The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-16

Now IL came to pass, when the Kings
council were assembled after the great battle,
that there arose dssension among them,
and some cried one thing and some another,
neither would any man agree with his neigh
Dor. Then one of the wise men of the coun-
Gil, of the tribe of blackrepublicans, arose
and rent his garments, and sprinkled ashes
on his head and cried with a loud voice say
ing, Verify ye be altogether gone astray,
and there is no soundness In you. Ye are
become as stencil in the nostrils of this
people therefore will / no more sit among
you, neither will L any longer serve "a the
Kings counselor" And he arose and shook
the dust from off his feet, and departed from
among them.
Then the King commanded that the herald
should 60 forth into the highways and the
byways of the city, and cry aloud unto all
the people: "Ho every one the King com
mandeth that all the valiant men of all the
tribes of the city, do gather yourselves to-
gether, even in the great council chamber of
the King, and that We there give your
voice for Kings councillor" Howbeit, the
people gave not heed unto the voice of the
herald, neither did they obey the command
of the King. And they gathered themselves
not together as they had been commanded,
but went every man whithersoever he would.
And it came to pass that when the day
was well nigh spent, certain of the elders
and wise men of the city communed together,
one with another, saying, "Why sit We here
all the day Idle? Have we not among us one
William, whose surname is Strebor, a man
well favored and able to give wise counsel
unto the King? Go TO now, let as arise and
go unto the council chamber, and give our
voices for councillor TO the King, for he is in
sore distress" And they arose as one man,
and gat themselves to the council chamber
and gave their voices for Srebor for Kings
councillor.
Now Strebor was defendant of Ham and
a member of the tribe of Philippians; albeit
he greatly surpassed in wisdom and virtue
all the members of the Kings council, and
came nigh, even unto the King himself.
But when the King heard how the null
titude cried out for Strebor, he was displeas-
ed and wroth, so that his anger waxed hot
within him, and he arose and rent his gar
ments and cried aloud, saying, Hear my
voice, q We people! Verify the Philistines
be upon us. IL ye suffer this Ethiopian to
come among US, then will put my robes
from OH nae, and l will sit in sack cloth and
ashes, neither will / any longer reign over
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shall depart from among you, and the city
shall be in darkness" And when the people
heard the voice of the King, they were sore
afraid, and said one TO another, " Verify, we
be but as dead men,"
All then and there were hurryings to and fro,
And gathering tears, aud trombllngs Of distress,
And cheeks all PALE That, but an hour ago,
Smiled at the thought of their own craftiness.
Then the herald went forth again into the
streets of the city and cried with loud voice,
Ho ye people, turn We aside and come We
10 the great council chamber and give your
voices Tor Kings councillor, for verify we be
in great strait" Then came they into the
chamber, the Rowites and the Get-tights, the
makers of paupers and they that drink gin
sling, and they stroye nightly with them
that raised their voices for Strebor, the ETH
opian, until the going down of the sun.
And it came to pass that they that were
against Strebor were greater than they that
were for him. And SO he prevailed not
against them, neither came be at any time
into the Kings council. And the King re-
joiced greatly thereat, and arose and gat him
into his own castle and did eat and drink,
and peace again reigned over the city.
AN OBSERVER.