The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-04-24
SOMETHING
ABOUT MEN

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= SPOTTED clrcas horse Those
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I language. after al. foe they've
u nx@t or my rheuFnetism 80 that
\ can h~aF down on ny FiEht
. leg without thtnkiRs that a.
] gpiiE 60 break 81.
TIN glad 90 learn FROM your
letter that you're gvttlnE along
] 50 well In your usw piars. aHd I
haps that whrE I set horns ycstr
] esnss VIII hack % ali the good
things whirh yon say about
] Yaars~if. For tbs future. how
: ever. yoa necdn't bother q keep
ma posted along ths= lszs. is'z
] ths ore snhts~t On whfeh most
men are perfectly frank. and
j it'a about tbs only ons on which
j Il isn't n-ss@~afy - BE. There's
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rnar eyes open al the tine for
god ran. but feliow ths Old
J maids example tagk under the
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j gum.
j sos@ men ~ through ifs on
y ths safszgArtlia theaTf that
j they've got "a give a huiSsrsd
j Ans@r % tatk Abaas themselves
\ for every dollar whtah fh<Y take
y N: ard that's a pretty suod
J th~oFr wh~n ysu'r. refstnE q
j dollar frx 10 cents unsth nf In
j xredisnts But a man who's
] giving a Cellars worth &c him
j self for - cents fdssnt ned %
\ throw IN Kuy explanations.
y o. ruurns. ruu'rw going 10
j msss fellows right along Who
j pass as spnd men FOR . uhiis.
j because they say they're god
\ men Just as \ I1t uf nv~~ are
\ in circuiatian which are aEcspt-
! 81 ~ their fAcs vaiue unfit they
j ~ars ~ - the receiving teller
l Ard you're going 90 see thss4
fusn s2kfuE hw.sArds ard cnin-
j ing sssass from th<Fn that wiil
y fnol p~nps. 80 org - shst ear
\ keep th~rn IN the Air. hus soon-
j - o. later they're i-ranf ~
J Hw0np e2ek 20 their dead horw
ana you.u E~t the hurtard vfneil
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q bong says. bot n cant ksrp
\ h There. And when q fellows
\ turning rfr- nors NJ among the
j clouds. he's naturally guiug 10
] have the farmers aaptna az him.
j faut TO the end there always
j ensnes q time whsn the rsra.
rAate fslts - ~erk snr's
D know anything that's quite -
j Gead as a man eho's fallen
j three or four thossuand feet on
y the @fge az q cioad.
Ths Only war 10 grstify a
taste for srenerr e 60 climb a
D mountain. You don't rss up ~
\ quick. but you don't ewrts down
70 ~uffan Even then. th~r~'s
j q chance that fsifow may slip
u ard fan over = prscfpics. bat
j nof unIea he's foolish enough 20
! try short-cut. over sffppery
j places. though some men car
\ fnsnaKs TO fail down the hall
Stair and break their necsa.
T-he path iNB't the shortest way
] % the top. but it's usually the
safest way
y LIE isn't q spurt. but = long.
\ STEADY climb. You cant run
y FAR uphill without stopping 70
} sic down. Borne Fnan do days
J work and thor spend sfx ioliinE
i around edrnfrins a. They rush
y N a thing with a whoop and
\ use pp all their wind in that
y And when they're rested ard
= have got n back. they whoop
y again and start IN IN new
\ direction. Thry mistake fntsn-
\ ton FOR DETERMINATION ard after
J they have told you what they
\ propose To do and get right up
\ 10 dofng II. fhey simply peter
y out.
D fsy. h-Ard a god a@al ~ ny
y time about the fonllshnssa Of
\ hens. but when II comes 20
y right down. plum fooilshness.
y give me a rooster. every time.
! Hes always struttinR and
y stretchibg and growing and
, Dragging about things with
\ which he had nothing 10 DO.
\ when the san rises. you'd think
\ that h was making all the ligft.
\ instead Of all fhs noise. when
y the farmers wife throws the
y scraps in the heuyard. he crows
\ as N he was the pfovider for
3 thu whole farmyafd and was
q asking q blessing on the food:
\ when hs meets another rooster.
= he crows. and when the other
Z rooster Hicks him, he crows; and
J 10 he keeps u up straight
\ through tho day. lie even
y wakes up during the night and
= crows q littis IN general pfin-
\ eiples. hut when you hear
3 from q hen. she's laid an sgg.
and ka dsn1 naks a great
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