Salt Lake Herald | 1891-02-15 | Page 7 | Himself to Blame

Himself IP Blame In one of BretHartes clever parodies of BretHares the French he tells a story in words something some-thing like these Three gamins were playing play-ing in the streets of Paris Apriest passed by There goes a priest 7 cried one lookout look-out for your eggs and your chickens Then the priest hearing the words luielt down and prayed for the boys But upon reflection he was convinced that it was not the fault of the boys but of their parents He knelt down the second time and prayed for the boys parents On another thought he saw that it was not the fault of the boys parents but of society He knelt down again and prayed for society As he rose from his prayer he said to himself My friend who is society You and I are society So he knelt down the last time and prayed for himself San Francisco Argonaut V