Milford chronicle., 1912-05-03
AGAIN
ABROAD in THE LAND
Lsaveth a aPathwsy of TribuIation Ere He
Foldeth His Tent and Wandereth on.

And it came to pass that there was woe
upon the land, for the sooth-sayer had
come, and he had departed.
And while he had been abroad in that
land, he had told the people, To- these
many things. And from whence he came
or whittier he went, the sons of men knew
not, neither did they care.
Sufficient unto the day is the evil there
of, and he was gone. And they were
thankful.
For it had come to pass that one fine
day the Milfordites had awakened from
their slumbers, and 10, the Great Mystic
Adept of the ages that are past and gone
was in their midst. And they were glad,
for the pages of the future were about to
beopened unto them, at shekela 'fute.
And they were filled with joy.
And in that land there was forthwith a
search for shekels. And the Great and
Only Mystic Adept was not the least in
the shekel-hunt for it was said among
the sons of men and the daughters of
women, that he had departed with many
shekels, yea, even more than they had to
spare.
And he did set up his tent in their
midst and did proceed, in the words of
the ungodly, to get busy with their
''rhinO, and pieces of silver.
For in those days they Aocked to hear
his words of wisdom. And they went
home heavy-hearted and light-pursed.
For verify he said unto them; Give me
of your shekels, that I may unfold unto
you the wisdom of the prophets. And |
they did even so.
And to some he told that they would be
overtaken by the plague that was abroad |
in the land And they were very sad.
But unto them he saith: "Giye unto me
these many more shekels, and will steer
the obstreperous plague unto thy man
servant, or thy maid servant, or unto thy
mother-in-law that is within thy gates.
And they departed from their hard-earned
ducats, and were glad.
And he chuckled into that part Of his
raiment which was called of men his
sleeve, and deposited the shekels at his
girdle, and waited for more suckers, of
whom the papyrus of the anciehts said
there was one born every minute. And
that land was prolific.
And unto the maidens that yearned for
the embracing arms of the young men he
said Give thou also of thy store of shek-
els, that l may make him take thee to
wife" And they did even so; and they,
too, went away from the tent of the
Mighty One with sad hearts, because OF
the suspicion that they had been buncoed
and that the reluctant loved one would
escape.
Yea, even the old maids did crowd upon
him saying Master, tell us of the future.
We would know who is to be the goat,
and when he will cavort across our pas
ture, that we may capture him before 1t
is too late, and he escape. And ne SAID
unto them with woful face,
"Give me of thy store of the long green,
that may look into the future, and ease
both thy longing and thy weight OF woe
and lucre." And the did even as ne had
said.
And he said unto one of them THY
days in the lists of the old maids are
numbered. Verify say unto thee, the
numbers of the days are short, and the
number of thy progeny will be many, to
gladden. thy heart in thine old age; yea,
thou shalt soon meet thy affinity, and |
will make him to take thee to wife, and
thy sons shall be nine, and they shall
surely arise in their might and go out to
battle with the mighty tribe OF the Ath-
letics, and will defeat them with great
slaughter. And there shall be Joy in the
land, and though shalt be called the most
blessed of women"
And she departed from both the sooth-
saver and her shekels, and was very glad.
For verify in the sacred confines of her
did she cut three pages of
The calendar, that the days of this joyful
event should be even 1essened. For she
was very sad.
And when he had said these sayings,
verify, he gathered his shekels into his
yirdle, folded his tent, and fitted away.