The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-06-05

the task upon which she was en-
gagged.
silence filed the room, and little
later Anna glanced in the direction of
Tobit and as she noted his bowed form
she whispered to herself:
1T is well. He sleeps"
A short while later she was startled
by glad cry from her husband. and
turned to see that he was standing.
and gesticulating wildly, while at the
same time he cried:
Send for Tobias! Send for To
bias!"
And when the young man had come
In the old man told his vision, or
dream, or whatever 1t was in which
there had been brought to his remem.
brance a debt Of the long ago. How
years before when wealth was in his
possession he had placed q goodly
sum In the hands of certain trusted
friend named Gabael Of the city Of
RACES in Media. 4A W
And now, my son Tobias, thou shalt
depart for that distant city and bring
hither those ten talents Of silver"
So it was arranged that the young
man should depart, and with many
misgivings they babe him good-by.
my son, be mindful of the Lord
our God, and take not strange wom-
an to wife, but a daughter of thy IA
theirs tribe"
THAT / can remember the Lord and
serve only him / am certain" thought
Tobias to himself after he had depart
ed, but whittier shall look for such
wife as my father hath spoken off"
He was reused from HIS reverie by
the appearance of stranger before
him with whom he fell into converse
ton, and finding that he knew the
way to RACES, he besought him that
he would go with him, and was much
cheered when he gave his consent.
Now Tobias knew not that 1t was
Gods angel who had come to guide
him on his journey, but as they pro.
ceeded Tobias and his companion
Raphael, conversed together, and the
former unburdened his heart to Raph.
ael and told him Oh his perplexity In
obeying the admonition of his father
regarding the seeking Of wife.
but is not God. who would thus
have you remember his law, able to
guide thy feet and bring thee to the
one whom thou shalt wed!" ques-
toned Raphael.
Yea, verify" exclaimed Tobias.
reverently, and shat night as they
made camp by the side of the Tigris
river his mind was absorbed with this
new thought. He had gone to the
river to wash and as he bent over the
rivers brink great fish leaped forth,
and he was upon the point Of fleeing,
when the voice of Raphael sounded
out sharp and clear:
Flee not! Capture the fish and
bring 1t thither.'
This Tobias was able to do after a
fierce struggle. Raphael cut open
the fish and took therefrom the heart,
the liver and the gall, and placing
them securely in q wrapping, gave
/; them to Tobias and cautioned him
with many solemn words not to let
them leave his possession, "for," said
he, ''the heart and the liver shall give
deliverance from the evil spirit, and
the gall is good to anoint mans
eyes that he see."
Tobias heart gave great leap as
4 he thought of his fathers affiiction.
What Joy he would bring with him
upon his return. The gall should not
go from his possession. but of the
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need he had therefor.
YEA, let the strangers abide uhder
our roof tonight. They be weary
with the long journey" exclaimed
Raguel, a. prominent Jew Of Ectabane
in response to his wife's query re
garding two strangers who had ap
peared OF the door. And as the words
were spoken Raguel came forward
and greeted the men.
why" he exclaimed. excitedly, as
he looked closely into the face of To
bias, thou lookest much like my
cousin Tobit."
And Tobias is ny father" ex
claimed Tobias, now equally sur
prised.
Sara, the daughter, came running
into the room at that moment. Young
and beautiful she was, and as thu
eyes of Tobias fell upon her he loved
her. But as her eyes Let his lool
Of anguish and sorrow spread ovel
her countenance.
I AS the days passed and Tobias
pressed his suit, for, said he, rs no
Sara such an one as my father woult
have me wed being of my family? 2
he became conscious of some myster,
surrounding the beautiful girl. HI
knew she loved him. and yet ofteI
as they were together shuddel
would pass over her ms her eyes woul,
meet his. On the day in which hi
asked for the daughters hand in mar
rage, the father unfolded to him tn,
awful truth that an evil spirit reste,
upon his house and had claimed al
ready seven young men to whom tn
beautiful Sara had been welded. An,
In every case this had happened upol
the wedding eve.
"The heart and the liver Of tn
fish," Ike fash came the though
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