, 1880-04-29
BARNAclES.
CHAPTER /.

and soon alter the appearance OF
demagogne politicians in Port Town.
send, there arose in the land of JEFF
ferson a certain cliqus of upstarts
who thirsted greatly for power.
And it was 50 that they, being the
off sconrngs and soreheads from al
political tribes, gathered unto them
selves all those Of their ilk who had
aforetime complained OF any grlsv.
ance whatsoever against the rulers
of the people. And a mighty (D
council was called by one Blockhead,
the law giver, and by cunning sor.
cerer from the land Of tho Wills
tines. And unto the motley crew
there assembled, the sorcerer Wills
tine spake and said: "Go to, we
will publish weekly paper unto the
world, and we will thereby grind
oil our political axes, even to the
boosting Of each of US into fat
position in the land. Aud my boon
companion, Blockhead the law.givsr,
shall he chief scribe--so that none
except our very elect shall know that
any save he does this thing. And it
shall be that after we have put the
elders and chief priests Of the peo-
ple to shame by our ounningly de
vised fables, we will deceive the
dwslers in all the land of Jefferson
into believing that We are their de-
liverers; and they will worship US,
and our hearts shall be made glad by
fatolIices wherein arc rich pickings-
for behold our pocket books are lean
and hungry. And shall persuade
King Rutherford and his mighty
men that the house on Port Town
sen6 bluff, whs. Elm the sick are
healed, is in unjust hands, and it
shall bs that after the medicine man
Of that institution (whoss riva' | as
pire to boy shall have been driven
out, | shall be made captain over
that house. Even so; this thing
have conceived during the night
watches, ard great am l." And
having delivered himself thusly, the
sorcerer Wiltshire sat him down.
chucklng over the chunk of glory
in prospect. And there was silence
in the camp of the Whilst mes be
cause of this wonderful revelation,
until Blockhead, the law giver, be.
ing moved upon by something akin
to intelligence, arose and said: "Fel
Iowdonkeys, it shall be so, even as
our master has said; and we will be
broken and emptied vessels at his
feet, that he may work within us to
will and to do Of his good pleasure
in all things whatsoever" And nav
ny ceased braying, he sat down in
the council chamber, with look as
wise as that of an ape. And all the
upstarts msrveled greatly among
themselves, aAd said: "Verily, did
not our hearts burn within US while
these Two prophets were speaking"
| And they, with one accord hiod them
each one to his own shanty, there to
cogitate some more. H.
And it came to pass after these
things. while tho paper waxed in
strength because Of the peoples Gu
rosity, that the sorcsror Wilistine's
talent was taken out of the napkin
wherein it had been buried, ard it
developed into a peculiar genius, for
writing lewd storiss--insomuch that
the odour thereof became a stencil
in the st lis Of the people. New
ertheless all the rulers and chosen
ones in the land received each por.
tion of abuse in due season. When,
therefore, the time for the choosing
of new rulers for the land of Jeffer.
son drew nigh, the tempest in the
camp Of the Wilistines waxed hotter
and hotter, and the chief workers of
their iaiquity spake one to another,
saying: "Surely there shall be
mighty rafting Of dry bones, for did
we not sware in our wrath that we
would raise Ned generally-and can.
not somo harm come out of this our
smut m ll?' And they did greatly
rejoice wien one Brad the crafty,
who had been q noted intriguer in
the land, said unto thsm: "Lo, l
come quickly unto thee. In the vol.
ums of the book of my natural born
cusssdness it is written that because
4 would have gathered the Republi-
cans under my wings even as hen
gathereth her chickens, and they
would not, therefore l will hence
forth do my best TO knock their cal
culstions higher than Gildsroy's kite.
Now, therefore, If 20 love mo keep
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