The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-17
Weighed and Found Wanting.

Judgment" former the single world- expressing thought of the next line. Daniel 5:27, "Tekel, thou art weighed in the balance and art found wanting" Re- irrespective and condemnng were the thoughts which ran through e.cry gazer's mind How could his life. :N afd and sinful habits bear judgment
 But, as he puzzled upon such an ab- sorbing question, hls fingers turned the little egg further around. and there, em- bossed as It were in ire flashed the an- swer, Hell" Daniel 5:2S, Pores thy life Is divided and given to the devll.' The mysterious handwriting was explain ed and fear welled up in many mind.
 Passed From House to House.
 As if 1t were one of the two tablets of Moses, the citizens of Woodlawn care fully handled the strange egg, and with many Q whisper passed It around rom house to house. The fame of the wonder ful thing spread abroad. until 1t became the common talk of the streets.
 Little children gathered in their back yards stuck fingers in their ears, and between gasps gazed at the SKY for some horrible sign. Older people squirmed and perspired while they paced the floor, and thought over their past llvea
 Finally the news spread until it reached Birmingham and was reported at police headquarters by Officer smith. He stated that he had looked upon the miracle with his own eyes, and was sure that it bore the stamp of something at least unusual. A representative of The Age-Herald was dispatched to hunt the egg and investi- gate the great mystery. Everywhere in Woodlawn he heard talk of the prophetic egg, but nowhere could it be found. At every house the inmates stated that they had seen 1t, but it had been as quickly passed on to the wondering eyes of the next door neighbor.
 Toward dusk, after chasing through many streets, and listening to the vari- ous interpretations that frightened per sons placed upon the incident of the egg, he reached the home of Mrs. Elliott on Forty-fifth street. and there found the treasure carefully laid away for the night.
 Blood-Curding Words We're There.
 All that had been said of it seemed true. The blood curdllns words were there, and no signs of scatchng or any thing denoted that the raised letters had been attached The egg looked as though it had been laid fresh the day before just it was. The story that was told corroborated the belief that it had been a prophetic message.
 The back trail was then taken up. and the course of the traveller followed close ly until he reached the home of J. II. Foot MT. Foot referred him to Will Firth, a resident six blocks away in Kingston Mir Frith had been handed the egg by his little children. They in turn stated they had received it from the house across the street. and hence, in the home of MT. Neugent the egg was traced to its birthplace.
 The hand of the prophet whose work had so aroused the conscience of hun dreds was at last brought to view. Twas that of young crippled boy, who, while unable to move about had been inves- tigating the wonderful and mysterious. Tells the Secret.
 "rhe egg" he coniided in secret was laid by one of our old common hens l first dipped it into some warm tallow, and then with q pin carefully sketched the words. making q double outline for each letter. Then 1 dipped the egg In cupful of vinegar, and after the acid had eaten away some of the shell exposed by the pin lines I scraped off the tallow, and there was Death, Judgment, Hell" 1 gave 1t to some children. and never believed that it would frighten so many people in the town
 So the citizens of Woodlawn may be assured that the impending judgment up- on them has been deferred and they may breaths free air once more.
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