Show i 1 I HH i HIS GOOD ADVICE ANONYMOUS 44 I 1 4 T m T T T n n there the least bit of 0 harm about Brod walser he was as aa amiable and well meaning ai little man as ever wore felt insoles an and d a chamois leather chest chesi prot protector ecton but people in funeral hardly appreciated his good cuautle s tho the first time that smith MW him he be was standing at the edge of 0 a roadside excavation for gas pipes watching theole thedell berate liberate movements of a laborer who was ostensibly engaged la in throwing out gravel As air smith approached pro ached he ha hoard heard Brod walser say my man it if you would grasp your shovel with your lett left hand a little nearer the blade of spur implement you would find ita it a better fulcrum tor for the leverage of your right and be en abl to raise more earth with subi stant lally ly the sane same exertion the man stopped and looked up that he asked I 1 repeated hla his advice and the mat man surveyed him tor for a moment or two with withering contempt and to blazes wid ye yc an yer fulcrum he said at last gwan away hom ewid ye an yer leverages ye little dough faced lantern jawed talk to me about implements an ill 1 shut yo ye in me dinner pall an kape ye there till yo aarn manners so I 1 will gwan Brod walser reddened and m moved 0 v d away in silent dignity smith 1 felt e cit sorry tor for him and expressed his sympathy pathy oh Brod walser said 1 I hardily ly expected anything but abuse one gets little thanks tor for good advice I 1 1 notice it was a windy day and before they ahad bad got very tory tar far a sudden gust re moved smiths straw hat bat ile he recovered it with some difficulty and was rather out ot of breath when he rejoined the latter had waited and as smith came up he be said it if J 1 yve were you I 1 would buy one ot of these hat guards they can be obtained for a hiie mere trifle at any hat storo store and the een expenditure dituro Is repaid a thousand times by their saving of temper to say gay nothing of the possibility of the hat being blown beneath the wheels of a dray ive soon seen them smith said you dont wear one yourself I 1 notice its ICs unnecessary he replied my hat at never the wind took it as aa he be spoke and nd sent bent it careering down the street finally landing it in in a puddle from whence he rescued it dripping with mud and water smith could not help saying baying that in a high wind it was waa a good idea to hold bold a 1008 loosely bly fitting acting hat bat by the brim with ft a tenacious teni cloua beltch but 1 Brod seemed unconscious of the delicate of the remark to 0 o much so taftt I 1 wea they arrived at t smiths fant arnt ditche gate ho called smiths 4 attention f to the fact hat that it creaked on its hinges hinge and recommended the application of sweet oil as a remedy for the unpleasant sound he was waa a near neighbor of smiths and soon after that first meeting he called on smith informally as smith was weeding his flower beds on that occasion smith became Inde indebted bied to his visitor for two pieces of Talu valuable abi information that tobacco burned beneath a rosebush covered with or something of that sort to kelip keep in the smoke had a a discouraging effect upon the plant parasites as green fly and andi that or clent width on the west tr front i 0 rit othla cottage would afford a gr atel nl shade against the rays of the s suni biln inthe in the afternoons he was a veritable encyclopedia of knowledge kno ledge nover never at a loss for A att tie suggestion on any subject oell smith learned that Brod walser wasa wash s bookkeeper tor for a firm of glass importers rs he imagined he be must cond conduct act the helpful hints department of lot some newspaper smith overheard him in the meat market one morning instructing the butcher bulher in the art of meat cutting that aint though said eald the good natured butcher with a tat fat smile when when Brod walser had lett left hes give va me pointers on eggs in their ha original r new dew la idaess lem em ln lime an w water ater ill bet he be taught his ble grandmother to suck em I 1 trimmed a sirloin tor for him the other day an when I 1 threw the suet la in the box under the counter he says 1 I sad think use the fragments of meat in some sort al 0 way sald std 0 vall galltin tin eul em it put the best beat of om em in your sausage machine with proper sea se asonto sonin there aint no reason why it be good us as long ions as the r gata fresh ho hot bo but Is to no more he ha wf AL good citizen a good neighbor md and A kind of fussy assy ussy husband and father ho he died last spring of pneumonia A little before he be passed way the doctor happened to cough to hide bide his emo alon au at the al tight of mrs mr erle doctor sald ball Brod walser faintly you want to take cue of that COW cough dont neglect it it it may develop into serious seri no now when you tet acome ahome home have your wife het beat some bome water and put it in with little mustard then ile he sank auk back ba on hla big pillow that WM as the last piece of advice he over jishe gave chicago duy daily bews |