Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1917 — PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON [ARTICLE]

PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON

I saw a young man fired on ApnbwO; .lie never will he hired .by his old boss again. When first he started in at beeswax store he seemed like one who’d win the laurels by the score. i For he hacl push and vim, he was no sluggish poke;, lie waved an activei limb, and left a trail of smoke. All this was passing well, but after .sundry moons, his head began to swell, as young heads swell, eftsdons. He thought the beeswax store-would close if he should quit; the. Old Man was a bore, and he alone was It. Now, when a young man feels that he’s the prop of trade, that all the plunks and wheels by his address are -made, he’s walking to a fall, his feet will hit the dump; and when too late ho’ll bawl that he was such a chumpr He travels verst and league, he'keeps the payementhot, his spirit, knows fatigue, his head has shrunk a lot. He has no job as yet; he may get one next week; and when he does, I’ll bet, we'll find him. pretty meek.