The Laclede blade., 1907-05-11
Some Evening Revsries.

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bed; when he turns out the light ant
lies down; when the darkness closes il
around him and he is alone and com
PEELED to be honest with himself
And not bright thought, nor a gen
erous impulse, not manly act, not ,
word of blessing, not a grateful look
comes to bless him again. Not I.
penny dropped into the outstretcheG
hand of poverty, nor the balm of {
loving word dropped into an aching
heart; no sunbeam of encouragement
cast upon struggling life, the strong
right hand of fellowship reached out
to help some fallen man to his feet
when none ofthese things come to him
as the "God bless you" of the depart
ed day, how he must hate himself!
How he must try to roll away from
himself and sleep on the other side of
the bed! When the only victory he
can think of is some mean victory, in
which he has wronged a neighbor.
No wonder he sneers when he tries to
smile. How pure, and fair, and good,
all the rest of the world must look to
him, and how cherries, and dusty,
and dreary must his own path appear.
Why, even one lone, isolated act of
meanness is enough to scatter crumbs
in the bed of the average, ordinary
man, and what must be the feelings of
a man whose life is given up to mean
acts! When there is so much suffer-
ing, and heartache, and misery in the
world anyhow, why should you add
one pound of wickedness or sadness to
the general burden? Suffer injustice
a thousand times rather than commit
it once.
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Don't be whining about having fair
chance. Throw a sensible man out Of
tie window, and he'll fall on bis feet
and ask the nearest way to his work. !.
The more you have to begin with the less
you will have in the end. Money you
earn yourself is much brighter than
hat you get out of dead mems bags. A
'cant breakfast in the morning of life
vhets the appetite for feast later in
5he day. He who has tasted a sour
apple will have the more relish for a
sweet one. Your present wants will
make the future prosperity all the
'weeter. Eighteen pence has set many
l pedler up in business, and he has
Kept his carriage. AS for the place
you are cast in, don't find fault with
hat; you need not be a horse because
7ou were born in a stable.
If bull tossed man of metal sky |
ligh, he would drop down into good |
,lace. A hard working man with his
Wits about him will make money while
,thers will do nothing but lose it.
Who loves his work, and knows how spare
May live and flourish anywhere.
AS to the little troubles, who ex-
,ects to find cherries without stones or
oses without thorns? Who would win |
nust learn to bear. Idleness lies in a
'ed sick of mulligrubs, while industry
inds health and wealth. The dog in
be kennel barks at feas, and the
uniting dog does not even know that
hey are there. Laziness waits till
he river is dry, and never gets to
larket. "Try" swims it, and makes
Il the trades. Cant do it" would
OF eat the bread cut for him, but
Try" made meat out of mushrooms.
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1t is said that man would be lit
e better than savage but for wo-
an. With equal truth we may as
rt that men and women would be
ard and selfish beings but for chill
'en. These call out, and refine and
ften. the best feelings of the paren-
heart. Their little deeds are so