. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . e nags of pleasant bring him up by the side of your study, or counting-room table, and fromthat you jump on, and away you canter through the old-time orchard, and by theold-time meeting-house, or down the lane in front of the barn, dashing into thecool, sparkling water of the meadow, where he stops. LEAVING HOME They were evidently happy years in spite of occasional hardship, and theabsence of the toys and luxuries which city children commonly enjoy. He hadever before him the example of a father and mother cheerful eve
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . e nags of pleasant bring him up by the side of your study, or counting-room table, and fromthat you jump on, and away you canter through the old-time orchard, and by theold-time meeting-house, or down the lane in front of the barn, dashing into thecool, sparkling water of the meadow, where he stops. LEAVING HOME They were evidently happy years in spite of occasional hardship, and theabsence of the toys and luxuries which city children commonly enjoy. He hadever before him the example of a father and mother cheerful even in their trials, 44 T. 1)E WITT TALLAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK and sympathetic with the exuherant spirit of a merry, mischievous boy. It wasa life productive of health for the body, mind and soul, an excellent foundationfor a career of manly usefulness. It came to a close all too soon, when havingchosen the profession of the law, he, too, needed a college education, and once __. „■.■■■■■■?■■..- ■.:■■■::. .. : ■ ■• v^>:--;. A. jM~, WELCOMING THE WANDERER HOME more, the old economies must be instituted and the old work performed by thenow aged hands. Eager as he was to enter the great world, it was with a feelingof regret that he left the familiar scenes, This is his own story of the parting: BOYHOOD REMINISCENCES 45 The day I left our country home to look after myself, we rode across the country,and my father was driving. Of course I said nothing that implied how I there are hundreds of men here who from their own experience know howI felt. At such a time a young man may be hopeful, and even impatient, to getinto the battle of life for himself, but to leave the homestead where everything hasbeen done for you; your father or older brothers taking your part when you wereimposed on by larger boys; and when you got the cold, your mother alwaysaround, with mustard applications for the chest, or herb tea to make you sweatoff the fever, and
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