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your comrades. saying: " como ana nCipl
This man Is helpless. Bring the ambu-
lance. Let Us take him TO the hospital -
And | would be- dead lift in your arms,
and you would lift me from the ground
whore had fallen and put me In the am
hulancc and take me to the hospital and
have all Kindness shown me. Would there
bo anyt hing hcmoaning in my accepting
that kindness oh, no. You would be
mean not to do it, That Is what Christ
does. If we could pay our debts, then it
would be better 10 80 up and pay them.
saying. Here. Lord. here is my obliga-
ton; here are the means with which
mean IA settle that obligation Now give
mo "a receipt Cross it all out. J." The
debt is paid.
But the fact IS we have fallen In tho
battle; we haya gone down under the hot
FIRE uf our iransgrossiOus, we have been
wounded by the sahers of sin; we are help
less; VIZ are uudonc. Chris, comes. The
loud clang heard in the sky on that Christ
mas night was only the bell, the rcsound-
Ing bell Of the ambulance. Clear the way
for the son of God. He comes down to
bind up the wounds and to scatter tho
darkness and to save the lost Clear the
way for the Son Of God Christ comes down
to us, and we are dead lift. He does not
lift us with the tips of his fingers. Iic
does not lift us with one arm He comes
down upon his knee, and then with Il
dead lift he raises us Ia honor and glory
and Immortality. The Lord hath laid
on him the iniquiiy OF Us all. " Why,
then, will "a man carry his sins You can
not carry successfully the smallest sin you
ever committed. You might n well put
the Apennincs on one shoulder and tho
Alps ON the other. How much less can
you carry all the sins Of your lifetime?
Christ comes and looks down in your face
and says: Il have come through all the
laccrations Of these days and through all
tho tcmpests Of these nights; have come
To bear your burdens and TO pardon your
sins and 10 pay your debts Put them on
my shoulder, put them ON my heart.
"On him the Lord hath laid the iniquity
OF us all +" Sin has almost pcstered the
life out of some of you. At times it has
made you cross and unreasonable, and it
has spoiled the brightness Of your days
and tho peace OF your nights. There are
men who have boon rid,lled Of sin. The
world gives them no so!aco Gossamery
and volatile the world, while eternity, as
they look forward to II, is black rs mid
night They writhc under the stings of
Il conscience which proposes To give no
rest here and no rest hereafter, and yet
they DO not repent; they do not pray; they
do not weep. They do not realize that
just the position they occupy is the posi-
ton occupied by scores, hundreds and
thousands OF men who never found any
hope.
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caught up with the wagon. l said to the
Son of Ben Ali:
q" Get down and fix one of your wagon
wheels and see who comes behind you
'''This he did. but when old Grizzly and
the oversoer heard the Son of Ben Ali
knocking on one of the wagon wheels with
a rock they stopped. and came no further
until after he drove on again. Then knew.
and the Son OF Zen Ali knew. that Ola
Grizzly and the overseer were coming 10
see that orders were obeyed.
''rhc house to which the Son or Ben All
was carrying the cotton was not far. IL
was in the midst of a big grove of oak trees.
The trees were too big for the house. or
the house was not fine enough for the trees.
for they made everything so dark that from
the road those who cannot see in the night
would never know that house was there.
''The Son of Ben Ali drove the wagon
under the trees waited until he could hear
the clinking of brides and bits, as Old
Grizzly and the oversccr rode up. and then
he slipped around the house and went TO
the back door l waited until ! saw Old
Grizzly and the overseer stop under one Of
the big oaks and then | followed.
1.-The Son OF Ben Ali knocked at the
back door, which was soon opened by a
negro woman, who asked him what he
wanted. He told her, and then the man
came to the door. -.-..
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zIv AWAY from the Son of Ben Ali. But
if was impossible No one had passed, and
so we ran on after the Son of Ben Ali.
.',Fhe next best thing TO finding some
other track / thought, was to get out OF
sight of Old Grizzly. j let myself out a
little. the other dogs did the same, and in
n few moments we had left Old Grizzly
behind Right then / did something 1
had never done before. and that was to
try to catch a rabbit when / WIS hunting
n different kind of game. While We We're
going along, fun tilt, a big fat rabbit jump
ed up right under my nose. l dashed after
it as hard as ] could go, and the other
dogs came tumbIing after / was so close
to the rabbit that it turned before going
into the swamp. / made 1t turn again,
and it ran into the mouth Of one OF my
companions. The others ran up, and they
had quite a fight over the rabbit tearing
it TO pieces in short order. ! vas hun
CRY myself. and nothing would have pleased
me better than to rush in and take the
rabbit away from my companions. But
didn't have time.
while the others were swapping and
snaring / slipped into the swamp. ran
across il, and made "A circle of mile or
more, and tried 10 pick up the scent again
where | thought it ought to be. But 10
was not there. 1 knew then that the Son
of Ben Ali had wandered about, not know
ing or caring where ne went so long as he
kept out of the way of Old Grizzly. I
made another circle, and this time l picked
up the scent again 1 had said to myself
when l was hunting for it that I would
remain silent when / found IL, but I came
upon it sUdde1ly and Unexpectedly
and it was so warm and fresh that I cried
out at the top OF my voice. II was foolish,
but such is habit NJ comuaniOns heard
it, and they came to me without delay.
! knew they We're coming, and thi-hest /
could do was 10 discover quickly which
way the scent led, and then take the back
track, trusting 20 the dullnes5 Of my com
paniOns To mislead them. BY the time they
came UP l was tripping along toward the
cold end OF the trail as no.siiy If the
Son of Ben ali were in PLAIN view. The
others. not to be outdone. joined in the cry
and We went boiling along the back track
In this way We came mp with Old Grizzly.
who seemed 10 be much astonished 70 see
US running headions in the way he had
just come.
THE scent grew fainter and fainter.
and everything would have gone well but
for one Ct my companions, the one that dis
covered the scent at the beginning of the
hunt. When the scent grew colder ne began
TO circle around for himself. and about
a half a mile away he picked 1t up with
such a howl and a flourish that I ran
to him It was SO warm that looked
up. expecting then TO see the Son of Ben
Ali trOttinS along quarter of a nile away.
But it was not So lie was not IL sicat-
II joined in and took the lead. saying
to myself that when we got into the woods
I'd show my spotted companion new
wrinkle in trailing. When we came TO the
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What DO you WANT he asked.
a. i want to see YOU said the Son Of
Ben Ali. I want to sell you bale of cot
ton
" who is your MASTER the man asked.
" MI Gossett,' the Son of Ben All an
swered
- What is your name=
They call me Aaron
&" You are the boy he bought not long
ago
" Yes. sir
:" Wait a moment The man went into
another room, and when he appeared again
he had shotgun in n 5 hands. My hide
is not very thick, and SO l went under the
steps. The man seemed to he mad. The
Son of Ben Ali had some such idea for he
asked:
What are you going to do with the
gun, sir?
e Get the truth out of you
" y dead man viii neither lie nor tell
the truth. said the Son OF Ben All. His
voice sounded as if he might be laughing
but was under the steps and couldn't see.
=" is the cotton yoursY the man asked
" IT is Mr. Gossetts.'
why 10 you bring It here tonightr
" Il had my orders.
" oh, if ! had the old scoundrel here"
cried the man in rage.
e II you talk loud hen hear you said
Aaron.
''The man understood at once. Wait"
he whispered. Then he slipped around the
corner Of the house. Suddenly l heard the
gun 80 Off. and it scared me so l couldn't
help but cry out. Some one else yelled. too
some one under the oaks in front and
then l heard the snorting and stamping
of horses. The Son of Ben Ali stole off in
the dark before the man returned, and
followed him, not knowing what had hap
pened or what m ght happen.
But | soon found out, and il was not as
bad as it might have been. The shot the
man fired had shattered one of the over
seer's arms. He was not hurt so badly but
he could ride his horse, and he and Old
GriZZle hurried home as fast as they could
after a while the Son of Ben Ali fol-
lowed, bat instead OF riding in the wagon
he walked by the side of it. and l went
ahead to see that the way was clear. The
Son Of Ben Ali knew that there was trouble
in store for him, and he didn't want Old
CIR zZle TO get hold Of him"
81 don't sec why" said Buster John.
'Why, Old Grizzly didn't know but the
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en- placed it gently on the floor. Gently
agging his tail, he looked up IN Aaron )
ace.
..Son Of Ben Ali" he sad. 'I am getting
old, ana what with guawing bones and Kill
ing cats and lighting coons, my teeth arc
bad. This is hard bread.
Whcreupon Aaron took the bread, crushed
II i'm $ hands dropped it in an old TIN
platter, and placed it ON the hearth.
This would taste better if it had ham
gravy on it," remarked Rambler, after say
ing "Thanky" with his tail, yes, u good
deal better. but III not be choice"
When he had finished the bread he seated
himself near the chimney corner ana licked
his chops carefully.
''You want to know about that trip the
Son of Ben Ali made to sell the cotton.
But | don't even know how TO beg Il. NJ
tongue and my tail viii Doe off IN the woods
hunting m nks and coons and possums
You know how one thing leads 20 another.
Wen. if I get started Til get things upside
down. as the rabbit does when nc tries TO
run down hill"
when / started with the cotton" sug-
gcstcd Aaron you made up your mind
to go with me"
That's So" said Rambler II don't
know why. / knew well enough You weren't
20 ne hunting. 1t was just notion that
seized Ec. | trotted along, sometimes IN
front of the wagon and sonnet mes behiad
it. Before we had gone very far ! hap
pcnci to be I'm front of the wagon when a
rabbit ran across the road. l dashed after
* and bumped my head against fence
rail 1t hurt me so that | sat down BY the
roadside ana waited for the pain 20 go
away. The wagon went by and | conclud-
to 20 back home and 20 to bed in the
uckpen. l started back. but before
gone far ] heard The clicking of Birdie
and bits. and presently l saw two
horseback.
topped until they passed by. And
saw that it was Old Grizzly and the
s."
was the name the negroes had for
;sctt." Aaron explained.
iriZZly and the ovcrseer." Rambler
d. paying no attention to the inter-
"They were riding along after the
but at some distance behind IL. |
myself well, well, something is up.
itead of going back home. ] turned
i aud trottod along the road till 1
ID Old Grizzly and the ovcrseer. and
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AS | was saying Rambler went on
"tb. scent was as plain as the nose on
your face and. although | passed It over.
one of the other dogs had hint of Il and
whimpered over it. This dog afterwards
made a very good track dog. He had what
they call cold nose, and he was hafd-
headed enough to hang on. But at the
same time he was young and foolish, and
new to the business. lie had no mind
of his own. So l went back to the trail,
picked up the scent and went along with
IL slowly. as if it We're a tedious job to
unravel it.
What l wanted to do was to follow it
until 1t crossed some other trail, and then
pick up the new one and carry Old Griz-
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neutralizes each other. Thus, the legs could
fall forward We're il not that they are
kept vertical on the feet ny the strong
tcrdon uhe "Achilles'O at the back of the
heel At the same time the muscles Of the
thigh are frightened so as to prevent us
taking a sitting position, and the muscles
OF the hack are pulled tense so that the
trunk does not stOoD forward. The head
is prevented from dropping on tho chest
bV he ii.yaT cEtS in the rape Of - neck.
That the upright Is not It's non posi-
ton IS easily shown hv the r. that a
man mods rs he IS falling aSl or IS
soon as the controlling norvo- . is
leadcucd the head drops fOrvs It's
oMn weight. only To De pullef nto
position again WIKI ic"k ,v''V \
becomes suddenly aware
attitude.