In Winter Quarters 



ware store in a little country town in 

 a mid-west state; the time many years 

 ago; the article alluded to a child's 

 toy hoe, modeled on the regulation 

 garden pattern. As to the youngster's 

 identity, that is a matter that would 

 interest nobody in particular. Suffice 

 it to say that he has been hoeing hard 

 ever since; in fact, is still working his 

 way down a long, long row, the farther 

 end of which is now coming into view. 

 And as he hoes sometimes he talks ; not 

 always to any special purpose, and not 

 often with any profit to himself or 

 anybody else, but at times he finds a 

 certain degree of satisfaction in trying 

 to get in touch with others who may 

 have been compelled, as he was from 

 the beginning, to walk and hoe, in- 

 stead of ride and go where fancy or 

 inclination might suggest; only there 

 are probably not many who will care to 

 follow him. 



Alvin Saunders, whose words quoted 

 above were addressed to a small boy 



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