Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-13

gotten When Example Fills the
Eyes o. Men.
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stout,
ge loved tobacco, the Deacon did.
Aad never was found without his guild
Sat he tli,d his best 20 keep II hid,
Tor the Deacon ele'tely reasoned that
The sly, keen-aSe0 tabosaphat
On seeing the sirA axe his chew
Might some time da.e to try it. too.
Which the Deacon vowed would never
do;
50 the boy was made to understand
He would have his packet soundly tanned
II ever he dared to taste or touc.
The thing the Deacon loved so much;
And as far as the. world had seen q
heard
The Deacon never broke his word.
An I was saying, the snow came down
Fill the Deacon, who'd planned to drive
to town
That very day, was quite shut in.
And. as a punishment for his sin,
lie hadn't SO much as a single chew,
So what In the world was the man to do?
He was all of q tremb,e; his nerves, ere
long
Were quite unstrung. and the world
seemed wrong.
rhe outward sign OF an inward grace
chat sometimes shone on the Deacon'a
face
Seemed gone forever and in its place
Was a sorry look of deep dismay.
And those who got in the Deacons way
Were quite surprised at the things he'd
say;
And once he kicked at the old house cat
1n fact, did several things like that.
Which didn't appear exactly right
In one who posed as a shining light.
The Deacon, in seeking substitute
For the noxious weed chewed burdook
root.
And cinnamon, licorice. sassafras.
Gloves, boneset peppermint-alas!
He'd have willingly chewed a pitch pine
knot
Or anything else no matter what
Sweet. sour, bitter, cold or hot
If only it would have touched the spot"
The snow kept coming more and more,
Till the Deacon. l fear, he almost swore
For he fumed and fretted and said by
George.
This is worse than the suffering at VAL
ley Forge.
For, though I've plenty Of food and
clothes
There's something dearer than both Of
those"
eoys are their fathers born again,
And precept IL forgotten when
Example fills the ewes of men.
Like sire like son. the youth had
TO use the weed he should have spurned
Down in his heart the Deacon's boy
Well knew he held the keys to joy.
Bat, ah. he dare not rouse the ire.
The fierce the allconsuming fire,
The laying on-of of-hand. desire
OF that stem Puritanlc sire
BY saying to him, You shall share
My stock, since I have some to spare"
The Deacon verged upon collapse
When wondrous thing occurred, per-
Twas sent in answer to his pryaer
For when he rose up from his chair
o joyous spectacle! lying where
He was sure to see it. now what do you
think
The Deacon saw, and quick as wink
Slipped into his pocket? Twas twist
cs tobacco half as big as his fist!
And the Deacon saying his last Amen"
Gave one swift glance at che boy and
then
BY reason OF instinct clearly knew
The truth, and knew that his boy did,
too.
Old he trounce that youngster lons and
good
AS a stiff -necked, true-blue Puritan
should?
All, no. His drawn face peamed and
smiled
In way that meant GOD bless you,
child!'