VII. The Undiscovered Country

VIII. The Hedge

IX. The Man Possessed

X. I Am Caught Up Into Life

XI. I Come to Grapple with the City

XII. The Return




CHAPTER I. I LEAVE MY FARM

"Is it so small a thing
To have enjoyed the sun,
To have lived light in spring?"

It is eight o'clock of a sunny spring morning. I have been on the
road for almost three hours. At five I left the town of Holt,
before six I had crossed the railroad at a place called Martin's
Landing, and an hour ago, at seven, I could see in the distance
the spires of Nortontown. And all the morning as I came tramping
along the fine country roads with my pack-strap resting warmly on
my shoulder, and a song in my throat--just nameless words to a
nameless tune--and all the birds singing, and all the brooks