The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-09-23

But why can't have BOTH" she
exclaimed. impatiently. why rant
have the gods Of my father and the,
God Of Jacob. too? In the land to
which we are going will find no gods
like these, and what would do II
Jacobs God should fail us?"
Thus clinging to the teraphim, she
slipped stealthily out OF the tent and
concealed them in the saddle of her
camel.
That day and the next and the next
Jacob pressed forward with his wives
and children and all his substance.
And on the third day after his depart
ure there came q messenger to Laban,
telling him that Jacob had fed.
II was passing the place where his
tents had been pitched and his fiocks
had fed" explained the servant. "and
| found II desolate, and while I was
IN doubt as to what 1t meant, met a
traveller from the south who told me
OF meeting with a big caravan making
its way 10 the southwark, and from
HIS description II could have been
Laban dropped his shears and stared
In establishment at the speaker, while
his sons jumped to their feet. exclaim-
Ing, nercely.
He has escaped us. Could some
ono have warned hlm?"
Let us pursue after him." cried La
ban. now thoroughly aroused. Surely
We can overtake him. for with his
fiocks and herds and wives and little
ones he cannot move swiftly"
Late on tho afternoon of the seventh
day they came In sight OF the rear por-
ton of Jacobs caravan, MS II was
winding up over the rocky pathway OF
Mount Gllead.
See. there they are! Tomorrow
early we will fall upon them and re-
cover our daughters and our sub
stance" Laban cried. exultantly.
Nay, let US not delay" urged the
sons. Ere nightfall we can gain the
outer border of their camp and then.
when darkness has come, we can fall
upon them"
mot so, my sons" Laban objected,
lest In the darkness some harm come
to the women and the children, and
the flocks and herds be scattered and
lost in the mountains"
And that night God came to Laban
in dream, and said unto him:
Take heed what thou doest. Speak,
not to Jacob, either gold or bad"
Laban started up in terror. What
was 1t? Had he been dreaming? or
had some awful voice spoken to him?
He shouted to his sons, and as they
came hurrying to him he asked II
they had heard anything. And then
he told them his dream.
1T must have been Jacobs God"
concluded Laban, in an awed voice.
And strange fear fell upon them all,
and next day when they overlook
Jacob, and came upon his camp, they
offered no violence, but instead, Laban
chided Jacob, saying:
What has thou done that thou hast
stolen away unawares to me, and car
ried away my daughters. as captives
taken with the sword? Wherefore didst
thou fee away secretly, and steal away
from me; and didst not tell me, that
might have sent thee away with mirth,
and with songs, with tabret. and with
harp? And hast not suffered me to
kiss my sons and my daughters? Thou
hast done foolishly in so doing. 1t is in
the power of my hand to do thee hurt;
but the God of your father spake unto
me, saying: Take thou heed that thou
speak not to Jacob either good or bad
And now, though thou wouldst needs be
gone. because thou sore longedst after
thy fathers house, yet wherefore hast
thou stolen my gods?"
Jacob had listened in great irritation
during the vainglorious speech of
Laban, and as he concluded with the &C
cusation Of having stolen his gods his
anger flashed forth and he exclaimed:
with whomsoever thou findest thy
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
paled and her heart sank within her.
With cry to Jacobs God for help, for
she felt instinctively that the gods she
had concealed could not help her, she
waited In terror while Labap searched
through all 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
camel's furniture upon which she was
sitting.
And Jacob was wroth and chode with
Laban charging all the manifold wrongs
which he had suffered at his hands, and
with aggravating GOODNESS Laban re-
sponded:
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
us make covenant. and thou; and let
It be for witness between me and
thee"
And Jacob took stone and set 1t up
for pillar, and commanded his
brethren to gather stones, and accord