Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-08-15
HAPPY2 MOI


up and down, thinking am happy,
but feeling I am- not Call the roll,
and be quick. about it, Samuel John
son, the learned Hnppya mo. Tan,
afraid l shall some day get crazy
William Hazlitt,- the great essayistl
Happy7 mo. / have; been for two
hours and half going up and down
Patcrnoster row with a volcano In ins
breast" Snollct, the witty antlior!
.nappyY Mol ain sick of praise
! and blame. and I:wisli TO God tint I
had sacll circumstances around lie that
could throw my pen into oblivion.
Buchanan, file world renowned writ
er. exiIed from his own country. az
pealing to Henry VIII for protection!
| Happy2 mo. Over mountains eov-
cred With snow and through, valley:
/ flooded with rain | come. a fugitive J
Moiiere., the4nopular dramatic author
i Happy2;::" Nor Thnt,wretcl OF an actor
/ Just ow;rpcited3 fopr:ei !;nly; ines with;
/ out the proper accent. and gestus. tt
{ have the chjldren,o of my brain SO hung
/ drawn and rqnarterel fortunes ine.lik:
q condemned spirit" go -.
went to see a wording die. AS i
went into the hall ! saw its floor wa:
tcsscllate.l., and its. wall was. a pictur,
gallery. Il found, his death. chamber
adorned with tapestry until it; seemed
as if the clouds OF the setting sui had
settled in the, room. The man hal
given forty years to the -world-his wit,
his time, his genius. his talent. his.soui.
Did the world conc in. to stand by..h
deathbed, ard clearing of tile Walls CT
bitter medicine, put down any COM
penMtion9 Oh, mol The. world does
not like sick and dying people. and
leaves them. in the lurch. Trimmed
this man, and then left him. He had n
magnificent funeral. All the. ministers
wore scarfs. and there were forty.tlree
carriages in row.. but the departed
man appreciated not the obsequies.
a Shhl klNjiS lS ltoi hFNt.
want to persuade my audience that
this world Is "A poor investments. that it
does. not pay, ninety per cent: Of salts
faction nor eighty per cent, nor twen-
ty per cent; nor two per cent, nor
one; that it gives no: solace when a
dead babe lies on your. laps, that, 1t
gives no peace when conscience rings
its alarm: that it gives no explanation
in the day of dire trot;blc, and at the
time of your deccase it takes hold of
the pillow case and shakes out the
feathers. and then jolts down In the
place thereof signs and creams and ex-
eerations, and then in:el1es you put
your head on it. -. -,
Oh. ye who have tried this world. is
it satisfactory portion, Would yon
advise your friends to make the invest
ment2 No. I'VE have sold yourselves
for naugl1t. .Your conscience went
Your hope went. Your Bible went.
Your heaven went. Your God went.
When u sheriff under a writ from the
court sells n man out the officer gen
orally leaves u few chairs, and.a bed,
and 4 few cups and knives; but ili-this
awful vendue in which you have becn
engaged the auctioncer's Inallt has
come down upon body, mind -alld soul.
Going (+onel "Ye have SOLD your
selves for nauglit."' -; y:
How could you do SOP Did you think
that your soul was a neretrinket which
for few pennies you could buy. in. a
toy shop? Did you tIii:k that your
soul. if once lost, night be found again
:if you went out. witl;torches and lam
terns2 Did ;you:tllink that your soul
was short lived, and that, painting, it
would soon lie down for. extlnction9 Or
had you no idea what. your soul was
worth2 Did yo!15 ever. put your fore
fingers onits eternal pulsesl Have you
ever felt the culver GIFTS peerless wing3
Have you not known that, after leav-
ing the body, tho first step of your soul
reaches to the stars. and the next stepto
the farthest outposts of Gods universe,
and that-it will not die until the day
when the everlasting Jehovah expires?
Oh. my brother, what possessed you
that you should. part with your soul SO
cheap ''Ye have sold yourselves fol.
naught.
CARRY THE CASH TO HEAVENS HIGH
COURT.
But 1 have some good news to tell
you. want to engage ina litigation
for the recovery Of that soul Of yours.
i want to show that you lave BEEN
cheated out Of it. | want, to prove, as
will. that you were. crazy ON tllat sub.
iect and that the world, under such CIR
-culnstances, had no right to take the
title deed from you, and if you will
Join me shall get decree from tho
high. chancery court Of heaven rein
stating you into:the possession Of your
soul. "Oli, :" YOU say, II am afraid Of
lawsuits; they are SO expensive, and /
cannot pay the cost. Then have you
forgotten the last. half Of my .textG "Ye
have sold yourself for naught; and ye
shall redeemed without money
Money is good fora great many
things, but it cannot do anything in
this matter of. the. soul. You. cannot
buy your way through. Dollars and
pounds sterling mean nothing at the.
gate OF mercy. If you could buy your
salvation. heaven would: be a great
speculation. an extension OF Wall street.
Bad men would go up and buy out tho
place, and leave us to shift for our.
selves. But as ilioney.is not a lawful
. tender, what ISL, will answer, Blood!
Whose? Are we to- go through the
slaughter2 OH, no; it wants richer
blood than ours: II wants a kings
blood. It'inust be poured from royal
arteries. ltsnlust be sinIess torrent.
f2,,t ,rIora Ia tho kinp?- .. LSee Il great