The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-12-22

here was one neither man nor woman,
nor any other bodily shape, save 40
shape was ssken because the eye was
made to see. So also the being spoke
(thought materializsd), because in no
other way was 1t given to the brain toll
hear. ste 81 aren't ,'-s!e'i 'i1ss-+a I'D
81 am The mis-, II, the being said :..ssand]
I have heard the co,itentiOnp betwixt
we two, warder Of this eternal realm,
and thou, oh new immortal. ~, : -, ....s ~
81 am justice and knowledge Fssr
not, for 4 tell thee that thou art wei
come to this my holy hill. Thou didst
not know, but ] know; thou didst no,
understand, but I understand thou
didst uOt see, but / see. q. 10 ,r,,jl-sqSI
! ''In the way Of our judgments, of q
truth, this warder sufficeth to judge OF
the results of duty, to tell the meaning |
of acts, and 10 reward, according to ,lbe |
deeds done In the body. But 'tis mine,
oh new immoTtai,t to look deep into ahe
heart, and into the, mystery Or motive.
"Now Hook, and i behold for all the
ffty years Of thy earthly life, keeping
thy humble tavern In AfRo,js, that
thou didst set mp al the parting OF ways
beyond thy gate simplesguide. BOARD!
No law Compelled thee to set IL there.
nor did law compel thee to keep II,
with Its two hands pointing, one north,
one east. 9l''.t" 80 = '-9t'
0Dost know what came uf his work,
of thine Pr 4Themjss gs zed, friendly,
into the new comcr's eyes. % Fs .ii,t.s
81 know not" was the answer. s save
AZ abelieva that, from iimenlo. timeit
served 10 help some stranger" ESQ 81
| s.Stranger : Then twas not for thine
own acquaintance aud ,kiDsfoik, thos
didst set the 'guide-boarl. ';'Ssaqasi aa
"Not SO; for surely they kuow. ih'e
way already.' @siS,a esf:qot .,sas5s,S :,
.tHast thou enemies? p" HA.is 7sf'o4
81 have; some I know; more ] am
sure that L know not Oi, because in, my
way Of livelihood L turned not aside
to fawn for the favor Of any NOR
tall" "a i' a.:7a1'." - y - oil.
"Could it then, be that this guide.
board was Of use, not y only 20 to- the
/; stranger but to he an enemy oi
. thine?" II! ~,
Z, "That I cannot say; doubtless many
such passed by the inn. ,,77
'sBehold - went ON the angelic he.
ing, and SO speaking drew forth u
w
OF The work OF good that unknown to
thee, thy guide-board did - Vi 8 10
Then ne who Of late had been but a
r simple citizen of,,ArgoIis, not learned
! In the ecript of Oadmus, felt his eyee
opened 80 that he was able to trace the
! record. 70 80 -. mi. ,I,, 10 .,i,ti..
names ut a hundred three score and
Il n a ~. mr.
, years, while the guide-board had been
> set up, were saved BY Il; some were
old, some mid-aged, some young.
: Those journeying to the north would
! have taken the way eastward, or, on
9 their road to the eastern town would
have wandered else to the north. IsJs
: The lives OF part OF this multitude
7 Gas was duly set forth on the scroiD
were saved from the hand of the enc
! my; Of others from wild beasts on a
strange road; Of others stil,,. from
storm or pestifence. ~ II II ,1rs..,.,.,I-
Good, too, of many another sort the
record rhowed; of sons restored to
mourning families; Of husbands To
their wives; of fathers to their needy
children; aud further, OF renewed hope
In many a breast; Of kindled sparks of
human sympathy Tor al humanity, In
that one being had been found to feel
aud (unkuowing OF all the deep Sig
nificance of feeline) to show the div
Unity of humanity. sag s-er'-u6
And, before tho new immortal's as
tonished eyes, the scroll unrolled, and
the record grew aud grew, telling of
the vast results Of each saved lie, of
each throb Of hope, of each happy turn
OF fortune. =" ~.
Then Themis, smiling, said, cheerily:
"This was all thy work, Thuuge then
thou didst not know, I tell thee tia I
though men judge by the act, and
even ut heavens gate itself the ward
. ers call for gifts to Delphi and Diana,
: at my high court Is nothing save mo
tive reckoned. fr.-s- - .s. =. 5rl ri
aBecause thou hast loved the right,
and hast loved thy neighbor, and the
stranger, and even thine enemy, and
because thou hast done unto them
as thou wouidst have had them do
unto you, bid thee come up higher
So speaking Thelnis turned, and the
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