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Show JUST FOLKS By FJgar A. Guest O THR' BK, THING. I've grieved a iot an' fretted oer things I thought were .great, I've whimpered, when Pvs suffered' neath the buffeting of fate I've thought It most important that some dream or plan of mine isi.ould blossom to perfection to complete com-plete my life's design i But I've seen my hopes In ruin an' my proudest structures fall. An I've learned they weren't the big things that I thouiu them, after all I've wondered what would happen' should dlsar.tei come my a, I've thought my peace depended on the fortunes of a da., I used to think I couldn't stand the anguish of defeat, Wjjijl But l ye always seemed to weathel assSS I every atorm I've had to meet; ! Oh, 1 e huel to take my losses som jwt&jiit were greal an' some were small, HBs! But life Isn't built on money, fam HttS or coneiuest, after all. bbbbi 1 1 1 Friends have met nie after fnllurei hEI "lih the same old handclaspi WBf im,-, mm An' my own have kept on lovln' spin jflrej of all I've failed to do s, . I have come through disappointment- fflff fj which 1 thought would leave m ''if ' lame, iffi . I'ut 'he loss. did n I ma : -i this ole world was Just the same; wIf1' ; There was gladness all about mo, SKM could hear the children call, t', An' I found that I'd been frottin' ovci 'sit' trifles after all. Hh I All that matters, when it's over, an Hi the battle's won or lost. bbBs Is the way it leaves your record, nol Brc" it's gold an' silver cost. WrtrV Man has honest cause for grlevln' 11 Hf$v his hands are black with shame, WPt But tomorrow he'll be smllin' an bis world be just the same, BmH? Spite o failure an' dlsjister, if he has Ksbh the Btrength to crawl bbbbI An' pride ligiits the home he's keep- HkvS in' that's the big thing, after all. ssffiS |