The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-10-21
"The Pr0digal Son."

NOW, there was " ni"ii W."
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
an oil-cloth grip-sack and got him ont OF
that country.
And it came to pass that he lourneyed
even unto Buckskin and the country that
lieth over against Leadvllle.
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,
hireling at the gates smote upon nm
with slung-shot of great potency, and
fine 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
citizen of that country, and he sent nm
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-handed
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,
And he wist not why it was so.
Now, after many days the shovelers
with their shoves, and the pickers with
their picks, and the blasters with their
blasts, and the holsters with their HOSTS,
banded themselves together, and each
said to his fellow:
Goto, Let us strike. And they stroke.
And they that strake were rs 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 cornct, 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, neither went he out to his work,
nor ON the highway lest ut any time they
that did strike should fall upon him and
hatten him out, and send him even unto
his home packed in ice, which is even
after the fashion of that people.
And he began to be in want
And he went and Joined himself unto a
citizen of that country; and he sent HIM
into the lunch room to find tourists.
And he fain would have filled himself
IN with the adamantine cookies and the
mdestructible 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
spare. and perish with hunger?
) And he resigned his position IN tn
! lunch business and arose and went unit
his father,
But when he was great way off h
tclegraphed to his father to kill the oil
COW and make merry. for, behold! h
had struck it rich; and the old gentlema
paid for the telegram.
Now, the elder son was in the mort
field blowing 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 AM
led her away, and asked her, whenc
cometh this llnseemly hilarity?
And she smote him with the palm O
her hand, and said; "This, thy brothe
hath come, and was dead and is aliv
again, and they began to have hig
old time.
And the elder son kicked even as tn
government mule kicketh, and he wa
hot under the collar, and he gathered u
an armiul OF profanity and flung 1t II
among the guests, and got him up AM
girded his loins and lit out.
And he got him to one learned in tn
law. and he replevied the entire ranch o.
which they were, together with all an
singular the Entertainments, right, title
franchise, estate, both i'll law and /
equity, together with all dips, spurs, ar
giles, crooks, variations, leads, veins {
lead or silver ore, millsites, dam-site'
fumes, and each and every one of thel
firmly by these presents.
And it was so.-BW Nye in Dcnu'
Tribune.
, Rocking Stones.