Focus . you all de time! —E. B. Across his stooped shoulder the Traveler carried a heavyburden. Come, said the Guide, you have not yet reached theend of your journey. Do let me rest here a while, begged the Traveler;I can go no farther. But the Guide urged him forward. Weary and footsore the Traveler journeyed slowly way seemed long and hard and beset with many trials, 80 THE FOCUS and his burden was great. His tattered garments gaveno protection from the biting cold and he was faint fromhunger. Finally, when he could go no farther, he sank upon theground and, thinking of the
Focus . you all de time! —E. B. Across his stooped shoulder the Traveler carried a heavyburden. Come, said the Guide, you have not yet reached theend of your journey. Do let me rest here a while, begged the Traveler;I can go no farther. But the Guide urged him forward. Weary and footsore the Traveler journeyed slowly way seemed long and hard and beset with many trials, 80 THE FOCUS and his burden was great. His tattered garments gaveno protection from the biting cold and he was faint fromhunger. Finally, when he could go no farther, he sank upon theground and, thinking of the waste of his fellowman, hecursed man for his thoughtlessness and cried aloud, in hisagony, Oh, why do men sin so? Oh, do they sin? asked the Guide. Why they neverthought. And when the Traveler turned to answer the guide, hesaw that the road he had travelled lay through a pleasantcountry, but his head had been bowed so low by the burdenof his own sin that he had not seen its beauty. ~K. D. THE FOCUS 81. A number of exchanges came this month and we enjoyedreading them. Now-a-days when so many eager youngwriters are coming forward we need to use a great deal ofdiscrimination in judging what is good and what is notgood. Many exchange editors use their department forplaying the game tit for tat. If another magazinecriticises their magazine unfavorably, straightway theyretaliate. But this petty retaliation is narrowing and notfor the best good of the publication. We want to knowyour opinion of us so that we may be helped by it. Wedo not want to move in one small circle. And so we askfor your criticisms, and hope, too, by our suggestions toaid you. This is what an exchange department is for, andonly when it is used for this purpose is it accomplishingits aim. The Chronicle is an improvement over the last Mountaineer is an interesting article which tellsof a great work waiting to be done. The mountaineersare a brave, generous, liberty-loving people and beforeputting most
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