Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-19
f~lNkECAN'S PHILOSOPHY
pursIne tho Heart.

Yes sir. He's like the p~atrtarcns.
Which Nv them7 All Nv them. He
snites the Civil Service Rock and res
freslin' Jobs -gushes foorth for thurstys
but dishuryIn' Dimycrats. He blows
on II horn mn iyrytllln' falls for ut.
II lie people call him liver 50 soft.
Little Samuel had no quicker ear. An
fop ~sacryticIn' what's dear to Ills heart,
Abraham had uawthIn' OF him. Sure
he IL Dimocricy's shield an exceedin
great reward.
IT'S his Presbytaryan .bringin' up,
I'm thlnkin.. Furst he adopts . policy;
thin ne tlrIes to Justify 1t, thin he,
sanctiies 1t Wild q phrase, while a choir
W Dlshuryin Dimmycrats sings q:
hymn. An there yei are, Justification,
Adoption an San~kty-icasinln.
"1he choir med great harmony Win
Jim Smith. George Harvey an Bill
Brine was all insut. But wan be wan
their vices cracked an they passed out
~ the life iy tiieN great Idaylist.
Harvey went back to edith, an Bill
Brine winf In search Nv the H0wiy
Kale. McCombs was canned beednsel
Him mn Billy McAdoo cuddpN sing 9
duet, an Oscar Underwood was weiR
on Tariff ragilme. But Wudtiirow die.
grated thin all. Wids fwhat say YET
Wild the Order w the Double Cross
O-ho. ! mind well the time at the
Manhattan Cub, whh he kissed Brine
I'M kicked Harvey wild van motion.
Now the choir has wilat WulthroW!
calls the yital SUITS " life.' Stone an
McAdoo; DanyIpls an Jim Hun Lewis,
wild Redtieid for the high ~faIsetto.
Wudtlrow sits wild his hatids crossed
While the stuffs sings songs " praise,
an Col. House winds the victhipla.
"WudthrOw is fond ~ music, but
Colonel House himself Is the quiet
man. Faith nv he danced u Clog on
a Wnshbiler ye'd niyer hear aesound.
well, wan. night In August the
Colonel come tIptoein' In Through the
basement dure.
"IIow's the game, ColonelT says
Wudthrow. $685. the Colonel says.
'Ye might round up flew more votes,
says he. scratchin' his ear Wild an
absent air.
".Aint'I got the full dinner-pairs?
axes .WudthrOw. anxious like. All
that's forgot the first two year, and
a half says House pleasantly. 'Aint
I KEEP EN- out o. war; axes Wudthrow'
Part o. TIL time says House rubbin
his left shin wild the felt-slipper on
his right foot. Amt my voice our
greatest liquid asset?' axes Wilson
earnestly. It's some voice. says House
but a lot Nv suckers can't tell q asset
firm an. H'bility, the Colonel says.
"'F'Ml,at are We driyin' at. says
Wilson, four flushing a little.
..Arre We watchin' the striker says
House. Half . miilyun votes nigh
he useful, says House. tiptoein' gu
through the dure, an closin' ut benin.
him.
swell, Sir, he left Wudthrow SUM
In. profound %militashum. AT last n
l spakes. Il. hear he says, in u 10y
sweet tone that vice Nv the people
which Is to me as the vice mHa Car
negfe Penshum' Oh lie says thfi,
lin in ivry nerve, must | indade sacry
fee wan more idol says he, on til
altar Nv me Counthryv says Wud
throw. 4
"sWns not the Wan Turn Plank II
says; an the. Sugar Tax he says
AN the Tariff for Rey'noo,' he says
AN, ali me friends, beside says III
sixteen per'ay good Mexican Pollcte
was not all thin enoughy he IKE
In agony. But l Will purge me Heal
Nv ivry pers,nal fought says h
startin' for bed. An before he r.
tires, he takes a Heart Purge Nv HI
own invinshun the way 1t. III wuf
while he sleeps. l dinliaw f'what II
purge is. TITS a secret.
an the morn lie was puzzled. y
wanted a great sncryfise of q pu
rlnclple, dear to his heart. but he
used most iv thin already, an he t.
that this was no time for second haI
or slightly damaged sacrytiseS. )
me sends for House. Colonel sa.
he, 'F'what pir-rinciple Rsr THU
wud be an acceptable saeryfise in tn
great nlorel imargincyYs he ak
anxiously.
usWhisper,' says the Colonel. Al
he said wan wurd In WudthroW's Ell
, and faded silently away through Y
dure.
"For wan instant Wudthrow st'
, spellbound. Thin he burst into
whoop; aThe Ram In the Bushe
! cries he wild tears Nv Nv. !
@T.was ah. impressive ceremol
! whin the sacryise was soleinny-is'
al the Capitol
.The procession started f'om 7
I White House Wild the Prisldlnt walk
. ahead carryin, the Ram In wan hal
/ mn, a box " SafetS-Eirst matches
th, other. He was followed by AGO
|. bearin' four gold pans, md behi
!. came futr, ynion Chiefs srilin, on mi
! white steeds followed he . group
RaIlroad Prisidints, Stock Holde
: Farmers, shippers md conshume
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