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THE STORY OF BREAD 



Africa and Peru; December returns the traveler to 

 his starting place — back to Argentine — and thence 

 to Uruguay and Australia for a prosperous holiday 

 well earned. 



N a lecture which he calls "Acres of 

 Diamonds," Dr. Russell Conwell, 

 of Philadelphia, vividly describes 

 how many people go through life 

 looking for the great thing to do — 

 the momentous deed, the grand 

 achievement, the heroic, the splen- 

 did, and all that. They go on looking to the end 

 of their days, all the while stumbling over the 

 most wonderful opportunities — opportunities rich 

 in promise — literally, acres upon acres of diamonds. 

 A less poetical, if more homely "acres of diamonds" 

 picture may be extracted from our boyhood days, if 

 perchance those days were lived in the country. 

 To come down, or rather to go back, to the point in 

 mind, did you ever go berrying? 



You are a boy again. It is morning — just about 

 daybreak. Outside your window another boy 

 whistles. Out of bed you jump, and into your 

 clothes quickly — old clothes, mind you — clothes for 

 the briars to play with. Away you go to the black- 

 berry patch — wild, and tangled, and free — there to 





