So far the weather up hero has been splendid, the wheat crops are just looking beautiful, and everywhere You travel there is a look of peace and plenty, but just at present rain is falling and the Farmers are afraid that it will be too much. Amidst all these tokens of prosperity, one cannot but be saddened as one looks upon the ever-increasing amount of land where the poppy is now grown so luxuriantly. No wonder that we are constantly meeting men who want to break off the terrible. craving for opium. Four of these poor fellows Joft us only a day or two ago to sake a fresh start and together try and refuse to again give in to its allurements, but without a fresh power in their lives one feals how almost hopeless the struggles must be.
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