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Show The Man and the Job. Of graft I do not "enro to road. Its wnyB and wiles hnvo censed to thrill; To hold-up yarns I pny no hoed, They'ro even moro fntnlllnr still; Dut yet my curious Instincts throb At Items small I dnlly llnd, Llko this: "Joke Llttln's got n job. Instead of Thomas Jones, resigned." I know that thcro n problem lies i'or Ihoso who rend between the lines. For politicians shrewd and wise Who "know tho ropes" nnd scan tho slims So veiled unto tho general mob, Their mennlngUo tho few confined: Why did Jnko Little get the Job? And why litis Thomna Jones resigned? Thoy fnln would know who hungering wnlt Tho chanco thnt may n berth afford In county son-Ice or with stnto Or city hall or dratnugo board. Whnt nllcd poor Jones, tho luckless man? Did ho neglect his dally grind? Whnt "null'1 applied to hint n enn? Oh, wny, oh, why, ImB he resigned? Hut vain through wide xurmlso to rnngc. Ono causa shines out, most clear and true. Tho law of Jobs Is lnw of change Yank out tho old, yank in the new. Tho loser up ngnln mny bob. Tho winner yet will fnll behind; And thercforo Llttlo gots the Job And Jones meanders off, resigned. |