Show ALONG IONG LIFES LIFE'S TRAIL By BJ THOMAS A. A CLARK CLARKa nea a of II a. Ui sier t O. O 1124 1111 N p r Union VI i FIRED RID boy dropped his hI head and COT COY j J ered Bred his hi face tace with his hands hand to t. t hide hid which he b. could rould not Dot keep back tack He U. was 1111 trying to real realize realise Is what It u all U meant Cant CaDt I 1 have another chancer chance r rhe he h. 1 r. r Youve already had bad man many chances I the older man maD answered and rOU youve you've I l let leathern t them sUp slip b by He Be was not a bad bo boy with vicious I I habits He 11 had bad simply pI wasted waited his time foolishly thoughtlessly with silly girls and purposeless lazy boys bOlS He Ue had meant to work work 10 0 o do the Job to him to change his methods method Thin Th There re was still plenty plent of time J he be was wa sure ure In which to fix to-fix fix It all up and I awakened wakened suddenly to the fact tact that that be he was Iu badly In debt that his hi work had hadnot hadnot not been n done don temptation came came ame and tie the h was Wal not quite hon honest it not not lot quite square quare he ha had bad stolen tomake make good lood ills hl obligations I 1 1 had to pa pay up he be explained and stop to think Now he be had lost his Job and he be was Wal facing his hll failure and nd his hi He Be Belad lad dead done more hard thinking In 24 hours than thanIn In all the previous years ear of his careless thoughtless life I do not mind the th punishment orthe orthe or orthe the humiliation for ms myself lt he be said I deserve It all aU and more If It It can cant t be so fixed axed that I can bear It alo I Ishall shall be satisfied I want to keep It from the folks folkl and especially 1 I want tto Ito keep It from mother Someway I dont don't believe she could bear to feel fe l that I had bad been bee dishonest It It Is II a fallacy of youth that the Individual ID In In- Individual alone suffers for his hi own sins Ins and deUl delinquencies What happens happen to you ou happens In equal measure to all aU those related to you ou Your Tour family jour our associates associate your our friends your lour neighbors neighbor all suffer uffer with you lOU Your Tour penalty falls faU more mort heavily upon me and upon m my boys boy's mother a fathers father wrote wily oaly this week than upon him This This' doesn't seem slem fair but tut it Its true and It Is 1 the wa way of the world No man lives unto himself alone lone It Is II a fallacy of youth routh also allo to deceive de do- ITe himself Into believing that one ono can an evade paying the price of loa loafing fin and laziness and neglect of obliga obliga- obligation lion tion and of dishonesty and dla tion One alwa always pays pari heavily If It there Is dela delay In the rendering of the account If It one seems to to have hue escaped the penalty ode oie oae may mar be sure liure that when he Is I. finally called upon to pay payas ashe asbe as ashe he be ultimately will be generous Inter Inter- est eat st will be added There Is I. no es es- cape |