The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-29

snce. our lives flowed ai0ng like a
mighty river
- Il will all simmer down AZ Last. "
| Sir skinner prophoaled. why. for
ten yoaia. the Irish clnlmed the front
page Nuw that they have got what
they wanted. or approximately what
they wanted. they arc as quiet a.
mics. n thiH keeps up. Our children
Hiii not know whether Ireland ID a
nation or game
'Bui they were fighting for liberty
for an IDEAL. cappy challenged.
while everybody in this country h.
uEhtinE for the unrestricted hight 80
DO something be shouldn't do-in
order that be may accumulats more
easy money than ho needs and in
The shortest space q time. Nobody
haH any faith In anybody else now.
q days. We have such an nfflirtion u
lcrooks, from senators 10 taKldrivsTr.
and they escape 20 often IN day.
lishl, that crookedness is becoming
popular,
MY opinion Is thn. the Judges
let them 20 because We haven't
got Jails enough 10 house them IN,
and ihsy would merely proye an
embarrassment That's why the
suspended sentence WAS invent.
ed"
hy, but you're grouehy on your
seVeniyeighth birthday. Cappy."
"ii's the privilege Of the aged. The
reason the AGED have the privilege il
because they have earned II. They've
seen 70 muehi And ISN'T II enough
20 make 9.ssunn grouchy whom he
realizes me- AZ ono who pay more
than twenty thourHnd dnilnrs a year
income tax. ho 10 reputed 70 be a
high jacker7"
Cappy paused. and bs Whimsical old
iaee lighted with sudden brilliant
idea, 'fhis yenrning 70 get up into
the high Income brackets and bo q
Tnaiefacior Of great wealth, Il what's
wrong with this country" hs Do
olared- There arc too many people
trylng 70 steal my stuff what we re.
quiro Of this country OF ours Ia a
heroic statue in bronze. ret up In
iitcrY village square. Of the iunn
that Invented latsfa6i- Recommended
our pfopln know all about spending
money but nothing about haylne n
III hef there aren't a hundred thous.
and soplo IN this country. who are
c1emnt from income taxes. who know
what ;bo a month, compounded semi.
annually for 20 years. Will do for
them IN their old age. Saving
wouldn't DO 90 hard " people only
realized tho true inwardncss OF com.
pound inirrcti.
The people who arc suppst-
ING this country now arc tin
ONES who have . healthy rospect
for ' per cent per annum. These
aro the birds who weren't in
hurry. They have lived their
iltcs and enjoyed ii,rm and when
thcy develop into The popular
crook class IN their old age, they
should wony. ] should w0rTy.
I'm ridi enough 20 be- crook,
OF at least 60 have grave doubts
cast upon my method Of getting
~. and before tli.y can convict
no I'll be dead. and then follss
win say all The nice things about
M. which exayed 10 hear while
could listen. oi. vol"
do you think you would have sue.
oeeded. cappy. II you had embarked
upon a career ~ 'eaHy come. easy
go IL you had made up your mind
TO 80 IN Tor quick. easy profits on a
large scaie7''
u would have been bowling sue.
eess, Matt" cappy declared. be.
cause am natural conservative.
would. even as a confidence man,
stick 20 the tried and true. For In.
stance. one OF the oldest swindies In
tho world is that one about tho fahu.
,ouEly wealthy spIuish gentleman,
imprisoned In srs.n. who will g,vc
half OF his fortune 10 the fellow who
geis him out. Thar game mas been
worked for centuries. so II Must be a
good one"
ITS the passion for trying out new
stunts that lands 70 many Of cur
most promising young men In jail.