. Spectacles for young eyes : Boston. were dreaming. They live on illusion, as thebutterfly lives on dew, till the noon of life dis-pels it. For reality is too heavy food; it bowsthe stern man to the dust; and a child needs HOME. 199 lighter diet, or he would not live to be a man; hewould be crushed. And so Heaven lets rainbowfancies shine on him, and he lives in sunshineand illusion till he is strong, and then they CHAPTER XIY AT HOME. Let us leave Boston as it is, and look forwarda few years into the future. The wheels of oldTimes chariot have resistlessly carried us on —where ? T
. Spectacles for young eyes : Boston. were dreaming. They live on illusion, as thebutterfly lives on dew, till the noon of life dis-pels it. For reality is too heavy food; it bowsthe stern man to the dust; and a child needs HOME. 199 lighter diet, or he would not live to be a man; hewould be crushed. And so Heaven lets rainbowfancies shine on him, and he lives in sunshineand illusion till he is strong, and then they CHAPTER XIY AT HOME. Let us leave Boston as it is, and look forwarda few years into the future. The wheels of oldTimes chariot have resistlessly carried us on —where ? Through many days of storm and sun-shine. They have never stopped, but have ledus to a low, quiet home in the green lane of thewood. The ever-beating surf and restless spraydash over my boat on the shore, where I sit withJeanie of my story by my side. How is that ?you ask. Jeanie grew up into a fair, sweet young lady,and she heard me talk of my old home, and whenI liad studied in Boston, till I was no longer theignorant country boy she first knew, then, whenmy old fathers farm, with the improvements Ilearned to make, came into my hands, I wentthere to live. Could I go alone ? No, Jeaniecame with me as my wife ; and we are veryhappy, far away from the bustle of the city. Jamess sons come to pass their summer vaca-tions with us. It is best for the children to AT HOME. 201 divide the time, by passing the warm weatherwith
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