Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-11-12
: REWARDS OF HUSTLING.

writer who Thinks There Are Many
"Instances Where it Does Not Pay.
! somewhat peculiar world, this
q. ,.n reside in, my masters, says Kate
ohT NV, W. Washington, and there are a
i.e,4 many people to give advice as TO
gfe'[' a r methods of employing our two
the J.1 80 that we may become fore
31n Jod in the shortest possible lapse of
tq I5s busy old shell-round, like an
~ ara creditor, and tlattened at the
apps Las. and Just how to make haste and
II''-' little articles of vertu, without jog
0,LI' i.a,r,a Of the best eggs out of our
sIIE7 is 4 question which puzzles a
Da'G 1 MANY of the Wlsest OF US.
E0 We are all hustling, and the more We
,rstp the more we may, seemingly !;
Iu', .Ll man who hustles the most, and
ou sn w. ahead Of his struggling, toiling,
he95Pfming competitors, has the clearest
sa ;n~ Of the track, crosses the shaky
,15oa first. breathes the alr when it is
g q 7irpsbest and least contaminated,
Vi9 CON- stop and rest occasionally when
S SDG apts far enough ahead.
p ,io hnrries and digs and looks so in
.. III before him that he doesn't have
Gn"' 70 worry about the trifling ills
g r.'icb beset his mortal frame. In
mort, he gets there"
R IIa has to try the shaky bridge first,
,o VI # il goes down, his followers can
a an"n it. lie does not see the slippery
S Jona and falls with a great spIurge,
r .T all those who come after see him
1 Ilit 60 anl raise their hands, and heap
%rsion upon him, and go carefully
u ,annd the spot. He is always in such
' hurry that he doesn't have time to
,bin , about his health; and he eats too
%.t and acquires a quarter-section of
irsnensa which makes his inward man
%Gf ike the four-pOund stone inside
tho srraWny turkey at Christmas time.
II bo Gets SO far ahead that he can af-
lorJ 10 rest and look around little, he
ANY, nni0v it much. He has hustled
S" " that he doesn't feel happy. He
missps the Jolt and jar and rattle he
hos been used to so long. So he hurries
on and on, and maybe is, going SO fast
t1gt he can't stop when he comes to the
man who is following after in an old
ogy, take-it-easy sort Of way, comes up
70 the edge by and by, looks over,
sbudders, dr0psa tear, stops to enjoy
be view and have his bushes card
nnted on the cliff, and moves along by
EASY stages toward the lovely land at
6etop of the hill, which he will know
how to enoy-When he gets to 1T.
Enterprise and push and good hard
work are all right, fellowworms of the
Inst. We mustn't think that we can
make our way, or our salt, without
them. Someone must be at the head,
and struggle if he keeps there, and 9TH
eymust bring up the rear of the pro-
ession. Whv won't it be better for us
~ 70 og along about the middle of the
line? Perhaps people won't point at
us and say that 1t IS wonderful what
nstIels we are; but We can eat our
three meals a day on time and enjoy
taem and rest in the cool Of each even
mgmder our own vine and tig-tree-or
vine and tig-tree that we rent--and
our families will get acquainted with us.
md we'll not cross bridges until they
are built, or risk our lives swimming
be river to stake out a big claim before
the rest of the people cross comfortably
mthe new ierry-boat.
Our lives are what we-and the men
who write our autObiographies-make
them. But we can't live but one
apiece and it strikes the subscriber
that, if we try to live at a 2:0Sf gait
Tnen We are built for the 500 class, our
lives will be full of trouble-yea, even
though, when we come to die, and the
places which knew us once shall know
Nnomore forever, the waiting genera
onmay make exceeding haste to di-
Ue great patrimony worth many
1eSses of pottage.