The Washington herald., 1914-06-28

As left the town Of Jericho In which
had met the most prominent citizens
and took their tin-types at 10 cents .
take and made the world better for my
comm. was In such calm spirits that
gave the old hess Q kick and said to
myself:
Honesty don't aIIus lead to riches.
but clear conscience is not put 70 any
expense fur hair-dye."
And also:
TT don't cost nuthin' to sympathize
! with misfortune. and II you talk fast
enough they don't git no chance to ask
for q cash loan"
And again:
/ Give your fellow-men all credit fur
honesty. but look fur coins with holes
bored through EN-"
i was thus feelin' content and happy
and tryin' TO excuse Cain fur not hangin'
on to hissen in that affair with Abel,
when I meets up with an old critter
whose back was bumped up like a
camels and whose legs was bowed fur
apart. 1 halted my outfit to give him
greetin' and mention the fact that in
tegrity and a clean shirt hev never bin
defeated as combination, when he says:
II don't keer fur no integrity bizness.
I'm q man as can't be bluffed"'
AS how" asks.
''As no critter who IL luggin' a grass
hopper around in a bottle. I've got Sun
thin here as will chaw your hopper up
in two minutes by the clock. Put up or
shet up
And with that he shows me a quart
bottle with a beetle in It and wants to
bet me even up that he will do my hop
per. I tried 10 explain TO him that my
inseck was thing Of peace. and that I
carried him about that I might study
the ways of natur' and advertise my biz
ness at the same time but he was wroth
and called me names. He contended that
! was carryin' that hopper around to
blum the innercent of Oklahoma and that
II was fur him to call the bIuff When
he had offered TO bet me ten to two on
his beetle. I felt a spirit Of recklessness
steal gentle DER me. 1t is a spirit which
allus steals DER the best Of men when
they are offered big odds. I obeyed the
voice of the spirit and got down with
my hopper. and 4 minute later We had
them both In one bottle. As the insecks
begun to skirmish around says to the
old heather. on whose face there was q
smile of satisfaction:
Art travelin' about In hopes to make
the world brighter and better fur them
who sorrer and are heavy hearted"
Not by a durn right, he answered
with all promptness. I'm takin' keer
OF No. and Iettin' the sorrerful and
heavy-hearted comfort themselves as best
they kin
But he who is without sympathy is
without friends"
Il don't want any. and You git ready
to hand over them s.. Ny beetle has got
your hopper on his back and is thumpin'
the life out o. him.
Fur mint It looked As IL my inseck
would be overcome. and despair was
tuggin' at nv heartstrinr. But Of a sud
den he rallied and put forth his strength.
and 1t was not long before the end
came. That beetle was a licked inseck.
He had met the hopper and was his'n
AS the conflict was ended I looked to
see the old critter beside me pay up
and to remove the manEled remains. but
he claimed q foul and hit me on nv
venerable chin. Without waitin' to re-
mark that man cometh up like a flower
and Is cut down. I closed with him, and
we plowed UP the earth. He was tough
and fun of ambition. but with the aid Of
Justice I laid him how and made him
pay up. His soul was too full fur ut
terance as drove away. but mine
wasn't I wiped my hleedin' nose with
tender hands and remarked to myself:
He who would undo his feIler-man let
him beware that he is not laid low him
self"
And also:
BE not pufred M and vainElorious. and
he not ovNreager to look fur bluffs"
And likewise:
THE man Of humility seeketh to avoid
contention and would dwell in peace,
but when aroused he goeth with all his
might to slay"'
Two miles farther on toward Juba Hill
came 10 a shack. with a woman sittin'
at the door. She was smokin' a cornCoh
pipe and weepin'. and her attitude and
her loneliness appealed to my sym
pathies.
Into each life a little rain must fall"
saws l as I got down and stood beside
her.
Yes: barIs and har'Is Of rain" she
answers as she wipes her eyes anew.