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Show j Walt Mason THE SAFE COURSE. I haven't enadbaaaed nnj man. or kidnaped kid-naped anybody's child. I've followed up my old time plan when all the world was running wild. I hmen'i swiped llenrv , cur. oi gathered In illegal tpoil; but I Ihbv 'ckled In a jar the small rewards I of hottest toll. I pl:v men who rob and J slay, who will not like good scouts be-I be-I have: they never Uavc n decent Iay be- tween the cradle and the grave. There i l no use talking, life's : frost i;ine-i w dodge ail sin with skill: our I r .il. at made at frightful tost, and ever) man muai pa) hli bin. We can't be hai'pN "i serene as'lhroug'.i this world Of oura wp np unJeai "ur reoords nre as clean as i 1 i he well known driven snow. I lb. some for lonf may dodce the cons, and carry on a course of crime, bm when we sin all comfort stops, we cease to have i bully time. We have no Joy. no peace of i ! mind, our nerve are racked o-;r beans arc sore: avengers seem 10 walk behind, and retribution stalks before 1 pity thee who cheat and steal or slug a at ranker for hla roll; their live are I leak, 1 they never leel the peace that warm" i the white man a soul. |