d sincerity, and
strength, and rugged kindliness.

And when the simple wedding feast was over, they all went down to
the river-bank, at the lower corner of the garden, where, at the eddy
landing, a staunch John-boat waited, equipped and ready.

When the last good-byes were spoken, and Brian and Betty Jo put out from
the little harbor into the stream, Auntie Sue, with Judy and Homer T.
Ward, went back to the porch of the little log house, there to watch the
beginning of the voyage.

With Brian at the oars, the boat crossed the stream to the safer
waters close to the other shore, and then, with Betty Jo waving her
handkerchief, and the neighbor men and boys running shouting along the
bank, swept down the river, past the roaring turmoil of the Elbow Rock
rapids into the quiet reaches below, and away on its winding course
between the tree-clad hills.

"I am so glad," said Auntie Sue, her dear old face glowing with love,
and her sweet voice tremulous with feeling, "I am so glad they chose the
river for their wedding journey."

Note.--This biographical sketch of Harold Bell Wright will give the
reader a knowledge and understanding of the life-work, aims and purposes
of the author as expressed through his books. It is reprinted on these
pages in response to popular demand.--The Publishers.

HAROLD BELL WRIGHT

A Biography

By ELSBERY W. REYNOLDS

The biography of a man is of importance and interest to other men just
to the degree that his life and work touches and influences the life of
his time and the lives of individuals.

Only in a feeble way, at best, can the life story of any man be told on
the printed page. The story is better as it is written on the hearts of
men and women and the man himself does the writing.

He lives longest who lives best. He who carves deepest against corroding
time is he who touches with surest hand the greatest number of human
hearts.

He may or may not be a prodigy of physical strength. He may or may not
be a tower of mental energy. But so long as this old world stands the
man with an overpowering desire for all that is best for the race to
be in the race, whose life is in tune with the divine and with the good
that is within us all, whether he be orator, writer, artist or artisan,
is a giant among men.

That which we read makes a deeper and more lasting impression on our
lives than that which we see or hear. An author with millions of readers
must be a great cen