Show j The e B By Poisoned WINIFRED BLACK K KMan Man ManBy are II K KNOW O Oa a man who ho 10 Is J I dying dying- of or poison polson lies He's H s 's sa a young youn man comparatively but his face tace is turning yellow an and his ey eyes s are ary turning green and h hs s mouth 1 in is hard and he cant cint smile to save sae his lIl Ii life pout POOl thing hes he's poisoned and he doesn't know it Poisoned Poisoned Poi POI- Poi Poi- with Ms his hism own m greed his own em envy and his own discontent He lIe made some more money up in AI Alaska the other day Hu Hurrah r r a h we all thou thought ht hell c come com o m e home as ns happy happ as a clam and maybe mabe the poison polson wont won't work an any more He came carne home in abject abject ab ab- j ct misery Y HI His partner had made mado more more than he had and not all ail the gold old that ever shone looks pretty to that man if Ie a another has a higher pile of It than hOeHe hOe ho Ho He was invited to be one of or a distinguished company There we all said hell lil like IP a that oJ Ho lIe camo carno home hone with his face a gnawing picture of ot chagrin There was a fellow there that did all tho the talking he woul wouldn't nt give gin another soul a chance Was Yas he ho a good talker Well Vell I guess Juts lie he was but I wanted to talk myself my my- self The man has a son and the son passed passed- a high examination to Soto go So goto goto to college collego Good for Jim we said to the nine mOan you golf o mm must t be proud of ot him hini said l the man Well Nell Veil E I dont don't see how John Jones came to pass pas in the same grade he isn't hulf half as as smart as sa Jim there must be something crooked crook crook- ed somewhere re And there was something some- some t thing I h-I n g crooked somewhere somewhere some some- where and tho tiro s so o m e- e where was right In the theman's theman's mans man's own miserable unhappy unhappy unhappy un un- happy brain When he ho dies he lie won wont wout t be satisfied with a good comfy halo hell he'll ha have hato to have the best one ono there Is or Is-or or he wont won't pia play play- Poor narrow foolish fellow Why h the very t laborer who digs tho the 1 i ditch for him and his fine Cine orange grove is hn happier happier hap hap- pier than he is The very man who holds his sad saddle nd ad die dle for fOl him to mount Is better off orf and ami amino no human being of i ense sense would change places with Uh 4 that man for COl two days ars not for all aU the gold that t the he brought down from Alaska t i Hes He's poisoned P poisoned poi pol- sone with envy and jj iI with gre greed tl and with un- un hate and then 1 rt he ho won wonders h why no ono i likes him and wh why all happy laughter stops l t when ho comes comei around i and wh why the tho room that a was wu gay with chatter moment before is Js s still as as- as death when he brings h his s bitter face into the range i r of the firelight firelight- t. t Poison Polson and poisoning in the w for Id I'd as soon live r skeleton as ns asI I house houto with a to sit bit at the table or to too j- j t walk walle or talk taU with him r His disease is catching it itis It is infectious keep away awny from him or you'll catch it yourself |