The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-11-01
REUBEN BARABEeS.

REUBEN BARABRAS.
s.s'Yrr yer cent, Sd q Reuben 10 my LORD
.eTo save yoDr honor. It's moi much 10 paH
u nuke il only fifty if could.
BIZ moneys scarce and llfe's a 9olserr
ana your old father may outline his son
you cBn'i afford ~ Wen no more cznI
A-or5 10 run The risk on lower terms.
Aud you can l. yon can't and So good bye =
M lord LOOKED angry. buf was young and rash
AD6 fingered On his seat. and BIT hislu
AM Launched Ri Reuben words OF hate xne
scOTr
VIII fearful meanings Buf he gued tst
nA
Au5 toos The hs-d-won and degrad nr cash:
Eard-Won- buI lightly pai led with In bets snd
May.
An jewellers and miliiners' accounts
=, lie Aspas Of the passing hour
y al ht41 ms fancy AID b purse IN fhraT
IL 1ls mind changed-or hers, more hkesy
sILL
y tsFor Of some newer fool fhEn he
-1ai night in bed Barabbas had a dream
Eafwaklug and hAlfsleeping, as he tossed
= t-Terlsh restlesSness. after q feast
TOO gross and heavy for ms body's bealuh
Az draDEnis loo many OF The Sparkling wine
TtA1 1la0oule1i traders Sell for WE'VE
Chq9Of-
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Es n1qu1esesn1 brain was flied with
thoughts
-h3l hannied II oy night rs well as Gay:
O god that he had clp1ched and lis
good
TEL 4 lad Strengthened ont. and piled nc
shsSTas
=. i4pen ITO guineas IN their time
And placed beneath ms pillow ere he sleu.
Il eAne3 he lsbored IN the mines of he'll
Mixed and feeble, with golden crown
: II fixed npon bald and shiuy skuu.
n i We ghI Insuferable- Tainly he strors
y c9s1 i from him in The agony
TIL burned INTO his brain right through IN.
bone
: Eed 10 1ls ankle By golden chain
II lr2lad 2 losn BILL, as round and hinge
/ IL dsatl-dealing bombs that ron 81 ps
5.-th from Ittr poDderons and gsgaa1lc 5awu
= baile hostile fleets and ornaments.
AZ NOW down men Is mowers NOW the corn
-1s - drew EfBer him al eFerr stem
: 819d hy franIrc 6snds with golden urods
DoWu 10 The internal everlasting mines
- i lald ihe I3ca-AKe On The stp boorn rock:
:: led Il os stopped a moment In his toll
~ = ming devils, eager and alert
Falr uurnuring streams OF liupsd waller ran
1~tsllng beside him, but whepe7er as
stopped
- 81 hi O. 10 gDlp the cooling drarght
T1t irtScherous liquor ihicksnt.d INFO gold.
Grapes ripe clusters OF what seemed n
grapes
Eucg, q md while from orerhanging vines.
AZ Woea os plprked them 10 refrest his
mouth,
Al bore item 10 his palpitarng hips
some ltT1llsh 1rack would harden then 10
gold.
Ths -1otking tends that followed al his heels
: Sto5l INN win golden daggers sharp as
sIafl
III liz blood drops 1rickled 10 hrs feet
i Lard D. Ia ] il hyperborean storms
a.asi--1g Ike pebbles on the burning ground
Z y~llad for mercy. But the inss7 ale tends
L&sted II liz harder On his quiveTdns loins
T4s- lhey cred Halt and threw him fierce
Z down,
8&cstro ,su, On The hard aod soorching mari
40 1ar1 =ssed him as If he were mule
u Il =oldsn Chains and yoked him 10 a vain
Cu2. - L. and huge, high piled with granite
ocks.
ThrouEa whlch the internal nnggsls peepe
ana sho2e
Il 10 fuu rad ancs thai illumined tell
An made LIN drag IL Bui his limbs fo.-
ha6@-
I'm slor-n 81 blows came pouring DOWN
= u ud- shoulders and b sinewy loins
AL -o4d = INN b acIlon. Ii endured
II 10 0-e -ons moment. III he fell
L-re1sci0us and exhausted When he woke.
%-tn ST. eks Of IraIri, he found himself alive
Z 3- ius earth which ne had done s best
= " INFO 3 hen for oiAer men
When sense rsI urned he raised =mself n bed
80 LOOK one long. hong gulp Of water pBre
E1g1 stood beside the eonch and thought the
6rBugh1
Was worth more gold Than nsnry eva
ScrB ed
= -r,.aT rst-Ea-r 4rrS <-.-ls
>-oa ciuel pspry became trade
BGraboas SIN has chambers near Pail Mall,
Ald carries On rs briskly Is before
prof Ihls LDsiDass- Clients come,
L pesI OF The need and recklessnesS
= lamor tor his br ct and perllous AID
~ AXE n pleasure in he passing day,
BoDEhi by lhe woe and Wa of future years.
- per cent 5 still his HID Imum.
L to- naKinun why, that's as de
4 the vast oceans and his vas1er greedi
Bu1 ata l. !Dst and daily makes him feel
Acu1 y & he felt il IN bls dream,
Thal gold < not The Oh e. OF earthly good.
Thai healLn and strength and wholesome
petite,
Al sound refreshing sleep and human love
A. worth Tar more honest poverty
I'M al he treasures mother earth conce2ls
~ har vast bosom Steep deserts his bed,
A1a tood distresses II Rheunafsc pangs
Torture tbs 30 Is and natural forces fan
To % The connonesf behesis OF life
SKY per cent? Alas. If five per cent
= al HE coDnon bless ngs Of mankind
"a DO labor honestly for dR ly bread
Con { IL orion he q be rich indeed
tf bath her methods with the erildoers.
WIN hef CHI hand she pours them out tie
WINS,
Bul With her left puts poison in the cup
~ from her seeming favor les takes away
More 1h8o she giFes TINS truth Baraobas
fAels-
Itt r1ch Barabbas. envsed Of the poor
Aud u nO1 cease 10 feel il until death
= noly 8 srnisses h N, without his gold,
II he oblivion OF The living tomb
AM Lne FufDri1y thai lies beyond