| Show azzi why is 13 it that we have so who are always ready r many any n T r r j j motive of OF every to question and crit critics criticise critic icis ise act is criticised criticized most every act a good bicart 1103 1 ed person may perform por forin by ALLEN STEVEN chicago py every one of us can look back and remember havivi having 0 done somebody a good turn or at least tried to make some one else happy and with the purest motives but afterward we hear mumbling and comments of acquaintances who say how much money did you get out of it or there is a graft in it for you somewhere or what is your game instead of putting 0 a premium on virtue these pessimists send out a slurring slur rine ja comment tending to discourage 0 the good that is is in in us three years ago ago 0 I 1 was walking 0 along the north side and for a mile or so EO I 1 noticed a little girl about six years of age keeping 0 step by my side becoming curious I 1 said little Litt lc girl where are you going she replied Is doin bif you she was lost I 1 turned her over to a policeman mho hunted up her parents pare n ts when ben telling of the incident among acquaintances the question that chiefly interested them was how much reward I 1 had received that is disgusting this seems to be an age when the motive of every set act is criticised criticized no matter how bow much we are possessed by the higher spirit of nobleness I 1 have found seven purses in the last eight or nine years but as luck would have it I 1 have found the owners and delivered their property to them but again 0 these critical withered souls asked what was your reward I 1 told them the reward of conscience was sweet elou enough b but that seemed to bo be beyond the scope of their thought thou glit there is no use in hesitating one should do good acts when one is able and pay no attention to the gods of money the money changers who try to enter the temple of every ones conscience |
