The Open Trail

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="11f285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Berton Braley Cyber Museum</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Berton Braley Cyber Museum"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>     </B></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="11ed2c00dkelyh.png"> <div> <A HREF="news_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News"><U>News</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="biography.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Biography"><U>Biography</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="works.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Works"><U>Works</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="bibliography.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bibliography"><U>Bibliography</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="correspondence.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Correspondence"><U>Correspondence</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="library.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Library"><U>Library</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="meeting_place.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Meeting place"><U>Meeting place</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="guestbook.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guestbook"><U>Guestbook</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="market.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Market"><U>Market</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links "><U>Links </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="search.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Search"><U>Search</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id400.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Foundation"><U>About Foundation</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="about_museum.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Museum"><U>About Museum</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>The Open Trail</I><I>                                                                                                   </I></div> <div> <I><B>We have lighted our pipes and packed our kit</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>In the bow of our stout canoe,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And the paddles dip as we blithely hit</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>The trail of the open blue;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>We are off to the land of careless days</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>To the spell of the summer breeze,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>We are back again to the unmarked ways</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Where the heart of a man's at ease.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>There's a gurgle of water beneath the keel</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>As the ripples go plashing by;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>We have left the city of brick and steel</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>For the arch of the kindly sky.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>The murk that clouded the sun is fled</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And our burden of care is gone,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And it's ho! for the camp and the fire ahead</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And the scent of the pines at dawn.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>The white of our cheeks will change to brown</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And our muscles again will know</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>The springy strength that they lost in town</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Where the sweating millions flow;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>We're safe in the haven of God's outdoors</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Away from barter and sale,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>As we steer our course to the joyous shores</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>By the way of the open trail.</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>Published in: </I><A HREF="popular_magazine.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Popular Magazine"><U><I>The Popular Magazine</I></U></A><I> </I><I>- </I><I>September 15, 1910</I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="copyright.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copyright"><U><I>© 2000-2006, Berton Braley Cyber Museum. </I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="copyright.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copyright"><U><I>All rights reserved.</I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <I>---</I></div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com"><U><I>Contact Webmaster Peter Leeflang</I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com"><U> </U></A></FONT></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>