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neighbourhood。 You gave twenty´six dollars last yearfifty cents a week。 

It is a generous contribution�察�but I cannot take it any longer。 It is fortunate 

that my wife has saved up this money to buy a sewing´machine�察�so that we 

can pay back your contribution in full。; 

     He paused�察�no one of us spoke a word。 

     ;Mr。   Nash�察─  �he   continued�察  �and   his   face   was   good   to   see�察   �I   am   the 

minister here。 I am convinced that what the community needs is more of a 

religious and social spirit�察�and I am going about getting it in the way the 

Lord leads me。; 

     At this I saw Mrs。 Minister look up at her husband with such a light in 

her eyes   as any  man   might well   barter   his life   forI   could not keep   my 

own eyes from pure beauty of it。 

     I   knew   too   what   this   defiance   meant。   It   meant   that   this   little   family 

was placing its all upon the altareven the pitiful coins for which they had 

skimped      and   saved    for  months     for  a  particular    purpose。    Talk   of  the 

heroism of the men who charged with Pickett at Gettysburg� �Here was a 

courage higher and whiter than that�察�here was a courage that dared to fight 

alone。 

     As for Mr。 Nash�察�the face of that Chief Pharisee was a study。 Nothing 

is so paralyzing to a rich man as to find suddenly that his money will no 

longer     command       him   any   advantage。     Like    all  hard´shelled�察   �practical 

people�察  �Mr。   Nash   could   only  dominate   in   a   world   which   recognized   the 

same material supremacy that he recognized。 Any one who insisted upon 

flying was lost to Mr。 Nash。 

     The minister pushed the little pile of coins toward him。               ;Take it�察�Mr。 

Nash�察─�said he。 

     At that Mr。 Nash rose hastily。 



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     ;I will not�察─�he said gruffly。 

     He paused�察�and looked at the minister with a strange expression in his 

small   round   eyeswas   it   anger�察  �or   was   it   fear�察  �or   could   it   have   been 

admiration�拭�

     ;If you want to waste your time on fiddlin' farmers' meetingsa man 

that knows as little of farmin' as you dowhy go ahead for all o' me。 But 

don't count me in。; 

     He turned�察�reached for his hat�察�and then went out of the door into the 

darkness。 

     For a   moment   we   all   sat perfectly  silent�察  �then the   minister   rose�察  �and 

said solemnly�此�

     ;Martha�察�let's sing something。; 

     Martha crossed the room to the cottage organ and seated herself on the 

stool。 

     ;What shall we sing�拭─�said she。 

     ;Something with fight in it�察�Martha�察─�he responded�察 �something with 

plenty of fight in it。; 

     So   we   sang   ;Onward�察  �Christian   Soldier�察  �Marching   as   to   War�察─  �and 

followed up with�此�

     Awake�察  �my   soul�察  �stretch   every   nerve   And   press   with   rigour   on�察  �A 

heavenly race demands thy zeal And an immortal crown。 

       When we had finished�察�and as Martha rose from her seat�察�the minister 

impulsively put his hands on her shoulders�察�and said�此�

     ;Martha�察�this is the greatest night of my life。; 

     He   took   a   turn   up   and   down   the   room�察  �and   then   with   an   exultant 

boyish laugh said�此�

     ;We'll go to town to´morrow and pick out that sewing´machine� ─�

       I remained with them that night and part of the following day�察�taking 

a hand with them in the garden�察�but of the events of that day I shall speak 

in another chapter。 



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       CHAPTER V。 I PLAY THE PART 

        OF A SPECTACLE PEDDLER 



     Yesterday was exactly the sort of a day I love besta spicy�察�unexpected�察�

amusing daycrowned with a droll adventure。 

     I cannot account for it�察�but it seems to me I take the road each morning 

with    a  livelier  mind    and   keener    curiosity。  If  you   were    to  watch    me 

narrowly   these   days   you   would   see   I   am   slowly   shedding   my   years。   I 

suspect   that   some   one   of   the   clear   hill   streams   from   which   I   have   been 

drinking   ��lying   prone   on   my  face��   was   in   reality  the   fountain   of   eternal 

youth。 I shall not go back to see。 

     It seems to me�察�when I feel like this�察�that in every least thing upon the 

roadside�察�or upon the hill�察�lurks the stuff of adventure。 What a world it is� �

A mile south of here I shall find all that Stanley found in the jungles of 

Africa�察�a mile north I am Peary at the Pole� �

     You there�察�brown´clad farmer on the tall seat of your wagon�察�driving 

townward with a red heifer for sale�察�I can show you that life your lifeis 

not all a gray smudge�察�as you think it is�察�but crammed�察�packed�察�loaded with 

miraculous things。 I can show you wonders past belief in your own soul。 I 

can easily convince you that you are in reality a poet�察�a hero�察�a true lover�察�a 

saint。 

     It is because we are not humble enough in the presence of the divine 

daily fact that adventure knocks so rarely at our door。 A thousand times I 

have had to learn this truth ��what lesson so hard to learn as the lesson o 

humility�。�  and   I suppose   I  shall   have   to   learn it   a  thousand   times   more。 

This    very   day�察  �straining   my    eyes   to  see  the   distant   wonders    of   the 

mountains�察�I nearly missed a miracle by the roadside。 

     Soon after leaving the minister and his familyI worked with them in 

their   garden   with   great   delight   most   of   the   forenoonI   came�察  �within   a 

mileto the wide white turnpikethe Great Road。 

     Now�察 �I   usually  prefer   the   little   roads�察  �the   little�察  �unexpected�察  �curving�察�



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leisurely   country   roads。   The   sharp   hills�察  �the   pleasant   deep   valleys�察  �the 

bridges   not too   well   kept�察 �the   verdure deep   grown   along old   fences�察  �the 

houses   opening   hospitably   at   the   very   roadside�察  �all   these   things   I   love。 

They   come   to   me   with   the   same   sort   of   charm   and   flavour�察  �only   vastly 

magnified�察  �which   I   find   often   in   the   essays   of   the   older   writersthose 

leisurely     old    fellows    who     took    time    to  write�察   �REALLY        write。    The 

important thing to me about a road�察�as about lifeand literature�察�is not that 

it goes anywhere�察�but that it is livable while it goes。 For if I were to arrive´ 

´and who knows that I ever shall arrive��I think I should be no happier 

than I am here。 

     Thus   I   have   commonly   avoided   the   Great   White   Roadthe   broad�察�

smooth turnpikerock´bottomed and rolled by a Statewithout so much as 

a loitering curve to whet one's curiosity�察�nor a thank´ you´ma'am to laugh 

over�察  �nor   a   sinful   hill   to   test   your   endurancenot   so   much   as   a   dreamy 

valley�   �It   pursues   its   hard�察  �unshaded�察  �practical   way   directly   from   some 

particular   place   to   some   other   particular   place   and   from   time   to   time   a 

motor´car shoots in at one end of it and out at the other�察�leaving its dust to 

settle upon quiet travellers like me。 

     Thus   to´day   when   I   came   to   the   turnpike   I   was   at   first   for   making 

straight across it and taking to the hills beyond�察�but at that very moment a 

motor´car   whirled   past   me   as   I   stood there   and   a girl   with   a   merry  face 

waved her hand at me。 I lifted my hat in return��and as I watched them 

out of sight I felt a curious new sense of warmth and friendlinessthere in 

the Great Road。 

     ;These are just people�察�too�察─�I said aloud ;and maybe they really like 

it� ─�


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