Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1916 — THE VEILED FUTURE. [ARTICLE]

THE VEILED FUTURE.

By Walt Mason.

We know not what a day shall’ bring, what brand of weal or woe; so let us smile and let us sing, and trip fantastic toe. We may feel sure tomorrow’s sun will hide, the whole day long; and when all things are said and done, our guesses will be wrong. We may insist that dark green grief tomorrow’s brow will wear; and yet the dawn may bring relief from all the woes we bear. No man should look ahead and say, “Tomorrow is a frost, so 1 shall wail around today, and weep, and blame the cost.” And so, as I have often said, in dirges fierce but brief, it’s foolishment to look ahead for further stores pf grief. It’s vain to rend our beards and say, “Tomorrow’s charged with fate;” far better to enjoy today, before it pulls its freight. This day is ours, this cheerful morn; all yesterdays are dead; all other days are yet unborn, the stretch of days ahead. This day is ours, the dear, sweet thing, until it ambles by; so let us dance and let us sing, and throw our hats on high.