Show c O Q O ALONG LIFES LIFE'S TRAIL By Dy THOMAS A. A CLARK CLARKI I Dees f f at area Mra of ar f Illinois OO OOOO-oo OOOO 4 1114 1131 W t rn Newspaper t r THIS ONE THING T Tim THIS front lawn needed mowing It Il requires an aD hour bour to do du It SI- SI wl wanted to work ork he bad had nn Rn hourat hour hourat at his bli disposal osal so 10 1 I set let him at It It Forty Forty For For- 0 ty minutes later I 1 lo looked ked out cut The mower r was standing in n the middle tl of ot the Ole and Simons was on Ills his hun hands l and knees burrowing Into Inlo on one of ot the borders What are you doing 1 I asked lo You wont won't t nl finish h the mowing If It you dunt dont hurry He III was waa tossing weeds and debris out on the sward us its I 1 spoke to him lm and und Uttering littering up the town lawn like a ft pup digging for gopher This bonier tur border r peed needs cleaning a out out he ho said suld and lInd I I thought Id I'd do that ll Bul t you were to mow mow the ii lawn va I suggested IUs Ills Ills' time was was' tp ip IP shortly ah and and he hud had to go he be got n neither job done though he tie left lett my ray n lawn looking like a e In a 11 barber shop b with his hili hair bait halt half cut I r a ft a tt Ii Isn't Isn't so hard to begin n Job ast r ls to to finish It and it Its It's much lose less IntereSting inter eating eSting It takes nerve r and determination nation nation i lon to see a thing br On One ell 1 11 likely to grow tired and d discouraged e d ami bored before b he reaches ll the end or of ofa 1 a task All sorts of attractions bid fo fOr ones one's attention all sorts of ot entertaining enter enter enter- entertaining It and things I lure r us n 1 and yet lt if It we role we ar are arto to get done donev wy v must keep our eyes eyes- and our minds oni the he one thing l In hand t ure are you getting on with your Job jobI O I I fla said suld d to y on one day last Inet December bad b been at ant It only a few tew months Well you Sl see Im I'm tired of f It II Ive I've tande up my mind that Ill I'll change next month so Im I'm going to let things slide sUde Just now 1 I dont don't care If It I do get d. d nut Dut how about finishing well a athing tiling thing which you have begun Dont Don't Don you think that would make a a 11 good Impression Impression Im Ira- on those In charge of the the- new work you hope to take up up Well Its It's hard to stick to t to one thing thing he replied Few of 01 us can run the l lawn wn mower and weed the borders at ot the liable same time few can be the acceptable pastor pas pas- pa pastor tor of ot the Ute First Presbyterian church while Ih they V manage manage a wholesale grocery grocery gro gro- grocery cery store It Is la nearly Impossible to tobe tobe tobe be president of ot the y Y M. M C C. C A A. and captain of of the football team without wreck wrecking Inn bolh both our aut religion pad and the team It Is enough to do one thing and It is a great deal more to get that one thing thin well done dOlle before we take up p another |