| Show J THE IB ii n I El SLiTE In considerable er e every town of nn any size i there Is found the tho blatherskite He Je Is a n curious compound of Impudence dence l nce and nUd mendacity irritating Lut Lul harmless offensive but lut tolerated slanderous but not Ilot NI believed He Is l loud ud of o o speech positive e in his liEs statements statement as as if It the final finni word came camo from hm I Ho o Is violent In his g gestures s till tl th they I become the common property of or ev every fV- fV r 11 ery mimic tubule in the tl place and ant lr barefoot fot boys hs amuse each each other hy by repealing in f Iho tho lio extravagant statements and gro- gro rot ro- ro t antics of the tho blatherskite T l H He Is never nover n el known to M say u good good word for fm or anyone Never er No o matter flintier I whose Ii e name Iame Is mentioned the blather blather- i le ta slams himself into tho the middle of ot converse ele with unkindly ale allegation ton N h matter mailer mater how host signally some som on neighbor proved plo nobility or Illustrated 1111 hero liero- 11 11 Ism the blatherskite squeaks a I hf h i discordant note nOle of ofil vile il detraction No o I matter how absolutely clear clem a rec- rec ord old the the blatherskite lh imputes sinister motives alleges corruption of oC his own on t- t j knowledge assorts asserts new Iniquities presents pre lire 1 oblique views through glasses c 1 J stained with the bile bie of his own unhappy un- un Ul- Ul happy hate And all In tho the maddest st earnest with solemn protestations t fool Cool the strangers It 1 doe doesn't nl 1 fool the people who understand Th The J t know the blatherskite The They just laugh Mention a man who left JeC Jon long a ago aero o. o n and l the the lo w will recall recal romI som rom I tHing tiling against him hini Name a 0 t l I W HI mo I has lias died and the blatherskite H his hit calumnies against l the man manom j l om l Death n h. h has lS e removed l beyond rC- rC l To in U U e blatherskite thera thero I lit rn o of sunshine In all al c tl worl S S 'S f ie lc R the who man who mate made t the pavement which carries him hint eh S 'S th tIme the cm eath He lie CU curses e the tho rich for their ll po possessIons and ncI he lie bla blasts t lie tw poor for fOl their He lie when 1001 poverty ert I raves ra es W 1 others OJ the merits meris of men Ex Ex- x- x Impassioned jaundiced nerY ner- ner Y veu IS unreliable prejudiced hostile to 1 all al anil and t the le friend of oC none none that thai I If h. the tho L y S o t blatherskite A new community would crush him D i His nis cling Ia would be stopped With fh fhi 5 i sturn stern slum rebuking force excepting that I J his ls known He grew up so Lill 7 I by little he built buit the habit while whip he hr years ars arsIe were Ie w J his miserable soul tu cu 0 Da Day b by liy day tU as fretted his v on Into I IT n obliquity and ant his brain into slug T And the process has been so gradual p I that no one seriously Noone expects him to speak kindly No 10 on l expects him him to judge fairly No on on- on thinks s he will wi observe the truth Il He lie HeIs Is tho the blatherskite S No one contradicts him No Xo one j 1 o I I dh disproves S IHO his assertions I It in lii m useless ele g. g t Corner him with condemning proof S and ant he frames a new lie le H Refute ute his hist t S libel and ant he utters twenty new ones ones Explain his canard and he coins a n ranker Cha Chase e him from rom position and andS S hu hJ blooms malignant at the next aie alley and ant repeats what unabashed unabashed what he I knows mo 8 Is 11 untrue r I. I So So where he i Is hi known the blatherS blather blather- S S skile is hi not nol tal taken en seriously When hen he belches bla blasphemies the people just lau laugh h. h S Strangers taking the com community's r record from front him hint would vow his lel h- h r a n nest of villains villains' a n of z Vampires a a herd of f mendicants I tors hearing him alone would woul rat rate community a black blacker blacher 1 I. I enough h he joys jOM when he far ai raJ 5 find new ears eara In which to pour our the ferid fervid fer fer- vid id slanders It I them h hu he has not In years cars surprised r who knew him To Interest 1 la hi a luxury lux- lux 1 ury To Impress 3 Is a jO joy To 11 1 oon vince is worth much lying The They do no nol nt nolL L know he Is a blatherskite Sometimes th the fates translate the blatherskite man into a newspaper l is one in Salt Sl Lal Lake e There Then h. h i I one one OC In n fl West Vest re t T Temple Templo street streeL It I is a morning paper And And nt it il t is not The Republican S i S |
