The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-07-04

NOAOSS he
go We would have done it long ago. but Won
nave been SO shy of us, Johnnie that we couIdn,t
Du, now we are one again, and we'll live in peace
ana harmony, and have a good time penera1,
e'iu SO they did And things were decidedly an
geic Tor some time. But not lonq af+er,,od
quGstionS began to come up upon which Johnnie
mad very decided convictions SIGHTS and ccea,
oesdh 10 present themselves, to which he had
10 see and to accept the inevitable and n1ac;dI,,
oIen ehtirely unaccustomed. And scents and
were waited upon the breezes in that CON
ooludteu confederation that his ecclesiastical nos
trlIs could not put up with and he hogan +o e,ee
ana sneeze and to show signs of restiveness and
Y0i PosluVe aversion. But his protests disan
PloDation and opposition were of no avail Tb
T Jt Orethren were too many for him. and il
Gruh take long to get him hoored completely,
ne greater number of Johnnies had the wisdom,
Sleiu as they were swallowed I'D But , f
WI" more pluck and brains than discretion -deter
ni'ned to stand true to their convictions and 80
noiu '"el principles at every cost You see the
result that's what those broken limb 49, :
bloody bandages and their place in the ta e,d 'ilq ~
the procession all means" u u
wy He"lt SANK within me as | gazed uDon tb, =
battered and bunged-up little band and aa1; t-i"
sadly what they had been through. And 7 rnI,r
heres visible unity "e
But why in the name of con,,,,o, go ;,
nocehtly asked my guide, "whv uon't +besa Cal
lows come out from that union when thew fonnd
n"i t growing so hot for them? That was one
~ me aIIurlng features of the scheme when nre
scented to that church, that thew wor1dn,+ ~
thelr identity and could withdraw ,ybe,.a 20
their identity?" O"' ana save
TOT the same reason, replied the Colonel with
., O"u grin across his face from ear to ear. Cor
. .i same reason that Jonah didn't come ont IS
=; "HHie belly alter he had recklessly plunged
III neadtoremost. His coming out didn't 49,
on his inclinations but on the wbaIe,s aepe"u
~ "eit III ne went in to stay until tbe ,,bo1a
slcKened on him and threw him out
= saw the point and said nothing Nor did =
"toIu me any relief to see in the pockets of Soma
~ t"ese dlaPldated skeletons various antiouated
copies OF newspapers and Volumes M 80
cleS, all pOrtraying in GLOWING co1or - PNc-
cent pressing that were to descend on Tobnnit
mead by his entering this haleluiah combinat;or,
arrangement, that they all might be one a.
PooI IeHoW' muttered | to myself. che ouobt
li,,t. 70 nave done IT. He ought to have kept
our OF such a scrape." But L had tborob+ 1,Ips
'han l was aware of or had intended.
/, nat 90 you mean?' vociferated the Colonel
ms i"0e Hushed with anger; what do Won rnea,
ST. by indulging in such expressions bere7 WThern
were you raised anyhow"
caring lest my explanation of where and hon,
mad been raised, might be construed into a.;
loyalty to the flag, l again remained s; i,so us
Sald nothing. But | could not helm ,,,; Wv
N'ousiy around to catch glimpse of some ,.ss
ing bird OF Paradise as he Auttered pentI,, ~, 80
TO near the cooling dove pouring forth her sootb.
ing strains INTO the weary ear-but somehow Or
otner' neither one of these birds were anvvvbere
TO De seen So | ventured timidly once more TO
inquire as to their whereabouts
BIRDS OF Paradise, birds of Paradise. cooling
uoVea, muttered the Colonel musinplv TO him
self; why stranger their necks were ,r,,no, 5
.nelr wings clipped long ago, and they never come
around these parts now" '''0
ooh, see" says l.
continuing to gaze at the recedng phantoms as
ule weary rear-guard and diapidated tail end Of
'Ie procession passed out of view-graduallv the