The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-10-25

the deer shed his bor1s. NJ brother,
quit the satasoai3m Of your ,ci:cum
stances, quit m:saathroly, QuiS com
plaint. quit pitching into your pursu-
..rs. Be as wise as Dext spring VII! De
,he deer of the Adirondacks. Shed
your horns.
But very many Of You who are
wrongcd of the wcrld-ard if in any
assembly between the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans it were asked that all
who had been badly treated should raise
both their hands. and full response
should be made, there would be twice
rs many baads fitted as persons present
I say many Of you would declare,
We have always doae the best we
could and tried to be useful, and why
we become the victims OF mailgnment
or lnyalidism or ormishap, IS lns scTulaoie.
Wny. 10 YOU not know that the hner
qeer and the more elegant us p-opor
,ious aud the more beautiful lis bear,
irg the more anxious che hunters ana
the hounds are to capture II! liao
hat roebuck ragged fur aud broken
hoofs ard an obliterated eyeand Imp.
in. gais the hunters would have sad:
.Pslaw., DJn'tle us waste cur amnlu-
ciIion o. a sick deer. And he HOUNDS
.gou!d have given few sDitfs OF the
rack and then Garted off in aUoth>r d.
.,.,..;.., f,r better game. But when
.hcy see deer with aotierS lifted IL
mighty challenge 10 earth and SKY, and
the sleek hide looks as if it had been
>moothed by invisible hands, and the
fat SIDES iLc,oSe the richest pasture
that could be nibb1ed from the bank OF
riils SO Clear they seem TO have :.roppec
out Of heavcp, aud the stamp ct It's
foot deiss the Jack shooting lantern
aud the rifles, the horn and the hound,
that deer they will have if they must
needs break their nccks in the rapids.
So if there were 10 noble stuff in your
make up, if you were 5iiurcated moth
ing, if you we're forlorn failure, you
would be allowed to so undistrroed,
bur the fact that the whole pack is IN
full cry after you is proof positive
that you are splendid game and worth
capturing.
Therefore sarcasm draws on you its
finest bead therefore the world goes
cunning for you with his best Winches
ter breechloader. Highest compliment
is it to your talent or your vir;ue or
your usefulness. You will be assailed
in proportion to your great achieve
me1ts The best and the mighuest
Being the world ever saw had set after
him all the hounds, terrestrial and dla-
bolic, and they Tapped his blood after
the Calvareaa massacre The world
paid nothing to its Redeemer but a
bramble, four spikes and 2 cross. Many
who have done their best to make the
world better have had such rough
time Of it that all their pleasure IS IN
anticipation Of the next world, and
they would, if they could, express their
own feelings in the words Of the Baron
ess Of Nairn, at the close of her long
life. when asked if she would like t.
live her life over again:
Would you be young agair:
So would not
One tear of memory given
Onward III HE
l.ifes dark wave foaded Ger.
| All but st l. est on shore,
Say. would yCu plupge once more,
With home so nigh?
Ifyou might, would you row
He,race your way,
Wander through stormy wilds,
Faint ard astray'
Nights gloomy watches fed;
Morning, 81 beamipg red;
HOPES smile around us shed,
Heaqenward, away,