The Cecil Whig., 1883-01-13

suddenly come to him that he has been
trying tn beat 2:40 with three minute
horse. The man or woman who leaves a
profession or employ ment to which they
are fitted. and in which they can be pros
porous and happy and have friends. goes
upon the stage to compete with men and
women who have been brought up to it
and who have made success by lifetime
of hard work, will some day realize to
their sorrow that they have failed to heat
2:40 with three minnie horse. the
yonng man who has been left Il fortune
b; dead father, who has worked
lifetime to accumulate riches. and who
changes from beer. that vas good enough
for him before, to champagne, and plenty
of it, and who can't find places enough
t." spend money without sitting up all
night, and who finds old slcdye and
p"""ck!e t"" tam. and ai"pr> draw
p"hrr aud taro. and who fursrts that his
sisters are splendid c,Inpiny, aud gets
acquainted with qack girls and bu,s
them diamonds as bI1 as pieces of alum,
Will il, few wears be walking on his up
pers. and having fur collars pinned on to
linen ulsterS for winter and he will wake
up some morning with the almightiest
headache on record and come to the con-
cIuslon that trying to beat 2:40 with a
three minute horse is what ails him. The
summer resort hotel proprietor who fits
up an old rookery and fills it with guests
who are seeking comfort and charges
them Fifth Avenue prices for Bowery ac-
Communications, will look at his empty
house the next year and say the season is
backward, and when the guests do not
come with the dog days, be will sudden
ly scratch his head and say lie made a
fool of himself last year in trying to beat
2:4o with three minute horse. The
whole souled, good fellow. verybodys
friend. gets to drinking too hard, and as
he is healthy he gets an idea be can beat
wh'sky-a game that so many have tried
and failed. He keeps 1t up until his nose
is red, his eyes beared and his voice
shaky. and he has whisky cough, and
his friends try to reason with him. and
get him to let up. but he laughs at them
with his good natured laugh, and tells
thcm he has got constitution like q
horse, and that nothing can hurt him,
and he asks them to take drink. Some
day he gets the Jim jams, and all his
friends say, Il told you so,'' and they
sit up nights with him and drive away
snakes. and just before he dies it sudden
" occurs to him that he has been trying
2:40 with Il three minute horse. \ man
who is poor and wants to live on the fat
1T the land. marries pretty little rich
woman. and begin to squander her money
and when she tries to persuade him to
stop IL he gets to treating her like dog
gets worse and strikes her, and after
while she gets enough of it and obtains
i divorce and marrieS man who loves
ner and doesn't want her money, aud she
is happy. and her former husband be-
comes dead beat and drunkard and
would fam beg for his refuge that drops
from the table of his former wife. and
~hen he buttons his summer coat around
him on a winters night and walks around
block for u wind pudding and looks in
t" the windows and sees the light OF the
lire from the crate of his former wifes
sitting room, it occurs to him that if he
had not attempted to beat $40 with
three minute horse. he could have been
IN there toasting his slippers and drink
ing cider, and looking into a pair OF eyes
that would have always looked their love
for him, if he had been contented with
three minute gait. but which eyes will
never look upon him again except in pity.
Oh, there are thousands OF people who
make a mistake in trying to beat 2:40
With three minute horse.