The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-27
TWO FABLES.
Here are two fables:

I Here are two fables:
There was a painter once who paint
ed a picture. II was all done in tones
of red. Other painters came and mar
veled at the picture They saw the
painter work They aw his pigment
They saw his brushes But they were
unable TO solve his secret. They went
away and some sent into distant lands
md purchased pigments rich and
pure. They painted and failed TO pro
duce the results Of the painter in red.
Others con ,llted the chemists and
mixed for themselves colors OF won
derfnl lustre. but when they put them
on tho canvas hey faded
And all the time the painter worked
alone. All the time the painter grew
whittier and whittier and the painting
grew redder and redder. AT last his.
fellows found him dead beside his pic
fufc, His brush was In his hand and
ais work wae finished. The men who
found him stood before the canvas in
wonder. Each one said 10 his neigh
Dor Where did he get his concep
lion? Where did he get his colur?'
And when they had IMPRESSED him
to put the grave clothes Gu him they
found an open wound II was an Old.
old wound. that had been there many
years. It's edges were custed and
hard. But those who buried the
painter marveled, They still said
one to the other. Where did he get
his conception? Where did he get his
COLOR"
Once upon time there was a nan
who went through life withou. ever
accomplishing what he started EaAh
morning he had noble thoughts and
went forth with fine purposes But
each night he came back with FATE
UHE stamped upon his brow. His
heishbors looked upon him and iane
seemed to be as other men Bu. he
knew that he was not as oiher men
From his earliest youth he had been
70 being who ever kept be
hind him and held him back in his
every endeayor TO attain to something
better.
Each day he had tried to get Q
gliWpse Of his being, but had always
failed Many times he had asked hi;t
frienaE 10. tell him something concern
ing tha being at his back, but each
lime hfS friends declared they saw
ntthihg &aggis man started out In
the morning with the declaration: =
will his day accomplish something for
ny advancement in life" At his bach
the chained being would answer
Why be foolish? You cannot by any
effort accomplish anything to advance
yeHrself have willed it SO, and I
stand always ready to prevent you
And II was even SO.
And by and by the man became dc
spondep. and. tired of trying 10 be
come something better than his fel
lows. He said. Il will now Try to be
II use so gomahody else | will help
somebody else to attain" And the
being chained at his back said never
a word, But when the time came for
the act hat would help somebody else
inc being al his back seized his hands
and he was powerless.
In the end ahe man was possessed
with an uncomfortable desire 20 tri
umph. not for himself or for his fel
lows, but OVER the being chained al
his back He went away from the
haunts of humanity and out INFO the
wIds And when he was afar in t1o
mountains he began the struggle The
bonds were of iron and The being was
of great strength. He fought for
hours to get his tormentor where he
might &c. glimpse of him. but in
vain Finally, as strength was fail
ing and the thought of ultimate fail
are was Fastening the finish. the
chains broke and the man and the be
Eng gfanpled in the last figat The
struggle was long and even. and
DEATH' s.ootf over them as they
fought At last strength was gone.
Each dropped at the same instant and
in falling the Man saw the face of the
BEING. II was HIMSELF
Well, these are rather morbid sto.
ries, but hey contain some truth
which cannot Re missed. even by
those who read in haste and do not
stop to ponder.
Don't gauge SUCCESS by what you
GET OUT of it 30 much as by what
yon PUT INTO 1T.
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