The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-27

arose and said:
| have been unself1sh in my term of Of
| fee"
Eyes. yes, and we are the same"
was replied in chorus.
There are no emOlumentS connect
ed with the place.
1--WE are not looking for pay
lone must sacrifice for ALL
I'VE are willing"
Then go ahead and cast your ball
lots, While you are doing SO I will
take a walk"
The ballots were prepared and cast
amidst great confusion, and when 1t
one had voted for himself the confu-
sion became riot and the riot be-
came a free fight. The Lion gave the
assemblage half an hour in which to
make the fur fly and then returned
to ask:
''why all this turmoil? Why has my
successor not been chosen? ?"
All answered at once, but the Lion
silenced the uproar and demanded of
the Tortoise as the oldest shellback in
the crowd to give answer:
Gas a matter of fact, o, King of
Beasts" replied the Tortoise as he
gently caressed his bleeding neck,
There is too much self-sacrifice
in this crowd. Whilst 1 myself seek
only"
THAT'S just the matter with u.s."
shouted all the others: and the meet
ing broke up in further row and the
Lion smiled to himself as he resumed
the reins of government.
Morals: Too much virtue is as bad
as too little. He who would serve for
Honor's sake has none himself to
boast of. He who would serve all the
people from a feeling OF self-sacrifice
will end by serving himself alone.
THE LION AND THE ASS.
looking for the headquarters of the
Bran-Mash Trust, the ASS had the
misfortune to roll down hill and
bring up in ditch with a broken leg.
pretty soon the Ok came along and in
quired what had happened. When
given the information he said:
Yes. you have surely broken your
leg, and that means you will never
have to draw any more roads.
The Horse came next, and when he
had been told that it was a broken
leg he replied:
"You will no longer have to jog to
town with a great burden on your
back and should be duly thankful"
Then the Mule came along and had
a word to say about some folks luck,
and he was followed by the Elephant.
who worked his ears for awhile and
with one broken leg you are en-
titled to and will receive a certain |
amount of sympathy, but with two
broken legs you get double the
vantage of the wholesale rate. Pardon |
me while I break your other leg
A little later the Rhinoceros came |
stumbling along. and hearing the |
groans OF the Ass and observing that |
he was in the ditch, he exclaimed:
my poor friends of the long ears, |
but what on earth has happened to |
cast a shadow over your happy life?"
Both my hind legs are broken"
Dear me, but how sad! 1t is not Is |
bad as it might have been. however.
You might have been invited to de-
liver a Fourth of July address some
where and lost your voice the night
before. I will break your fore-legs so
as to have a match all around. Per-
haps you may then get a job in a
as the Broken ASS"
The Lion was the last conner. Hav-
ing ascertained the nature of the ac-
cident he said:
my dear friend, your position is
both embarrassing and uncomfort-
able, and 1 feel too strongly for you
to permit it. To live on as broken
legged Ass is to be criticised for your
and be a cripple all your
days. To be eaten now is to leave a
memory behind that no man can pick
Haws in. I will therefore proceed to
dine
Moral: Nothing happens that could
not be worse. One OF the uses of ad-
rersity is to bring out our friends.
THE FROG AND THE BOY.
One time, after a Boy had spent the
best part of a week trying to hit a
BulIfrog in a pond with a stone, but
hadn't even tickled him. owing to the
Frogs agility in diving, he called a
ruce and said:
There appears to be a want of
confidence on your part that humi1i-
ties me. and 1 would ask you to ex-
plain. Do you distrust me?"
mot at ALL" replied the Frog.
"But every time 1 come along here
With a rock in my hand you have sud-
len and pressing business at the bot 1
ON OF the pond"
That may be true, my son, but it
DOESN'T necessarily betray the lack of :
confidence you mention. In fact. as
/ Boy you are all right. 1t Is the rock !
distrust and dodge
Moral: A thief may be good COM
AMY until he gets his hand in your
Copyrighted 1907 by G. d.
)aniels.)
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