Douglas Island news., 1915-12-08
The Douglas Island News.
niRLOcALFIRLD
A Fools Prayer

A Fools Prayer
 The royal feast was done; the king
 Sought some new sport to bnnish care, And to his jester cried: "Sir Fool
 Kneel now and make for us a prayerW The jester doGed his cap and bells
 And stood the moclIing court before; They could not see the bitter smile
 Behind che painted grin he wore.
 He bowed his head and bent his knee
 Upon tbe monarch's silken stool;
 His pleading voice arose; "Oh Lord,
 Be merciful to me, f0on
 "No pity, Lord, could change the heart From red with wrong to white as wool; The rod must heal the sin, but, Lord,
 Be merciful Co me, fool.
 " 'Tis not by guilt the onward sweep
 or truth and right, O Lord, we stay;
 'Tis by tho lollies that so long
 We hold the earth from Heaven away. 'These clumsy feet, still in the mire. Go crushing blossoms without end; These hard, weil-meaning hands we thr ust  Among the heartstrings of a friend. "The nl-timed truth ve might have kept Who knows how hard it pierced and stuug! The word We had not sense tO say
 Who knows how grandly it had rungf "Our faults no tenderness should ask, The christening stripes must cleanse them
 au;
 But for our blunders O. in shame
 Before the eyes of Heaven we fall.
 Earth bears no balsam for mistakes; Men crown the lnaye and scourge the tool That did his will: but Thou, o Lord. Be merciful Go me, a fOOl.'
 The room was bushed. In silence arose The king. and sought his gardens cool, And walked apart and murmured low; "Be merciful to me, a iool.'
 The Tanker Lsusiug reached Tread we'll last Friday with 44,OOO barrels of fuel oil.
 Miss Gertrude Johnson is recovering nicely from a recent operation at St. Ann Hospital
 A grand Christmas ball will be given at Natatorium Hall on Christmas night by Douglas Aerie, No. IF, F. O.E.
 wv. Casey, Jr., of Juneau, is now full fedged deputy under the appoint meut of Marshal Harry A. Bishop. 
 Francis, the little daughter of Mrs. BarnhHl, underwent an operation at St. Ann Hospital. Sunday, for appendi citis.
 Joe Rossi, of Douglas, who recently suffered an operation for appendicitis, is getting along fine in Juneau hospital
 A man was found wandering around the streets in Juneau last night without clothes, and that town is full of cloth. ing stores, too.
 The steamer Al-Ki sailed from Se- attle for the North last night and may arrive ct Douglas Saturday evening and sail south Monday.
 Friends of Miss Venita lille gave her a linen shower at her home last Friday night. Miss lille is soon to become the bride of Mr. George Greenlee of Juneau.
 The Mexicaus played the Machine Shop in tbe basket ball tournament and beat them 3S to 9. The next game will be Thursday evening between the Mexicans and the Store team.
 Colin M. Blain, formerly a Douglas resident, was aboard the Str. Jefferson last week as freight clerk. When the ship was at Juneau, Collie had the mis- fortune to slip on the gang plank and badly sprain his ankle.
 About a hundred men employed in mills aud shops at Thane were let out the first of the week, and we also under stand that about the same number of machine men at the Perseverance mine have recently quit work.
 The marriage of Miss Ruth Florence Eager to Mir. Charles Leonard Johnson took place at the residence of the brides mother in Seattle, on December 9th. Miss Eager was a resident of Douglas for some time, living with her sister, Mrs- Al. Eggan.
 Most Douglas folks buy Christmas Gifts for some one. If you are looking e,. C,b-;etr,os oicere Keiet has T,Overa