34 The Angler's Secret 



and, when the business day overtakes 

 him again, he is but freshened for a little 

 spurt or two, and is quite as fatigued as 

 ever before the week is quarter passed. 



There are exceptions to all rules ; there 

 are men whose business pursuits do not 

 injure their health. There are many of 

 this nature, and there are thousands of 

 workers who are killing themselves in 

 their persistent efforts to work without 

 play, to grind on without relaxation 

 "making hay while the sun shines/' as 

 many of them tell you, just as though 

 there was never a day when the sun's 

 shining cannot be seen. 



It is an amusing fact that the man who 

 advocates no vacation is invariably in 

 business for himself. His employees 

 from the negligent cash boy up to the 

 industrious head clerk foster a different 

 view, unless they are asked to express 

 themselves on the subject just at a time 

 when they are about to be taken into the 

 firm. Then they begin to make hay 



