The Second Mile

The age-old story of "The Second Mile" has been told millions of times; yet not near often enough. Back in Bible days there was a Roman law that said that whenever a Jew met a Roman soldier, the Jew must carry the soldier's baggage a mile. The Jew hated tfiis law, of course. He railed and he cursed, but do it he must. Imagine the Jew meeting the soldier. The law says he must carry the burden, but puts on bar on his tongue, and we can see them as they go down the road, the Roman taunting the Jew, and the Jew blazing his wrath at the soldier.

The Nazarene saw this one day, and He said to the Jew "You don't like this law, do you?,' The Jew admits that he does. not. "Then" said the Master, ,.I,ll tell you what to do. Instead of carrying the load one mile, carry it two.', The Jew meets another soldier, who promptly drops his load. The Jew picks it up with a smile, tells the soldier a cheerful "Howdy," and turns back down the road with the soldier. The Roman rubs his eyes, and wonders if his

Earl Hoffman and his wife spent the months of March and April.in Honolulu, according to Jim Magee. They are taking life easy at present planning another junket later this summer senses are in order. As they walk along together the Jew talks of the beauty of the day, of the pleasure of living, of the goodness there is in the world if you will just look for it, and the soldier's grimness melts, and they get acquainted. At the end of a mile the Roman reaches for the burden.

"Oh, no," said the Jew, "I'11 carry it 'another mile." The soldier pulls the equivalent of "FIow do you get that way?" and the Jew tells him of the advice of the gentle Nazarene.

They see each other in a new light. They talk over their families, the weather, the high cost of living, etc., and at the end of the second mile they have a new respect for one another. They shake hands when they part. The soldier says, "Jew, you're all right," and he never made another Jew carry his burden.

The first mile, is the one the average man has to go to get by.

The second mile is the one that counts.

Dan Fayles, formerly with E. J. Stanton and Son and Western Hardwood Lumber Company, has established his own trucking business in the Central Manufacturing District.

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