THE POINT OF VIEW.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 326, 7 January 1911, Page 2

THE POINT OF VIEW.

1 The ekciric trat-near passed out of Hit* town whore the housc-s gathered thick oil either «nd into the country tans.', where across the hedges were vistas of fields, and here and there a house, and presently a little village nestling down as it mast have nestled any time in the last half century. "Ah,," said the young man with eyes aglow, "this is better. This is something like, this is ! Give me a hit of country, and I'm happy. You wouldn't think you had this kind o'" thing so near to London, would yo i now ?" addressing himself to his stout companion in the corner. "I don't see much beauty in i'~," with something of a snort ; "al' thai land running to waste ain't my id v. of beauty." "To waste ?" questioned the enthusiast. "Oh, but surely it ien i waste ? Look at all the things that tire growing ; look at that h lystfie':. Oh .! no ; it isn't waste. It's beautiful."

"Look here, young " rr.m," came the grim answer, "I don't want any Df your gush. When I put my m-:n:.y into this tramway 1 thought we should soon have rows of hovsos here. But people don't build. Xobody comes, and there's all my money lying idle. That's what 1 call waste. Let me see this place covered with houses, and then I'll talk to you about beauty. Beauty indeed," lie growled, '"vhere's the dividends to come out. of these fields and haystacks ?" —"Westminster Gazette."