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Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950

"A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy"

In my opinion one
clean-hearted Irish boy is worth more than all the beaver hats in
creation."
Sarah gave the Irish family a good supply of cookies and jerked venison
before she bade them good-by.
When our travelers left, next morning, they stopped for a last look at
the great Falls.
"Children," said Samson, "I want you to take a good look at that. It's
the most wonderful thing in the world and maybe you'll never see it
again."
"The Indians used to think that the Great Spirit was in this river," said
Sarah.
"Kind o' seems to me they were right," Samson remarked thoughtfully.
"Kind o' seems as if the great spirit of America was in that water. It
moves on in the way it wills and nothing can stop it. Everything in its
current goes along with it."
"And only the strong can stand the journey," said Sarah.
These words were no doubt inspired by an ache in her bones. A hard seat
and the ceaseless jolting of the wagon through long, hot, dusty days had
wearied them. Even their hearts were getting sore as they thought of the
endless reaches of the roads ahead.


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