The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-24

me as | was being landed by the
Whale at the port of Nineveh.
THE TRUE STORY OF THE COURT
VINE.
K.-Well, it is this: In some
parts of our western country il
is much of the time fearfully hot
with not a shade tree or a droI
of water in sight. You under.
stand ? Now, if we had a few
of your celebrated gourd seeds
from which a good-sized vine on
tree could be grown in a few
minutes, wayfaring man or q
prospector caught out on the
burning desert could soon have
a luxurious shade and good
place to campfire same kind OF
seed you planted when you sat
in the boiling sun on the heights
overlooking Nineveh waitin g for
the dynamite to go off that you
had planted in the wickedest part
of the city. There is great
purse in bank for the person who
can secure a few of those won
derful seeds, from which more
could be grown. 1t would be a
great aid, also, in retaining our
vast arid regions, as those ready
growth vines would draw mois-
ture and soon solve the irriga-
ton problem, which at this time
has almost become national
clamity, and great government
eye-sore, as it were. Can you
tell me how l can get them =?
il recall the history Of that
mysterious gourd vine. Don't
give it away and l will tell you
all about it. That was a little
jugglery trick of mine to fool the
wicked Ninevehites. 1t was only
an injen- rubber affair [ carried
Under my vest. l blowed it up
till it become as big as a ten-year
old sycamore. with branches that
made a great shade. | was wear Y
and fell asleep under it's sooth-
ing influence, and while slept
worm hunting son of a red head
ed bird called the woodpecker
came along prospecting for
grub-stake and pecked a hole in
my vine and let the wind out, aud
then and there it withered and
fell down on me. That is all
there is to the gourd vine story.
It got into the Nineveh papers
alter into books of history and
from which l gained more un-
deserved notoriety. 1t is scarce
y worth a mention at this late
lay.
K,-I am sorely disappointed.
Jonah, that the gourd story
lidn't hold up, but at the same
line that great mystery is at last
which is some consola-
ion. For your sake 1 will not
give it away. 1t has gone into
cold history as fact and every
body believes it; so let them en-
oy the belief and keep on writ
ng to the Agricultural Depart
nent for samples of the Jonah
'elf-riser gourd seed-which is
lot, and never was.
il have an engagement to
preach this evening from the
'uins of the Governors palace to |
ome of my old Nineveh converts,
md you will excuse me for this
ime. Over here we follow up
'ur old vocations, you must |
,now, and manage to keep busy |
md contented.
JONAH'S LATEST PROPHECY.
K.-Certainly, but | would like |
o inquire a little further: Have
'ou any prophecy to communi-
ate as to the future outlook for
Jineveh whereby a fellow and |
lis friends could take advantage |
f the opportunity to relocate or
.et in on bedrock figures a few
esirable corner lots and old city
'arks in view of rise in Nineveh
cal estate and a big building
DOM in the not too distant
uture
il have a prophecy to give
hat will be fulfilled. About 100
ears hence, or at the beginning
+ the year 1000 of your date, or
600, Nineveh will be in her old
ime glory, but modern in all re-
poets. The city will be rebuilt
nd become a great metropolis.
here will be new people, with
new religion, or all the old
mes remodel to suit the times.
t will be known as the American
)hurch with the American Ian
'uage, and the U. S. of A. re-
Igious belief---a free for all -mer-
y-go-round- easy-to-catch-u up to-
ate doctrine, with no future
punishment scare-crows-a moth.
rly, charitable, benevolent, pro-
,rocSivq Chr;ct;ap o;u;l;oa~