Show HIGH BUT unfulfilled HOPES ambit ous boy came back to home with at least a hat prof G A hill of the united states naval observatory said before sailing to study the suns sun a eclipse I 1 have high hopes of this expedit tion but a cloud may ruin all I 1 de sire to come back overloaded with priceless solar photographs but ev grything ery thing depends on chance and per haps I 1 will return as empty handed as I 1 go away high hopes great expectations ons in the end nothing in this aspect eclipse expeditions are like the expeditions of young men from the coun try who give up the plow and haste expecting in a little while to become bank presidents captains of industry and millionaires alas hopes high enough accod pany the expeditions of these youths the boy departs bravely his honest father and mother while away the long and lonely evenings on the farm with dreams of his future success they recount to one another his in numerable virtues such virtues they say must inevitably lead him to the governor governors s chair to a senatorial toga to a mayoralty and so on high hopes great expectations in the end nothing A farm boy from elizabeth my na ra tive town went to new york to seeh seek his fortune for six months not a word was heard from him then one winter afternoon his father got this note dear pa meet me under the old bridge tomorrow night after dark bring with you a blanket or suit of clothes I 1 have a hat the excessive pleasures we feel in talking of ourselves should make ua u apprehensive that we afford little tc t our auditors Roche foucaud |