Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-07-25

and are living the right sort OF life, yon
may rest assured that the fact is pretty
we'll known thougllno proclamation may
he made Of this knowledge. II you are
not four square With the world and with
your fellow man the world o gets on
to yonr movements and estimates you at
your value. 1t may be admitted As true
that "all the worlds a stage" but bless
your life we all know WHEN the actors are
only playing a part, and we accept them
as actors and not AS appearing i'll their
own proper persons.
There is nothing so hard so nearly i'm.
possible to conceal rs the fact Of de-
ception. The deceiver dcludes nobody
so readily as himself, because he i, 80
ready to he deceived. The ~ernploye who
seeks to trick aud tritle with the emplop.
CT and with that employers interests is
soon found out and listed AS a trickster,
and even though no decl ration of the
knowledge may be made, that employer
finds out in "A very short time that he has
II I the confidence OF those whose con.
hdence is necessary for success. SO al
so OF the employer. The manufacturer
or merchant no less the man of millions
than the man who works for daily wage
who steals the cloak of heaven where.
with to conceal his evil deeds or hi,
shortcomings, can not pose and parade
before his employees. or before the world
at large, and not be the subject of jibes
and jccrs, i, not actual contempt and
sCori, Of those lie seeks to deceive, albeit
employees whose bread and meat depends
temporarily upon the will or the within
OF the d"cclyer may be compelled to do
their j'binG and their jerring behind the
back OF the false pretelnler The clay
feet Of the idol will always protrmle
hang We the drapery ever SO carefully
llric i, a little incident illustrative,
Two detectives. ia plain clothes o.
course, and looking no different from
the thousands OF other men with whom
they mingled, saw a man standing on q
| pi".,incn, corner. lie was a well-dress
, ed fellow. too well dressed, in fact
lie Was apparently doing nothing bu
lonng!nG away an idle hour. The detcc
ltiNes pasleG HIM and walked on half q
, block. then ,urneL convinced in ,l,ci
own mind, that the fellow was n crook
t and was on that particular corner for NJ
! Sood purpose. Ashley approached him
he ran. They gave chase, and after
, long rnn captured him. lie indignant
4. protested against being taken INTO Gus
= tody, and OF the surface there Was seem
; in2iy II" reason for arres,fng him. The,
: took hrn just the same, and on his per
" son were found appliances and instri
mrn,s Of crime enough to have convicte'
half a d zen crooks. He was a down
IriSht bad one. lie was PLAYING the roll
e OF honest gentleman. but The thief-taker
I were not deceived They asked why H.
ran, and his answer was thar he did no
want 10 he arrested. And why did va,
think We were going to arrest ,ou,'
y Then the cru 'k~gsve them a little slr
prise, "Wl,y, | raped to Won ii,
% minute you came in sight. though | hs
" nsver seen you before" The detective
were ~ their turn PLAYING a role, o
thou <4,.' aley were, but. the crook "rapF
IS cd 20 hem even more readily tina,
!, ,l'ey penetrated his Disguise. The do
'ectiv"s.~ris oniy 'telui,ng themselves
IS The eseSs no, efo doing. And tina
e Is what We al 10, wlau we seek to pla
G ! pa rt-~1ea We. seek 70 deceive. Til
world has.u, all silsl rp pretty nearl
night. andrt's q mighty we world, how
ever to!era II aud ktrpid't NAV seeu q
-Mn..nn,a ~ -AIhnal nailu