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Show ! JUST FOLKS By Edgar A Gsks LUCK. Luch had a favor to bestow And wondered where to let it go '.'mi lazy man on earth." said she. "Shall get this happy gift from me. ! "I will not pass It to the man jj Who will nol do the best he can "I will not make this splendid gift To one Who has not practiced thrift. I "It shah not benefit deceit. Nor help the man who's play ed tho cheat ' Ho that has failed to fight with pluck j Shall never know the Goddess Luck. ' I II look around a bit to see What man has earned some help from me." She found a man whose hands were soiled Because from day to day he'd toiled He d dreamed by night and worked by day To make life's contest go his way. Ho d kept his post and dally slaved, And something of his wage b .1 saved He'd clutched at n i-ry circumstance I Which might ha' e been his polden chance I The goddess smiled and then, kerslap She dropped her fuvor ln his lap |