The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-01

And LO! My Enemy Lay Prone on the
Grass.
Them was my words, as nigh as Z
kin remember, and arter she had taken
half a bottle of my Pilgrim Pain Ale
viator accOrdin' to printed directions
faded from her heart like magic, and it
was bewtiful to see hope and ambi-
shun replace that feelin' of homesick-
ness fur the Cowboy State. Yes, fell
Ter man. she riz up and Topped her
wings and started across the prairie
with determinashum to conker or
break her neck. Wouldst censure whar'
praise is due?'
do you know who that old woman
was?' ha asked as as he looks me in
the eve.
Nay. I asked fur no names. Twas
sufficient that 1 found her plunged in
sorrer."
THAT old woman was my wife. and
I had just got rid of her as I thought
forever. Shed have logged along and
finally brought up $50 miles away but
for thee 1 owe you one, you meddle-
some old cayuse! She not only took
heart and got her grit back, but she
returned home to throw me outdoors
and hold the shanty agin me That's
what yo've done with yer sympathy and
sorrer and Pain Alleviator, and now We
licked,"
Friend, let US rather talk of green
4Redders and paths of peace" I replied
Hadst known that the old woman
was thy helpmeet I would
Git down, I sayi"
I wouldst hev counseled her to bear
with thee once agin and endeaVor-''
Down you come, old liari"
WoUld heV continued my efforts to
pTlng peace to his heart and part with
MN as friend, but he wouldn't hev it
mat way. When ne seiTsa ~ by the
leg to pull me down / realized that words
of co1Sose'ice nc.id nc -tl,ra yn away m
sich nature as his, and tnat 7 was call
cd upon to wrassle with one who was
proaQ across the back AID ndrrer in his
lynn soul Biddiu' him stand back and
gimme a snow, and warnin him that the
scenIe7 ~ -, pe On nus own head, | de-
sNeligeo 70 aiIt9 ana the next mint the
deadly combat was in full blast
IN, IN d careless way and without inten-
snun 70 ln1ure anybody's feelin's. 1 hev
sumetimes menshuned that wartime and
INDUSTRY was 10 per cent investment So
: II proved agn. The eritter was AZ sTan1e
AS a lion and strong as a bu1I bnt
vartue plnted out the right spot to hif
him on the jaw, and Industry eni5eS 49,
right hand swing TO the spot and Ioi nv
enemy lay prone on the grass and silent
the slumbers that come to a guiIeless
When he opened his eyes agin and saw
the sane sun a-shinin' down on the same
Hower oedeeked prairies, he had had nun
the caucus A feelin' of duty obISeeei
me 70 lecture him fur the next fifteen
pinits on the subjeck of Desires and
1isappointments Of Humanitv nls s1,iu
tully Illustrated with kicks, and Al the
end OF that time he rose IN and Iirnnad
away and left an impression Of sadness
Pursuin' my victorious career a co,,n,a
of miles further I encountered . fiip
mortal to rds whom my. heart warmed
venerable. He was benign and suiieIasS
He, was bland Of face and soft Of voice,
and one could see at Il glance that -,
vVickedness of the Svorga had e sIlal me
passed him T. by by, He smiled welcome at
experiences with him, and thai s sn1p
carried me back to the days uf nv hnv.
hood and innocence. ' N'S
Truly, but I hev found a Teller pi1sr,r,
pit last. said as the prairie hreeze.s
blew through my whiskers and put trust
into my heart. - N9N
II thou seekest one who would share
the sorrers and griefs of his feIIer-maH
and seek to bring new sunshine r. re
heart then he art here" he softly re- re-
''Tm in the same line. though 49,
4intypes at 10 cents a take and sell az
celebrated Pilgrim Pain A1leviator on he