answer that last letter ; . & . bpeak speak that kind word to sweeten a sorrow asorrow ; ; Do leavetill that good deed you would leave till tomorrow tomonow : , . " ' letters l severall tt- tt ttT ttl I , . am . . - T reminded - . . - -l l - that I have several evcral I - ought to write to some ot of my old myold itort itoff friends . , but I just keep putting it tomonownevel tomorrownever ort off until tomorrow , and then tomonow tomorrow novel nevel never comes , and v when \ \ , hen it ; does I Igo go YN n - " . Z : rild'Jr rildJr rild'Jr.L f & S.K SK . ' . .L L . - A . - - - - I I with it and forget w what at I have promised promised prom- prom promi - i ised to do a dozen times . The road is still stUl open from Price Pnce to toMoab toMoab toMoab Moab The bus stops at Greenriver toreplenish to toreplenish toreplenish replenish the gas , , but I am not quiteready quIte quIteI quIteready quiteready ready to get in and ride back . The Thedays Thedays Thedays I days are warm and full of ot sunshine sunshinebut , but the silver or gold takes a long time timeI timeto timeto timeto to find its way Into my dilapidated dilapidatedand dilapidatedand . I and almost empty purse But I'm Im I'mhopIng I'mhoping ' I'mhoping Imhoping ' hopIng , and some day that hope willturn will willturn turn into a genuine reality . . Until Untilthen Untilthen Untilthen then let me say , au reVOIrI reVOIrYOU revoirYOU revoir revoirL L YOU YQUJSNOW KNOW ME |