BRUNO 71 



the situation, to go to practical doers for advice 

 instead of to visionary talkers. 



There began to be serious consultations in 

 our little home circle. The year was drawing 

 to a close, and our whole crop of vegetables 

 would not have filled a two-quart measure. We 

 had gone on with our planting, even after we 

 felt it to be hopeless, because we did not dare 

 to stop and listen to our fears. It is not strange 

 that we felt depressed and disappointed. We 

 could see that our plans could easily have been 

 carried out, had we only known just what sort 

 of land to select. The whole State was before 

 us to choose from, but we had been misled 

 through the romances of a dreamer of dreams. 

 All we had to show for our money, time, and 

 labor was a small house surrounded by trees 

 so young that they were at least five years from 

 yielding us an income, and there was no more 

 money for experiments. 



For a while we felt rather bitter towards our 

 misleading adviser, but I know now that we 

 were wrong to feel so. A man can give only 

 what he has. " Out of the fulness of the heart 

 the mouth speaketh." A dreamer of dreams 

 has only visions to offer to his followers, surely 

 landing them either in the briers of difficulty 

 or the mires of discouragement. 



