Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-03-23
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Then was the captain of the guard
sore afraid because OF the king anger
so that he did tremble and quake, and
his knees smote together for fear;
nevertheless, he answered not a word
for he had been stammerer from his
youth up; therefore he stood as one
iumb and speechless. And the king
seeing that the man could not answer
for fear of him because of his anger,
spake to him with mild voice. say
ing, Speak, knave. and fear not .
Then the captain of the guard still
Iuaking and trembling, cried aloud
n haste, 30, o, o, king. l, l, l, know
taught concerning them = them -
hem-a, a, assesl'' Then did King
S'le-ve-lan leap up, and shout aloud,
roaring and holding his sides for
aughter because of the suffering Of
he captain Of the guard But he said
10 him, go thou, and forthwith find
them asses -!
Then did the captain of the guard
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they went forth toward the west gate
IF the city to find the ass of Willy
Willy-Billy- And To- when they
irew nigh unto the gate the ass, being
TIED fast to sycamore tree, heard
them coming toward him in the 81
lence of the night, and he straightway
lifted up his voice and brayed unto
them with the mighty bray of an ass
Of Bullfrcg Flat; for he did think it
was his master coming to unloose him
md turn him out to clover, the which
he did smell afar.
Then the captain of the guard
coming to the place where the ass was
tied, did unloose him and led him
quickly to the stables of. the palace,
where they battered him with a silver
halter in one Of the best. stalls in the
stable close to the palace walls. And
they watered him. and fed him much
clover, even the golden clover of Bah
bleton, for the ass was athirst and an
hungered nigh unto furnishing; aud
the water and the sweet clover OF Bah
bleton was to him as is sauerk1aut to
Dutchman in far land, or as u.s.
quebaugh and gin cocktails are to
men of wisdom sojourning in dry
place.
And. verify, it was well that King
K'le-ve-lan bethought him ofthe starv-
ed beast which Willy Billy
aad brought with him to Babbleton;
for tradition sayeth that the asses of
Bullfrog- Fat were ever a blooded
stock, requiring much attention as to
their feeding, and the quality of the
food wherewith they are fed; other
wise they become recalcitrant, utterly
refusing to carry. Herein they differ
greatly from that breed of asses where
on, as it is said of old, the great and
good Wil-yem Ma-hoo-nee was wont
to ride when he came unto Babbleton;
for he, the said Wil-yem Ma hoonee,
did always leave the ass whereon at
sundry times he rode, outside the city
gates. caring naught how they Jared
whilst he was in the city. Hence it
was that this breed of asses became
by word because of their patient en-
durance of Punishment, and did at last
| give name unto all beasts of burden
which do stand without the city walls;
for such, even unto this day, are call
ed in the vulgar tongue, Them
| isses'' albeit, to say sooth, some
sticklers for correctness of speech, do
say that, the number of beasts with
out the walls being great, and crowd
ed together in a body or mass, the
proper photography is The masses -
that is to say the general crowd of
burden bearing beasts. Nevertheless
the learned mostly do think the first
manner of writing it is the best, there
fore we find it thus set down in that
matchless work of works, the Ency-
clopedia nkeedoodleorum.
And now, Mr.. Editor, inasmuch as
the author of this veracious history of
Bullfrog Flat has got Wily-Willy-B Bill
Tyson safe abed and his ass stabbed,
let us pause moment to mediate the
fact that in spite of the ancient notion
that times are changed and we change
with them, there is much in human
nature which time and change can
never wholly obliterate. The main
traits of humanity are not epochal
products, but permanent induces Of in
variable types. The scenes may be
changed, the Characterization may be
varied, but the actors are ever the
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