And still has smiles for everyone he meets.

CHAPTER IV—DISTRIBUTION.

Upon his bed with withered, palsied frame,

Behold an aged man! A life well spent

Is drawing to a close. About him stand

The loved ones of his home. They prop him up

As with a halting voice, yet clear, he speaks:

"My treasured store of love will soon be yours.

Waste not the capital I leave behind

In shedding bitter tears above my grave;