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Show MUM ' ''9lB I GIVING SOMETHING FOR NOTHING. mum '''m mBi I By Elbert Hubard, in the Mirror. ''' Is fflm Giving a man something for nothing, tends to v f m. wjti& f make the individual dissatisfied with himself. mmt I ' - im And wltn you- mM i ,'fW fflim l Your enemies are the people you have helpod. Bj MM WM And wl1011 a man Is dlssatisfled with himself, I .rft Wm no is dissatisfied with the world. ' vBi A man's quarrel with the world is only a quar- ' iififB rel with lllmsolf- 'Ip'mH But 80 strong ls thIs inclination to lay blame U elsewhere, and take credit to ourselves, that when i ySBj ' we are unhappy we say, It is the fault of This 'w W&' 1 Woman or That Man, or the greedy, grabbing, ' , l wm ; grasping, grafting age in which we live. ( m E&' ' Especially do women attribute their misery to mW M'MW' That Man. Wt And often tne trouDle is, he has given her too MM) t much for nothing. mm j M ml ThIs truth ls a reversible, back-action one, well mm , W ffiP' lubricated by use, working both ways as the case MM : 1 1 Nobody but a beggar has really definite Ideas mm 'inH' k concerning his rights. mm ' ''''iWw$ People who give much who love much do mm ' i;l not haggle. mm 1 ' WWmm That frm f affectIon wlllcn drives sharp bar- Bf j ' HBB sains, and makes demands, gets a check on a HI ' iffBHf ' bank ln wllicl1 tnero are no funds. mm '4"PKKt 8 There is nothing so costly as something you H iiUBI My frIend Tom wry magnate in ordinary, mm IwlHIi' f MInneanolIs and the east side of Wall Street, I l reiCOntly 11Ule eXPerl8nCe tlmt PrVe A study beggar-man, a specimen of decayed gentility, called on Tom with a hard-luck story and a family Bible, and wanted a small loan on the Good Book. To be compelled to soak the family Bible would surely melt a heart of gneiss! Tom was melted. Tom made the loan but refused the collateral, stating he had no use for it Which was God's truth for once. In a few weeks the man came back, and wished to tell Tom his hard luck story concerning concern-ing the cold Ingratitude of a Cruel World. Tom said, "Spare me the slow music and the recital I have troubles of my own. I need mirth and good cheer take this dollar ,and peace be with you." "Peace be multiplied unto thee," said the beggar, beg-gar, and departed. The next month the man returned, and began to tell Tom a tale of cruelty, injustice and ingratitude. in-gratitude. Now Tom was distuJed he had his magnate mag-nate business to attend to, and he made a remark in intalics. The beggar Baid, "Mr. Lowry, if you had your business a little better systematized, I would not have to trouble 'you personally why don't you just speak to your cashier?" And the great man, who once took a party of friends out for a tally-ho ride, and collected five cents from each guest through mental habit, was so pleased at the thought of relief that he pressed the buzzer. The cashier appeared, and Tom, said, "Put this man Grabhelmer on your pay-roll, give him two dollars now, and the same the first of every month." Then turning to the beggar-man, Tom said, "Now get out of here and be damned to you!" "The same to you and many of them," politely said His Effluvia, and bowing low, withdrew. All this happened two years ago. Tne Deggar got his money regularly for a year, and then in auditing accounts Tom found the strange name on the pay-roll, and aa Tom could not remember how the name got there, he at first thought the pay-roll was being Irrigated. Anyway, he ordered the beggar's name stricken off the roster, and the elevator man was instructed to enforce the I edict against beggars and book-agents. I Not being able to see his man, the beggar wrote; letters to him abusive, scandalous, de-nunciating, de-nunciating, threatening. Finally the beggar laid the matter before an Obese Limb o' the Law, Jaggers, of the firm of Jaggers & Jaggers, who took the case on a contingent con-tingent fee. The case came to trial, and Jaggers proved his case se offendendo argal: that His Bacteria had been on the defendant's pay roll was shown by the defendant's books, and that his name had been Istricken off without suggestion, request, cause, reason orj fault of his own. His Crabship proved the contract, and Tom got it in the mazzard. Judgment for plaintiff, with costs. Is this law? Ay, marry, is t' crowner's quest-law. The beggar got the money and Minneapolis Tom got the experience. Tom said the man would lose the money, but he himself has gotten the part that will be his for ninety-nine years. Surely the spirit of justice does not sleep, and there is a Providence or something that watches over magnates. |