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Theyour duty

without the trouble of doing it Therefore days of preparation are

always delicious days There is theof repose with all the joys

of activity To be planning to do things has in itIt carries the irradiating light of hope and purpose,

without the petty pin-prick of detail which comes when reality parodies

ideals

Dick's first suht He absorbed ideas

and so felt that he was doing so in this city of his birth which

now, in his e The

weeks drifted by and he seeh both s he learned and all the things he meant

to do were tripled and quadrupled in interest when he passed them on to

his two counselors-in-chief, Norris, solid and appreciative, Madeline,

even lorified by that char contact of old

So he spent his days in prowling about andall sorts and

conditions of men, while Ellery slaved in a dirty and noisy office; but

when Saturday came and the Star went to press at three, Norris, with

the blissful knowledge that there was no Sunday edition, would meet

Percival, stocked with a week's accumulation of experiences In the

hearts of both would be deep rejoicing as, at week-end after week-end,

they stowed themselves in Dick's o to the Country Club and play golf, but with the

subconsciousness for both that the lake irls agreeable, pretty and