The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-11-14
KEEP ON SMILING.
HeraIdS Advice Strikes Responsive
Cher d in Minneapolis
WORD FROM MILL CITY
Ananymeas Letter Comes to Cheer
Sank Centreites, Especially
Losers at Election

Tuesday morning The Herald re-
ceiyed dateless and signatureless but
not cherries or humorless epistle,
whose envelope bore a Minneapolis
pcstmark. This communication is
such mighty good reading that The
Herald begs leave to share it with its
readers. Everybody will Immediately
recognize the author, so what's the
use. of naming him, especially as he
holds permanent place in the affec-
tiogs of every man, woman and child
in Sank Centre. Here's the epistle:
Ibid you ever hear of Omar Ben
Lufis Probably not. He was only a
cat with an eye single, tail broken
and a smile twisted-the same sort of
smile we use when our mesaly king
full has to take off his hat to four
royal ladies, and our cherished stack
OF blues smiles at us from the far side
of the table. This smile is very much
in evidence just now among the sup
porters of the late lameDted presi-
dents. both esse and posse. The OPP
timistic tone of The Herald, with its
cordial invite to keep smiling, con-
vinces me that the editor is a fairly
good loser, and consequently should
play strong hand. A smile, after all
is symbolic of the better part of hui
man lsae, and even if it is somewhat
twisted, should be honored for its
staying qualities.
well, the shouting and the tumult
have ceased; the captains and the
kings have taken their departure;
silence is brooding; election bets have
been paid; no longer do the rancorous
boasts of self-centered patriots shatter
the delicate tympanic membranes.
The king is dead: long live the king
We are all sympathetic by nature and
would fain drop tear over the up
rooted hopes and joyful anticipations
of the defeated candidates.. And yet,
may not the victor be more in need of
our sympathy and support?
81 have an old and much battered
copy of Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress in
my keeping, and albeit / have astrong
inclination toward paganism, l still
read it, ponder it and ever reverence
it. Bunyan's pilgrim had hard row
to hoe. He was everlastingly meet
ing with giants. or getting stuck in
the mud, or having to rescue some
one, and this, too, with pack on his
back that might discourage camel
The difficulties, however, of this allie.
gorical champion, when compared
with those with which Pilgrim Will
son is confronted, sink into nothing.
ness and become lighter than the
down of thistle or the substance of
dream. Giants, dragons and chin
aeras will beset his pathway from the
rising Of the sun to the going down OF
the same; false guides will lure him
into dark places; false prophets will
give him advice and friends betray
false beacons will coax his ship upon
the rocks where the happy bands Of
wreckers may loot at will.
"But as The Herald wisely admon.
ishes, let us keep on smiling. Oul
new leader is virile in strength; his
heart is strong and as yet unsullied
and it mayhap, that like that other
pilgrim, some good angel may take
him by the hand, draw him out OF
the slough of despond, lead him
through the dark places, raise him up
when fallen, and interpose a shield
when blows fall too thickly. 1t is
pleasant to knows that even in these
days of graft and greed there are mil
lions of Christian people praying for
peace aud welfare, and for the coun-
try they both love. Keep smiling. =