The bee., 1901-04-25

quickly unto his feet and saith
unto him: "ls that which thou
hast received sufficient. or shall
| smite thee yet other times?"
Is. But the James entreated
him earnestly, saying: with
hold thou thine hand and touch
me not for what thou hast al
ready done unto me 'isa plenty.ii'
is. So the Blanks withheld his
hand and James sought one who
is skilled to heal divers diseases,
II. And he bound up James
nose and poured oil upon his
wounds and strove to comfort
him.
is. But Jim's heart was sore
within him and he gnashed his
teeth and meditated vengeance
from the rising of the sun TO the
going down of the same.
10. Now it came to pass that
at the midnight hour James had a
vision, in which it was clearly
shown unto him how he might
deal unto himself the ace and
likewise the deuce and also ena-
ble him to flip the Jack even from
the bottom.
20. And he gathered his mas
ter spirits about him even his
prime ministers, Chapel, Brow
der and Campbell, and said unto
them, "Give ear unto my speech
and hearken unto the words of
wisdom, for | have seen a vision.
2l. "It hath,been revealed unto
me in my slumber that / should
have a great army of Hoosiers to
invade Kentucky, and fall sud-
denly upon Sebree as a night
hawk falleth upon a June bag.
-. Then will the fear of us
be upon everything that moveth
and we will wipe out Darlington,
even as a woman wipeth dish
and turneth ii upside down.
"a. And the st. Bernard will
be sore affrighted, the scabs shall
fall down Mt our feet, the operators
shall pay tribute unto the Union
and cry aloud for mercy"
25. Forthwith did he commune
with the brethren who dwell be-
yond the river saying: "Arlse,
grid on your armor, procure large
quantities of bug juice and haste
to possess this land which abound
eth in scabs and sour mash.
26. sect ye upon a great yes
sci which belcheth forth fire and
birthstone and come unawares as
a thief in the night upon that
city called Sebree even while they
sleep and smite everyone having
scabs upon him unto tie dust.
%. But spare every one that
weareth an Union button, for it
shall be imputed unto him for
righteousness, but whosoever
weareth not button, him shall
We go for
2S. And there gathered together
as one man in that city over in
Hoosierdom, which is called
Evansville, u great multitude of
people of every tribe, kindred
and tongue, who purposed in
their hearts to invade Kentucky,
overthrow the people and tread
down their vineyards y
30. Then made they a covenant
with the captain of a mighty ship
to deliver them nigh unto the
city of Sebree for which they
gave him three score and fifteen
pieces of silver, having Uncle
Sans superscription thereon.
30. Also then gat they them
three wagon loads Of beer and a
vast quantity Of that which en-
tangleth the feet and placed the
same upon the ship, but nary dad
blasted cracker or bite of cheese
did they provide, that hunger
might be abated.
81. Now when the even was
fully come they thronged the ship
even as locusts prevailed in Egypt
or as flies assemble around a bar
rel having molasses therein.
32. And it came to pass that
they cast loose and steamed for
Green river, each man soaking
his carcass in that which is called
"coffin varnish,p stopping at
Spottsville and Basket, where
many drew nigh and joined unto
them and the times upon that
ship were wild and abundantly
woody.
33. For each man had fortified
himself with either a great re-
volver, a derringer or a self-cocker
which was olden and they fired |
great volleys into the air, shout
ed aloud the war whoop and
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