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Show THE COWAnO. lie hid the courage to win o'er mm Where fortunes were lost nnd made, lie as brave enough to triumph wlicq He fought in the halls of trade; tic dared to auail and overthrow The rivals who blocked his way, Butihe feared to bother a bully wt Abused a child where he hurried thrjU'h The vice-haunted street, one day, lie had the courage to make his will The law unto thousands more; lie could wreck the hones of others and still Smile forth from his carriage door; Through many a daring plan he 'aid The hopes of others were slain, Tint he skulked around a comer, afraid To rush on the low-browcd brute who made A little child writhe in pain. He had courage to face .the grumbling crowd, He dared to come and to go Where ruinedoncs curbed his name aloud And cverylnan was his foe; He did not fear to he hated wncro HIi marvelous gains were made, But he saw a brute's hand clutch the fair White throat of a child, and skulked from there Like a hunted rabbit, afraid. -S. E. Kiser. |
