Twentieth Century Limited. There is a wire from my studio manager.
"When will I be back for work?" I wire him that I am rushing and
anxious to get there. There is a brief stop in Chicago and then we are
on again.
And as the train rushes me back I am living again this vacation of
mine. Its every moment now seems wonderful. The petty annoyances were
but seasoning. I even begin to like reporters. They are regular
fellows, intent on their job.
And going over it all, it has been so worth while and the job ahead of
me looks worth while. If I can bring smiles to the tired eyes in
Kennington and Whitechapel, if I have absorbed and understood the
virtues and problems of those simpler people I have met, and if I have
gathered the least bit of inspiration from those greater personages
who were kind to me, then this has been a wonderful trip, and somehow
I am eager to get back to work and begin paying for it.
I notice a newspaper headline as I write. It tells of the Conference
for Disarmament. Is it prophetic? Does it mean that War will never
stride through the world again? Is it a gleam of intelligence coming
into the world?
We are arriving at Ogden, Utah, as I write. There is a telegram asking
me to dine with Clare Sheridan on my arrival in Los Angeles. The
prospect is most alluring. And that wire, with several others,
convinces me that I am getting home.
I turn again to the newspaper. My holiday is over. I reflect on
disarmament. I wonder what will be the answer? I hope and am inclined
to believe that it will be for good. Was it Tennyson who wrote:
When shall all men's good
Be each man's rule, and universal peace
Shine like a shaft of light across the lane,
And like a layer of beams athwart the sea?
What a beautiful thought! Can those who go to Washington make it more
than a thought?
The conductor is calling:
"Los Angeles."
"Bye."
THE END.
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