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Show S3 I VHEN MILESTONES CHEER. H They Always Gladden the Heart of U the Pedestrian. M In a walking trip n milestone nlong jfl tho way Is the most couipnnlonnblo fellow In tho world; your spirits rlso ffl ns you near him as though you wero I! about to greet n human friend, and wi they keep almost consistently on his I high level till his brother a mile dls- I tant advances to meet you. It And when you overlook one of this VB friendly company because of an en- Bj croachlng bank or screening boughs7 j says the Travel Magazine, his neigh- , Hi bor further on comes to you doubly ' I, welcome. At tho latter end of this . II passage in tho Journey your spirits II flag a, trlflo ns though oppressed by a 1 sense of desertion. You mny oven II scowl at tho overhanging bank which 1 is more than n party to this conceal- II Those worthy persons who attend to V tho roads should sec to It that every B I milestone within their province stands I out frankly from Its leafy background. Observance of this, however, would rob the wayfarer of that leap of tho heart which is his when tho stono tells the story of two miles done rather than ono. For however much tho landscape land-scape and tho minute world at his feet may claim the footfarcr's admiration ho is still keenly allvo to the vlrtuo of decent distances covered In his day's Journey. |
