Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1917 — PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON [ARTICLE]

PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON

We all regret our past mistakes, and view the same with wailing; but when we’ve made our dizzy breaks, our tears are unavailing. You run your car at crazy speed through city streets and alleys; for safety rules you have no heed on rural hills and valleys. Some day (when you swing round a curve they’ll sweep into your vision another car—you’ll lose your nerve, and there’ll be a collision. When from the tangled wreck you crawl with slats and wishbone broken, the warning words you will

recall that I’ve so often spoken. And when you lie upon a got, with plaster casts around you, a string of dark, remorseful thought will torture and confound you. weep for former folly then, your Sour will be disgusted, but tears won’t make you sound again, or heal the leg that’s busted.' And sb’ with every foolish trick that you and I are springing; the penally will make us sick, remorse and sorrow' bringing.