The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-22

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 Eiof pondered a few moments an4 then said. Some say. that our Lord God has neither beginning nor end< others claim that the only thing a this kind is q belt. which Is used foz< l transmitting power to machinery. '-Thats right" said the devil and cries aloud when it is in painf-
 Eloi pondercd a few momsntzs ana then replied: Some say that ifss a| woman. and others say that it's . pul1 ley"
 you're right again. you rascal s&id the devil, who was much annoyed{ But now tell me. What becomes bet4 ter and more powerful the older ana weaker it grows ana the most vaIu@ able when t fs stripped of everxthingf' f'4
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 T can't catch you this fime. sai4 the devil, who was greatly disappeinx3 ed, hut come. let us try another kind of exercise. Which do you prefex& wrestling. jumping or runningYs
 Running" answered Elcf-
 wen" maid the devil. T rm goinm to run three times through tho eastln@ from the cellar to the roof, and if ypw can't catch and hold me for at leasB one second. you're q lost man. KnA off--one, two, threa--P and away b@ dafted like an arrow.
 EIot followed him. but 1.-the, aIerk| and active though lie was. the devil rau quicker than he did. Twenty time# Eloi thought that he had caught himd bat with a bound the devil was again. beyond his grasp. Tn this manne<l they ran through the rooms. clamberenI the stairs. climbed over the roofs. de~s scended again and returned to the firs&i floor.
 'T've won the first round" excIaimM ed the devil, triumphantly. to Elois wnol was quite exhausted. and away he' darted on his second journey. EIoz' pretended to follow him. but soon fs~1 turned to his former position, for tael fairy had whispered some advice fol him. and so he hid himself behind q door.
 Meanwhile the devil. thinking that Eloi was ever at his heels, ran from story to story, and. from room to room. so in a few moments he appeafedi again on the first floor. and just aal he was passing the threshold of the3 the dining room and was cry-3 ing in a loud voice, I've won the sec- ond roundrs Eloi pushed the door vita all his might and caught hls long piE- tail between the panel and the frame ] and then, for fear that 1t might yet es-4 cape him. he fastened it in the twink ling of an eye into a firm knot. The devil was therefore his prisoner. au0f Eloi, still keeping firm hold of fh9i door, seized his bottle and sprinkled the remainder of the holy water ovex the demons pigtail.
 Mercy! Mercyl" then cried the devil vanvert, as he howled with pain. "Givss me my liberty and I'll make you the most powerful Emperor in the wprld-@
 No" said EloL "A man doesn't beA come an Emperor simply because he catches the devil by his pigtail.
 I'm burningH shrieked the devil ''Only let me go and I'll give you all the gold you want"
 The devils money does not benefits any one" replied Eloi. "I'll give you your liberty, however, on three condt- tions. First you must leave this castle and never set foot in 1t again: second. you must restore to life all those wh9 have come here and whom you have carried of. and. third, you must quit the country, so that there may be no more talk about you and your wicked deeds Swear that you'li do these three things. Swear by your eternal dam-