Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 119, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1916 — Double Cause for Tears. [ARTICLE]

Double Cause for Tears.

A favorite limerick is brought to mind by the following tale from the Orient: Timur-lenk, the Tartar invader, was very ugly and, catching a glimpse of himself in the mirror, he burst into tears. The court jester began weeping also and kept it up long after his master had stopped. Timur looked at him in astonishment. "I wept with reason,” he said, "at beholding my own ugliness —I, the lord. of. so many lands. But I do not undeijawlnd why you should thus de« spair.” "If you, my lord,” replied the jester, "wept for two hours after seeing yourself in the mirror for an instant, Is it not natural that I, who see you all riay long, should weep longer thad you?”