The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-07
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POOR Rbos4 AND RICH POOR.


sAy heart snshs and leaps vita compassionate
labor
AS shink Cd the woes OF Pau Elrnore my
nesghncE
whom tke psngDf It's poverty evermore pinches
Who OF want the most fearfrd Is dying b.
inoSrse,
whese income, scarce two hundred thousand .
yeer
ef the poOrnoose torsver1nore keeps him IN
fcar,
Ana whose sp1risas nearly pressed out Big tbs
weight
cf ais st5ozs,snd his4bonds and his real estate
1tis true tharh:s wealth rather iargein amount
IS,
That his Iasaetnay be found In a han-dozeu
oo1n1$es,
Half railway he owns -four per Oertur half
yearly;
IN town, rows or houses, all rented or nearly;
lie has bonds, SsecIs a1d mortgages, all bring
ing in
THAT gold which ge struggle SO feroely 90 wiz;
But nevertheless, with his funds all secure,
IT can't De donieG that Paul Elmore is poor.
IL cor some publSO,Pupose 'twere urgently need
III for sickness or want, By no kind heart IN
heoded,
II FOR eny good object his cash you implored #,
more VolL YOU NAJNAN s4O1 aASA ~.
Tho times are TOO hard, he assures you, aac &c,
IL no Lad but tho means, would quite generous
And he says, looking down at bis rnrch-nended
shoes:
''T3s Tho pure lack Of money thatuaaEes me 20
fuse"
The narrowest vista hIs mind takes tts view In
TO part with n dollar be feels would be ruin;
lie thinks it bis duty, no knows il hrs pleasure,
TO lay up On earth net in Heaven, his treasure;
Re denies himself comforts, he luxuries shUns,
AND gives good advice, with no cash, TO his
sODs,
.Tyho follow BIS plan, he opposes. but those
Take revenge. by Post-abLts-and so the thing
goes
Paul IS poor as the poGrest-who doubts &c
when seeing
The meanIy appareled and pitiful being.
who never INDUCES Ia sperd.ng or giving,
And vegetables here. for Toa cart csll It living?
Poor in soul, poor in deed, poor in all but his
purse
a fate such as hts, who could fancy g wOrse'
When the plan3om Of poverty stays with the
rich,
Tess w7e1ched't the beggar VINO dies in ditch
NOW. thersis Mike Eyrnes, thirty years hsre
from Galway,
Who, rnendinG mems shoes earns his bread In
a small way;
From whose wbrk-beuch, at daylight, your ears
cS5cE the cf2noor
or time-best 70 ''Tatter Jack Welsh" with
hammer;
whonover can make, toll as hard IS he may
From daydaWn 20 dark, past ten sAdLnGs q
d5J;
Who earns what he spends. and J"ho spends
what lie earns
But vheress q richer than little Mike ByTnes'
1t Is tru,,, though, the man "a a clever bread
winner;
EisSolks have sometimes but potatoes for din
ner.
with NEST only sure on Sunday or h6h-day,
And salt fisb not always confined 90 Friday;
1'hat his wife, though his banker, has long ago
learned
BY experience how often gown may be turned;
And Mikes bstternost coat shows the size OF
its yarns.
Us guiltless OF nap, and has patches and darns.
Miko is rich,,for gil that, in the love of each.
neighbor
Who listens, well-pteased, IS Mike sings at his
labor:
Heels rob inshis cheerful observance Of duty;
lie is rich in his, wife, though she's scarcely .
beauty;
He Is rich IN the Sove o. all children around,
Who look on Mixes shop as their ewn special
ground:
He Is rich in Good-humor and truth and CON
tent
Possessions that evernore yield cent per cent
Most people would envy Paul Elmores posi-
ton
And wish they were placed in his happy condi-
ton,
And hook on Mike Byrues as in strait so ais
tresSsng
That death. IN his ease, might bs almost q
blessing:
But when the plata truth on their inner sense
falls
Thfle Mike has no envy, their pity Is Psufs;
And, comparing the two, in their Judgment DO
sure,
Thst poor Mike is rich, and that rich Paul 10
poor.
Thomas Dunn English, in N. 7. Ledger.