Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-10-19

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IL gEuAefsl sha1s 81 . 0agai0csoa trsa
uPos the verAast nsaAoU, he hosse,
an Asabian sossl. s1ssk -sesasd, sleaAee.
lia'ed, and 1s<s, looked dow lPoa
the hoosly. shaesy. bis-essed dssrf.
18th psOua and Arrogant sssanption-
Get cot. vrsseh.~ erisd the horue,
lifting his h~.l hieA, and ching his
besataful neck ''Hev dassse thou pre-
snme % saand in the sa0e shs-I- wifh
mes II osr eooi Dssssg should see
thee noe he veald drive thee hence.
Nark the dE1-r~nce Of cur stations m
the dseiling. Look upon NV comfort-
able. hsndso0ely faFnishei stall. and
compare 10 with thv dirty pen. Fsngh'
Dat upon fkee. Thou art ae~pi<ed of
ali men. while I Am sinir--d. ~sen by
l.di-s u high a~erser-
The POM - hung his bead. AMI
slowly moved assay. He dad not fear
the hos~r, bot be cared not 10 hssee o.
hi. aeaxis~ firssie-
In coar-e 81 time the sl;nzfion 81 the
owner of the two animal. Was changed
10 became Lec~~&ary that he should
journey into . far coanfry. and he took
alta him his borp- and his s~s. and
very glad ~ere they of the opportunity
To travel and see the world. But by
aud by. the man came % q region where
the way ~as rocky and uneven TO such
a degree that the horse could not trav-
erse il: so his master was forced to sell
him Ia . peasant. whose cot stood at the
foot Of Q high mountain, and make ar
engagements for pursuing his journey
with his faithful ass alone; for while
the slight, smooth limbed Arabian steed
would have been but q useless encum-
brance amid the rocky precipices. the
sturdy, patient sss was we'll fitted for
the work.
"Ah!" said the ass, as on the follow
ing morning he saw the poor, degraded
horse, with great wooden saddle upon
his slender back, harnessed to plough,
You now see that none are SO exalted
in this world that they may not fall;
and ia view Of this they should be Care
full how they look Bcornfully upon those
who may chance, for the time, to be
below theml"
And this is my picture, the viewing
of which brought the fable to my
mind:
In the summer of 1864 I saw young,
handsome man, dressed in . gaudy
uniform, with the double. barred straps
of captain of infantry upon his shout.
ders, and captains commission in his
pocket. And before the captain stood
an humble private of his company who
had not properly doffed his cap, and
stood aside when his commander APP
preached. The captains language was
for all the world like the language OF
the horse in spirit, but in quality it was
profane and disgraceful. The private
soldier dared not reply; he could only
bow his head, hold in his heart from
bursting, and tightly shut his teeth. I
turned away sad and sick at heart.
But I saw another side to the picture.
Within the year last passed I saw q
man. ill.clad, haggard, and broken.
standing in the prisoners dock Of the
city court, charged with drunkenness.
It was his first appearance there, and
he was let off with the penalty Of q
light fine and costs. He had not dol
q penny-and he stood trem.
bling before the judge-Ol 30 abject
and pitiful-e expecting to be sent to
Jail, when Q gentleman advanced and
paid the fine, and then took the poor
unfortunate by the arm and led him
away to send him to q comfortable
place of refuge, and to save him il he
could.
The prisoner was the man upon whose
shoulders I had erstwhile seen the
straps of an infantry captain; and the
other was the once unfortunate private
who had been forced to bow to wrong
which he could not resent.-S. G. Jr.,
in N. Y. Weekly.