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Show JUST FOLKS By E4cw A. Owat o THE FLAW. He made hie bid for fortune through his outhful days and sunnv. The spur to his ambition was the yellow yel-low stuff called money; He slaved for it and saved for It, the heat and cold he braved for It. He dallj watched hlu holdings grow until at laat he came to know the fortune he had wanted so; TheD one mistake he chanced to make he saw the fickle market break and otheS-s rushed his' wealth lo take. He must beware who counts in coin the total of his happiness. And builds bis Joy upon the sand where money seeker.-, find success. suc-cess. , For yellow gold is bard to hold, it's slipperv stuff and very cold: Since first It's power on earth began,1 In it no loyalty we scan; it I serves but never loves the man. And who shall make but one mistake,1 wherein his fortune is at stake' at morn to poverty shall wake. Another spurned the road to wealth to be a brother to his neighbors, afl He shared their BOITOWfl and their Joy a VaM and knew their burdens and afl their labors, rl And he was kind of heart and mind. Van to friendly ways he was inclined. bk! And all he knew to him were true BgVB the knew the anod hp tried to Lfl I t KfsUkei bt mad- hui friends they Pf RUyed; when trouble came thev B rushed to aid. 'till every debt of BMJ love was paid. BMJ |