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Show Iy 1 1 VISITS WITH H pWj'V-" H Though, crowned by the goddess of famo and success And housed In a emtio of mar-HJ mar-HJ bio and tile, HJ Tho heart of a man, over true j to tin youth, 1 Is running away to a cot by I . tho stile. I u Tho treasure and trovo that he U I wins by his skill I Aro tawdry and mean In the I light of a day I When, barefoot and tanned, I with a patch on his seat, Bill Ho plundered the wood Whero I the stream wound away) H Ah, fame, thou art only a bau- Hl ble at best, HI And riches aro merely the ear- M marks of care I Tho hearMs not duped by the HI glitter of gems Or prizes that pall when HI there's snow In the hair, HI From cobbles and filth of tho HJI Applan Way HJI The thoughts of a man scurry HJI off by a trail HI That leads through an Eden of HJI gladness and Joy HJ1 To homo and a cottage en HJI sconced In the valet II Hot Wring all the laurel and 1 fnshlon thn buy! HM lllow, bugles of triumph and HJI homage and dower! HJI Parade, all yo chariots, glided HJI and fine HI I -And master your strength for Hl pi n contest of powerl Hl Strut now through tho streets H that are crowded with men HI And fall In defeat when tho heart turns away HJI And lotigM for the humble, HI thatched dwelling of youth HJI That stands on tho bank whero HJI tho rivulets play! 1 Tho breezes swing low with the scent of tho grape, 4H Tho creek babbles on In a ca- denco divine, - JHI And over the emerald green of JH tho trees ''HI The sun spills Its rays In n jHI shimmer of wlnol HJI Where bittersweet twines and ljSfl tl,e violets bloom PjAl ' Tho heart of a man files away All after Joy VI To realms that are Imaged and 5Ofl pedestallcd high 91 Tho Puradlse land of the home HJI of a boyl jj g Rag Weed. If Tho Hps seldom speak what tho heart $1 foelB. When thoy aro eloquent, they 5 do not truly lnterprot tho heart, for 'A tho heart that fools tho most Is llko T!J n man trying to testify over tho grave of his dearest friend, lila.uttoranco Is . J choked and his reason halts. ; I r it r M Tho hnpplest man Is tho ono who ,3 can oaslest disregard tho errors of oth- 2 era. Tho most miserable peoplo aro VL thoso whoso hearts aro alwayB bleed-.1 bleed-.1 ing for tho faults of their follows. 1 ft & 3 Wo aro all thrcadB In tho warp of "! timo. In tho weaving loom of otor- nlty our threads aro snapped ono by " ono, but tho great fabric runs on for- ' over. -to it tr ' Planting flowors for pleasure will , not buy tho llowcr seed, but It will ; knock tho shilling out of dyspepsia. ! Jjl A long argument usually begins ?J I from a short stntamont. ill To promlso, to tho honoat man, jl means to do. No Apolony Due Him, rJjBirfcW Tho other"day two well dressel lovers, evidently a "newly" married couple, '1 1 boarded a Mlnerul Wells train at Wcath- Am Vrford, and amused the other passengers with their cooing. After awhile tho fair ) young bride leaned back In her chair and . fell asleep. Her companion took advan- ,; M togo in her lull of nffoctlonato demon- ' I ntratlon and went Into tho smoker to en- ' I Joy a cigar. While ho was gone a long, ' I lean, lank grizzly specimen of humanity 1 ' came In and sat down In tho vacant chair 1 beside the sleeping benuty, Presently the ,1 young woman, half asleep, turned and 1 laid her head lovingly on tho shoulder ;f of tho stranger, her plump arm around i I his neck. Tho green, gawky stranger was - I surprised at this unexpected familiarity, , I but mado no desperate effort to escape. I 1 lie merely looked around at the con-1 con-1 vulsed passengers and grinned. Tl"n tho il hilarity awoke the woman: sho opened j her blue eyes, and saw her mistake, II With Hushed cheeks sho stammered an 4 apology, "You needn't 'pologlze to nie," k I drawled the stranger; "I didn't keer." Mineral Wells (Tex.K Index. BYIION WILLIAMS. |
