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Show "Keep A-Goiii,w Persistence in Efforts lJ Bring About Fulfillment of Hant outlook fortvJ those who are apt 1?$ der the weight ofS Nothing stands 2s; ther get better or ' are far more likei,T if we persist in make them so. 1 .Tal heart. mw Is to crown a newt year, too, we may individual ambitio ment. We can do ft.it "keep a-goinV-Eiif Answers. r PERHAPS it is my fondness for violets that made me stand and watch him. Anyway, there he was, with a wonderful basket of scented loveliness, tempting the homeward-going throng on a Saturday afternoon. . "Violets, violets, lovely violets. Quarter a bunch. Lovely violets." Like an unending song, his husky voice cried his wares, and during the ten minutes that I stood near him on the pavement, watching and listening, he kept up his cry. Unable to resist the temptation, I bought a bunch, and even as he served me, he punctuated the deal with. "Violets, all fresh and lovely." love-ly." Persistence Counts. I remarked, as I waited for my change, that he had a large basket to dispose of. "Yes," he said, "that's right, gov'nor. But they'll all go. ('Ere you are, sir, lovely violets, all fresh.) Only you 'as to keep a-go-in Everybody's in a hurry to get 'ome, and if you ain't persistent (yes, lady, smaller bunches four-pence) four-pence) you don't sell 'arf as many. 'Ere you are, sir, your change. Thank you very much. Violets, lovely violets. All fresh!" I walked away with my purple bunch and a lesson in my mind. "Keep a-goin'." What a motto! It reminded me of a little jingle that is oft quoted by a rolling-stone rolling-stone friend of mine, who brought it back from the West of Canada, where he first heard it. It goes like this: If It ralnf or If It mows, ir iff calm or If it blowt, Wbat'U happen no one knows, So keep a-joln'. A well-known athlete once told me that he had won many a second sec-ond and third prize by simply keeping on. Dogged does it. Even when he realized that he couldn't beat the winner, he set his mind on being in the first three, and got there. A Motto for Many. Keep a-goin' is a motto not only for rolling stones and athletes and violet-sellers. It is a motto for housewives who are faced with a tiring washing-day, for families who are faced with no very bril- |