Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-11-16
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the Lambs are all out in the
country. If thy plans but go
arieht promise thee an hun
dred fold next season. And
there was great speech making
and much felicitation.
And when they had we'll
Toasted, the Chief said: | pass
among thee an earthen plate in
which We are requested to drop
coin. Then the assemblage
murmured, saying: Didst thou
not tell us the people woul
bond their homes for this Tenn
Iplc9 Then why these coins?
The Chief was sore displeased
and made answer thus: True,
but know We not we must re-
tainmanv hirelings to go among
the people, with smooth speech
and weighty arguments to in
iduce them to part with their
Ishekels? And there were five
and twenty hundred pieces of
silver laid on the plate.
And when the people heard
these things they murmured
exceeding loud and refused to
| / comforted. Then said one
llntc the other, Alas, alas, arc
mot our homes and firesides now
bonded for five times ten thous-
and pieces of silver? Then why
are we asked to bend our backs
beneath this exceeding heavy
load? The children cropping on
our hearthstones will have
grown to bearded men ere it be
paid. Yea, our chlldren's chill
dren yet shall groan and sweat
under this business. Thus from
sire to son, from son to son the
burden must be shifted. Alas,
alas, where will it all end; when
these bonds fall due and we
have not wherewith to pay, will
not the money lender from
some Eastern Kingdom come
and drive us from our home?
And when the Wise Men
heard these Murmurs even uD
10 the walls of the Capital, they
trembling shook with fear, lest
his ir pregnant hopes should
Hither and die. And they sum-
moned themselves together and
spa!le thus one unto the other:
10 the people beat their breasts
and tear their hair and cry out,
we aim to tax their children's
children. Fools they are; what
has posteritv done for them?
Nothing. What then do they
owe posterity? Nothing. Where
fore then tn S, lamentations?
Something must be done to APP
pease the mu' titude. And they
called their h enchnlen together,
which were the Rulers the peo-
pie had set up to rule over
them. And unto John they
spake thus and said:
John, thou art the Unterri-
fed. Long hast thou recog-
mice the wisdom of our reign,
yea long before thou were lifted
up to rule over the people. Go
thou down into the valley of
the Boyer, ven. even beyond
the House of Walker, wherein
do dwell many Of the pc r of
our Kingdom. Long hast thou
dwell amongst the Boyerites
Rally there our friend: to our
standard. We are sore OPP
pressed and must have silver
for this Temple. Mark you,
John, next year the people set
.|up now Rulers. Thou knowest
t'loa hat not many followers
i'm thv Party. They may not re-
turn YOU, but when they see this
Temple building they will say
Lo, no time to swap steeds unit
we have reached the farther
Bank, a saying thou hast heard
Def ere, and they will return
thee as Ruler.
And unto George the Ac.
countant they spake thus: Go
thou over into the valley of the
Mosquito, even unto Yorkshire,
the southeasterly city of our
Kingdom; thy people dwell
there. Speak you to those Mo.
squitoites, tell them of our wise
reign and bring them to oul
way of thinking, but if you
find them loath to put these
Bonds on their houses, advise
! them to remain in their homes
and not attend the assemblage
Go thence into Persia, a city in
that valley. Thou once did
purchase wheat and maize there
for some elevator men who
Hong have robbed our farmers
of their grains. Speak to those
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