6o The Wild-Fowlers 



are there, washing down their mean dishes 

 with a lightning-like speed as if the lun- 

 cheon were a part of their shop duties, 

 and when these sour-faced gentry with 

 their ghostly conversation in full blast 

 are seated anywhere near the cheerful 

 class the contrast is an easy study for the 

 poorest observer of character. They like 

 to call themselves men of real service in 

 the world, these never-take-a-holiday 

 morbids, and look upon the lover of 

 sport and good nature as a frivolous 

 creature who lives long but neglects the 

 true duties of life. But how few of the 

 great multitude of " frivolous " beings in 

 this world entertain the same view as 

 these short-lived, unenlightened fools! 

 How few of us but know that they are 

 the real duty neglecters! We are here 

 to enjoy the world, not suffer it. Why 

 live a little while in misery, in preference 

 to a long life of merrymaking ? 



And let us pray the Lord that these 

 good cheer and true health abolitionists 



