Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-09-14

or than the CRIME Oh the back of his
neck. He got the reputation OF being
an old crank, and he would have died
In his tub and been dumped into q sew
err If he hadn't met up with a certain
widow named Ladlas. She was fair,
fat and forty and had about 100000
In cash behind her, and old Diog was
no chicken. .',...
When he saw that she was a little
sweet ON him, he got out of that tub,
washed his face and had his hair cut
and inside Of two weeks was counting
her and forgetting all about philoso-
ply. He felt the glow Of love from
his head to his heels, and he got his
hair dyed and some Of the wrinkles
rubbed Off his face, and they were
married and lived happily for years
and years. Under the spur of love he
opened bank or a pawnshop, AMI
the way he did get up among the mil
liOnaires was good to see.
When you think Of Cicero, whose
oratory made nation cheer or weep,
1t Is hard to think Of love i'm conncc.
ton with him, and yet he loved, and
II was love that put him to tie trout
a: tho age Of twenty. g.. va; only
q shyster politician speaking at ward
caucuses and talking reform on tho
street corners. Without love he might
in time have been elected IN alderman
or a walking delegate, but he would
have aspircd no higher. One evening,
I,n l. T.. To,
the Fourth ward, where he was billed
to make Il speech nc met young lady
who had lost her way and fell i'm love
with her Gu the spot. She was n girl
who was looking higher up, and to win
her he had to take off his boots and go
clear to tho top Of the tree. 1t took him
five years TO win name and a wife,
but he won them ut last and left n
name never to he forgotten. Nothing
but love did il. lie might have been
offered the best farm in Greece to get
up ana hump himself but he would
have turned it down.
We think of the immortal George
Washington as Il hero and states
man, and we leave the love out Of his
| Of pluck and perseverance, and ambi-
ton, but he'd never have reached tho
top notch without love to boost him.
And let me tell you that lie loved just
the same way that you and love to-
| day When ne met the widow who aft
erward became his wife he sized her
| up out of the corner Of his eye. Then
he hltchcd his chair little nearer.
| There was talk about poetry, the moon,
| angels and all that, and he ate popcorn
and drank cider and went away with
a ticklCl feeling in his heart. There
came q time when lie called her Martha
and she called him George, when she
| pillowed her head on his shoulder,
wien he said that If she happened to
get kicked to death by COW he would
go out and break his neck by falling OF
barn. Yes, they loved ana loved.
| and they married. and love Spurrel
our idol on until there were no more
honors for him to reap. Had he re-
manned an old bachelor lie might have
| invented GOublc ended rat trap or
| double barrclcl coClirOach cXtermina-
| tor, but that would have been the end
l
of it,
We now come down to the case of ..
| Hope Jones, the man who stands be-
fore you. 1t is without cgotism that
l bring myself forward, as l use my
case simply to Illustrate. Five years
ago | was lazy, shftle5s, unnspiring
young man. About the only aim had
was to be elected constable Of my vii
lagc. Even my own father became SO
discouraged over my case that he
would no longer buy my beer and to-
bacco.
Then q sudden change came. l fell
in love. Ii is not necessary to give
the name of the girl, but love acted
like magic in my case. In 4 week
was ut work in u cornfeld. In a month
l was n leader in politics. In year
was preparing to set out ON a lee
ture tour and reached my highest
notch, and h.yn am. | diln't marry
the girl ! !prcd, a. sh' was unfortu-
natcly bitten ly Il ra,t'csnake, but
fell in lDy, with anpthei. and still Il
third, and today | am in love with the
fourth. It's an original idea of my
own and one can recommend. If you
want to climb up, You can't love too
often nor too many.
And now in drawing to close let
me rccapitUlIto. Ambition is good for
90 cents on the dollar, but love is worth
an even 100 Perseverance IS a fur
mace to ct up steam, but love IS the
fuel to supply it, Integrity Is good
thing to bgag about rs long as you
don't get caught at it, but there are no
weak spots in the armor Of love. II
not in love. - out ana take a tumble.
Love we'll Love a. hard rs you can,
When once started, keep 1t on the jump,
like a scared rabbit, And incidentally
1 would observe that the fare to the
next town in which | lecture is 0j
cents, and unless there IS liberal con-
tribution on the part Of this audience
don't see how | am to get there. Some
Of you may not think have given you
90 cents worth. but any one who will
follow my advice and 90 and fall head
over heels IN love will feel conscience
stricken that he didn't empty his wallet
into my hat NJ. QUAD.