Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-08-27

phans and the heather may profit by
1t financially III bet 500 on my dog"
He went away and returned with his
canine, and when had looked the an
imal over l blithely covered his stake,
and the eminent citizens of Cold Chuck
assembled to behold the contest. Many
of them expressed their sorrow that |
had been roped in by the guileless old
reprobate, but squeezed their hands
with the grip of trustin man and re-
piled;
"He who walketh agin mighty
wind with lighted candle in his hand
shnll be blown out"
The scrap lasted only Eve minits.
Then the gulleless MIN of cattle and
poker acknowledged that his dog was
licked and took him away into mourn
In and seclusion. In an hour, how
ever, he returned to say:
''Integrity is shinin jewel on a
hilltop. and some of us in strivin to
gather 1T In slip up and slide down."
That's true" said |. land mebbe
you want another chance at the jew
el?"
"That's what I've come fur. no
tice the letters g. r. on your boss
blanket Kin take 1t that they stand
fur Great RapidityY"
"You kin. and you will be krect.
Make no mistake, however. It's Great
Rapidity' of eatin up his oats which
them letters stand fur. AS the servant
Of a humble pilgrim the hoss Is slow
and dlgnided of gait. Hast thou also a
slow and dignified equine"
"Yea, l hev." said he. with balmy
grin.
"And wouldst match him ag'in mine
fur rapidity Of gait, owners to rider?
"Yea, even fur rapidity Of gait"
Then we put up $50 apiece and invit.
ed the eminent citizens of Cold Chuck
to reassemble. The boss Of the guile
less man sized up well, and ag'in the
citizens come to me with words of dc
spondency on their lips and the state
ment that 1t was n cold deal In whlcf
l would git left. TO comfort them ant
| myself, while Mt the same time l was
preparin my old hoss fur the contes
before him, replied:
"The wind bloweth whar she listeth
and who kin tell how she will blow
eth?"
And also:
San hona,t conscience is good fu
three lengths on race track"
And ng'ln.
"He who plottcth the downfall of hi
| fcller man the same shall be made Il
wonder II house fell upon him"
And then we was ready fur the race
1t was straight away fur half mile
and, although the balmy old reprobat
jockeyed me out of two lengths at tn
start, / preserved my serenity of coun
tenance and my faith in integrity ant
beat him by rod. Great was the re
joicin among the eminent citizens
Cold Chuck at the conclusion. but
maintained my placldity of counte
nance and showed 80 more plunks dow
into my pocket l was ready to pursu
my way toward the town of Busted
Twice-and- -Hard-Up-Ag'ln when tn
balmy reprobate appeared fur the thir
time and said:
"This performance is not yit owe
You've walloped my dog and beat m
hoss. but III tackle you fur anothe
fifty,"
would have him understand that q
humble and weary pilgrim traveli
from afur knew not how to scral
hut when he had reviled me l kivere
his money and toyed and dallied wit
him and put him to sleep. He sti
slept and the summer sun was sink
to his vrtuous couch and the Col
: Chuck brass band was playin "Ha
Columbia" as | drlv away over Il
: medders, and as driv felt the wa
: of greenbacks in my pocket and e.
claimed 60 myself;
"Who hath virtue? Who hath int
rity? Who hath charity? What ma
hath weapon to prevail over these?'
And the sun went down, and Il
shadders of night fell upon my ra
boss and fghtin dog, and a beautf
sereneness of speerit stole over me al
7 clasped me in its tender arms.
. Nj. QUAD.