The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-09-16

and if a real peril comes along, she'll
exhibit more courage in five minutes
than the average man could dig up In
a hundred years.
"Tllere are scores of different kinds
of courage in this world. and you
can't expect II man to have them
all. A man may tremble and cringe
when threatened with physical vic.
lence, and yet stand up serene and
magnificent when the assessor comes
to the door, and there's nothing finer
than that sort of moral courage.
"There used to be a blacksmith in
this town who had a wide reputation
MS a fire eater. He wasn't afraid of
anything, people said. If he heard of
a promising bruiser anywhere in the
countryside, he couldn't rest until he
had mixed things with him. And he
didn't ask for purses or other induce.
ments. He engaged In combat just
because he loved it, and was happiest
when his nose was knocked to one
side, and his eyes we're bunged up SO
that he couldn't see whether he was
going or coming. He acted the hero on
several occasions, rescuing people from
burning buildings, and saving gents
who were drowning and his nerve
became a bywOrd.
"Well, in the fullness Of time his
teeth went wrong and his head swelled
up until it looked like a squash. He
bought about a million things at the
, drug store, and they wouldn't relieve
the pain. The doctor told him he
could have his sufferings ended in five
minutes by going to the dentists, but
that idea turned him faint. At last he
had to go, and the dentist told me hi
never saw such a doggone coward
That invincible blacksmith just had tt
be lifted into the operating chair, an(
as often as he could get his breath
he yelled.
1.-THE dentists chair takes the starch
out Of MANY n brave man. / used tt
have to frequent it Il good deal before
I bought these handmade tOrtOiseshel
teeth, and I saw some moving sight:
when I was seated in the waiting room
Women would come in there as callr
and cool as though they had JUS
stepped in for a dish of ice cream
have seer a girl graduate sit chattin.
comfortably until her turn came, anC
then she'd step into the chamber O.
horrors without turning a hair; ant
then some big policeman, who'd thinl
nothing of fighting a revolver duel ii
the dark with a burglar, would CONF
into the waiting room as limp as
dishrag, sweating ice ten and grooming
every time he drew a breath.
IA man might easily get a lot o
false ideas about courage in the den
lists waiting room.
"That man KerSmith, who stood ant
permitted a smaller man to twist hi
nose, has a sort of courage I'd give
lot to own. I've always wished l cou!t
make public speeches. I've q lot o
pent-up elOquence inside of me tina
ought to he turned loose for the cdifi
cation and instruction of the people
But every time I'm called upon for
few timely remarks, I'm scared stiff
and can't say n blamed word. I jus
gurgle and spluttcr like a sunstrucl
lunatic. and hate myself for thre'
weeks after 1t.
"But when Kersmith IS called, n
rises without a tremOr, and smile
sweetly upon the audience, and goe
ahead saying what he has to say a
though in his own arm chair by his fire
side. I'd he willing to have my nos
and ears twisted several times to hav'
his courage"