| Show SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT by ba F A WALKER I 1 I 1 PAYING THE TOLL THERE ahme Is in sure to come some day X to every human being now journeying through ufa life an austere agent of nature empowered to collect certain personal debts and obligations long overdue the simple process ol of falling failing behind in payments la Is a common one brought out in most cases by indifference in youth we ride madly disregarding reason and health but all of a sudden we find ourselves unhorsed lying upon an unknown road hurt tn in body and broken in spirit and beside us stands this obdurate collector who insists that we hand out our toll to the last penny it seems as it he be had never heard or seen us until that moment but by report of his memory he must have known us a long while 1 I know you an says he be the wise and the foolish but it la Is from the fools that I 1 gather the tha heavier tolls to those who in the springtime shunned wisdom and understanding he presents a heavy bill they must work it out in dismal shops where work la Is menial and a lifetime Is required la in which to cancel the debt from others who in their early days were wild indiscreet and evil minded who ran up obligations which in middle life must be paid in disease repining and broken manhood or womanhood he exacts staggering accounts till all Is 1 boie gone and hope Is fled from the vicious and depraved he be levies tolls in prison walls without tore tm or tret thousands are am piling up uch such debts today which must in the days to come be paid la in full fall those w who 0 travel the primrose path sow tares waste time sneer at instruction and forget their creator in the do days of youth will sooner or later be compelled to pay tor lor their follies with their last drop of blood and their last ounce of strength only a few years ago these merry makers were clear eyed happy and innocent boys and girls but now as the grim messenger comes comes to gather his bis toll in pain sorrow sobbing and sickness it must be paid for nothing Put this form of payment will suffice to cancel the account M b by hf mcclur lr |
