Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1899-03-11
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The Dwarf
TTAHERE was onoe a giant and a
dwarf. The giant was over
ten feet high and weighed q


ton; while the dwarf was but
ten inches high and weighed only
seven pounds and ahalf The giant,
you will readily believe, was powerful
fellow He could take hold oftrces as
leg at the thigh and pull it up by the
roots. Hecould pickup stone weigh
ing 500 pounds, heave it above his
head and hurl it a hundred feet. lie
could tunnel mountains bridge rivers
and build massive structures up to-
ward the clouds And his skill and
ingenuity were as great as his brute
strength He could build an abutment
that would Withstand the shock Of the
oceans storm or could manufacture
cambria needle He could tear great
boulders out OF the heart of noun
tain or he conld adjust the hairspring
of a lady's watch. And / could not
begin to even catalogue the names OF
the wonderful that he invent
ed.
But the dwarf was SO weak and puny
he could not even attend ITO his own
small, personal wants; at least it was
noticed that he never did so. He re-
sembled somewhat, in personal APP
pcarance, the little brownies whose
pictures YOU sometimes see in the
magazines He had little, spindling
legs and arms out much bigger than
rye straws but he had 4 big stomach.
But, though small, the dwarf was
always very much in evidence. He
had shrill voice that could be heard
along way off In dress lie was q rcgt,-
lar little dude. He wore velvet breccb-
es and coat and the cutcst little stove
pipe hat YOU ever saw. With his pat
cnt-leather shoes, eve glass and gold
headed cane, about as long as q lead
pencil, he would have made a spleH-
did drawing card for a show window.
Now you will be surprised when / tell
YOU that this. insignificant dwarf was
the absolute master Of the great,
powerful giant The giant worked
for the dwarf worked constantly and
laboriouslv; not because he wished 20
but because he was compelled tor,
rather, because he Thought he was
compelled to-
They lived very near each other.
The dwarf in a palace on top OF hill,
while the giant lived in hovel at the
foot of the same hill The giant did
various kinds of work for the dwarf
but he put in most OF his time carry
ing loads up the hill on his back, while
the dwarf followed along i'll minia-
ture dOg-cart.
But" YOU say, "surcly the giant
was well paid for doing this ignomin-
ious work under the eye of his little
master" No. am sorry to say he
was not On the contrary he got
barely enough to keep his broad back
covered with rags and TO buy food
enough to keep up his strength SO he
could contioue to work.
Now | know what your next quest
ion is before YOU ask it. You want to
know why, if the gaint was SO much
larger and stronger than the dwarf,
and Just as smart, he did not stop his
slavish service and go to work for
himself Well it is a hard question to
answer. Theirs were good many
reasons. The principal one was that
the dwarf owned the hill where they
both lived That is, according to the
rules and customs of that country he
owned it. And another reason was
that the giant had always been more
or less (chieffy more) OF a slave and he
really cOuldn see his way clear to be
any thing else He didn't see things
i'm their true relations and he did not
know his own power Not that he
lacked in mental power. His invent
tious proved thathchad agoou mind.
Sometimes H. would let fall "a remark
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