The evening times., 1899-08-11
THE INCONSISTENT PLANET.
Being the Greedy Parable of the
Ruler Nay-Yea.

Being the Greedy Parable of the
Ruler Nay-Yea.
Now in the days when King Grover, the
Veto, reigned and ships went down to the
sea for fishes and returned with many
empty wine fiagons, it came to pass that
those who carried messages and tokens to
every land said unto themselves, Verify
we will build us great house. And 1t
shall be an house wherein we shall place
stamps and works upon all messages which
are carried by our carriers and the chiefs
of the message carriers shall sit therein
and shall look real businesslike."
And they began to build the great House
of Carriers of Messages and it was a great
House for the breadth thereof, being many
cubits, and the height indeed many Gu
bits. And it was a strange house contain
ing temples and market places, and cado-
rinces and cadoriators sand a tower upon
which was painted great round faces which
instructed the people as, to the hour OF the
day. And when the sun was at the fourth
hour the faces were at the first hour. and
the people marveled exceeding much.
And the place chosen for the House of
District called Columbia. And the House
being of great size required many years
TO build and many changes in it's building
And those who worked to build the House
sat great piles Of bricks and stone upon
the thoroughfare and, those who walked
and rode could not pass that place because
of the great stones and piles of bricks.
Now in these days there dweIt GER
tain ruler of the Board of Shad And his
name was Nay-Yea, and he possessed a
certain planet. And Nay-Yea was a great
man in that land. being possessed of much
Puli and OF much power with those who
mad pie upon their fingers. And when he
said: Verify it is cold" the people placed
great furs upon their bodies and were
frozen to death. And when he also said
1T is warm!'' 10! and behold, the people
| ran naked and died from the heat. And
| because of his planet Nay-Yea owned many
serving men. who sat with stylus and
parchment and placed upon the planet
the wisdom that came from his lips. nd
others sat with Tyres, and sang OF the
great Nay-Yea, and were rewarded, being
made centurions of the Guard of the Dis
trict. and having authority to eat prunes
| and to look like Nay-Yea-
| And when NayYea saw that the House
OF Carriers was causing much piles of brick
and stone to be placed in the thoroughfare,
| and that the people might not pass that
place, he called together his serving men
and said. Behold, this House of Mes
sages is nuisance. 1t blockadeth the
/ main drag and displeaseth me nightly.
| Indeed / am sore yexed for the comfort OF
! the people. Go out into the city and keep
| tabs on the builders of the House, and
| place upon my planet the number of work
| ers each day and the amount of obstruc-
tion upon the thoroughfare.'
And the serving men departed twanging
their Tyres and saying, Verify Nay-Yea
Is ind NAI
moon, for his Centurion ordereth the sun
and his planet relateth when the moon
may rise and depart" And Nay-Yea was
exceeding pleased and gave his serving
men a great feast Of shad bones and sta
| tistics. And the serving men saw thai
there were SO many workers upon the
House and ii was placed on the planet tc
read: Behold, 1t is seventh day and sc
many workers toiled on the House, and
| the obstruction still is.
And on the morrow the serving mel
| came to the house and the workers criec
aloud, saying, Rubber And it appeared
on the planet, reading: Behold, il is tbs
eighth day and so many workers toilet
| upon the House and they cry Rubber ant
the obstruction still is" And these thing
| continued until the House had been bull
and the obstruction was not. And Nay-Ye;
patted himself upon the head for that h
had cried against the obstruction for man!
years and it had been removed when tht
House was finished. And his serving mel
stood upon the walls of the city and criet
aloud, saying, "NayYea reigns and tn
obstruction is removed" And the SUI
ttrembled in the heavens and great fea
rent the atmosphere.
Now, it came to pass that Nay-Yea grew
so exceeding big that his house could no
Ecld him. And he said unto himself
Behold l will build great place and th
natives shall be startled" And he cause;
his house TO be torn down and he hire
workmen to build him a new house An
| the workmen were few and they seize
upon all the highways about that place an
| set great piles of stone and iron and bricl
upon them. And no man could pass tha
place because of the great obstruction
And the chariots which ran upon tn
streets would also have stopped save tina
they were there first and were strong.
And the people mourned because o
spoiled raiment and the danger which cam
from the great distractions. But Navy e
laughed and said Am / not the ruler O
planet? Do 1 not make rulers? Their
are no laws for Nay Yea And the deal
ers in clubs and lead pipe and large ham
mers did much business and the end there
| of is not yet
And the wise men of that land CRIME
much and said: do unto the highways a
ye would that others should do unto then
for even the owner of planet may Sc
other stars when smote with a large ba
filed with sand.
These things came to pass in the fourt
month of the season of Shad. and in tn
first year of the Highway Trust SeIah
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