The evening world., 1889-07-11
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tFroT, Msr.h@M r Wider. book : IL Pr9pIs IRE Smiled
Why one man should smile more thar some
others, md how / Glanced to be that man,
may properly be stated here. by way of ex.
PLANTATION of the following pages. Besides. |
am the smallest man mentioned in this book,
and the shortest horse is soonest curried.'
To begin at the beginning, as the clune
sAid when lie swallowed the eel bead first. old
Dame Nature, appeared to be out of sorts
when she got hold OF me. She put a couple
of feet under me, but she left a couple of feet
off of my stature. She didn't make me tall
enough to look down on anybody, or strong
enough to thrash anybody, so / never was al.
lo~eo the small-boy privilege of " putting
ON airs"
After a while Dame. Nature took another
look and eemed to think she hadn't done the
fair thing by me, so she gave me an expansive
smile aud q big laugh. / liked them both.
They amused me a great deal whenever there
Glanced to be nobody else looking aftor me.
/ cultivated that smile and that laugh unit |
the one grew very broad and the other very
loud. In fact, both became SO prominent as
TO attract Il great deal of attention.
frett'y soon they began to make themselves
useful to me at school; All OF my readers
aren't the gentlest creatures in the world:
turn a lion and a lot of schoolboys Loose in
the same well-fenced lot, and tie non would
be roaring for the police in less than i've
uliHuNGS' hh lOI u hLuull ID " WHO lSn I strong
enough to ti~ght-why, there will a'ways he n
crowd of bigger boys who will sec how near
they can come to worrying him TO death with
out killing him.
There were some boys of that kind in the
school | first attended. and they "wen for
me-" tried to defend myself with my smile
aud my laugh | hadn't anything else to hit
them with, and l beat them. They gave up
when they found | didn'tw worry worth a cent.
Then they were SO surprised that theY stood
around and asked what kind of fellow | was
anyway. In reply. | smiled and laughed
some more, aud told them a story or two.
After that l was the biggest hoy in school.
Orpheus, with his lutte, made trees,
And the mountain tops that freeze,
Bow themselves when hc did sing.
| don't wish to belittle Orpheus'S we'll
earned reputation, but m spite OF his great
achievements | don't leiieve lie could have
drawn a bigger crowd in our old School-vnrd
with his music than always did ns soon as |
laughed II specimen or two. NosConer would
| get to work than the juvenile toughs would
stop fighting, and the juvenile ga uts stop
dong nothing, all TO gather around me. and
hear my jokes or tell me sonnet didn't
see me smile and hear Inc laugh.
when became old enough TO want to
select n life occupation | found myself in n
serious QuRndary. All the callings TO which
boys Mt first naturally incline seemed closed
AGAINST me. | couldn't hc clown in II circus
or enter for "A "nlking-lGatcl, Tor my logs
were too short. cuuldn't preach. for nv
lead wouldn't reach the top of the pulpit,
There wa no chance for me in Congress, for
the speaker cou dn't see Inc 10 recognize me
unless | stood on a chair, which would be
contrary to the The Rules Of the House. "
and | couldn't become John /. Sullivnn's
rival for my lighting weight was too light.