The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-03

one not willing to resign from it mus
leave the church. l am astonishet
that heads of families and men ol
probity should band together for sucf
a purpose"
Truthful Smith, who was presiden,
then, denied that there was any lying
There might have been in the begin
ming, and the name still clung, but the
story. told by every member, was the
truth and calculated to eptertain and
enlighten. He then had several Of the
members tell their favorite yarns. but
the minister was not to be deceived.
He reiterated his ultimatum, and at
the next meeting it was resolved to dis.
band the club. The only one who stood
out against 1t was Philetus Swiftfoot.
He had paid the lightning rod man q
dollar extra for lessons, and he had a
story about being out on the plains and
lodging the Indians for two weeks.
They got him ut last and were burn
ing him at the stake when a squaw
who had been in love with his grand
father came forward and saved his
life. Philetus had told that story over
and over until he had come to believe
It and made his wife and children be-
lieve 1t. He was ready to sell his farm
once to a stranger for good price, but
because the man refused to believe the
Indian story he was told to 20 on about
his business. 1t was once told from
the stand in place of Fourth of July
address, and it fired the public heart
to beat Bunker Hill all to pieces.
DO you mean that I've got to quit
telling my Indian story?" asked Phile
tus as the motion was made to dis
solve.
Unless you tell it on the steps of the
grocery, and then nobody will believe
you," was the reply.
Then shall kick. You fellers NAV
go out of the club and be hanged to
you, but I'll keep it going. think lust
as much of the church as any man, but
nothing can induce me to drop that
story. Why, what was the vse Of nv
being almost roasted alive by them In
Juns II wasn't to live to tell of ity'
But the old man was sat down on.
The club dissolved, and he was left
alone, and every time he started out to
tell his story he was laughed and
sneered at AT length he gave over, but
folks noticed change In him almost
at once. He began to lose flesh and to
look drawn about the eyes, and there
was no longer a cheerful ring to his
voice. The thing was preying on his
mind, and It did not pass of after two
or three months, as folks predicted.
What made the matter worse was that |
the lightning rod man came back on a
visit after all those years. He expect
ed to find the Liars club In full blast
and better than ever, and when he was
told that it had dissolved and that the |
best liar in it could no longer get an |
audience, he hunted up Philetus and |
said:
Tell me that lie about the Indians I |
made up for you ten years ago."
Lie? Lie? What lie do you meanT'
asked Philetus.
why, about your being tied to q
stake when sQuaw rescued you. You
paid me dollar in cash for that lie.
and l understand it always took the
,ake."
Sir" said Philetus as he drew him
'elf up, Il know nothing about any lie.
When a young man I went west,
MD
"But you were never as far west as
Buffalo,
Il went west, AID after lodging the
indians for two weeks I was''-
"You never saw an Indian in your
ife"
What! Wasn't I captured and tied
0 the stalker"
Never"
"And didn't sQuaw rescue me Just ,
8 the fagots were lightedT' /,
"Not on your life! I made the whole
hing up for lie, and you knew it was =
lie. Mr.. Swiftfoot, come off your
erch. The liar has had his day in this
)wn."
'Do you mean itY'
'For sure'
Philetus turned away without anoth- =
: word, and that night he went to the
arm and committed suicide by hang
g. Life was no longer worth the liv- ,
g to him. NJ. QUAD.