New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-09-17

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.
'"Iliere are scores of different kinds
of courage in this world, and You
can't expect n man to have them
all. A ma may trembIc and cringc
when threatened with physical vio-
lence, and yet stand up serene and
magnificent when the assessor comes
10 the door, and there's nothing Incl
than that sort of moral courage.
"Therc used to be a blacksmith in
this town who had a wide reputation
as ii fire eater. He wasn't afraid of
anything, people said. If he heard of
n 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. lie engaged in combat just
because he loved il, and was happlest
when his nose was knocked TO one
side, and his eyes were 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 IA hyword.
We'll. in the fullnesS OF time his
teeth went wrong and his head sWelled
up until il 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 sutferings ended In five
minutes by going to the dentists, but
that idea turned him faint. At last he
Ind TO go, and the dentist told me he
never saw such n d%oggone coward.
That invlncible blacksmith just had to
be lifted into the operating chair. and
as often as he could get his breath,
he yelled.
1.-THE dentists chair takes the starch
out of many a brave man. used 10
have to frequent IL n good deal before
! bought these handmade tortoiseshcll
teeth, and | saw some moving sights
when | was seated In the waiting room.
" ~ h'hil yin vi lllfIt as tilIIf
and cool as though they had just
In for n dish OF Ice cream.
| have seen n girl graduate sit chatting
comfortably until her turn came, and
then she'd step into the chamber of
without turning a hair; and
then some big policeman, who'd think
nothing of fighting a revolver duel In
dark with a burglar, would come
into the waiting room as limp as n
iiShrag, sweating ice tea and grooming
every time he drew n breath.
"A man might easily get n lot OF
false ideas about courage in the den.
lists waiting room.
THAT man Kersmith. who stood and
permitted ii smaller man TO twist his
nose, has Il sort of courage I'll give a
ot TO own. I've always wished I could
make public speeches. I've n lot Of
%eloquencc inside of me that
,ught TO be turned loose for the edifi- ,
alton and instruction Of the people.
But every time I'm called upon for a i
timely remarks, I'm scared stiff. :
md can't say n blamed word. I Just ,
and Snlutter like a sunstruck 7
nnatic, and hate myself for three $
weeks after II. .
"But when Kersmith is called. he S
ises without n trenOr. and smiles
weetly upon the audience, and goes
head saying what he has 10 say as !;
hough IN his own arm chair by his fire. a
ide. I'd be willing to have my nose !,
nd ears twisted several times to have =
is courage" /,