Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1915-05-06

the very sidewalk we walk on viii be
made OF gold. And the house-fronts
win be Of rubies and diamonds. ITS
all there" he says. slapping the Good
Book.
He was 30 emphatic that we couldn't
argue with him any more. and reluct.
antiy Henry agreed to accept the third
OF his capital. which came 20 seven
thousand dollars He had drawn every
thing out Of the bank and sold out his
holdings at n loss. and I tell you is
made me cape to see Henry eooily
pocketing seven thousand dollars In
bills Cousin James and Cousin Jen-
ME had already had theirs.
"The poor old fellow win have an
income Of just six dollars a week
when we hand this back TO him." said
Henry to me. as we walked homeward.
We put the money In the stocking
In the chimney, and after that there
was nothing to do but wait. Three
weeks went by. and then we all got
invitations to be at Uncle Zeke's house
on Tuesday night at ten. =
When we got there we found James
and Jenny waiting in a sort OF grim
silence in the parlor. with Uncle Zeke
holding out to them about Revela-
tlons.
I've made q mistake, children" he
says to us. Il wasn't allowing for the
difference between American and orr
entail time. The millennium viii be-
gin exactly at three minutes before
midnight tonight"
sky with which he had figured out his
theory.
There was n dollar and nine cents
on the table for the miikman, which
Uncle Zeke had set there because be
said that, though gold ana silver
wouldn't be anything but dross. II was
a mans duty TO pay his debts.
Suppose the millennium doesn't
Gomez" suggested Cousin James. about
eleven o'clock. His words relieved me.
because ! had been getting queer
sort Of creepy feeling. sitting there
and waiting for the end OF the world.
thought Uncle Zeke would get mad.
but to my surprise he looked quite
mournful.
Children" he says. Il don't mind
telling you now that I've had my
doubts all along. That was what made
me seem SO sure. I wanted to show
my faith. but somehow I've mistrusted
whether II wouldn't be In nine hum
dred years more instead of tonight.
You see. there's a passage In Daniel
which seems open TO two meanings.
But anyway" he says. "it'll either be
tonight or in exactly nine hundred
years. IL you add on another times
I tell you, when IL was FIVE minutes
before midnight felt all shiyery. And
the hand went round to the three.
TITS coming now!" says Uncle Zeke.
But II didn't come. and when mid
night struck Uncle Zeke banged down
his hand on the table.
Gabriel can't be late" he says. like
q disillasiened man -It vent be for
nine hundred years to come. and-and
I'm n pauper."
No you amt Uncle Zeke." yells
Henry. and shoves the seven thousand
dollars under his nose.
And. would you believe it?-what
did Cousin James and Cousin Jenny
do but pull out seven thousand apiece
and push II onto the table!
why. jenny" I cried, Il thought
you and James were trying to work up
uncle into giving each OF you every
thing. and I wanted to save Il from
you
Same here!" says Cousin James.
staring at me.
But Jenny and were kissing each
other so hard that | only saw out Of
the tail of my eye how Uncle Zeke
grabbed the bills and slowed them
away.
Yes. human nature isn't 10 bad as
some folks claim.