Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 249, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1913 — As Sure as Fate. [ARTICLE]

As Sure as Fate.

A thousand times I praised him when He wasn’t near To hear. But no one hurried then To tell him of the things I said; One day I dropped, behind his back, A slighting word—- , 'Twas heard— And sre that day had passed, alack! He knew and, passing, turned his head.