El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-14
On What the Dead Said

before us have the forte Of a personal
message to those who remain Speeches
that would have been smiled at while
the speaker was quick, seem to US wis
dom rom above when they are mem
orics Of the dead
Pity the Liar.
If anyone lies to you pity him, but
don't let him get near enough to lie TO
you again. A man Ia the splendor Of
a magnificent middle age spoke these
words at 8 banquet They were greeted
with laughter. Personal advice and IN
1lattering epitnets were flung at the
speaker, who smiled good humOredly
but insisted; Nevertheless, that IS
soOd adFlce- Whatever you think OF me
what I have said Is true" Think 1T over.
They did think it over, for on his
way home from the banquet the speak
er was stricken with apopleXy, and the
next morning he was dead. HIS derided
aQFlce mas been a protective rule in the
me or every guest at the feast
I've never trusted q. liar since Tom
ter
I've enjoyed life without making 1t
harder Tor anyone else gasped q man
who never spoke again
Leaves Legacy Of Wisdom.
lie LETT behind him, in that speech, a
legacy OF wisdom He had enjoyed life
he had not passed this way at funeral
gait nor with the expression OF a
mOurner, but he had not, as do many
who talk much Of "the joy Of life"
maze others pay In coin Of hearCaches
40r his delight. He had lived to the
prlIn, but ne had not robbed others Of
their portion of the happiness Of life
He had stolen no sugar from the CUP
OF anyOne's joy.
A woman who had been the great
woman Of her vilage-and there are no
Kingdoms more absolute than those
ruled by the social leaders Of small
communEies-WhO had been the wife OF
an honorable and successful man and
the mother OF four creditable children
looked Vexedly into the face OF her
nurse aud voiced the revolt Of woman
kind, when she made her last speech
on earth; I'm tired Of being bossed"
she had accepted conditions of life
as Lney were inside for her, had passed
from the. rule Of domineering father
70. the keeping Of a "set" husband
whom she had promised TO obey Her
iase years Of lnvalidlsm had been spent
under the dominion Of nurse Yet all
tne villagers who has done the viii Of
ln9iI IlLst woman wondered at her last
words They were words that had not
local. but universal. application.
woman who has remained spleudily
dent told me that she owed her state
Of mental freedom to the last speech
sle had heard an old friend utter:
never let any man spoil your life
"Never Let Any Man Spoil VOur life -
If love affair Of hers struck one
or the many bitches that cash the love
track, or If any shallop Of new hope
was snip wrecked, she rebOunded stl1r-
Oily at memory Of the advice: Never
let any man spoil your life"
When she married and her husband
stroye to fashion her into a different
MOOD to make her a fireside creature
OF caps and ruffles. instead Of a shouI-
DER out Of door and business comrade
which was more to her liking and abiI-
titles, she recalled the advice and
taught her husband to admire her Ia
the cspacity OF her choice
why can't man be consistently this I
OF that?' impatlently exclaimed a critic
of conduct
Because" replied a man Of rnuob
thought and few words. "a man has a
heart and emotions as well as a mind I
and will"
The critic might not have remember
ca, mad not the man who spoke died /
two DAYS later. In the long silence big I
words have crystaliZed into a radiant I
charity teaching truth.