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Show 4. 4 Walt Mason j CONTENTMENT. When sets th- good pld shining sun. thus winding up aaothei day. If i bne left some chorus undone 1 do nol i ' serene and eay. Beneath my fiirtree I 1 recline, and try to read some helpful tract, but In this old bald doi f mlno ! there 1 d tip oni! disturbing fact. . T I did nol fix ihe kitchen roof, which lete in nlne'tecn kinds of rain: and so . . ! tentmeht kceiw aloof. and all my thoughts are I incd wit h pain I .au-not .au-not read "Tho Cleavcn Ilool." or other novel. ;: i or flat. I did not fir the; leakins ropf. and t can onl) think of that. The almanac lias jest and spfof. o'er which t oughl to roundly lauplr, hut 1 io-v:l-. ted thai old i oof . and cn-SClenCC cn-SClenCC Is P hitter i-aff. W'iien all nW i duties ar- performed a-i ordmj; lo 1 1" ' ruli of Il-.yle my heart with oCStacj il warmed, the rbdi reward of honest toll. , With dut d-.n.- one ..an. in truth. tl:ei f evening hours In peace employ, and I I can read of Xlok. the Sleuth, without a .-loud upon my Joy. Then- ma) I men who d0 not rare what tli.-v Pao dot lift undone, when front die restful rest-ful eas- -hair thej wat h the setting of tin sun Bui peace won't camp upon , , , . ,, I f i recall, al lose of day. that t I have failed to Broom the cow. or r.ive the old blue goosehef hay. And I am clad I'm fashioned thus. UtoUgh I may UtiSS a Wt of fun . 1 don t admir. the ui les: HUH Who IC'ks fio pool foi tasks i G |