Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-30
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trust"
Its queer motto for man 10
take who IS successful in life |
reckon him as a success. but good
many people might certainly sneer at
the idea He lives in 4 poor little
house His wife has a hard time Of
II 10 make ends meet With the help
OF the eldest daughter she fights hard
with cooking patching and mending
There arc boys in the family, and It is
wonderful how healthy boys work
their toes through socks, gather mys-
terious holes at their knecs=-not
through saying their prayers--iear
their Jackets, and grow out Of things.
You won't mind my going on with
my work will your" the wife asked
me the other day when ] looked in.
She was engaged on a pair Of boys
cloth knickerhockers John is a
most remarkable boyl He has grown
two inches since he had these, What
] am 10 do with them / don't know"
| didn't. The only way of making
John flt those knickerbockcrs that
occurred 10 me was 10 saw a couple
of inches off his legs That was i'm
possible Of course
Ny friend John, The father Of the
other John whose legs will grow al
such a rate Is mission worker. He IS
always swiling She, bis wife is al.
ways radiant ! don't know a happier
home ! remarked 10 him one even
ing as We sat together that he must
have a hard life with lots Of trouble
"Hesps.' he said but what LOT
Of goodness there is in the world
Things 20 dishearteningly At times.
! admit But how many things 90
we'll Trust That's my motto. Do
your best and stick 10 Providence"
BY Sticking 10 Providence he
meant Never lose yonr faith that
there is an ordering of affairs in this
world which is bound 10 make them
turn out we'll providing one only
does ones best
There is vast amount Of distrust
in the world. II IL often consider.
ed quite the smart thing 10 trust no
body Il trust nobody" Is the motto
Of many who imagine they are re-
marksbiy shrewd folk. They are mis-
taken in their estimate Of themselves.
Distrust often robs the suspicious
one Of large amount Of useful as
sistance.
A ono-time celebrated detective
told me that one day he was keeping
an eye upon man whom he recog-
nized as one Of the eleyercst pick
pockets in London. lowering in the
neighborhood Of one OF the great
railway stations. lie might be going
by train. Of course, but Il was decid-
edly doubtful.
As he was apparently absorbed in
examining q timetable pasted on one
Of the walls, his other eye seembed 10
be lowering around in intense inter
est in the people standing about, II
there was one person more than an
other that he might mark as a vic
tim, the detective told himself il
was q portly gentleman with a wide
expanse OF gold watchchain across
his chest Approaching the bedecked
one, the detective informed him that
he might do well to look after that
watch and chain carefully The port
ly gentleman flushed red with in
suited Importance.
Look here, my mani" he exeiaim-
cd, "yon may be detective or you
may not be, but I'd like you to know
what ] am a man who can look
after himself don't require any
oody to look alter me.
He didn't trust me" said the de-
leetive 10 me, so ! left him TO his
fate You should have seen him five
minutes later Oh yesl His watch
had gone. and be had eollared per-
tectly innocent person standing next
20 him when he discovered his loss.
II one wants 10 be safe IN this world
one must learn 10 distrust the wrong
people and trust the right"