The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-09-22

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Z sas passing the place whore bis
tsnfs baf been pitched and his SOCKS
had led, explained the servant. AID
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10 GpaLt as 10 what It meant. I IRE. Z
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zone other Than that 1g Jar35
Labar dropped his shear an. STARED
IN astyuishmeat a. The speaker ahl.t
Biz sons jgtagea 10 their feel. g4c.asm-
EE, bzTesIy:
lie has escaped Gs Could s0ns
ono have warned him7"
LET gs pursue after him" cried La
ban, nos thoroughly aroused surely
"a can oT.ElsEs hlm. for with his
f.. an4 herds and wives aad l...s
ones be caEaot move swiftly
Lalr on the afternoon gg the seventh
Joy they came ia sight OF the rear POT
'ala ri Jaogbs caravan. as Is was
Winding no oger the r3-Ey pa;haay Of
Mount giea&.
See. there they are; Tomorrow
ally we viii fail UPON them and re.
a'fE gaF daughters and our sub
a.a17 La54g cried, s~zgltaagly.
Nay. ier us not delay urged the
sons Ere r.Eh-fsll Ne can gain the
.a-sE harder II their camp and then
aaa darkness has e.le. we a fall
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Not g. ny sons La5aa objected
tts. ll The darkness Some harm coma
10 .Ha women aai the children. arf
.aa G'cas and herbs be scattered and
an7t in The mogU.451s"
and that night God came 10 Laaaa
10 q dream, aEd said unto him.
Take head what th9g 40est Speak
not TO jacob. either got8 Or bal"
Latan started up In terror. What
was ii; Had be been dreaming or
had some awful voice spoken 20 him.
He shouted 10 his Sons. and as they
came hurryirg 10 him he asked II
hey had heard anything. And then
he told them his dream.
ut must have been Jacobs Col.
Concluded Laban, in an awed voice
And a strange fear fell upon them all
ana next day when they overlook
Jacob, and came upon his camp. they
offered no violence, but Instead. I.abap
Chiled Jacob. saying:
What has thou done that thou hast
stolen away uRa.ares to me, and car.
T.ed away my daughters. as cap,Iyes
taken with the sword? Wherefore dlds'
thou fee away secretly. and steal away
from me; and did5t not tell me, that |
might have sent thee away with mirtb |
and with songs. with tabret. and with
harp? And hast not suffered me to
kiss n7y sons and my daughters? Thou
hast done foollahly in so doing It is in
the power Of my hand to do thee hurt;
hut the God Of y0ur father gpake unto
me, saving: Take thou heed that thou
speak rot to Jacob either good or bad.
And now though thou wouldst needs he
gone, because thou sore longedst after
Thy fathers house, yet wherefore hast
thou stolen my sods?"
Jacob had listened in great irritation
during The y%aiuglGrious speech D,
Lahsn, and as he concluded with the &C
eusaiion Of having Stolen his gods his
anger flashed forth and be exclaimed:
with whomsoeyer thou fndest tby
gods, let him not live" for Jacob knew
not that Rachel had stolen them.
Jacobs words reached the ears of
Rachel as she sat within her tent, and
as their awful import was realized she
palod ana her heart sank within her
With a cry to Jacobs God for help. for
she felt instinctiyely that the gods she
had concealed could not help her. she
waited In terror while Laban searched
through ali the tents and at last came
to hers, and while he peered into every
nook and Granny she watched him with
nervous apprehension. But he found
them not. for they were concealed in the
camol's furniture upon which she was
And Jacob was wroth and chode with
Laban charging all the manifold wrongs
which he had suffered at his hands, and
a%gsrayating ~coolness Laban re,
aponded:
These daughters are MY daughters,
and these children are my children, and
these cattle are my cattle, and all that
thou seest is mine; and what can | do
this day unto these my daughters. or
unto their children which they have
borne? Now therefore come thou, let
make a covenant, | and thou; and LEI
ID be for a witness between me and
And Jacob took a stone and set it up
for a pillar, and commanded his
brethren to gather stones, and accord.
Ing to the custom of the people they
them in a circle about this cen.