The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-04-21
A Wolf in Sleeps Clothing.
CRsop's Fable Revisedl.


Once upon time a wolf grew tt
be great deal smarter than his pa
or his ma. Many wolves do that
At any rate, they did so in the eoun
try where this wolf lived. Thi.
young wolf grew up to be quite 4
good bit ashamed of his parents
which is a habit among children
whose parents have notion thai
their kids are just a little the best il
the neighborhood.
Ifyou will observe closely, yor
will notice that is the case even unto
this day. Children who have every
thing they want, soon become satia
ted and conclude that their folks are
very commonplace, anyway. Whet
they arrive at that stage nothing
will avoid trouble but good, brohd
barrel stave and frequently it is cot
available People who spoil kheir
children never know where 70 find
the barrel stave. Sometimes even
that would be too mild api a wet
elm club would come neffer doing
the business.
And it was SO with III the fable.
He grew up real saucy and didn't
like it in the home nesta little bit.
Every meal he wouldklk on the meals
of his mother and if ,aey did not
have quail on toast and strawber-
ries in January, he r,ould go down
to the tavern for s;pper and have
the bill charged t,2is "old man."
That was an indtation that he was
real swell.
Whenever YOU see a wolf that
makes bills for MS father to pay,
you may conchde that he will some
day gladden. BIS parents hearts by
bringing homt a wife and ten or
eleven children with neglected noses
to grow upin the home nest,
This wolf grew very tired of the
slow, prosaic life led by his old, hum
drum pap. He longed tor better So
ciety. The folks who were his
fathers friends were the old, slow,
poky kind who knew no better than
to pay their debts and lead plain
honest lives. They made an honest
living by eating what they could
pay for and what they could find
without too much risk of their necks.
The young wolf longed tor advent
ure. He would stay out late at night
and many times when he was out
with the swell set, they wouldn't get
in till two O'Clock, playing poker
and drinking champagne at the ex-
pense of their fathers.
His father was coarse but prac-
tical man, often warned him against
keeping bad company, but it did no
good. 1t never does. The more a
young man is warned, the more he
wants to show folks that he can run
with any kind of company and still
remain pure and sweet and unde-
filed.
So this young and smart wolf de-
cided to have more fun than you
could shake a stick at. He therefore
got sheep skin which he wore as a
mask and no one knew but what he
was sure enough sheep. His father
warned him, but it was the same old
story, the story of good advice
spurned by him who needed it worst.
And so he masqueraded for many
months. He went in the best soci.
ETY.. He was a leader wherever he
went. The girls mostly got stuck
on him because he was such a mice
young man." and that kind were
rather scarce in that neighborhood,
He seemed to be going about con.
tinually doing good. Some OF the
skepucal boys used to say that he
was a hypocrite and that he gave
literally when the contribution box
was passed, merely as blind, but
the sisters in the congregation just
frowned on such imputations.
This wolf knowing a good thing
when he saw it, liked the way h,
was living very much indeed. H,
was invited to everything where
there was likely to be lot Of good
things to eat, and the attentions he
received were enough to turn any
body's head except that OF a wolf il
Sleeps clothing. He was too leve
hnndndAAr thnt and n mimi Inv