Show the way of the world 11 orld some years ago when ahe I 1 w was young and fi filled 11 ed with he hope p T and n d pala pride a and na folly ere sorrow came arid and 0 ore re me flung t its gloomy pall of me melancholy ane holy ahad a friend of just my years gloved him with a deep deyo devotion tion his and inda jo s his hopes and fears produced od ced in me a like emotion 1 toiled for years to win win a name through sleepless nights and days of trouble to learn this truth at last that fame ht Is but at an empty air blown bubble ormend MT frimd sought wealth and often wrote that he wa was a rich and loved me dearly and aid always closed his friendly friend y note with mth yours most truly arid and sincerely 11 ana once he wrote imy my dear old chum r it if you are short abort now dont be silly 1 just drop a line and name the sum in to friend and crony lV willie avillie illie 1 I 1 sat but still I 1 have a foolish pride I 1 to ro keep from him my little pinches jve e lae 1 ke it possible to hide Our wants from one who never ne er flinches and thus I 1 labored late and long until ari my hopes and nerves were Is shattered jintil antil my health which never strong I 1 gave out and then ray my frie friends B ds soon scattered for they had bad learned that I 1 was roar poor now penury is is not disgraceful disgrace fill but t ti the rich it shuts the door aad abid makes its victim seem distasteful anil ana now I 1 thou glit since bince health has d flown ll 11 ancient arci ent wealthy friend will aid me asmalia A small amount in aunt a trifling loan from one ne so true will abt degrade me lor 1 ile he loved me than a blood rel relation ion he talked about his lucky star ilis his wife and means his wea wealth ith and station then with a f faltering altering pen onedas one day 1 I had rot nerve to do it boldly I 1 wrote 1 I have my rent to pay nor dreamed that ho he would take it colbi I 1 waited long loii I 1 watched the mail till all my clothes ere growing seedy it 11 1 came at last I 1 read in in jail li nearer friends just jul I 1 wice taice as af needy thus ended one of boy hoods dreams J As many a dream ream before has ended IS is rarely what it seems ipuh mo ey often closely blended 11 diett ef t my books and rarned Earn edmy my bread by earnest patient healthy labor avd sleep serenely in in my bed nor owe a dime to friend or neighbor 71 the moral he heie e is easa shown ie if they atho ho reail will only heed it to lest w abrien I 1 just ask a loan ioan of money n hell ani really rally need zt it another lesson may maj be learnel learne unaided by the light of enc tha attal I 1 gold a awl ad fame a re ii carnel carineo ea rineo by patient toil and self sef reliance er |