Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-11-25

30 that perhaps il would hc Just
as we'll to plug along as am and
not get ambitious The life Of
lawyer with literary inclinations
may not be SO fraught with untram.
meled nature and sylvan retreats,
and wild picturesque canyons aud
bosky dells, and things Of that kind,
but it is cheering to put your hand
on the top of your head and feel
that it is still on deck, and, although
wealth may not come pouring in on
YOU in such IN Irresistible torrent as
You may desire, you know that If
YOU can't get enough to eat from day
to day and dodge Jim Sulliyan'S
vigilance committee and the cell
luloid pie. YOU are comparatively
safe.
Besides all this, | am afraid | am
not in proper spiritual shape TO go
among the workers, rs some Of the
Indians call themselves. Suppose
that on some softened, mellow au-
tumnal day they were all clustered
about me with the bacon grease and
war paint on every child-likc counte-
nance, and while ! stood there in the
midst of all the autumn Splendor,
with the woods clothed in all the
gorgeous apparel Of the deceased
year, telling them of the tcautics Of
industry and peace, and the glad, un.
fettered life of the buckwheat pro-
moter, or while l read a passage OF
scripture to them and was explain
ing it, and they were looking into
my face with their great fawn-
like eyes, all at once one Of them
should ask my views on the tarfT or
on the question of track elevation
The chances are al ont even that |
Npblu uhlpN btNu VI '.lplt anu ny
into an ungoyernablc rage and be
Just as harsh aud rude and unrea-
sonable as | could be- Then | would
regret it all, after hammering them
to pieces Oh it's of no Use. can't
accept the position
Public life has It's drawbacks, any
way.
II | was Mayor | woald have to at.
tend picnics, and | want no more Of
that, That kind otpublic life dosen't
agree with me.
! always like TO tell anything that
has the general effect Of turning the
laugh on me, because then ! know
there will be no hard feelings 1t is
ycfy difficult TO select any one who
will stand publicity when that pub
licity is more amusing to the average
reader than to the chief actor Every
little while | run out OF men who en-
JOY being talked about in my chastc
and cheerful vein. Then | have to
come forward and take this position
myself 1t is not cEotsm as some
might suppose. 1T is unscldshncs
and a manly feeling Of self.sacriGcc.
Last year I consented to read the
Declaration Of independence, as my
share Of the pragram, partially yout Of
gallantry toward the Goodies, Of
Liberty, and partly to get ride with
the chaplain and orator Of the day.
through the principal streets behind
the band II was a very proud mo-
ment for me- felt as though ! was
holding up one corner Of the national
fabric myself and ! naturally cX-
/ Lerienccd a pardonablc pride about
il. | sat in the carriage with tho
compiled laws OF Illinois under my
arm, and looked like Daniel Webster
wrapped in large bale Of holy calm.
At the grounds | found that most
everybody was on the speakers stand
and the audience was represented bi
a helpless and unhappy minority.
Ata Fourth Of July celebration II
is wonderful how many great mcr
there are, aud how they swarm of
the speakers platform Then there
are generally about thirteen Neuer4
. hIe gentlemen who do not pretend @,
bee great bat thcy c.unot hear Sens
well So they get uu tao -pcaerr
stand to bear the -lmr b.uuIrurl.Iul
statements chat tbog hive beard ur
. a thouand Years WhlIelwl, f.d
ing the litl.e burst ut hHmuf haaan
. us the Declaration the ,taglus gas.
was HHdr lb accumulated Weighted
thN lH.lWaH lWud aHi .e,u. hHn
decd great mIh uaa HI invited
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