Show toot o a ALONG LIFES LIFE'S TRAIL By THOMAS A. A CLARK Den Drua of 01 Men of 01 co 1514 1121 Newspaper Union YOUTH IDDLE IDDIE age I 19 less optimistic than M youth less courageous and meets Deets paIn and dang rs and discomforts forts Corts with less fortitude My neIghbor Harris shuffled Into the c olice a day or two ago when the thermometer was registerIng 90 00 In the I shade and In the sun had pushed Its way through the top of the the tube lIe was moppIng a damp brow breathing heavily and presenting n a general appearance ap- ap ot of ill III temper and tion Well who's sold you a gold brick Pius time I naked ed him he re- re Im all knocked out today plied It was so blasted hot last night that I couldn't sleep a wink and Ill I'll II be no good all day dap The trouble with you OU Harris I raid mId Is that youre you're growing old Ive I've known Harris since he was a boy often ot of otten ten on 01 the farm He slept then In the attic just under the roof The roof had but one little wIndow In 10 It and thIs window gave gae no ventilation n tIon to the room hut but served only as n a means menns of entrance of the suns sun's pitiless rays that beat on the roof throughout the long August days das and rendered the room a veritable furnace at nIght And yet Harris scarcely noticed the heat then TIc He had youth he was tired and ond groggy with sleep when he mounted to his bed In the attic and he be dropped off almost the moment he touched the hot sheets and ond slept until he was awakened In the morning by his mothers mother's voIce Now he tins lias a 0 before goIng to hIs pleasant bed In his sleepIng sleepIng sleep sleep- Ing porch with Its dozen generous windows and Its electrIc tan fan to stir breezes for HarrIs HarrIs' comfort lie He lives under the most favorable conditions and has every modern convenience for his comfort at nIght but a little rise In the thermometer puts him out of sorts for nn an entire day I vIsited Crane In the hospital the theother theother other day eay He Is middle aged He has had some minor surgery done on him nn toe Coe nail naU taken off or a boll lanced or something ot of that I sort lIe he Is os as gloomy as a graVe graVeyard graveyard yard and as IrrItable os as a teethIng child AU All his plans for for the summer have been upset and the little pain and dIscomfort he has suffered has put hIm on low It was depressing to talk to him And then then I 1 remembered the letter I had hod from Blum lum Blum h m w was at the front at the begInning of th the German drive lie He met rain and mud tied ri vermin ver ver- min wIth a cheerful laugh he faced a storm of bullets and blood and when he wrote the letter he was lying In a hospital severely wounded Here I am sitting on the world as the boys bos put it It he wrote NIce white enameled bed beJ clean white sheets whIte blankets and all G Good od food nothing to do but eat and sleep Pretty soft Dont have any worry about me Im I'm In clover and having a rood good rest Im I'm all right Im I'm eating like a 0 horse and kicking because the they dont don't give mE me enough Love and good luck to everybody Oh youth youth |