Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-03-15
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Bishop Olmstead. OF Colorado. In an
address on perseverance. said:
Let me underscore this word 'perss-
verance' with an anecdote about . little
girl / used to know.
This little girl. whose father was q
clergyman. lay abed one day with .
bad cold. and in the afternoon. being
bored, she decided that she wanted to
zee her father-to get him to tell her .
fairy story, or something Of that sort.
but her father was busy.
He 10 writing his Sunday morning
Sermon said the mother. and he must
not be disturbed
"'But I want to see him badly the
little girl persisted.
".No, dear her mother repeated.
He 10 busy. We can't interrupt him.
1.-THE little girl, persevering. frowncd
She glared at her mother, and sitting
up in bed. she said:
ct am sick woman, and want to
zee my minister"
The Prodieal's Return.
Solomon Homer. the brilliant Choc-
taw Indian, said 1T his home In Caddo
that he needed to be very intelligent
ana industrious Indian who would 70
out into the world and make name.
MANY Indians" he said, ''go out into
the world. and some Of them. Of
course. succeed. Those who fail re-
turn home, and that 10 sad returning,
for every one sneers at the young man
whom the world has conquered and
driven back.
1T 10 not much Of welcome that tho
returned Indian gets. even III his
fathers house.
"There was Black Eagle. a Choctaw.
He went to Chicago. failed, and came
back home. But he was afraid to go
to his fathers house till an old man
said:
"'Are you going to your fathers.
Black EagleT
~ don't know" the youth answered.
"'Go there said the old man, Tor
you will be very welcome. There 10 no
doubt Of it.
"Heartened little, Black Eagle did
60 to his fathers. and the next day
he met the old man again.
1.-THE old man smiled kindly.
$50 the prodigal returned he said:
And did your father kill the fatted
calf?'
"'No. Black Eagle answered. he
didn't kill the fatted calf, but he nearly
killed the prodigal.'"
| A Disappointing Waterfall.
1.-THE late William Sharp. the Irish
poet" said an editor twas once talk
ing about books that describe noted
places and things-Byron's description
Of the Dying Gaul,' Zola's description
of Lourdes. Washington Irving's de-
scription OF the Alhambra.
| "Mr. Sharp thought these descrip-
lions caused deal OF disappointment.
They made people expect too much.
Suddenly he turned to me-
Did you ever see Niagara he
asked.
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''Then. he said. / would sympathixe
with the experience Of an American
abroad. This man had lived beside
Niagara all his life. and loved TIC
great waterfall passionately.
! "But one day he happened upon
Southey's excellent description Of the
falls Of Ladore--'the way that the
water comes down at Lodore.' And he
made up his mind that the Lodore falls
must be in many ways finer than Nj.
agara. and. packing his trunk, he made
a trip to Cumberland.
AFTER a Journey Of thousands OF
miles. he reached Cumberland. and he
arrived at the place where he had been
told that the falls OF Lodore were sit
uated. But where were they? He could
not ind them. he could not hear thei,
deep -oar. Nor vestiGe could he be.
hc'A 4 Of Southey's mighty torrent tum.
ding and laundering down the noun.
tain side.
Tired with his vain search. he sa,
down to rest: and while he rested q
young farmer approached.
Young man. said the American
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