The Fate of the Sycophant.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 19, 14 July 1911, Page 3

The Fate of the Sycophant.

A Humble Man bowed fawningly be< fore Peter at the gate of Heaven. Peter looked at him curiously and said: 'Tell mc why you should -bo admitted." The Humble Man bowed lower. "I have been faithful to my em< ployer3," ho said. "I never grumbled. I never complained." "Did you ever ask for an increase in wages?" asked Peter. • "No, indeed. I know what a struggle Capital has to get along. Besides, I feared I would lose my job." "Did you get high wages?" - "No; oh, no. Some of the malcontents who were bitter against Capital and attacked its sacred right got much higher wages than I did. Somehow I was always overlooked. "Did your family suffer?'' "Eh-er. One boy had to go to work as a half-timer. His wagea were needed in order to get along. And one girl went to work at fourteen, and another girl was crippled, so she was a burden—"

"Did yoii always have enough to eat? Always have a decent house in which to live? Always have warm clothing?" "I am sorry we did not ; those thing* cost money. But believe mc, your I never rebelled." Peter looked at him thoughtfully for a moment, and then said: * "Man was given intelligence -and self-respect. You exercised neither. You allowed yourself to be duped, to be abused, to be robbed, and) through, that you allowed your family to be wronged. Your w r ife was overworked and underfed. Why, you contemptible, mean-spirited whelp—■'' The irate saint readied suddenly through the consulting window of tlie pearly gates. and thwacked "the Humble Man such a blow with the golden key that the Humble Man tumbled headlong down, down to— Well, down to where he belonged. Ex. .