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Show AN OASI9. Dr. Wright, a well known mlatlonary for forty yeara In tbo weat, onco aald "During my long aervlco I remember no more helpful peraonal encouragement encourage-ment than wa onco given to me by a poor rancher a wlfo In Colorado Droutha had prevailed for a long time, the field were corchcd; the whole turfaco of tho country waa a bare, deiolato wlldcrncea. "After traveling for eeveral daya throjjh thla arid dcaert. I came one morning In eight of n little cabin aur-rounded aur-rounded by a green patch of grate. Ilealdo the door grew a faoneyaucklo vine covered with bloaaom I confet that I choked, and tho tear ruahrd to my e) cent the eight It waa aa If all the dear folk at homo had auddenly rlien In my path I rode up to tho cabin door and demounted A cheerful, cheer-ful, tidy woman camo out amlllng How la thla?' I cried 'What baa worked thla miracle?' 'I did It, ah aald 'It la no miracle, but I wa ao tired of the almoet barren deaert, dry and hot around me for day and week that t reaolved to keep my own homo freo from It. I bavo carried water Ave ttince a day to thla little bed of graaa and to the vlu I tended and nuraed ttaetn My huaband think my graaa ha warded off tho fever, and ome of the people who have paaaed by have aald It gave them freah atrength and courage to go on their Journey,' "I have not forgotten the Ieaon of that cheery little home," aald tho rola-alonary rola-alonary "None of u can mako tho great wlldernei bloom, but each one of ua ha hi own llttlo patch which ha can keep green If he will" Now, when tho dread breath of war ha chilled tho face of the whole country, coun-try, let each of ua reaolio not to watte hi tlmo deploring the calamity, but to keep hi own home and heart full of truth and cheerfulneaa and kind-neaa. kind-neaa. It will need aome of tho "water of life'' to do thla, but that fountain If alway open to ua |