Show can not avoid fate V bashop Cort cortlandt landL whitehead ot of i pennsylvania waa was talking about resle 1 I nation ii t this attitude of mind he eald vald ican hardly be carried too tar far I 1 rather think though that in the case lot a certain philosophic farm hand an lacarra alarm clock would have served better than ithan tho the excessive resignation which tho the man displayed lie ile was a great philosopher aid wad he be slept in the barn with the table stable boy the two one winter morning over slept themselves and the farmer very angry came with a pall of ice water tto ito get them up the philosopher lay on the outside nearest the door and 6 the ibe it waa was who receive I the full con I 1 tonta of at tho the rail pall J oh lob well ho he said in his resigned way 1 I will take mei surca to avoid this another time and he dried hla him belt self with handfuls hand of hay the next night he was careful to lie on the inside iio ilo and the boy overslept themselves again and again the farmer came with the pall doth both sleepers were concealed under a mountain of straw and reflecting that bo he had drenched the outside servant the day before the farmer decided that it would be only just to drench the inside one this time accordingly tho the philosopher waa wag aroused again by a great dash duh of cold water but his 1 spirit of resignation was not at all disturbed tills incident teaches us ho be bald as he took off his wet clothes that even tho the wisest cannot avoid their fate |