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THE GITDK TO NATURE 



THIS BOULDER HAS BEEN "UP A TREE" 

 FOR SEVERAL YEARS. 



isn't mixed up with dollars. One gets 

 tired i>f the rush everywhere for dol- 

 lars. Go and sit in the woods and get 

 oul of it. Yon cannol gel it under the 

 electric lights where everything has 

 a label on it. Bui do not go at it with 

 the business method. I do not care 

 whether 1 catch the bug or not; if il 

 escapes, I surely have had the benefit 



THE UNITE)) OAKS NEAR THE CABIN. 



"JUST LOOK AT THAT— ONLY A LITTLE 



CRACK. AND IT SEEMS AS IF THE 



TREE IS GROWING OUT OF 



THE ROCK." 



of seeing it. But it is like fishing — 

 one cannot always get the fish. Some- 

 times, you know, as they say, 'They 

 won't bite.' But then there are times 

 when you can get 'a whole mess.' But 

 do not misunderstand. You cannot 

 say to all the pretty things, 'Come,' and 

 have them come. They do not obey 

 in that way. 1 know T am getting sat- 

 isfaction, but T can not tell it to others 

 —not as T understand it. But I know 

 it is all right. I wish the whole world 

 could get some of it. It wouldn't hurt 



