The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-10-07
0The PrOdigal Son.

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Now, there was man who had two
sons.
And. the younger of them said to his
father, "father, give me the portion of
goods that falleth to me-"
And he divided unto him his living,
and the younger son purchased himself
IN ol-cloth grip-sack and got him out of
that country.
And it came to pass that he journeyed
even unto Buckskin and the country that
heth over against Leadville.
And when he was come nigh unto the
gates of the city, he heard music and
dancing
And he got him into that place, and
when he arose and went his way, a
hireling at the gates smote upon him
with slung-shot of great potency, and
the younger son wist not how it was.
Now in 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 himself.
And he went and joined himself unto
| a citizen of that country, and he 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 he
| poured the earth and the broken rocks
against the back of his neck.
| And he waxed exceeding wroth.
And he tried even yet again, and be-
hold! the handle of his shovel became
tangled between his legs, and he filled
his ear nigh full of decomposed slate,
and the porphyry which is in that region
round about. ..f.s- t..5.
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 themselves together, and each
said to his fellow:
Go to! Let us strike And they stroke.
And they that strake 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. .-.. la
Now it came to pass that the younger
son joined not with them which diC
strike, neither went he out to his work
nor on the highway, lest at any time they
that did strike should fall upon him an(
fatten him out, and send him even untt
his home packed in ice, which is ever
after the fashion of that people.
And he began to be in want.
And he went and joined himself unto {
citizen of that country; and he sent hun
into the lunch room to find tourists.
And he fain would have filled himsel
up with the adamantine cookies and thu
indestructible pie and vulcanized sand
wiches 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 fathe
on the farm with bread enough and t
spare, and perish with hunger?
And he resigned his position in til
lunch business and arose and went unit
his father. IS, ......,.,
But when he was a great way off h
telegraphed to his father to kill the oil
COW and make merry. for, behold! h
had struck it rich; and the old gentlemal
paid for the telegram. E -.
, Now, the elder son was in the mort
field plowing with pair Of balky mules
! and when he came and drew nigh to tn
house he heard music and dancing
And he could not seem to wot VIII
these things were thus. -.
| And he took the girl by the ear an
} led her away, and asked her, whenc
J cometh this unseemly hilarity?
And she smote him with the palm {
her hand, and said: "This, thy brothe
hath come, and was dead and is aliv
again." and they began to have hig
old time. .-r-.. .-.-.. "a. -..-.r. rs.
And the elder son kicked even as th
government mule kicketh, and he wa
hot under the collar, and he gathered IL
an armful of profanity and flung it
among the guests, and got him up an
girded his loins and lit out. lf1
And he got him to one learned in th
law, and he replevied the entire ranch Q
which they were, together with all an
singular the hereditaments, right, It'll,
franchise, estate, both in law and
equity, together with al dips, spurs, a,
giles, crooks, variations, leads, veins
!. lead or silver ore, mill-sites, dam-site
fumes, and each aud every one of the
firmly by these presents. .-s s.-
And it was so.-BiW Nye in DenUt
Tribune.