The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-02-12
SUDDENLY CHANGED HIS MIND.

Mistake Made by a MoraIist Trying 70 .
Teach Serious Lesson.
An old gentleman, with an appear ]
auCe OF authority, stood looking at I
number OF wOr-.men that were putting /
up an enormous building lie mani I
tested a keen interest ia what was go /
ing ous he examined beams and scruti- !
nized the great stone that was to form
the arch at the entrance of the mann
moth structure.
4 thoughtful fellow came along and
speaking to the old gentleman, asked;
Womb You obi C. 20 giving rne few
momeutsuf your time?"
mo, sir"
Twin you step over-here, then, out Of
the yvay?"
ct will
They stood apart from the busy
world about them. The old gentleman
/ looked inquiriugly at the thoughtful
I looking fellow and said;
/ ''Weu, sir?"
81 have called you aside to speak
/ few serious words to you. AT first It
| may strike you that ] am presumptu-
I ouz, but after awhile you viii see that
/ my motives, If not commcudables are at
. least honest AS came along here
. just now saw you standing In self
forEetful attention, gazing at the prog
. ress of this great building, and won
dered il it had ever occurred to you
that it viii not be long until-nCv
pardon me-the great house now going
up win belong to some one else. You
are going to protest i see but walt a
moment. Your race in this life
is nearly run. A few days more and
you, as iaauimate as one of those
foundation stones, will sink be-
meath the surface Of the earth. The
anxiety you felt in this great building
will be gone-au with you viii be over.
] Place HFnH-nHrrrrF
will not speculate as to the future
. dweuing-plgce of your soul; we viii
! not hint that your deeds have not been
noble and generous enough to insure
yOu an eternity of peace but we viii
I do this: We viii question the judE-
ment of a man with one foot on the
+ crumbling brink of time, giving mp his
few remaining days in gazing with iu-
p fant-lilSe rapture at a building pro
jected by greed and executed in vanity.
Pardon me, if ] seem harsh, and force
e upon yourself sufficient patience to
a listen to me until j am done. a few
more hours and tine world viii move on
without you. You won't be in it, as
the vulgar saying goes, No one viii
q miss You, except in sort of Eelf-cou
p gratulatory way. You viii be molder
ing"
7 siI}ut. my dear sir"
e Hold on, said the moralizt, mildly
v 4 protesting wait until i have uttered
~ a few more words, and then I win lie
Z you return to vain occupation. Now, +
I were wealthy man. and knew my
b. time on earth was short, what would
ID do? Put up great building and act "a
if I were going to live always? No;
would do some real good with money
I would leave behind me one man. "a
least, who would hold my memQr
dear. I would select some poor, CRATE
full felow-noyv, let me tell you" h
- suddenly broke Off am the mos
grateful man in this world. In the jew
D. eled frame of memory ] now hold tn
a picture of man who gave me te
.s cents i've years ago. Now, let me hHv
Eve dollars, please"
Jul Your talk is worth tive dollars" sal
j. the old gentleman, land I'm sorry 70
70 didn't let me save it for you"
o. Save whst2"
1.-THE talk"
IS Chow save it?"
%. ''By telling you that Pm not putin
IS up that building-that merely stopps
here to look at the worIzmen- am Il
''i pastor of the Third byteriau churS
ld aud--won't you stay longer? No? We
Q. good-day, and don't forget to be graf
ri, full for all you get in this life.'-Arlza
~ saw Traveller