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off for home, and the hunting trip of 1909 was a thing 

 of the past. 



" The trails of the world be countless, and most of the 



trails be tried : 

 You tread on the heels of the many, till you come 



where the ways divide : 

 And one lies safe in the sunlight, and the other is 



dreary and wan : 

 Yet you look aslant at the lone trail, and the lone trail 



lures you on. 

 And somehow you're sick of the highway, with its 



noise and its easy needs, 

 And you seek the risk of the byway, and you reck not 



where it leads." 



