The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-01-11

| and if real peril comes along, she'll
exhibit more courage IN five minutes
than the average man cou!d dig UP il
hundred years.
sThere are scores of different kinds
! of courage in this world, ana you
can't expect one man to have them
all. A man may trelnb3e. and crinse
; when threatened with physical VIC
Ience. and YET stand up serene and
magnificent when the assessor cones.
to the door, and there's nothing finer
! than that sort of moral courage.
'sTnere used to be q blacksmith IN
this town who had a wide reputation
as a fire eater. He wasn't AFRAID of
| anything, people said. II he heard OF
| a promising bruiscr 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 were ngnged up so
! that he couldn't see whether he was
going or coming. He acted the hero Oh
several occasions, rescuing people from
! burning buildings, and saving gents
who were drowning and his nerve
| became q byword.
HWell, in the fullness Of tiEaa: his
teeth went wrong and his head sTellcd
+ up until it looked Ike a squash. He
bought about million tiiHss<atGt the
: drug store, and they wouldn't relieve
tie. pain. The. doctor told him he
could have his sufferinss ended il, five
minutes by going to the dentists, but
that idea turned hin, faint. a last he
had to go, and the dentist told me he
never saw such a doggona coward.
That insincible blacksmith just had to
/ be lifted into the operating chair, and
as often as ne could get his breath,
he yelled.
"The dentists chair takes the starch
out of many q brave man. I used to
have to frequent it q good deal before
+ bought these handmade tortoisesnell
teeth, and saw. some moving sights
twhen I was seated in the waiting room.
/. Women would come in there as calm
and cool as though they had just
steppea in for dish OF ice cream.
! I have seen cir, graduate sit chatting
comfortably until her turn came, and
!! then she'd step into the chamber OF
/; horrors without turning hair; and
| then some big policeman, who'd think
nothing CT fighting a revolver Guel IN
! the dark with burglar, would como
into the waiting room as limp as
lishrag, sweating ice tea and groanins
every time he drew a breath.
"A man might easily get lot OF
! false ideas about courage in the dem
fists waiting room.
'That man Kersnlith who stood aHd
+, permitted a smaller man TO twist his
nose, has a sort of courage Pd give
! lot to own. I've always wished I could
make public speeches. I've a lot Of
pent-up eloquence inside OF me that
| ought to be turned loose for tie edit
cation and instruction of the people.
But every time I'm called upon for a
few timely remarks, I'm scared stiff,
and can't say blamed word. l jHss
gurgie and spIutter like a sunStrucK
Iunatic, and hate myself for three
weeks after it.
.But when Kersnlith is called, he
! rises without 4 tremor, and smiles
sweetly lupon the audience, and goes
! ahead saving what he has to say as
though in his own arm chair by his fire:
side. I'd be willing TO have my nose
and ears twisted several times to have
This courage