Show deathbed death bed advice of ron hon simon smirk 15 SHOWING HOWING tite THE MANA GEMENT OP tha MAN WHO HAD NO I 1 BY W 0 eatoy BATON I 1 I 1 simon smirk was ov oo his deathbed his son eon samuel was banding standing tan ding by via his side eide and while he was holding his fi fathers hand his f father aab er spoke tp to him as follows sammy I 1 I 1 am dying at the age of fifty five I 1 wish you to pay particular attention to m my dying d 1 advice 1 I 1 X by I 1 I 1 I 1 father t r I 1 will and 1 wish you to follow my advice after I 1 I 1 am dead 4 11 will father 1 sammy the neigh neighbors oro and all my friends tell me that I 1 an andy in the woj world ad and I 1 believe I 1 I 1 want you to understand der stand why I 1 havn barnt t it is all owing to policy sam policy and nothing shorter when I 1 was of oc y your 0 ur ago age P my bov I 1 was as ag poor as an old b broken rok en down Y village 1 blage horse borse turned out to die age has at last broken I 1 me down but I 1 aint poor thank policy follow my example and you will e a ferricher far richer man than your father barmy and die without an enemy as I 1 idie die I 1 samuel smirk wept as in duty bound I 1 but grief and his handkerchief choked his hie utterance and so he said nothing it has always been my policy resumed the dying smirk ato to avoid giving offence offense to any one no matter what people said or did to me or any one else right or wrong I 1 have always endeavored to forbear and adb submit mit whenever I 1 could to be calm and cautious kioah on all occasions and to avoid the e exhibition 4 hibi tion of adv sign of resentment by long experience in in this course I 1 have found that by pre severing to agree with everybody seemingly and to flatter everybody eilf skilful al ly is a sure eventual guide to universal popularity ul but have you never had any difficulty with any one not sinco since I 1 was twenty one said the dying man ill gasping for breath reach mo me a blittle little water and wet my lips they are too parched E arched for me to speak plain there there I 1 he e added as his son obeyed him that will do and you yop shall he be initiated i into my invariable individual policy be deferential sam deferential and control your temper ind and flatter whenever when ever you gets get a chance have a bow find and a smile and a word and a shake of the hand band for everybody mark for everybody and thea you will get alon along but bat I 1 be friendly to I 1 V I 1 friendly humph be friendly to nobody only seem so villains they compose two thirds of the and they are the most influential As for the other third I 1 though it is well enough to keep their good opinion Op enlon enion they are only subordinate agents in the building up p of a man but dont get affronted with lem em oh no sava sam never do that never kick a dog unless you are sure that he hanec any owner then kick away if yeu yea like I 1 though his father was wag d dying y ing samuel could not but bat smile at this language right said the elder elde r smirk like that smile ile again sam smile again by smiling I 1 have gained many a friend but bat be careful you dont smile at ait the wrong time A smile is a powerful weapon but it r must aust be used with judgment do you know sam why I 1 was always such a favorite with the women I 1 I 1 so no 9 said samael Sara ael looking curiously at bin fathers ugly face what com can have been the reasons ill tell yoa you I 1 confess sam I 1 am not handsome nor never was so that the reason 1 sam nodded his decisive belief I 1 I 1 11 was always aa careful reful in the first place to feel my way with the women took care to understand their sentiments their particular vanities and hobbies bobbies ken keep ink inkey my own ideas in the back ground ti tilt I 1 could bould coincide with theirs I 1 always took 1 care never to speak of the 11 sex ex I 1 never in the presence of a woman 0 called a woman a ghoman woman 1 or a female 1 I had but bat one namo name ladies f for or all the feminine gender how did you do when they differed and I 1 asked your opinion I 1 W I 1 11 1 I would agree with one and at atthe the same time wink atthe other slyly as much as to oay isay is ifs all humbug what pm saying saino if a woman was ugly id praise her int intellect ellece if she know anything pd id praise her virtue in this way I 1 seldom missed my markford mark for it is very seldom that you find a woman who is ugly immoral and a fool in tb the bargain in in fact it is hard work to find end anybody who sonie some one good point or who susceptible to flatter flattery y in some way or other andu and a man must be an ass who if hes determined to flatter and make his flattery acceptable who cant seize hold of some merit in mind heart form or face of the person he wishes to please and feigning to admire it make that person friendly must mast I 1 be liberal or stingy ah be liberal be liberal by all means said gaid dying man with a ghastly smile that is in sentiment whenever a generous deed is done exalt it to the skies always I 1 praise raime generous I 1 people clap your bour hands I 1 I 1 for or philanthropy 11 and add then put them in your poc pockets liets and keap them there I 1 1 0 0 suppose a beggar begga should ask alms of me or I 1 am called op to subscribe to somi some chr char bitable object I 1 I 1 if any person begs say say certainly my poor woman or C ray my map man or gray my po r child ild 1 and aad then quickly feel in your year poo pockets keti you will find 40 ao money qt of course lourae bat you aou must say with a sigh and aad a tear in your eye if you can scare one up 1 I am ready ashamed ashai aed to sabit say at but unfortunately I 1 havrila got a cent about me if aoa you dont get a god bless you for that rm im mistaken mis takei I 1 never found it to f fail ail but a subscription read the pa paper er J praise the object but say that you yot wave have just subscribed boxe moxe more than you could afford for another object of a similar nature if jbf applicant believes by this that you are in the ebarita charitable ble line he be will lot let you off whereas if you refused out and out without an eipl explanation anition he might abuse you ou behind your back I 1 have made myself a 8 great reputation A for benevolence merely b by refusing ug to subs subscribe ribe in this this is a queer world sam here the elder smirk was seized with a fit of coughing which nearly took him out of this queer world 1 4 I fear father that talking ai so much will mil be fatal to 0 you said samuel daniu no no resumed the f father at ther tm im determined not to die till I 1 get through As I 1 was saying saving sammy this abia is a queer old world axed au d you cant get along I 1 in it without religion without what exclaimed bis son gon in amazement lie he had haa never heard him mention religion before in his life without religion hire a pew by all means talk religion occasionally you oan can soon get the hang of it profess and practice when youre obliged to but at any rate profess it helps a fellow along in business I 1 got some of my most profitable customers and best friends by professing religion pew rent is no object at all when ewhen 1 you come to think of that but if you belong to a church you will have to defend its doctrines and religious controversies create enmity aint ont they sometimes bat when I 1 found that iwas I 1 was g setting tt into trouble on account of nay my religion n nf I 1 was always careful to yield a point or two smile in a christian like kind of a way and then back out of the serape scrape the way to do it sammy tho the way to do it it is best I 1 suppose to be some kind of a politician inquired the son by all means but bat take care and always abway be 6 e on the strongest side you yoa can although rabid as a mad do dog a in your own views when nobody but your side aide is is present affect to be very liberal it your sentiments when fyhen you talk with those hose of an opposite political leal creed Mand kind loves lovea a liberal man and if you you flatter your foes you disarm them theres a good deal in in that said sara sam musingly reflecting upon the many exists existing instances of its truth that there is ie reson responded ded the sich bich mar mac nearly exhausted and his bis lips as pale its as ashes doubled dealing ealin g done well will fix the flints of everybody when I 1 lived in Squeal bury a ho hoggish gish set there samal sam I 1 was mas a great gun gan I 1 1 was a general favorite owing to my management and I 1 had money they were going to 6 building a town house there were two parties each haying having a different site the sent committees to ask my opinion As the parties were abo about I 1 it equal in in number and influence I 1 hesitated hegi tate at first which one of af them to favor I 1 how did you overcome the difficulty the committees that if they would call a meeting of both parties I 1 wo would id give ive them my my opinion the meeting wain was called called I 1 went smirk smirk smirk they all cried I 1 arose and after complimenting the row diel generally tho the town its character and so forth disclaimed my right either to the distinguished honor conferred upon me or to deliver any opinion on the subject suba act 1 I was a native of Squeal bury I 1 jsaie and nd no meddler I 1 would not express au any ence any opinion I 1 had confidence that the intelligence of the Squeal berrians would enable them to choose for themselves and with great effected modesty JT I bowed and withdrew in the midst of cheers from both parties 3 that tha t was well done dona father said sam admiringly land and was that the reason you were elected to the 1 legislature yes said the senior smirk faintly imade a hit bit my ribble noble mindedness became proverbial iama compared t to a oin cin ci anatus and general washington put up for PL representative ard and elected by both parties do as I 1 didham did sam do as I 1 did and prosper prosplr ahll oh q god od bless blesa you ray my dear father wt what is iel the matter 3 tm grin going sam Is hallbe J shall he off br it in a 11 man minute call in the minister ind and the other bores quick but remember policy sam policy and with the unfinished word which had been his guiding star through life upon his lips the hon simon smirk expired of his death was telegraphed all over th and a great many editorial obituaries were written upon hi him m ending with none knew thee bit to love ahee thee nor cifor thee but to AL |