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The Further Adventures of John 
Anthony 
(Continued, from page 176) 
had it.” This year on just two occasions 
we were able to pick apples on two consec¬ 
utive days! Rain came always on alter¬ 
nate days and often continued for several 
when it commenced, despite the “always” 
of pleasant weather. But Mr. West had 
opened up a channel of escape for some of 
my corked-up energy. I scoured the coun¬ 
try, gathered in all the available help and 
we tackled those green apples. A single 
day brought more than a hundred barrels 
under cover. The enthusiasm was con¬ 
tagious and trees were denuded at a rapid 
rate. The next day all hands were on the 
hilltop at an early hour, and we threw our¬ 
selves into the work with the same vim. 
By ten o’clock it was raining! The next 
day and the next the wet weather con¬ 
tinued. Then it was that the spirit of the 
orchard failed. My own faith broke down 
and, as if flashed by lightning, the vim of 
optimism and cheerful hope went out of 
that crowd. From that time it was fight¬ 
ing against depression and the work 
dragged. This is a tale of temporary de¬ 
feat told because it may save someone else 
from being wrecked on the same rock. 
Success depends on the man at the head, 
and if he fails the enterprise will fail. 
Never allow yourself to admit failure, or 
even to think it, for, subtly, it will per- 
\ meate every department and every worker 
on the place and the spirit that makes 
success will be lost. I was sunk in an 
abyss of gloom when I was lifted out of 
it by the unexpected arrival of Mrs. John. 
From that moment things began to pick 
up, and my sense of proportion came back. 
Mrs. John had been called away and I 
had had the fight alone. When she came 
back, she brought my courage with her, 
and conditions took on a new aspect. We 
had some apples up to our own standard, 
we had many just a little below it and a 
lot of second grade stuff. Plans had to be 
revised and methods upset for the market¬ 
ing of them. My pet hobby of searching 
out the ultimate consumer with a fancy 
grade apple had to be largely postponed. 
So far as we had the apples we sought 
him. Even as I write this he is sending in 
duplicate orders for more of those “de¬ 
licious apples.” Prices in the city commis¬ 
sion houses were worthless to me for any 
save high grade fruit, but the local mar¬ 
ket was wide open for seconds. I filled 
this up and put in the cellar enough apples 
to supply the winter and spring demand 
from the locality. The lessons of learn¬ 
ing in an unusual season were high, but 
the returns nearly reached my first opti¬ 
mistic figures and brought an understand¬ 
ing of ways and means that is worth more 
than any possible financial loss. Never 
again can I allow myself the luxury of 
losing courage. With a crop one-fourth 
that of last year, I took in half the amount 
obtained by FTiram the previous season. 
Modern methods must win out in the end. 
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