FUTILIS!

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 121, 11 January 1909, Page 5

FUTILIS!

(By W. H.)

The days t ;iow write of, our r. of fair is ids wti! see the like of no more, for they were not as the days I write i!'. Vet the s?- t.JonS came -rd went ;;; rnsatioa !:\e the hands of your ci-M-k vi ".he rr-vote! with sirnshine i". i 'v : to .i.v.-f.; and midmany things. th<- ".h::!;; that we I>'«' n i > w. The ,i ay: , I wrvte of. w.-re r.h • dayof strrnijnir! hiidim-f md tor;.: ?". ir: . u-.d r.i)•-..-. ..;n ! b.-avine; a.-. 1 :■■ ' H -n. and maids, torn. ;;• t.!: Mr y-vtb. i')';t now <£■■,■■■. u'd *i|ir;' of h -i'| not ie;irot toe wr-bv vvi'i/i: -1'od: ho-.r and :'vi by eyv.-e- around them: trif.rin-rl.-viv. ■' rv ' ■ \r.-. and cf.vd-ed ih'-ad ii'-r- •-■or-'-en Wi>'" sorr>-or.e CTte.a : ' ' Moi; ;e '" •' i-v- r •-.. ;•-. p for that which e--;pi.-"ici-,-,.- , jrc -ry i|rnr-e at tbeirbrams. tb • diys I v.. rite So cororv.ar.d--! the y.iun£ men and maidens to u-t. ei.-.e th..- ".hm K -:; of today were as the f-b'-r-;; that W--re then. Where yoimvr men »n& matds in the day.-. r wr;te of. lived hard, thought hard, worked hard, and *fept hard, the young men and maids of the days 1 write m. when told of these things to-u their heads and enrich their replies with expert advke "how those things should have b*cn done:" mingled with pert eandoor tocb as: "What else would you do, with the brain you bad then?"

But the old folks sit with folded hands at their ease, and watch the young men and maids pluck the grape and fig their old hands have planted in the days of their youth: and listen to those up-to-date gibes with a smile, when remembrance reminds them that they also scoffed and gibed in the days they were young;. Or, they chuckle and grin, should the gibes hurt, as their grandchildren climb up their knees; for those tots on their knees will avenge each scoff and gibe, with a surplus in the days yet to be!