Beyond the West: containing an account of two years' travel in the other half of our great continent far beyond the old West, on the plains, in the Rocky mountains, and picturesque parks of Colorado. Also, characteristic features of New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho ... Oregon, Utah, Nevada, and ... California, the end of the West ... the great continental railroad, together with the ... most wonderful natural scenery in the world .../ by George W. Pine.

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THE ROAD) TO SOUTH PARK.
I had now been iL the mountains sufficiently to
learn fromn personal experience that these towering
edifices of tnature, though grand and majestic to the
eye of tlfe passing traveler, assume still greater proportions of magnitude when one attempts to ascend
them.
"As on through life's journey we go, day by day,
There are two whom we meet at each turn of the way,
To help or to hinder, to bless or to ban, And the names of the two are " I can't," and " can,"
"/' ca't" is a dwarf, a poor, pale, puny imp,
His eyes are half blind, and his walk is a limp;
He stumbles and falls or lies writhing with fear,
Though dangers are distant, and succor is near.
"Ian"' is a giant; unbending he stands;
There is strength in his arms and skill in his hands;
He asks for no favors; he wants but a share
Where labor is honest and wages are fair.
"I can't"' is a sluggard, too lazy to work;
From duty he shrinks, every task he will shirk;
No bread on his board, and no meal in his bag;
His house is a ruin, his coat is a rag.
"I ca" is a worker; he tills the broad fields,
And digs from the earth all the wealth which it yields.
The hum of his spindles begins with the light,
And the fires of his forges are blazing all night.
"Icaet" is a coward, balf fainting with fright;
At the first thought of peril, he slinks out of sight;
Skulks and hides till the noise of the battle is past,
Or sells his best friends and turns traitor at last.
"I can" is a hero, the first in the field;
Thtiough others may falter, he never will yield;
HIe makes the long marches, hle deals the last blow,
His charge is the whirlwind that scatters the foe.
... I,.,.,-.- ".
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