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Time Bish Bl5h and ' tide tlde tldeait \\ait ait wait \ v alt for no man man'so manso ; . , ' ' long time ago It Ithas Ithas Ithas one said a so some last lastsat lastsat lastsat I has been some tv t\\O t O two \ < o weeks since smce sat down to drop Sou } ou a line as to my mywhereabouts mywhereabouts hereabouts whereabouts \ in this busy wolid wOlld world Are Arewe Arewe Arewe ask9 asks ask ? 111 I11 111saId said I've Ive I'vebeen I'vebeen ' I'vebeen Ivebeen ' we busy , , did you been busy doing nothing Sometimes Sometimesdoing Sometimesdoing Sometimesdoing doing nothing nothmg is"orse is \ worse \"orse "orse orse , " than doing doingsomething doingsomething doingsomething something I found that out a long longtime longtime longtime time ago I have also found out that thatI thatthis thatthis thatthis this good old wolid world , \ oI1d is still stilI a fine fineplace fineplace fineplace I place to be The wolid wOlld world is so o full of ofI ofknowledge ofknowledge I knowledge these days that even the themost themost themost most Ignorant seem to be cogmzant cognizant cogmzantthat cognizantthat cognizantthat that things thing < : of or today arc are so much muchgreater muchwhate muchgreater that we vknow vknownd are bewildered beW1ldered ] with withhat withwhat withwhate greater heard tOne tOnenever whate whateehsee nd hear fiear One Onenevel Onenevei knOand know knO\\ knO \ and \\hat hat \ hate \\e e \ehsee ehsee \ \ ' \ \e e \ see , nevel never need to be lonesome on any day dayof dayof dayof of the , week \ eek in cise C'1Se C1Se case ' he has a radio 111 in 111the inthe inthe the home He can listen hsten for 18 hours hoursa a day for nothing , , and never lose a amoment amoment amoment moment of entertainment , in 111 ca case c he hehas hehas hehas has plenty plent of leafing leafmg time hme hmeOne timeOne timeOne One can get the news from all ovel over overthe ovelthe oveithe the \ world orld in a few moments after it ithappens ithappens ithappens to tohumanity tohumanity tohumanity happens , in 111 c cise case se of its importance humanity . Even Mussblmi Mussbl.mi Mussbtml . of Italyca Italy ItalyC Italyc- Italyc ItalycEct C ca- ca caget ? - - ' " . Ect get ; et in his airplane and get struck struckb struckbr struckbv br b . lightning lightmng , . and in a few moments momentse e know all about it Then we can canlearn canlearn canlearn learn of his numerous close calls from fromdeath fromdeath fromdeath death and we shiver with fear at his hismal hismarvelous hismaivelous marvelous mal velous escapes But there is 15 stIU still stIUone stillone stillone one thing that man has not yet been beenable beenable beenable able to fathom or find fmd out , with aU all aUhl5 allhis allhis hl5 his knowledge , all his study studv and wIth withall withall 0.11 011 all . that science in all aU lines Imes of mar- mar marvelous marvelous mar-velous mar velous - velous achievement has brought to our ourattentIon ourattention ourattention attentIon In case the great II 11 Duce Duceof Duceof Duceof of It Itily It'lly Itlly ' tly had been killed kiUed by the bolt boltof boltof boltof of lightning lightmng , not one of the gicat gIent great men menof menof menof of the v . world orld couid cOUld flash us the knoI knoul knoedge knouledge know kno\ kno \ . I Iedge edge as to what life is 1S , or to where he hehad hehad hehad had gone Not one of the great and andWIse andwise andwise WIse has even been capable of telhng tailing tellingus telhngus tailingus us one new thing thmg as to life hfe , or the thehereaftCl thehereafter thehereaftel hereaftCl hereafter They have tried for the thelast thelast thelast last 1900 years to find fmd out , but so fal fai falit faiit faiit it has . all 0.11 011 been guess work I t \ venturethat enture enturethat enturethat that they will w111 be trying trY111g for the coming com com- commg coming - ing mg 1900 Sears } eirs e'lrs elrs ' and will still be in 111 the thedalk thedark thedaifc dalk dark as to what is life , and how does doesI doesit doesit doesit I it come into 111tO the human body , and andwhere andwhere ! where does it go when death knocks knocksI knocksat knocksat I at the door and poor frail man ans ansI ansveers answers I 'overs overs veers ' the last summons and goes out outI outinto outinto I into the darkness , the light hght , orI orWheie9 or orWheie9 I Wheie9 Whele ? bylradio So 111 III Ill bealtIng be ' waiting \altIng altIng \ to find out . , by byl byradio I radio or the preys pre- pre preand - , and I hope I 111 IIi U heal hear hearit healIt healit It just as soon as the news ne\\s ne s netts \ \ has been beenflashed beenflashed beenflashed flashed ovei ovel over the world That would wouldbe , wouldbe \ ould ouldbe be news ne\\s ne s \ of the most important l111portant ihmg thing thingin 111 in the , woild world , olld But why cogitate on 1 'i i ' 1thmg 'ithing ithuig thmg thing that a pool poor ignoiamus ignOlamus ignoramus , , such as asI asI asI I am only to be left in } sour our tracks tracksat tracksat tracksat at the same starting startmg point There Therefore Therefore Therefore fore I shall let the other fellow feUow wIth wIthh1S withhis withhis h1S his diplomas and Hal Haivard Harvard vard degrees degreesflash degreesflash degreesflash flash the nev news . s to me , and 111 Ill be wait waitmg \ vaiting , ait aitmg mg for itI itI it itI I note by the press that oui om our secre secre- secretary secre- secre secretary secretary - - tary of state has been found guIlty guIltyby guiltyby guiltyby by a jury , of issuing a check for a ahundl ahundred abundled hundl hundred ed dollars to one not on the pay payrolls payrolls payrolls rolls of the state for services nevel never nevelrendered neverrendered neveirendered rendered Unfortunate , indeed mdeed , and andmy andmy andmy I andI my sympathy goes out to any man manwith manwith manwith with an untarnished untarmshed name and repu reputatlOn reputation repui I tation tatlOn , for ever doing domg such a thmg thing thingTu thingTwenty , Tw'enty Twenty Tu + ' enty five years of office holding holdingj'Vlth holdingwith holdingwith j'Vlth jVlth with ' an unblemished reputation reputatlOn and andI andthen andthen andthen then to fall by the way , is a jolt that thatone thatone thatone I one can hardly realize reahze , when he is not notthe notthe notthe the victim Vlctun himself So I say he has hasI hasmy hasmy hasmy I my sympathy in his fall faU and I com cony commend conymend cornmend mend that all men , especially offIce offIceholders officeholders officeholders I offIceI holders SundaysTribune , head the editorial in Sunday Sundays s sTribune Tribune tiyto flyto tryto , and take heed that they fly try to Ihe 11e lire 11\ 11 \ e up to the sayings saymgs of Solomon m in mHoly inHoly inHoly Holy Writ Anyhow , It its itsa s sa -a a - - a , mIghty mIghtygood mightygood mightygood good thing thmg for us all aU to read and carry carryout carryout carryout carryoutW3iat out outWiat , } W3iat W1at Wiat 15 15an is an optimist opthnlst optii4st , . father father"asked fatherasked ? " I Iasked asked a farmer farmers s boy "Well Well " , John John"replied Johnreplied , " repl1ed replied the father , "you you " know I can cantgi\e cantgi e t tgh ghe gh \ a ye the dictionary mean meanin in ' of that thatttord thatword ! .ord ord ttord , . any mOle moien n I can of a great greatmany greatmany greatmany many others But I Ive ve ye got a kmdaidea kmda kmdaIldee kindaidee idea what it means You know , your youruncle youruncle youruncle uncle Henry was "as as " a great optunist optimist Ildee optimistThings optunistThings Things was always comin ' out rIght rIghtwIth rightwith rightwith wIth your uncle Henry . , Take haem hoein hoein'corn hoeincorn ' corn thetime , for instance 'Long Long ' about the time I Id d begin to lag back a httle little , Henry littleHenry GoodJim he hed d look up and say Good , JIm and18 , when . we v.e ve rte git these two done and | 18 more . , 'o\e 'o o e w ' well \ e 11 have ha'oe haoe hate ' it half done ' ' And ' he'd hed And'he'd Andhed Andhe'd ' sa sar say r it in such a peaceful aceful v . way ay , so soI I conclude that your uncle Henry was wasa wasa wasa a . optimist optmust " "And And " was "as as a " as them ro\\S ro S rows roSI roSvery rowsvery rowsvery \ \ very longestrows long ? 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