JOURNEY TO NATURE 



men, and why four such lusty examples of man 

 hood should be so devoid of a sense of magna 

 nimity, I could not for the life of me understand. 



I did not understand then, nor have I under 

 stood since, what it is impels intelligent immortal 

 souls to this purposeless and cruel frenzy. I 

 came slowly back, and when Charlie arrived and 

 saw the two apples lying on the grass, he asked 

 me if Marmion had not come that morning. I 

 only said, &quot; No ; he did not come.&quot; 



There are some things you do not tell a child. 

 I suppose it is because you do not want him to 

 be ashamed of his species too early in life. 



