The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-04-25
FAHMGS AND
FALSE PRIDE

. ~otd osraen orshsu.- pork
. Packer. Chicago. ~risss 10
q his Sen P,srrspent
3 The only undisnifsd sob
z know Of Is loannE. aud nothing
. can cheapen a man Who HponHrs
q Instead II hunting any sort %
q Nosk because he's a. cheap al
y ready as thHs can be made, l
\ neyur could quits understand
q these fellows Who keep down
= every decent Instinct In order 10
\ keep up appearances. and Who
. will stoap 20 any sort q real
= nrannesa u boost up their false
q pride
q T'ney always remind me ~
q attic Patty MiiksnH. who
y came - i've IN our town back IA
y MiasouTi. when Vas boy
= lia mother thought a hear %
4 FATTY. and FATTY thaashi a
Il heap ~ himself. 90 htH stomach.
= shieh was th~ same thing ne
q looked Ike hei been taken
2 from a iake teok t'sed g. he
q great eater. Stunrd himself tiH
= his hide sas stretched - tiEht
4 as a sausage skin. and then
\ howisd fuf patnkiilef. spent AL
q hts pennies for cakes. because
\ candy wasn't nliinK enough
\ u0K9pa EN- In the chop. &c fear
, hc would have 20 give aerle os,s
= bate II he ate thafu on the
\ street
B The Other boys didn.t taks q
\ Patty. and thss ditni maAs
\ Rny special s@ervt Of Il uhen ne
n vas efuund lie was mighty
\ brave by. and a mighty STRONG
= boy. and n mighty proud boy
y Nith his maafh. but ne always
q nanaeasf 10 slip out of anything
n that booked sise a asht ~ has-
\ Ing a snrs hand og a case 81 The
y humps TIE truth - the mat
\ tor waH. that he vas afraid -
3 everything except foad and hat
!. vssss ~ ~. ..ites sateh -. but
- sfs- : - - ssazE-1
= dssa thai a fellows AFRAID ~
! wnAt Ne ought o. - afraid -
\ Ia thta world
y Of course. like uanst rowafis
y white FATTY siSaya had an en-
\ cusc fssr not doins safu-shtnx
\ that might hurt his akin. as
q would take . dare 60 a. any.
n fhinE that wuuif hurt hts self
\ respect. fof feat the boys wouid
\ laugh At him. o. say that he
d was afraid. " he refused ~
q ono eay during rsces. Jim Hicks
= dared him - .st = pises ~ art
y FNsttF hssitst~s little. bseauss.
\ uhtls he Was pretty pfcrnisru.
3 Gus atssui SHAT h. pat into bis
4 stomach. hs had newer inciDfsd
= dirt In "A. biii-of.fare4 Hut
\ when the boys b@xsa 90 gay
= that ne ~as AZ, AID. Fatty up
J ara swallowed a.
\ And uhsn he dared tbs ether
y boys 10 Do the .aena thtnE and
\ none % them would take the
y dare. n made hinn saiGhsy
\ proved ard paffed ep. Got "a
j charging the bigger haYs and
j the ioaax~rr around the ro.t-
= office a cent % so him eat a
= pfece % dirt th- sire - a
3 hicsurY Hat Pound there was
= Kpof uauey IN that. ana added
, ara s~hnnpers az two cents
, apiece. az a Hids tins Found
y them - popular that he tpok
y nn rhinoh bugs ~ . nickel. and
= fairly coined money TIE last
y heard II FATTY he was IN a
y Dime Museum. drawing two
y salaries as the The Fat
\ Man. and the other a.
y "I.Auncslpt. Thr Locust Easter.
= the Oaiy Man AiiFs With = ola
. rard.
y You are going 10 meet a hear
y - Fatties. ffHt ard last. fei-
= lows who'll eat little ART for
3 sa.." or - =Ae~ -. ars -h~'H
eat q little naare e~can-~ they
. md that there's some easy
money or times IN a. ft's hard
90 Ewt at the~e mon. berause
j when they've lose everything
\ they had To be proud 81. they
y stu keep their pride You can
> always bet that when a fellows
J pride makes him toaehy is
, because there are SEINE mighty
. INV spots on a.
d From Letters rrum a Self
q Mad. Merchant 10 His Bon. BY
D George Horacn fsorfnrer Small.
3 Maynard q Co. Boston.