The Misfit.

Opunake Times, Volume LVV, Issue 3675, 2 November 1923, Page 3

The Misfit.

The down-and-outer looms in view, the symbol of distress; there’s doubtless something he could do, and score a big success. What if he failed at making cheese, or keeping lawns in trim? What if he failed at herding bees, and teaching hens to' swim? I would not say that bone or wood was used to build his head; I would not say he is.no good, until I see him dead. He may have failed at winding clocks, at spreading sealing wax; he may have failed at darning socks, at pulling carpet tacks. But somewhere there's the proper hole where this square peg would fit: so help him reach his- little gaol, that he may make a hit. He may be built for baking beans or brewing honest tea, perchance for drilling horse marines, rr teaching Cheerokee. Perhaps, to make the fellow win, a kind word would suffice; I'd never say a man's all in until he's placed on ice.—Walt Mason.