The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-12-07


better than the professors IN our uni
yeFsilies lie then spFihkied the trunk
With holy waller, A little u Il peFoo-
lated through some cracks and eauses
the devil intense paih,
-Ail sues veil. said Aloysius. \
Gill sprinkle him morning and evening
An Master Werner. what q hne catch
you have made. Hereafter the world
~lil sin no more. and evil IL suppressed
On the lniyefse"
lie u possiblss'
-can you doubt its Think that Satan
sas the cause u the hrsl crime which
snEehdeFed ali the Others. lie IL was
Who led on our mother Eve Into evil
and BY her our faihsr Adam and By
them all their descendants. ourselves
Included, Nov that he Is not there IN
whisper evil thoughts 10 men the earth
sili become q paradise. We will all 10
come pure, ~iss and yirtnous"
People aoeked around the public
eFlers In every city and town and gave
expression a. their Joy aud satisfaction
o. the almost Incredible news,
= week had hardly passed before hu
nahliy began Ia gather the fruit of the
happy event NJ winisrbers. No more
tall - ihsfis. Il crimes The maEis.
ualss summoned the public execution
90 and said; Priced your services
arc no longer needed. No moro erimi.
nals, consequently NO more eSecu'
lions "
Tho man answered; "wha, do you
eypec, me 20 doy iwAsiangh, nooiher
trade than The cutting on Of heads -
To which the magistrate ansScrcd:
I'VE arr really sorry good friend, but
iherr wlll bc no more heads for YOU
"a cut"
in the same manner the lailors aud
turkeys scrc dismissed A. useless
sane, ,bs .a..s afIr empty There Ma.
oniy opr pr.suEeT 10 the world and tha'
sAs Master W.EIei tmuk which Ion
AloySiuf spFinkled regularly wiih hel>
water 10 . GOO housewife spflnk.ss be-
lettuce
judge VIC had Bothing 10 Gt
rubbed their hauds ia sies sselnf
which the ciiiEsat sAld; IA there az,
no gully ones io Judge. Nbl should 40
pay iudgesg Presidents. oounaslora
proyosis. balliEf lawyers and all con
ueclcd with oh.ctuery and litigation
we're dying 10 hamilton The pbysi
ciaus tav the practice dwindis ant
could i0rcscc its total extinction. foi
diseases ars. IN most cases. the sor'
roNtu! consequence 81 our cacesscs
Afm.cs we're dlsbanded a. no more
war were possible. since princes hss
ceased to cnyy each others pose.aloEa
The beautiful lmyeria, Who had sect
dukes and mafErsyes at her feet. Nai
begging for food In the streets. a. vel
NJ many Others OF her Kind.
Along with the economic criSis--if
may Use the modern term-co.ncided
curious change In consciences. The
world had fallen into a strange inertia
n sort Of moral laziness that had never
existed before. no more envy. but alse
no more ambition 10 do good. Without
heinous passions. but without those
feats OF devotion which had been tht
honor and redemption Of preceding
ages. IL would have been impossible TO
repeat the crusades Converts were
being vacated o. the iails had been.
No more chaste and pious maidens were
heard OF fortifying themselves In their
cells and Offering themselves In sacri.
fee TO redeem mankind from impunity
and crime
Nothing looked more like antlcipat
Ing death than this soft and cowardly
egotism into which mankind had fallen
since satan vas prisoner
II Is now time to return TO Master
Werner and learn what was going on
there At first the locksmith was
pulled up with pride by the congratula-
tons and compliments heaped upon
him. Curious crowds came to Winter
berg tn see the trunk In which the
poor devil was confined and they nat
urally benefited the little town, for
the pilgrims we're both hungry and
thirsty and much money was made in
supplying their wants. But this curl
osity soon waned and the good lock-
smith came TO feel like others of his
trade. the effects of the crisis men.
toned above All day long Mahanf
kept lecturing him on the subject.
"A fine idea, that of yours. to i'm
prison the devil. who was, after all
your best customer You have had ie
dismiss your apprentices. and befor'