The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-01
HONOR TO WHOM HONOR.

HONOR TO WHOM ftONON.
He is to be seen every day in the
streets. except on Sunday. moving
along quietly, sometimes with a de-
jected air, patient. silent, doing his
duty and doing 1t faithfully. and with
never a protest against what is re-
CURED of him-the most useful, as he
is the most dignified, OF all our public
servants No ono ever asks where
he came from, few speak a. kind word
to him, many laugh at him and his
awkward ways; but he plods along.
fulfilling his mission Longing often
times. doubtless, for the green fields
| and running waters of the country,
lie stays in town throughout the year.
in summers heat and winters cold
content, for all the world knows or
cares, with his humble but honorable
lot But for the one day in the week.
there is no rest for him. He has no
| holidays; he does not eat with the
bankers at Old Point, or frolic with
the Sunday-School children and their
dear teachers at Buckroe Beach, or
celebrate the Glorious Fourth with the
Smart Set at the White
| Rain or shine, wet or dry, he goes
about his appointed tasks, waiting
only for the setting of the sun when
he shall have the privilege of resting.
in his generally ill-kept quarters his
weary limbs aching in every tendon.
and his back sore with its accumu-
lated burdens He knows that it will
be the same thing over and over
til, ct last. utterly worn out with the
never ending struggle. he shall cease
from toll and lie down in green pas
lures. What story he could tell.
were his lips not sealed, of the crooked
places and cruel people in this world:
of how he thirsts for water without
drop to drink. of how he hungers
for food without bit, to eat; of
how he is despised by those for whom
he makes wealth; Of how never a
gentle hand touches him with kind
ness: of how even when his strength
is failing there is never a thought
of Tightening his load; of how when
he manifests proper spirit Of pro-
test he is beaten with many blows.
In Intelligence, he is superior to
both of the strains in his blood. His
powers of muscular endurance are re-
markable, he rarely falls down. he is
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many OF the diseases to which his
flesh is heir, and he lives frequently
to great age. Like nearly all the
rest OF us he is of foreign ancestry but
he has become thoroughly identified
with all the great, indus trial and
economic questions and movements in
this country and is richly entitled to
the gratitude and thanks of all our
countrymen. TO him, the Great Amer
lean Mule, we pay our profoundest
respects!
The only time he or any Of his
ancesto-s was ever known to speak
his mind is recorded in this simple
narratives:
And the Lord opened the mouth of
the ass, and she said unto BALKAN,
what have done unto thee, that thou
hast smitten me these three times?
And BALKAN said unto the ass. Be-
cause thou hast Knocked me: I would
there Were sword in mine hand,
for now would I kill thee.
And the ass said unto BALKAN,
Am not thine ass. upon which thou.
mast ridden ever since I was thine
unto Snis day? Was l ever wont to
do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.
Then the Lord opened the eyes OF
h1laaln. and he saw tho angel of the
Lord standing in the way, and his
sword drawn in his hand: and he
bowed down his head, and fell fiat on
his face,
And the angel OF the Lord said
unto him, Wherefore hast thou smit-
ten thine ass these three times? Re-
mold went out to withstand thee.
because thy way is perverse before
me,
And the ass saw me, and turned
from me these three times: unless she
mad turned from me, surely now also
mad slain thee, and saved her alive"
That was centuries ago and the pro-
test then made by the original mother
OF all the rnce of mules was for the
benefit of the rough rider. who mag
med, as 50 many OF his sort imagine
even to this day, that their wisdom
Is greater than the wisdom of the
burden bearers of the world
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