Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-12-29

No, no, the saviour answered,
should still like to know what became
OF the wood of these trees"
| The voices of several angels were
heard at the same moment, for many
OF the poor weavers of Dorbstadt we're
to be found in the heavenly kingdom.
st. Peter, however, bade them to be
quiet, and permitted only the one who
had last entered the abode of the
blessed to speak.
"I was the village DOCTOR" this one
began, "and I quilted the earth be-
cause 1, Too, fell q victim to the pesti-
lence of which many of the poor peo-
pie were dying and against which 1
fought with all my small powers, but
with small success. 1 can tell you all
that you wish to know, my Master, for
during As years devoted my humble
services to the sick poor there. When
Hannele died in our poorhouse-it
happened before my time-the misery
was even greater than at present. The
weavers were ground down by the
large manufacturers until an energetic
man built a factory in our village and
paid them better wages.
GAS the population then increased,
and consequently the number of pa
tients, space was wanting in which to
house them, for the dilapidated DOOR
house-whither they were carried-was
no longer large enough TO accommo-
date them all. Therefore the parish,
aided by the owner of the factory, built
hospital for ske whole district, and
the site of the old poorhouse was
chosen for it. The beautiful nut trees
which Hannele had planted had to be
destroyed. l was sorry to be obliged
to give the order, but we needed the
ground where they stood. As we had
to be economical in everything, big
and little, we had planks sawed out of
the trees for our use."
owe IL a debt of gratitude, too,
but for an entirely different service"
said beautiful angel as it bowed it's
crowned head reverently before the
Son OF God. My lot below was very
hard one. I was early left a widow,
and supported my children entirely
by the work OF my hands. By dint OF
great effort brought them up we'll,
and my three sons grew to be brave
men who took care Of themselves and
helped their mother. But all three,
my Master. were lost to me, taken
away by the unfathomable wisdom Of
the Father. Two fell in war. The
third was killed by machinery while at
his work. That broke my strength,
and when they brought me to the hos.
pital I was on the verge of despair,
and life seemed greater burden than
/ could bear.
"Your image, my Saviour, had just
been finished by q sculptor who had
carved it from the wood of the nut
tree by the Fresh spring. They put
it opposite to my bed. 1t represented
you, my Lord, on the cross, and your
head bowed in agony, with its crown
OF thorns, was a sorrowful sight. Yet
/ paid but small heed to it. One
morning, however-it was the anni-
versary OF the death Of my two dear
sons, who had lost their lives fighting
bravely side by side for sheir father
land-on that morning the sun fell
upon your sad face and bleeding hands
pierced by the nails, and then I re-
fiected how bitterly you had suffered,
though innocent, that you might re-
deem US, and how your mother must
have felt TO lose such child.
"Then voice asked me if / had
any right to complain when the Son
OF God himself had willingly endured
such tornents for our sake, and / felt
compelled to answer no, and deter.
mined then to bear patiently whatever
might be laid upon me, poor sinful
woman. Thenceiorth, my Lord, WAS
your image my consolation, and since
the wood of which it was made came
from the tree planted by Hannele near
the Fresh spring. I owe beyond doubt
the better years that followed and the
joy Of being with you in paradise, my
Saviour, to the nuts which that con-
demned woman gave to the child"
Humbly she bowed her head again.
The Son of God turned TO st. Peter,
saying. "Well, Peterf"
The latter called to the guardians of
hell; "Let her 60 free; the gates Of
heaven are open to her. How rich
and manifold, o Lord, is the fruit that
springs from the smallest gift offered
in true lovel"
"You are right" answered the Sav-
iour gently, and turned away.
WHY" shouted an excited attorney
in Kansas" You can poke your head
out of the court room window and call
for five beers, and get them in two
minutes" And he thought he had
made great point against the "ad-
ministion" for the non-enforcement of
the prohibitory laws. But the oppos.