The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-13
FABLES.
From the Kansas Mail and Breeze.

ing n great financier noticed n coun
try man doing business with u three
card mat to the sorrow Of the C 'untry
man who quit the game e27 short
Then the financier moralized on the
experience Of tho countryman saying
"Wil people neve quit being fooled
A man who has as much ms ~ n hop
toad ought TO b able to see through
that game" That afternoon the finan'
cier loaned q man CSC, 900 and took 81
security a herd OF cattle which the Dor
rover said hs had down In the Pan
handle of Texas. But when the note
fell due the cattlsman was in Mckee
and the financier was able to
gather up enough cattle TO pay ten
cents on the dollar. Then the farmer
man who had been buncosd out Of e27
and who had heard Of the remark made
by the f%inancier, said to himself as he
combed his whiskers with his fingers
ut sort O. peers to me 40 II I want the
only drafted fool In the country"
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There was q shrswd Nebraska man
who had . boy who was afflicted with a
chronic case Of ennui, In other words
the boy was born tired. The old man
did his best to impress on the boy tina
industry was necessary to success, but
the boy managed to soldier on him just
the same. TO make the matter worse
the boy managed to work his mother
with . game Of talk by which he made
her believe that he had some organic
weakness that made II impossible for
him to do any considerable amount OF
labor. Things wen or this way for
some time while the boys ancestor was
doing some thinking. There was .
patch Of potatoes that needed hoeing
and he told the young fellow II he
could hoe that patch by noon he would
give him two dollars. The boy, who,
was as strong and healthy as q two.
year old mule, concluded that 1t would
DO . snap TO take in that two dollars.
The smooth old man declared that II
was impossible for q weakly lad like
his son to do the job by noon but the
boy said to himself: III will just fool
the old gentleman q trip and take In
those two plunks. need them In my
business" Then he buckled down to
tho hosing and by IL O'Clock tho last
row 10 the patch was cleaned up IN
good shape. A. the hosing proceeded
the boys ancestor looked on and
laughed TO himself . low, chuckling
laugh. but the son was busy and did
not notice his parents hilarity. At
i've minutes after II O'Clock the boy
struck his father for the two dollars
which the old man put up with an
alacrity that surprised the boy. "And
now" said the farmer, IS he passed
over the coin. "you have demonstrated
young fellow that all this talk you haye
been giving your mother about not be-.
ing able to work, Is stuff. From now
on you will get a move on Yourself in
the corntield or I will wear out = har.
ness tug on your person" And for the
balance of the season the boy made
nearly q full hand, but every time he
thought about that two dollars he used
language to himself such as no had
heard q man use who was trying to
pillow with q balky team.
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There was once'a hard working man
who determined to instill into the mind
of his SOC the value of economy. He
therefore got the boy a toy bank and
instructed him TO put into it every cent
that came into his possession. When
the accumulation amounted to IS the
boy started an account at a savings
bank. This went on for several year.
and the boy showed a disposition to
save that pleased his father very much
As the years rolled ON the old man no.
ticed that the boy was coming up tc
the full limit Of his instructions al d
considerably over. In fact, it was .
good deal harder 10 separate that boy
from q piece OF money than it was tl
pry loose the bark from a green ant
fio%urishing beech tree. When the ole
man reached the years that he coult
not attend to his own business thu
young man tried to persuade him te
turn the property into his care, which
the old man did, but he still had sens,
enough o keep a string on that prop
erty which:hs eoald grab at any lime
Within n year the old man discovered
that his son was preparing to get ,
sisch on everything 10 lad and theE
let him meander over to the pool
house. And right there the old mar
proceeded to pull that string at the
same time saying, mot il your snces
tor knows himself, young man, but II
you had done me up and rent me to
tho mar hrusa uould haya n.d ~,