The Mena weekly star., 1916-10-05

this high office. my serVlce 10 thee sFNssa be great Y ys "
 Ed it came to pass that the Nam .msalll4s 1auneheth forth great 'carf1paign. They sendeth forth emissaries unto. the uttern1ost parts of ahe codnty. saying: Give heed IunfO us. For yerily We have done much for thee when thou vast III need. Have we not lent thee Of our plenty in thy time of need? And wilt thv time of need not come again? And what wouldst thou do if We shouldst withhold, from thee our bounty Consider, twell, we pray of thee and cast thy vote as We wouldst have thee" and YHg' many other words did they exhort the people, saying: '"Give 'us thIs victory" v l&itob egibnla ai
 But in their extreme ianxieuspess to defeat their adversary. they ne- electeth the cause of their servant, and because the people were haPd- hearted and would not hearken unto the Mammonites and their servant, the servant goeth down in defeat. Even the River of Salt he doth as cend and unto the high place whereunto he didst aspire, another is elected even preacher poll tician" and rabbit twister IS elected thereunto.
 Such disappointment bringeth much grouch to this servant of the Mammonites in so much that he discontinueth his daily sGuib and moVeth his print shop into more humble quarters. and he sayeth un- to his master: You have not done that which you said, even the things which you promised have you not done unto me. Our adver- sary hath gained a great victory over us and even l your servant hath been humbled much and hu- initiated, and now most assuredly | we must be avenged. Only stand | by me little longer and give me | thy support and I will yet ac- lcomplish this thing whereunto we have aspired. Give me thy adver- Using, secure unto me the county printing, uphold my subscription | list and l will worry thine enemy greatly. We will join hands with the publicans. We will put out a candidate for office, we will boost him much; We will forget our party pledge and untOithis new candidate will we give much support We will laud his merits before the peo- | pie, and upon our enemy will we heap abuse. Tn the days of my youth. saith he, I was taught Co lie not and that to utter falsehood was extremely wicked, but l will forget the precepts of my youth even as, l have forgotten my party pledge. l will tell to the people whatsoever my mind can devise. Even will I tell them that our ad- versary is a Publican in disguise; that he IS an impOster and a fraud 1 even to the extent that he voteth not the Democratic ticket. I will tell unto them that he even entereth into a conspiracy with the Public | MooSers and newspaper trust to em- ploy Roars and Sawbuck auditors and iniluenceth them to make false report wherewith to defeat certain Democratic nominees. Also Will l say unto them that this au- 1 dlt cost them much money and that ft serNeth no good purpose that it IS unlawful and iniquitous in the l extreme. l will say much concern lng thIs audit but the facts thereof Will not give unto the people. neither will I publish the report thereof for yea, verify, it can do us no good. We will appeal the mai ter unto the high court. even nnto Ceaser will we appeal and we will show to the people that we doeth great work for them, that we say- eth them much money and there lore Will they be grateful unto us ana Will hearken unto our cry. We Will tell them to forget their party pledge. even as We have done and cast their vote for this candidate of ours. and If they will harken unto us, and do the thing that we com lmand, yea. Verily, our cup of ven geance will be full even to running over" ''''''iie | Moreover, it cometh to pass AS tnls servant of the Mammonites co- eth ab0ut with his eyes upon the ground, he findeth a letter to Dear sam. He readeth it and huggeth if | to ms bosom, saying: Surely this ie a great find. Ii containeth nofhjno strange or unusual. but because ! nave forgotten the precepts of nov youth and from the teachings of my mother have I departed and my conscience has Income scared as With hot iron, I will tell inc neo- ple 10 read between the lines of thls letter that have found and mat l will publish unto them. and
 moreover will I tell them the tbines that they shall find there between | the lines of this leffer I bo,,o for,,.I and surely will I make them haIieun that it saith all things whatsoever ! snail ten them 1t saith, for .verilv the people are great fools and lest they forget this thing that I telI Iile mem the letter saith. I shall pub .lsa It often and keep it constantly before their minds and surely They thayy tWlll believe these things for & tbe Mammonites and all the disgruntled are with me in this thing that I would make the people believe"
 pTo be continued)