Even in this tone of great wrath it could be discerned thatStimson was filled with wonder that any youth should dare smile at thedaughter in the presence of the august father. The girl told him that she loved him, and she did notlove him, that she did not know if she loved him. He used the whip with judgment and deliberation as theengineer would have used coal or oil. The father finally realizes he cannot keep up with the pace of youth. "This is too much of a good thing. "ByJiminy," he said to himself again, "that fellow is smiling at mydaughter." The following is the complete text of Stephen Crane's The Pace of Youth. The summer sunlight sprinkled itsgold upon the garnet canopies carried by the tireless racers and uponall the devices of decoration that made Stimson's machine magnificentand famous. As for the young man, it was plain thatthese glances filled him with valor, and he stood carelessly upon hisperch, as if he deemed it of no consequence that he might fall from it.In all the complexities of his daily life and duties he foundopportunity to gaze ardently at the vision behind the netting. An eyes-only but tumultuous love affair fills the summer. The hackman became inspired with the full knowledge of the situation. This adaptation of Cranes classic short story The Pace of Youth was produced with wonderful sound effects and music by veteran radio theater producer Joe Bevilacqua, who is joined in the fine cast by William Melillo, Cathi Tully, Peter Cummings, and Leslie Spital. Project Gutenberg Self-Publishing - eBooks . Theyhad grown so intent upon the uncertainties, the variations, theguessings of their affair that the world had become but a hugeimmaterial background. The mission of PACE Youth is to transform young people into responsible citizens through community-based, comprehensive services, providing life skills and positive support systems that impact the family as a whole. Herswere subtle, feminine, as incomprehensible as the stars, as mysteriousas the shadows at night. He began to comprehend those twochildren ahead of him, and he knew a sudden and strange awe, because heunderstood the power of their young blood, the power to fly stronglyinto the future and feel and hope again, even at that time when hisbones must be laid in the earth. Though best known for The Red Badge of Courage, his classic novel of men at war, in his tragically brief life and career Stephen Crane produced a wealth of stories—among them "The Monster," "The Upturned Face," "The Open Boat," and the title story—that stand among the most acclaimed and endurin… The broadest selection of online bookstores. Finally, the being who was born to attend at this tragedy said that shewished to sit down and gaze at the sea, alone. The young man swore to himself that hewould be her friend until he died. The Falcon 50/1. Current research at the intersection of youth civic engagement and community health and safety is limited. Short Summary. Literature Network » Stephen Crane » The Pace of Youth. The young man upon the raised platformhad no manner of license to smile at the girl behind the silverednetting. Shakespeare wrote over 150 sonnets! He strode over to the silvered netting. Though she had, of course, known it, this confession seemed to make hervery indignant. When the young man faltered before them, she, in her sympathy, actuallyover-estimated the crisis, and felt that he might fall dying at theirfeet. He knew that denials would be futile with the terribleStimson. This is too much of a good thing. 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