The L'Anse sentinel., 1905-07-22

81 TAN& what story the lit
G.. tie Jacob wanted.
you know,
grandpa! The one about Noah. and
how he built the ark and rode on the
food, and the rainbow. and"
"Oh, no, tell us about Nimrod, who
was such a mighty hunter" eagerly
spoke up the other lad. Il hike to
hear how he killed the great beasts,
and was not afraid of anything. I'm
going to be hunter some day, just
like Nimrod!" and, seizing stick ly-
ing on the ground, he swung 1t vigor-
ously above his head and brought it
down with sounding whack on the
trunk of the great tree under which
they were resting.
That's the way I'll knock the wild
beasts meet" he cried. boastfu,ly.
putting with the energy he had put
| into his blow.
did ever tell you the story of Cain
and Abel? No, not the sad, sad one OF
the fatal quarrel and the fight from
home of Cain. That was the sequel,
the elimination of earlier wrong
doing, for failure and crime are not
Matched in a minute, but are the cumu-
lative effects of earlier habits and
misdeeds."
did you know Cain and Abel, grand
pa?" questioned Jacob, who viewed the
gray hairs of the old man as evidence
that he had lived long enough to have
known almost everybody about whom
he talked.
Abraham laughed as he replied:
"Your grandfather has lived a good
many years, and is getting pretty Old
hundred three score and ten-but his
acquaintance does not so back as far
as that. Noah told me the story as he
heard 1t from the lips OF his grand
father. Methuselah, and Methuselan
you will remember, lived to pe}a ve:y
very old man; in fact. he lived the
longest of any man of whom we have
any record, and he heard the sto;I
from Adams own lips"
as there anything about animals anC
hunting in the story, grandpa" broke
in Esau, who was impatient over tn
interruption, and cared little wheth"
his grandfather had known Cain ant
Abel or not. In fact all he cared TO
in a story was the stir and action
Details were wearsome to him. II
could wait all day to find out the nest
ing place of some coveted bird. or h
could study with greatest care AM
patience the habits of fox or hare 81
that he might be able to set his ira
to capture them. but to listen to dr.,
facts or the details of story he woui
not If he could help it.
you'll have to take the story as i
comes, and see for yourself. Grandia
ther Is not going to pick out the plum
for you and leave the dry but whole
some bread untouched" responded th
: aged patriarch, as he drew the bo
closer to his side and looked dow
. earnestly into his face. He had Ion
since come to realize that there was
: depth to Jacob which was lacking
: Esau, and he was anxious to awake
:. in the latter an interest and desire &c
: something beyond the mere physics
: and material That morning a litr
" episode had occurred which brougl
this characteristic OF the lad fresh
:, his attention.
!, The two boys had been sent by the
: father Isaac with a message to one
the herdsmen down the valley. direc
= ing him to select two Of the fine
" lambs in the flock and send them bat
by Esau and Jacob, as he desired
- make an offering unto the Lord, al
instructing the boys to be careful al
e see that no harm or injury came to &
= lambs in bringing them home, "foI
- said Isaac, with emphasis. 'our offs
u ing to the Lord must be without blel
ish."
Thus admonished, the brothers stal
IN ed of. In good time they arrived
es the point where the herd was feedif
mt and, having delivered their messa
ell and having been provided with two
the very finest lambs In the splent
lie flock by the careful herdsman, th
Or. started back towards nome, leading
Id. gentle creatures by the long leathe
uit thongs.
.ed Now It chanced that their pathw
led over the route usually taken Y
,p- traders in their journeying to and
Isoj between Egypt and the eastern col
mt. try, and 1t happened that day that II
snt met q company Of sthese merchar
who had halted under the shade Of
sh- little grove Of trees and were prep
ing to cook their meal having trave
ing during the cool Of the early morning
ev-l AZ the boys came up leading %
lambs. the ane appearance of the
lar. ~ atfracted tie attention Of the q
lat. chants nnd they ofIered q buy ther