December, 191 9
THE LANDSWOMAN
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lH.AJ~ OIHl ~. l wl!lhlkirr than ~omc
of you, beenus<' I havt' your Jc ttcra to chE·t•r me up
day by day, and however deep m tht' bluc·s I am
fe<"hng t here 1s always at least one Je ttB m Tm:
LANDS \\ OMA~ po$t whic h lifts me out m to the oprn
again. who•·<· th<~ sun 1s ~:; rumng f'UJiJCH" you
'"'t'r<' an t'clitor-'\\ouldn t you feel thu red f yt u
got L<>ttns h kc tlwse ? : -
''·'•IZ.
•· J "'·''~ hu-.v !.><'wmg wh<·n thf' JlO"'tman koorkcrlla.,t evt
~ntl when 1 incltured lt thl'tl' \Vl\!1 anyth Iljjt for DIP wa.~ told then
wM a paper oolang llkr• Tnfl J.!Nnswr~ .L'i". I Hnllll'd>at..t~·
m'\d" a ru:~h for 1t, and commr.n(l(>d devounnll tht:' Of w". •tart•n-r
lrom the fir::.t page and r ead ing >~trnight through thn11 J•'ltt 111'0!
a.'! Jd(' tht' chl'nlls<' J nm maknu:: "My onP iault to Qnd ~1th 1t "
Plthcr the month doet=m't go ra..ort t'nO\ljlh, or rath~-'T it ou;zht to
come oftener 1 guc:.~ many who find 1t n trut> fn~>nd besJdi•:-
in'!tructor thmk the same "
" I would like to tell :1 ou how mud1 1 11 ppn-t••nt•' Tllr. L.\~T~
WOll A...'i'. n!ld ~o nl<,o nd , l?rtlw Brcokt<- It ~ •• n:.•
to !'(et ht tt~r e'-<'l'Y' month I lent a copy tht> OII.H·r da~ to u11
f'lrlerl~
(r t>ml who i,; ~OlDJl in for herb growi n~, and sl101~ 11••1 szhh d
with 1t • P~uokE'd wl th mtere~t ,' ~~ whAt 11he My;; ntllUt Jt-nnd
t hi\ I '" ju"t what we find "
" L'l~v.r. don't llrmol•JI"" 'l nJ: L A!SI hVtCMA)I , 11> 11 )oil ?-a"\\
roultlrt t J•l> ~1\.oly du woUo'•llt at."
" I ht>ar that.th"' l ~11,t\ \IJI) le gu nl( to l" dt n cbll • wh~n O\ll' Muld ncot ftl\l t h~ deun fro•tY wlrd
l.lmv: r1g lu·J'OII!I on~·~~ fal'.l' when 'll"Orklng ln tltt ftd worth whtiP fo tan 'I' c.n. L$,..t
~de, hiDC' ·~a•lm• g tM row!1nll, l alm~t dc<:tdt·u·
gnr. UJ•
thl~ Lfa..Gtly fatm \\l'rk'; this ll'(ek,lUlrTC>"'"lDJ!'"-"Ifblt .• dt-arr•t
ay11l IJ(••t r.:art-hnr~~ tbat \\11-; e>~,;r tom, I thonl> 111 ~l d• 1t t•ll
ltn a hundn d ~-hilt nu~rvdiOU5 roloun tlwn• aro 'n 11. •
M
to
:tuturnn l·lnrkhHry fohagr. ! and 1 bel!ew th~ colourm~ of .111
:mturnn !'llll "'t Mt• l(nr·hu thau at any oth<>r t•mo of vear J·ut
f'WTylhln~ f.te-m~ lfl'l'cly 111 thP country, fr<·m tht (tld lwn ~ h<•
lcnorkt at>(lut thr yard to th•' turthflt pUI")"lk·l(JH< d ~m• •l
In tbo; far c:omt r or thr. fio"'ld ."
. "I will do my bt t to ~t IS(JJ'Of• more Full6cr•tr.r , Ai T wua t
fu1> L.L'fl>SWOlUS to go on for t'!W T ."
"l'rn just wr1t1ng tiJ fdlyou htw '\( 1y, \('fl •f·n) 1 am tllnt
th. w L l '" to I '{ Ill lh!"lll:lfh; t)[ (l.f'lll· • t " !If Ut HT, 1 •'rc•o &I! j:l Col
tlaln~ .. l•nw an f'lld o .,. .. rnu t gr 11 aud 1 ~1u lt, D.Fl 11' CN\tl r.t
'' th r.J.TT) n2 o n loy cour 1\l~. J 11t "1\tC;n't ft fU Jn ~ t r:11 ~ 111
tlrrit, '('I'!C\.lally to ba'o r,o CQlmt y Cffin;~ or anyl11 r-: ."\r.d tl t
('o•1n1y Oil\Cf!r<> will oo nt-etd ft>:trfull). {or ttt v ba'' ltt n n 1 t
k lld :md COI.t>'idl!mt~ "
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• Wlur.t a ruC"> «·nH,lllll~JD.It h:ttn tow nil).[ ,<- '),\1\, ,., '-'tl
I lllt~nd to put 11, w tb my luml• t and 'tat!g. ·, dt• In 11 !tan.
when I nm flni•ht d, :IJ!d k\t'J' thtm hL..c the \ •l •,
~. pt thor ~Oml'I"N"
"I ltk• d thi' lloOIIifbt ~0'11 ra"'ll~ ~hrn yt•U ~n d Gcd lrcl'J:!I 1
u' tlw l!lit• m~tf nd l•t tnt.dln~ thfru. '' h•n {fif' th l •k"< n!1t l1l-••
that 1t !'(·t"m." to brmll Jl m to r.ur to Ont'':o ll1'r. J \\&S tblllk 1 11:
till' ot~r IIIOtfltDIZ Wh31 fi g:mnd thing !;hUlt \\":\~ \\ brn J •AW t l t
... Ill
rt'\h•u: bPhind n hml<: oi • louds, a. l~l of red; and ,,n tiLl'
t'40IIrt~W1!~ t, f'Jl!'•l w\th l'l'd trc-l t Wtl· ll. mavnlf!<:ent ~l{tlal
l tlunk ,onwh thn•-hin:t Ull!.l'lum• workliJ~ 1 ft>E'll want to 1 ,.
tlwl't' ; I "imply low thn•JOhmg and nil th" work
PY.orlt•
t':H•'t-v-n htbt r can t-llfl!l"'r"tllud whM t 'ill'(' ill
1 1rm hi•• . I ouh· know th~t I lovr. it, and 1t • •c·\•oml
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nature tn n.•· " •
• Wt· louw1 n l'llwltN·Nl plno.: tn wh t'h tol·at our lunch
and t h,.n ~nr and watC"h••d tl\t' ,.,, r-d•an~tt nil L•rHI~cnpc·~
1\.<;.,.tll'f' :\1111 the!:ro th•• '>lln \\"OUid UTral; thr OD" tonl!l l>t~J "•'JUt~ nf th•' w 1111 )).lrtmOOT'
J)OTll"" Jo:rt\ZlUct. ""Ome of thrm with t011~th c.' th~>
"\nrn"r W()O(h m ~oi"Jl(•OU.'l t\utum11 t·olonnng, v. h•·n· 111'4"
:\ l;ttl•• :cquimllP~p up to l\ hmnd1 of a tn'<' and'' nmprr
(lff \lowu. llO\\It, tlo\HI throu~rh tht• hrown hr:trl.• n nn•l
f, 1 ,(it-tilll{ tlt-\n th lo.."t, ahhOUS!h I'Wlj' num l ~ r ai.'Dt,
perll-rtion 1 d() lr•"'" .r~>arhnl! thl' l•ttlt> b t-> you quot,.
out of tht> ~tlrh' h lt('l"ll w1wn I l\'!lt alone· ..,o murh. ami
ncvrr ~ :motlulr Land !{lrl month in, month out.
I don't thmk ('Wn you can n-al•o;c h