The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-12

siugs in me, thinking | was Teller he
knew, an laid me In bed for close
three months Then old Johnsons
mad horse cum an grab me by the
shoulder an'-Yus. I'll have another
drink, stranger My wind amt what
1t used 10 be for talkin', but amt
tole you hundredth bit yet
Looking back at the past. these
people have remembered only what
appealed to them. They have forgot
ten the rest That is what Jones and
the other II knew have done Every
year Jones has lived since that mar
riage catastrophe he has been re-
markedly well cared for by two sis
tiers who have devoted themselves to
the vain attempt to make him happy
and comfortable. He has overlooked
that As TO the man who lis con-
WINGED other people are all bent on
robbery, he left a carpet bag with lit
tie thinks In II worth twenty pounds
in an omnibus only month or two
ago, and had 1t returned TO him by
an honest stranger. 1t has completely
escaped his memory
Two people," said Frank Lock.
wood, go to the same dinner One
Is OF the happy and the other OF ths
miserable sort II you meet them
afterwards you will receive a tart
hngly different account of that feast.
The miserable feaster will remember
ali the things In their lives as the
teaching OF experience" Rut what
has it taught them?
Jones. the man who imaginez tina
girl threw him over so cruelty for
wealth. has really no reason for think
ing as he does. OF course, one cam
not exactly point IT out to. him. but
can Imagine young lady prefer
ring considerable number of young
gentlemen to Jones for husband He
Is not a particularly fascinating gen
tleman. and it's my honest belief that
there are good many girls who
would not have him with million a.
t-eTpr; Az ~ rfTE urfIgr Kn0w,-- nf
put his $500 into gamble that was
10 bring him in huge fortune and
lost 1t. Any person with business
knowledge could have told him the
thing was a swindIe. Each thinks
he has had an experience that has
taught him a lot. and each. as a mat
ter OF fact, is bigger idiot than he
was before. Looking back at the psst
is all right IL It is done in the right
way. IT Is absolutely harmful II one
Is going TO draw wrong conclusions
from it.
Mark Twain knew a man who used
to indulge In retrospect He had a.
memory for disaster that happened
TO him-and for nothing else Twain
christened him The Lightning Dis
aster Artist" The amount of run he
consumed In battling with his conse-
quent despair was wonderful
1ew guess yew air unlucky." he
would exclaim to some grumbler
We'll, .yew. dar't know anything about.
II. III. tsff yew what II Is to be real
nnlucky. 1t all started with the tor
nady sixty years since, when ] was six
months old and made me an orphan.
an run race with Bill Jones--a
mile It was--an beat i'm, and that
sku"k. Crimson, run away with the
stakes and the bettin money And
then I went to sea ard was thrown
awav on an inhabited island for three
vea"s md WIS trs' amply married wen
followed? Div!n' off W>scom 'arhour.
~ my cad arin a rock as admit
fnflod 70 rake such a shot. he ALWAYS
messed II So he resolved oniv to
rer'ereh"r how he Ind made It. Then
he scored Tf generals want soldiers
10 Ugh thew dent recall old disas-
ters. ThHv ~omind them how we'll
thnv Fought and succeeded In the past.
II you are gei,g te recall the past.
take hint Select the parts that
VIII he good FOR YOU and sterriy waive
TIE twon'trs athap aetseds. Il INV
aside those that won't. The parts
THAT ara good for YOU are those that
win .ercoura re you To DO your best for
yourself and for others In the future.