Show A FOOL AND HIS MONEY I THE of o Friday told how an anold anola anI I old ola prospector Dlo named Chase Chae who had tramped d through the hills h ils of Ne Neada Nevada ada vado for rOle twenty weary years year finally fi made his Ids lucky strike He found a prospect that was wasso as so promising ro that he e ewas I was able to sell Mn his lite interest t in it for tor lit fl Uh Chase landed In lit Gold the monc and immediately j proceeded to see how rapidly lie he could spend it ft The lasted him just one week He bought whisky for all alt the te drunken loafers in camp lIe he throw his capital away awa with as much abandon q n nas as If he had an unlimited d supply 4 When he reach ad d the end if his is re resOurces resources sources sOurces he went nt to a friend secured a grubstake loaded his burros and started again for the hills Chase does docs not seem scent to t have had a real friend In If If he h had had had one he not have been permitted to throw away aay this money mone for Cor It would have hae kept him hint himin in comfort for lor the balance of his days das It would have been an act of genuine kindness if Ir somebody had locked Chase up when his spending fever began and had kep kept him locked up until the crisis was yas over Nobody thought of doing anything of the kind Here in the west we ye c have b v a way of letting l every man attend to his own on business bu lne s Those who saw Sa Chase burn burning lug ing up his money undoubtedly con concluded conCluded eluded that it was his money and that he had a right to do exactly exact us as he lIe pleased with ith it In a way wa this Is true but morally Chase had no right what whatever ever exer to deprive e himself of his capital in the way he did He did not eyen een en have It Is l i not much fun to do doall all the spending to take a gang of drunken rowdies from one saloon to another filling them up on poisonous whisky whisk In the solitude of the tho hills Chase un undoubtedly undoubtedly realizes all this now no As he plods along over the rocks his 1 i thoughts must be bitter but regrets are too tou late to avail him hint now nosy no There is though the hope that some other fool will profit by his 11 hi example Money Ione lacks a It good deal of being the thebe let t f thing ling In i the world and the acquirement of oC money just for forthe forthe forthe the sake of having it is a mean sordid ambition But there are worse things in the world than money too One of them thorn themis is the misuse of oC it Chase has learned this lesson to his cost c I |