Hutchinson gazette., 1899-06-29

Two men once met

nm called the Worker Tell me DOW
who are you9"
II am" replied the first, "a wise
man; men call mo Master ~
What is Your occupationp" asked
the fool.
my occupation Ia to teach such
fools as you," was the reply,
"Will you teach me2" asked the
tool.
"With pleasure" returned the wise
man. "come with me-"
The fool went with the wise man,
who led him TO pile Of bricks and
wood.
Build me a grand palace and lit
Tic hut" Gald the wise man.
The fool built the grand palace and
the little hut When they were iinish-
ed the wise man gave him few coins
and said:
~ will live In the palace, for have
earned 1t by my brain work. You go
aud live In the hut, II Is the best for
you; for being fool, you would not
appreciate the display OF art which 10
in the palace, and your hob'nailed
boots would spoil tho costly carpets
and, as the hut belongs TO me (you
made II for me you know, IL Is only
fair that you should pay me rent for
the right to live there"
The fool lived In the little hut and
paid the rent saying; ''IIow wise he Isl
l would never thought OF building a
hut for myself II he had not told me,
and could not pay my rent II he did
not give me wages"
The wise man put the fool to dig in
mine saying;
"Yon dig down into the bowels OF
the earth aud get coal, and after l
have burned the coal you can have the
cinders TO make sidewalk for your
self"
The fool bored down into the earth
for coal, saying;
This man is not only wise but good;
for he gives me the cinders which he
might have thrown away"
The wise man said TO the fool:
~ wish some one TO dress me, cook
for me, and drive me about and SUCH
like things. Give mo some of your
children to be my servants"
The fool gave his children, saying to
himself;
"That Is good; he will teach them
to be wise, as he does me, they wiz
become gentlemen like him some
day."
A few days later the wise man came
TO tho fool and said:
"Since taking your children to be
my servants my expenses have In
creased. You must take less wages,
that may be able to pay you children
proper wages" The fool scratched his
head for n moment and then said; "Ah,
yes; my children should be paid 1
consent; will live and let live"
The wise man said to the fool:
"Build me two schools, one large
and one small, that our children may
be educated"
"Why," asked the fool, "must l
build one large and the other small?"
The wise man replied: "My children,
being wise gentlemen, like myself,
they will need a great education to
cultivate their intellects in an appro-
pirate manner; that is what the large
school is for. Your children, being
the children Of fool, will have to
work with their physical bodies like
you and therefore will not need their
mental energies cultivated so much.
The small school is for them"
"Now," said the wise man, "you
cannot expect your children to be edu-
Gated for nOvhing, you must pay
weekly wage, or, If you wish them to
have free education, pay tax"
The fool paid both weekly wage and
tax, to sec which was best. Later on,
he stopped paying the wage and paid
u little extra tax.
One day the wise man came to the
fool with a frown and said: "You
have been thiulsing?"
~ have" said the fool.
II will not allow it," roared tho
wise man; "if you do it agnin will
punish YOU"
"Ahl" cried the fool, throwing down
his tools, "you have given yourself
away. If you were as wise as you pre-
tend to be, you would have known that
it is impossible for even fool like me
to abstain from thinking sometimes. l
know you now. You are a fraud"
The next day the fool made red
flag and arming himself, proclaimed
revolution.
Thinking was the commencement of
the revolution, which is still going on.