The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-03-25


touched the button and we quickly al
peared at the outskirts of the Ne,
Jerusalem. In very short time W
reached the narrow gate over whic
was inscribed In letters OF gold
ORTHODOX HEAVEN" The Scrap
quickly pulled the bell and Saint Pete
opened the wicket and, recognizing u
said. Here Is a return check 70
Observer Onion" as he will probabl,
want to get out OF the city in an hou
or two. but will look up the accoun
OF Nathan on the books and see hoy
he stands when he has been show
over the place. Nathan, being OF an in
quiring mind commenced to ask ques
tions OF the characters he met
Where's Judas Iseariot??" he asked
oh" said st. Peter "he has been IL
hell 1000 years. You see he sold hii
Savior for thirty pieces Of
"Yes. yes; but he had the decency
to go kill himself while the other Dis
ciple who went back on his Master be
cause he feared the rabble, is now
guarding the gate of Heaven nothwith-
standing the fact that he was a born
coward and But St Peter was
pointing out the shortest way to Hell
to Sociallst-Atheist, and evidently
did not hear.
Just then man OF kingly mien
carrying a harp, came forward and
grasped Nathans hand. Permit me to
introduce King David. said the
soraph. "Davy this is the man who
has been putting up such a powerful
(?) defense of your life and public
character in the columns of the Chief.
tain" do they stlll read my poetry
below?" asked the Shepherd King
eagerly, and what do the modern
critics say of it?p 'Well, said Nathan,
being a poet myself, feel that can
assure you on the strictly Q. T. that
some of your stuff doesn't equal mine,
as for instance. that poem of yours
which bears the number of our Ritual.
109, in which you pray for God to de-
spoil your enemies and your enemies
and all their property" 1T
seems to me" said Nathan. that you
are little too vigorous in that Gem
Of Verse, and you 80 little beyond
what | consider the proper limits pre-
scribed for a poet in defense of super
stition, have no hesitancy in calling
the enemy himself, liar or thief or a
son of the Devil, or any other oppro-
brious. epithet. but draw the line at
sending the curse down the line to his
posterity. You may be right" said
Saurs successor. but here is Mrs.
David Number 964. let me present
you but checked him didn't
care for my friend to make an female
acquaintances in strange town.
Lets see" said Nathan, aren't you
the fellow that despoiled Urlahs wife
and had her husband murdered2"
Yes" answered King Dave. 4 did do
that but | repented, wrote the 51st
Psalm. and poured out my soul in that
document. so that the Lord wiped the
,harge of tha slate-entering Nolle
Prose-. Id rather you wouldn't men,
ion that little incident any more as
I'M touchy on that point
II man is only piousn he continued
and strictly orthodox, all things are
orgiven him. All, here is my distin.
suished ancestor. Father Abraham. Al
ow me to present you"
Come nestle in this bosom with |
lazarus" said the patriarch; but Nath-
in being in fear that Lazarus was not
,ntirely healed lodged the embrace
Are you the party that gave your wife
o the Oriental King. saying: "She is
ny sister," Did you send Hagar out
nto the desert with your son? Are
-ou the person that preferred the lie |
i libertine to the death of a gentle
NAM But he had already seized
larp and joined in the snake dance
bout the throne crying with his
racked voice, Holy, Holy, Holy" Lot
ind his wo daughters came tripping
" 10 the sound of the timbrel The |
eraph beckoned the husband of the
Pillar of Salt and he came to stand
,tn, ~You are the party whose right.
saved you when Sodom and
iomorrah were swept on the earth by
he besom of destruetion?7 The very
iame." he replied. You are also the
,ersonage that turned his daughters
mt To the rabble?@ Lot said sathing.
one more question. ara this Fer tae |
,enetit of genealogy writer's. Tell
ne what relation you bear to the
,raud children of Moab and Ammong
Haven't time to answer such foolish
ma unlearned uuestions pleaded the