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Show JUST FOLKS I 1 1 , By EDGAR A. GCKST. I 4 : - THE IMPORTANT JOB I may fail to be as clever as my neighbor neigh-bor down the street. I may fall to bo as wealthy as aoaio other men I meet, I may never win the glory which a lot I of mon havo had, I Dut I've got to bo successful as a I tic fellow's dad! I There aro certain dreams I oheri which I'd llko to see como true, Thero aro tilings I would jiceompllau ero my time of life Is through. Put the task my heart Is set on is tj guide a littlo lad j And to make myself successful as thai little fellow's dad. i I may nover como to glory, I may ne - j cr gather gold, , Men may list mo with tho fallun ;1 when my business life Is told. f But if he who follows after shall bu m manly, I'll bs siad. For I'll know I've been successful n thnt little fellow's lad. 1 It's the ono Job that I dream of. it's the task I think of most. If I failed that growing youngster. 1 i havo nothing else to boast; For though wealth and fame I'd gatb- ered, all my future would be sal If I'd failed to bo successful ns thht little fellow's dad. I |