The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-11-05
S.THE PRODIGAL SON"


And the younger Of them said to the faith
CT, Father, give me the portion Of goods
that falleth to me"
And he divided unto him his living. and
the younger son purchased himself an oil
cloth grip-sack and got him out Of that coun-
try
And it came to pass that he journeyed even
unto Buckskin and the country that lieth
over ogainst Leadyille.
And when he was come nigh unto the
gates Of the city, he heard music and dane
ing
And he got him into that place, and when
he arose and went his way hireling at the
gates smote upon him with a slung-shot Of
great potency, and the youngest son visit
not how it was.
Now i'm the second watch Of the night he
arose and was alone, and the pieces of gold
and silver were gone.
And it was so.
And he arose and sat down and rent his
clothes and threw ashes and dust upon him
self.
And he went and joined himself unto
citizen Of that country, andhe sent him down
into prospect shaft for to dig.
And he had never before dug.
Wherefore when he spat upon his hands
and lay hold of the long-handled shovel.
wherewith they are wont to shovel, he struck
his elbow upon the wall Of the shaft wherein
he stood, and ne poured the earth and the
broken rocks against the back Of his neck
And he waxed exceeding worth.
And he tried ever YET again, and behold :
the handle Of his shovel became tangled be
tween his legs, and he filled his ear nigh full
of decomposed slate, and the porphyTy which
is in that region round about.
And he wist not why it was SO.
Now, after many days the shovelers with
their shovels, and the pickers with their
picks, and the blasters with their blasts, and
the holsters with their hoists, banded them
selves together, and each said to his fellow:
Go TO Let us strike And they stroke.
And they that stral1e were as the sands OF
the sea for multitude, and they were terrible
as an army with banners.
And they blew upon the ram horn and the
cornet and sacbut and the flute, and the
bass drum.
Now it came to pass that the younger son
joined not with them which did strike, neith-
er went he out to his work, nor on the high
way, lest at any time they that did strike
should fall upon him and flatten him out and
send him even unto his home packed in ice,
which Is even after the fashion Of that peo-
pie.
And he began to be i'm want
And he went and Joined himself unto
citizen of that country, and he sent him into
the lunch room to find tourists.
And he fain would have filled himself up
with the adaInantine cookies and the indies
tructible pie and vulcanized sandwiches
which the tourists did eat.
And no man gave unto him.
And when he came to himself he said
How many hired servants hath my father on
tine farm with bread enough and to spare,
and l perish with hunger
And he resigned his position in the lunch
. business and arose and went unto his father
But when he was great way of he tele-
graphcd to his father to Kill the old COW and
make merry. for, behold he had struck IL
rich; and the old gentleman paid for the tel
egram
Now, the elder son was in the north field
plowing with a pair of balky mules, and
4 when he came and drew nigh TO the house
he heard music and dancing
And he could not seem To vot why these
things were thus.
And he took the girl 10y the ear and led
her away, and asked her, whence cometn
this unseemly hiority2
And she smote him with the palm Of her
hand, and said: ''This, thy brother hath
come, and was dead and is alive again, " and
they began to have a high old time.
And the elder son kicked even as the gov
ernment mule kicketh, and he was hot uu-
der the collar, and he gathered up and arm
ful Of profanity and flung it i'm among the
guests, and got him up and girded his loins
and lit out
And he got him to one learned in the law
and he replevied the entire ranch on which
they were, together with all and singular the
hereditaments, night, title franchise, estate,
both j.. law and in equity, together with all
dips spurs. angles, crooks, variations, leads,
veins of lead or silver ore, mill-sites, dam
sites, fumes, and each and every one OF
them firmly by these presents.
And it was so.-BiH Nye in DeRrer TTi
buHe.