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THE GLEANER 7 gxffepfteey Sepjuly, 41, 1931. Dear Fate. I have often tried to learn your secret, but no matter how hard I tr yto find out, no matter into what depths I may pry the only satisfaction I can get is from your tireless fore-runner who continually whispers his name, Time, Time! It was back in 1921, just a few days past February 22, when I first got the longing to know you. Besides this longing I had ambitions to follow, a goal to seek and a name to make. But I weighed them all and thought Af- ter I reached my goal what then? How long would it take? Would it be ten years? I cried to you, but your only answer was from your fore-runner Time , Work and wait those two I must do. I could do neither without the other. But to work-to use energy, just to see the results not for mine. There must be a way in only waiting. . But I soon realized it would not be my own fate I would thus see, but that of others. And why not others? I had friends in my old class that I thought it worth to worry about so I would try the experiment Cm them- But to lose myself for ten years and not work. It seemed impossible. I would trust in you, Fate, and per- haps you would tell me. Ambition was always there ad- vising me how to work it, but like ambition it was al- ways unsatisfactory. lt suggested that I go to Borneo and spend ten years in trying to teach the cannibals to raise polar bears. But what if they would eat me? It chilled me to the bones at he thought of it. Then it tried to coax me to kill myself and take the chance of being incarnated ten years later. But what a chance? What if I were incarnated in the form of a leech? Horrors! I wouldn't be more than a sucker. I threw away all ambitions of solving the problem, when thanks to you Fate, Disgust came along with a helping hand. There's only one thing for you to do, It said, and that is get pinched. Do something unlawful and be lock- ed up in the cooler for ten years. There they will feed you, clothe you and you will lead a lazy life. After ten years you can come out and see what Fate has done.
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G THE GLEANER lacked the- spirit of self-organization and within a period of six months we disbanded the council. But we rejoice tonight at our contributions to the school. During our stay-twenty-seven letters were awarded to members of our class- It is the largest number of awards to any one class during three years stay at Farm School. A We must not forget the Gleaner. Attention toward our publication was never neglected, and since it. was put under our care it has won the aprobation from its many readers. f 'Tis but a few days, and the sharp edge of Time wil cut the cord of friendship that has bound our shief. Then we will become seed 'once more! Not to take on new growth on Farm School soil, but upon the ground, stamped and tramped 'neath the footsteps of life. Upon this soil we are to take root. Upon this soil we are to grow, and continue another new page in our history. What sort of history are we going to write? . GUSTAVE TAUBE. + The stars come nightly to the sky, The tidal waves unto the sea, Nor time, nor space, nor deep, nor high, l Can keep my own away from me. Burroughs. + . A VOICE I hear a voice-'tis calling My heart as lonely I roam, With life far in the distance, Behind me a place called home. ,Tis you that I am leaving, l'm sad and sorrowful at heart, But my ear lends toward the echo: Farewell! This day we part. I'm strong to make my journey To life's goal, steep and high. I can not be with you forever, And let my calling pass me by. I hear its echo, 'tis waning, I must leave you, and as I roam, With life far in the distance, Behind me a place called home- GUSTAVE TAUBE, '21.
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8 THE GLEANER That was the best advice I determined to be arrest- ed. But that was more work than holding down a job. First I stole a ladies pocket book and let her call the police. After she had quite a crowd of policemen and pedestrians about her I held out my wrists and said there. Arrest me. No, no! the woman cried. Officer, do not arrest him. I thought he was a thief but he's only hard up- Here my good man is five dollars. Perhaps it will help you. Oh, Fate! I could have cursed you then. I pocketed the money and strode away. I had tried once and failed. But I would play the spider and try, try again. I passed a pawn shop. In the window case. I saw a handsome re- volver. I would steal it. Break the case with a brick, swear, pick up the gun and run. I did a neat job a real thief could not do one better. I did not run twenty yards fl made sure I wasn't running too fasti when behind me galloped two policemen and the pawn broker. I had not run five more yards when I felt their .lovely hands grip my shoulder I was surely lucky this time. Young man, the officer said. You were seen stealing a revolver to commit suicide. Now don't tell me you don't want to kill yourself. I'm a student of psycho- logy and I've been employed by the police to do just this work, so keep quite and come along. Fate, once more I could have strangled you. They put me in the nut house, and treated me like a nut. . I was at the place two days when I started to get crazy myself. There was a beautiful girl there, just a year or so younger than myself-an angel on earth! Surely if anything would be a crime it would be to kill her, so in the dead of the night of the next day, I stole into her bed- chamber where she slept- What a pillowed angel with her flimsy hair streaming over her shoulders on the pil- low and the silvery moonbeam gently lighting her face- Oh, well it was all over in a few seconds. With trembling hands I grasped her swan like throat and strangled her. Just as I would have strangled you Fate, five minutes later if I could only get at you. She screamed twice, gasped and died. The room was soon filled with atten- dants. The head physician approached me. Oh, thought I, I have succeeded at last. Young mani' said he In the name of the sani- tarium let me extend our grateful thanks for doing the work we had planned to do tomorrow. She was our
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