A SATISFACTOEY RESULT. 1 



and times will come, in sleepless nights and 

 unguarded moments, when the whole world of 

 old burdens and cares sweep in and overwhelm 

 me. But I rouse my will, and resolutely, with 

 all my power, push them back, refuse to enter- 

 tain them for a moment. 



The result, even under these limitations, is 

 eminently satisfactory. Holding myself in this 

 attitude of mind, I secure a change almost as 

 complete as if I stepped out of my body and left 

 it resting, while I refreshed myself at the foun- 

 tain of Hfe. A few weeks in the country make 

 me a new being ; all my thoughts are turned into 

 fresh channels ; the old ruts are smoothed over, 

 if not obliterated ; nerves on the strain all the 

 year have a chance to recreate themselves ; old 

 worries often weaken and fade away. 



The morning after I left home that balmy 

 evening in May dawned upon me somewhere in 

 western New York, and that beautiful day was 

 passed in speeding through the country, and 

 steadily getting farther and farther from work 

 and care. 



And so I went on, day after day, night after 

 night, till I entered Kansas, which was new to 

 me. By that time I had succeeded in banishing 

 to the farthest corner of my memory, behind 

 closed and locked doors, all the anxieties, all the 

 perplexities and problems, all the concerns, in 



