rday.

When the pilgrimage is ended, may we turn then, may we change
To the vanished and familiar from the present and the strange?
Who so chooses to his heaven--I shall be content to stay
Where the ghosts of dead years wander through the halls of Yesterday.

_Saturday Evening Post._

Definitions of "A Friend."

The first person who comes in when the whole world has gone
out.

A bank of credit on which we can draw supplies of
confidence, counsel, sympathy, help, and love.

One who combines for you alike the pleasures and benefits of
society and solitude.

A jewel whose luster the strong acids of poverty and
misfortune cannot dim.

One who multiplies joys, divides griefs, and whose honesty
is inviolable.

One who loves the truth and you, and will tell the truth in
spite of you.

The Triple Alliance of the three great powers, Love,
Sympathy, and Help.

A watch which beats true for all time, and never "runs
down."

A permanent fortification when one's affairs are in a state
of siege.

One who to himself is true, and therefore must be so to you.

A balancing pole to him who walks across the tight-rope of
life.

The link in life's long chain that bears the greatest
strain.

A harbor of refuge from the stormy waves of adversity.

One who considers my need before my deservings.

The jewel that shines brightest in the darkness.

A stimulant to the nobler side of our nature.

A volume of sympathy bound in cloth.

A diamond in the ring of acquaintance.

A star of hope in the cloud of adversity.

One truer to me than I am to myself.

Friendship, one soul in two bodies.

An insurance against misanthropy.

A link of gold in the chain of life.

One who understands our silence.

The essence of pure devotion.

The sunshine of calamity.

A second right hand.

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As a result of offering a prize for the best original
definition of "A Friend," several years ago, London
_Tit-Bits_ came into possession of thousands from all parts
of the world. From these the foregoing were selected as the
most striking. The prize was awarded to the first.

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