The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-17
Owning the Earth.
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How oticn VIC hear men say Il am k lad q, IL when speaking oi some man who has been t the iop ct the heaG pnlHi- oally, seC,Ally or financially, and has sud. denly dropped 9 e'Ree HI great while man sa,s T am soIfy, but that ,s when tAe man who has tallen Was the same klnd of fellow when he WAS on top that he was before he got thcie The trouble Is ,ha, too many men, who go Ia the trsa,, se, the idea that they own the earth. and then old trends ge, down on them, and they do no, make new mes ,o take the place ei the old ones, \ ~af1 polite lan who becomes a congressman. can make no greater nis,ake than te get too bag tor h,s boots when he n elected. and forget hs friends and put on airs The boys who have made hia what he Is, talk with each other about him, and laugh al hls greatness, and never tell h,m what they th,nk. hu, some day when he comes ap asaln they siauahtet hlm. and he drops on the pol,noa sidewalk and never knows what ha him. but he knows that he is hurt. Then he tnss to smile a, his old friends. and slap them aa the shoulders. and eNllain himself. bui II ps evrtlaatinely too late. What they wanted VAS to have hun ,etnain lazi the satuc when he ~as all top \ man may ga along. poas. aad he tcApee,cd And have thousands ut hteHdS and hr may satldenh have fortune left kin lhe t4Ist ,lIuc hr pta'-= silk sHdetAh4a hr changes towards his iaenas and seems ,a oau the earth lie goes around a bio, to avoid meeting some tleud oi | T .l. uhen he. meets them They watch iot hun to drop. and when he docs ga through hls money. and gets down to earth sgain. and tbds tha: .he other iel- lows own seme of Il. he meets an old tucnd tha, he has not noticed for years and says Hello, Iiill. but Biii does not "heiin. Bill has wanted tn hello tot soine tune. bui he d,dn't teseive any en. e9ufagement, and nos h,s apps.tc iat "heloing" has Jeff hlm. II he wants ta ''hello ihil' hc goes of and does Il ~,th some body hose head has no, gu, too blg for hIs hat, and the man who has been temporarily al the top oi the heap sers that lac has made beaver dam fool ol himself When man has been .hrpb- ing iitii sii hts lite. sfd sIsppesi bAtk 30 much that Il has made his head swim. bat finally, by s,i, klng hn toe nail. ,n. gets Ia the tot. he has aught ,n feel glad. bu, hr wants 10 be conicn,ed whs,e he
 s, and nc, ,p tn hy h,sh. When bs gets to the top ni the h1i iIe is ift Il is4ufe Jan .efUuS ,it.is z rtlIu tTr v;rs- rtrtfr-it.'- timbtng. hceausc from A hrte hc stand 1T is f1ag t5H a s.,etf dpctff"a. bid you ever 'bus oi tasi. boys. Livery way you sasss saef yeu ,t, ibete, Il ls dost, haIl. aud you have sa' fo brace yourself and not .use yotn hr td. pt inc nfs, ttnus you krox yoet toet ~lll siip agsl Jnu ~iii .p dos n head over appetite II }oa haze sef' soui nead and youi trends wbile you s,fe .l ,ie toP. and those ~ho arc st.ll ss4HhAs4se Aee 'i.ai you are lei,Ing ynaf if.e' .hp. they sill ,iy ts brace you, and keep ysu 1p. bt, If you have made an sse oi yuuisei'. and thought bee aasc you had got there v a, lou owned the hui, afd ha.e ,aia~u oba,aelrs in the way 0f ,he other ehnh,fs, and yoa start io % dpsn, is Bosh EHing. has sad, "Ail ere aiion scems gtsascd for the oceaslor. and when yoa get to going rsbody vii reach out 10 ssse you l, IA 4 good lea son for boys a. ~e.I as men to learn. tha, the top oi ,he hail is ihc mos, dangerous place. and when they gc, there they all be the same careful, enable perAons that they ~ere ~heu they ~efe s,lcklng their ;oe nails n and pua,ng The couH- ify $ f5hof late pol,,Ieians sho would gl.e sii ;t.y have got. and mortgage all they eRpc., ,o have fl they had nni los, ine.r neAds when they got Co the top oi inc hi.i.