The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-19

Mighty tough luck cau ~, eaiu
the olate-looking young man.
"Wen, guess you might call y
that" agreed the philosopher with the
brier pipe. 1T never happened 70 you
before. did it?"
II sh'd say not" said the young
man. How often do you think 2
thing like that Is going to happen to .
man?'
II don't suppose that particular
thing would happen very often said
the philosopher with the brier pipe,
but In general way misfortunes VIII
happen and after awhile you get used
to them. You can get used to any
thing, and once you do get used to Il
you don't mind III You won't get
roped In just that way again, but
you'll get roped In some other way,
and pretty soon you'll kind OF look for
IL. and when 1t happens you wont say
much more than That's what ex-
pected So the old man bnnkoed you,
did he?"
Yes, sir" replied the young man,
Right on top Of thar 7 got the
bounce s
You'll get used to that" said the
philosopher. You won't mind 1t near
ly SO much after you've been hunting
1t week or two. | knew fellow
once who was fired from almost every
Job he got. The first time he felt
mighty bad about 1t and went around
thinking he was disgraced. but In a
year from then IL he stayed month
In one place and wasn't fred he'd
quit anyway. It's all what you're
used to-"
How long do yon think 1t would
take for you to learn to like it7'
sneered the young man.
II couldn't say" replied the phil
osopher. Il never tried 1t myself, but
I've had lots Of other misfortunes 4
lost pair OF overshoes yesterday. !
guess I've lost more pairs Of over
shoes than anybody else in the coun-
try. | take them on somewhere and
then go away and leave EN-. and for
get where. You see, my feet get too
warm. don't mean TO say that's
anything serious, but it's happened 10
me SO often that hardly notice Ii
now, / just go and buy me another
pair of overshoes. But | can remem-
Der the first pair lost and was sick
over it."
Maybe you didn't have the money
to go and buy you another pair In
them days." suggested the young
man.
THAT may be true. too said the
philosopher, But you can get used
to being without money. It's incon-
venient but it's inconvenient to go
without eating for a meal or two.
You can get used to that and be the
better for H. When you talk about
eating there's the things that you eat.
| can cat more burned steak and sour,
heavy bread and not mind Ii than
anybody you ever saw. Why? Be
cause ! live out where you can't hire
cook for love or money. Even the
poor ones quit, and I've got SO used
to their quitting that IL doesn't put me
out We have to bear things which
are very painful to us at first. but
our feelings get blunted. Perhaps,
too, our troubles are imaginary To a
great extent ! saw a lumber.jack
who'd Just been paid off sit down In
q restaurant and after looking all
over the bill-offare order pork and
beans
I've been kicking on pork and
beans for the last two months. he
told me, but don't see anything here
that ! want more, after all. Some
how, | Just feel like pork and beans
now"
Il won't call for any more deals
ike | got, said the young man. You
ian bet on that"
You'll get married some Of these
lays, | shouldn't wonder pursued the
But you'll get used to
hat After ten or twelve years OF
I you'll hardly murmur. Yes, trouble
'omes to all Of us, but we get case
hardened TO 1t. Things that hurt us
Ike the mischief at first We get SO we
on't notice"
Il know one thing that hurts like
he mischief at first and you don't get
sed to II, either"
What's that?"
"A mustard plaster" replied the
Dung man.