The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-07-14
LIFTED THE SERPENT.
An Old Mag ;s;ra,e Who Game 10 Grief on Aeeoun, of Straight For
 ward Duty.

Several days age young Mulkitile foand an old s;eei ;fap n an alley and took t home ,n tha, rapture which boy hood discovery always inspires He ~osked with the trap some i,ne and fln- a,iy succeeded in m lkins Il stand ses " Last sa0day. after his return ftom church. he sa; n the yard. .tesiein with the .toa-iawed arIan cement, when his father entered he gate with oid Squire Nieh- elas, l well known magistrate who treads apen the law during the week and ms understands the gospel sundays. He has eeer been looked upon IS rlsid adj herent ;o ,ha, miseons,ructloa of Sunday which makes of Il an unpleasant day for children. When he saw young Mulk.t- ;le sitting on the grass, Tn a condition of presumable enjoyment, he remarked 10 ;he chila's father
 :. Brother Mulki,,le. wouldn't allow iha, child to play on sunday. What, will people think when they pass and see him: VIII they not lcstly say that he has departed from his teachings =
 Come into the house. son. said Mr. Malkl,i.e. Come on, right now.
 The child reluctantly obeyed. leaving the trap set. He was kept in the house all the afternoon. listening to profound arguments and wise interpretations of seriptural passages. He made several efforts 10 escape, bu, the quick eye of the old squire invariably detected him. and the evenings creeping shadows found him not in the yard.
 Nha, was your last bible lesson, my young friend = asked the squire.
 "l,was abou; samson killing so many people with a law bone.
 0o you know why Samson killed so many
 "'Cal,e he wanted 'e,n dead l re kon.
 :" No; particularly. !, was 10 show the power ot he Lord IS c>cmphied ,n 4au- son.
 Did tod want the people dead
 '' Not particularly. as tell you |, was to exhibit Samson's strength"
 Then why couldn't he have made samson show how strong he was by pulling ap trees =
 "Tha, IS no, for you 10 inquire.
 '' \ law $ bad thing. aint II -
 = Yes replied the squire in deep sig- nihoan of meaning. his thoughts flying home where lived a woman who de. lights in tueking up her dress and making excursions around the house. while a more than generous amount of Jaw accompanies her. Yes, Jaw IS q mighty bad thing" and so com erned in short range retrospec,ion was the old squire that he would have fallen into deep musing but for the boys de,ermina- ton to push forward the conversation.
 Samson killed heap of men on the day of his own death, didn', he:1
 !" Yes, thousands.'
 cH me HOW nc QOnS II
 Well. you see, Samson's enemies had him chained to the pillars Of grea, temple. where thousands of people came to see him. While the poor fellow stood there blind and as weak IS any other man, he prayed 10 .he Lord for his strength once more. His prayer vas an- swered, and immediately he fel; his great strength return, and he reached out and caught hold of another pillar, and taking hold Of the pillar 10 which he was chained he strained every nerve. pulled the pillar from under the grea, building which fell with crash, killing thousands of people
 Did the house have grea, big rock pillars
 les, immense ones.
 s,andin so crowds of people could walk between 'em -
 Yes
 samson ~asa', bigger :h4a other men. vas hc:'
 ~Oh. no.
 Then ho~ could he. |, hIs arms was TO, any longer than any a,her maa $ arms, take hold of one gfea, pillar an reach ou, an grab another pillar so ia. from the frs, one tha. cro~ds of people could pass between 'em, heh =
 That's none of your business