Milford chronicle., 1892-06-24
PAUL,s IMPRISONMENT.

If some skillful surgeon should go into
that dungeon where Paul is incarcerated,
we might find out what are the prospects
of Paul's living through the rough inpris-
onment. In the first place he is an old
man, only two years short Of seventy. At
that very time when he most needs the
wacmth, and the sunlight, and the fresh
air, he is shut ont from the sun. What are
those scars on his ankles? Why, those were
gotten when he was fast, his feet in the
stocks Every time he turned, the. flesh on
his ankles started. What are those sears
ga his backp You know he was whipped
i've times, each time getting thirty-nine
strokes -pne hundred ard niHety-iiye
bruises on the back Count themO made by
the Jews with rods of elm wood, each one
OF the one hundred and ninety-iive strokes
bringing the blood
Look at Pauls face and look at his
arms Where did he get those bruises?
think it was when he was struggling
ashore amid tho shiYered timbers Of the
shipwreck. | see Il cash IN Pauls side.
Where did he get thatg think he got
that in the tussle with highwaymen, for
be had been in peril Of robbers, and he
had money of his own. He was a me-
chanic as well as an apostle, and think
the tents he made were rs good as his ser
MONS
There is a wanness about Paul's looks
What makes that? think part of that
came from the fact that he was for twenty
four hours on plank in the Mediterranean
sea, suffering terribly, before he was res
cued, for he says positively, Il was a night
and a day in the deep" Oh, worn out.
emaeiated old mani surely you must be
melancholy; no constitution could endure
this and bg cheerful, But press my way
through the prison until ! come up close
to where he Is, and by the faint light that
streams through the opening l see on his
face a supernatural joy, and bow before
him, and ! say. Aged man, how can you
keep cheerful amid all this gloOmP
His voice startles the darkness Of the
place as he cries out, II am now ready to
be offered, and the fine of my departure is
at hand,n
Harki What is that shutting OF feet in
the upper dungeons Why, Paul has an
invitation to banquet, and he Is going to
dine today with the king. Those shutting
feet are the feet Of the executioners. They
come and they cry down through the liolc
of the dungeon: Hurry up, old man
Come, now; get yourself ready" Why,.l
Paul was ready. He had nothing to pack
np. He had no baggage to take. lie had
been ready o good while, see him fisin2
up, and STRENGTHENING out his stiffened
limbs, and pushing back his white hair
from his creviced forehead, and see him
looking up through the hole in the roof Of
the dungeon into the face OF his execution
ers, and hear him say, u am now ready TO
be offered, and the time Of my departure is
at hand"
Then they lift him out of the dungeon,
and they start with him to the place Of ex- |
soution. They say: Hurry along, old |
man, or you will feel the weight Of our
spear Hurry along "How far is it,
says Paul, 1--WE have to traYelgR Three !
miles" Three miles is a good way for IN |
old man to travel after he has been whip 1
ned and crippled with maltreatment. But |
they soon get to the place Of execution I
Acaua SalYia-aRd be is fastened to the !
pillar Of lnRrtyrdOm, j. does not take any 4
strength to tie him fast lie makes no re-
sistance.
q PAUL. why not now strike for your /
lifef You have great many friends here. /
With that withered hand just launch the /
Of the people upon those in
famous soldiers No! Paul was not going I
10 interfere with his own coronation. He I
was too glad TO CO. see him looking up /
IN the face OF his executioner, and as the /
grim official draws the sword, Paul calmly I
says, Il am now ready to be offered, and 1
5he time OF my departure is at hand. But I
! put my hand oyer my eyes. ] want not
10 see that last struggle, One sharp, keen /
stroke, and Paul does go to the banquet, /
and Paul does dine with the king.
What a transition It wasl From the /
malaria e. Rome 20 the finest climate In I
uiYate unfvsrse-ttaz zone 81 etc~,, ~ -.t.-