Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 47, Number 50, Jasper, Dubois County, 25 August 1905 — Page 3

UP LIKE A BOCKET.

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u hurls S-w-t-a-s--h! all of ua wunder in watchlr.g Hi U iit III outnlngtnns of purple n.: white . igh at tho dimmer display of the Btgbt I lot a goal IgfOTftygbly far; ivci Ith a raVtSM that Ulli be id r no bar; . , id cry "Room!" to each qu!vn lag alar! r.M-krf Spilled wine from the bowl of nlhfa cgp - ..Jo ef glr. It reaches up. up' 8-w-l-s-s-s-h! n Ma mark tt hat gullai ti lined, il ut tha glittering coloi-.nga

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"Johnson! But surely ha st

fata, stammered smltar t:

um rouia bot Iosstb.y fctie heard aright "So be Kaa. but b du back ttole ufleruoon. a Mi be premised toe I uldit fail U turn up lo4iz.Der.eb.. Ethel ? Tbe younger Mia Rogers biuabed and looked coy. Ai they vent Into dinner Smlther dream iu realiied avud Miss Emily fed to tils lot but the hauLting thuught that, all Ii i gV i - m. .

pwHl'i at mis very ts. .meet

might be searching for Lis clothe

plctely ribbed Liu of Lis eat. dialed ' pleasure.

Ob reentering tLe drawing room the

geuUemen found Miss Emily etKaged la I singing a "Song of Spring;." bmlthers j hastened forward to assist In turnia I over the music, and as toe cased down

into her eyes he na legixix.;r.; i hop that he bad Urn forgiven. hen ttoa door opened nnd Jobnaon appeared. Johnson was full of apologies for couiii.g at euch an "outrageous bow,"

PECKS BAD BOY

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Boy and Hi Dad Climb the

Pyramid Tha Bad Boy lights a Caccos. Cracker in Bam ewes' Tomb They Flee frv-iu Egypt in Dw-

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Ah. I th . your train." oWr trifle coldly. "Not at iH, It clotaea I missed,"

Keating hiuü-.f Ltat

Sroilher This startling announcement wea fmted with an Interested chorus ' Missed your clothes? V't), what do you mean" "Well, ray train Just rave me time to change and come on cere, but as soon as I went to my rooms 1 saw some one bad been there before me." "Howr exciting! What did you as then? asked his hostess, forgetting her grievance in interest. "What anyone else would do. I put the matter la the band of lie police at once."

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A Borrowed : Dress Suit I

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By J. A HAMMOND X F) BORBT quit lmioaalblo to lei V ou have suit for this even

. fiuirth time Smll brrs rc-ad tne r un through. He felt t hat bis posl- j n as critical. It was already past . clock. At seven he ought to be dining room at lmlwirh ktkjsss It would cot be with li rs. though he regarded Ler ruder interest due to th-; of Miss Emily. For the past hi had dared to dream 'hat per . ., arm might Le allowed to hla bis own. He had gone furlie bad even hoped that durlcg Dil c; be rriight feel emboldened r more than the laJy'a arm ' i.ir.g far more intimate snd m fact, for Emily s hearu Now entrancing visions were help04 & to the ground. Why bad IK !i a credulous fool as to believe .... a promises? How be cursed . . . ul. -ii ho had bn attracted by advf-rttspment, "Why w ar oid - v hen they can be made as good v William the Conquering Tai'the waistcoat bad failed to tog with bis waist and the oceIk roiled collar had begun torert that even the skilled arpM- : i f Ink could not hide. Still. u:ttha kindly gaallght it might have Itj once more, is stared gloomily out of the low. There was nothing to eee bu; botsts opposite, but suddenly from ppatrtta house cam an Idea f n ha 1 gone to Margate for a ka holiday. Ha was not likely to - taken bis dress clothes with him. he and Johnson were more or les i ii .e. It would not take long to across to Johnson's rooms. He '. easily smtiSKle the clot has out I0W the landlady's notice, and if Ofe them lack early the next niorni bo would be the wiser? n minutes Later Smithers. rather la little out of treath. a a.i back r MM disgorging the dress suit u un ler his overcoat. "After all. ' t :'.'t'd. as be shook the clothe If out, "Fate ba.i not served ma I I hardly dared hope to get it utisivu. ' He surveye-d himself In class anxiously. "They're a bit I 01 thsf mlsht be worse." he sail e took to Sowar from off bis spong 1 il it In his buttonhole.

"But haven't the police

demanded Miss Emily. "We".'., of .-r-. tl.'-y :Ier'. bad much time yet but before I left the; had searched my room and tr but I'm forgetting. I Intermitted your song when I came la. Miss Rogers. "Not at all," returned Miss Einlly graciously "Betid-, your s'ory is evtr so much more sari tin than my song Isn't it. Mr Smithers?" The latter murmured something laaudible. "Well. If you're quite anre I cay ay that they discovered on the bedroom floor w hat they consider to be definite proof." "What was that?" Th que:.ot cace in chorus. ' it was a letter dropped by the villain w ith his name and address oa iL

ypt My Dear Old Geezer: ay Last ietier Is sight of the ben I was left aloae oa the arkass havieg stampeded aeis, oa aeeoaat of my are I prriiiiae yoa tbiak 1 was got to the pyramids before

ed eara ax did. I saw a

g. and I ;wst got aboard

j- I was at tbe base of mid. and tbe caavei with dad

oa between tbe humps, was tosawpiag himself half a mule away, try Lag to get

there, and the otter camels, with tbe Arabs, were stretched oat like horses is a race, behind and my Jack ass was j right next to dad s camel, braying and occasionally kxclieg dad s camel in the a - There were abcrct a haadred toartsta aroccd the base of tbe big pyramid all looking towards tbe stampede of the camels asd 1 told tbem aap dad. the great American atillaonaire. was oa the runaway came; it advance, asd asked them to form a Use across tbe trail aad save dad. but when tbe came; came aear er I arms atkaaned of dad. He bad his arms around tbe tbe front hump of the camel, and be was yelling for help to stop bis menagerie and kia legs were flying ia tbe air. aad every time they c ame down they ttcäedaaoüe in the side of the 4-sxmel We!L sir. I thought dad was a brave man. bu. he biatted like a calf . aad when the camel stopped and veat to eating a ; -i laVBBfli Ml fsfal it: when be saw that tbe procession bad stopped he rolled off bit camel like a bag of wheat, and stack ta tbe saad and began to say a prayer, bat wbea ke saw r... - .: -- t- s-oppe.. praying aad said to sne T thooght yoa were blows up when that jackass kicked the can of dynamite. Yost have snore lives than a a: Now. get a htstle oa you and we wi:i climb ttoatpy ram d. and then quit this blasted cos try ' and dad sat down oa a hummock aad began to

pall himself together a.'"r th

tearfal tide be ever

camel loped, trotted.

gad sail he would go up or 4u:t the tour tat business He said he bad com thousands of miles t a liimb the pyramids, aad ait La the shadow of the spinks. and ginger he was going to do 't, and ao we started Well say. each stone is about four feet high, nnd dad could t get up w ithout help, so an Arab would go up a atone ahes i and take hold of dad's hands, and two snore Arabs would get their shoulders aadr dad's pant, and shove and ke would get up gradually. We got about half way up when dad weakened, and said he didn t rare so mu h about pyramids as he thought be did. and he was ready to quit, but the guide and aom of the tourists said we wer right near the entrance to the great tomb of the lungs, and that we better go in and at least make a formal call on . the rrowaei beads, and so we went in.

through dark

with little can-

I WAS ASHAMED OF DAD BfTSSUP.

any pants l ecau what pants the Arab didn't tear were worn off on tbe alonea so wh n be showed up in froi.t of th splnk be wa a bight, and be bougnt a "irban of a gui'te and unwound it and wound it around htm in place of pan (a. I was ashamed of (fad myself, and U U pretty hard to make mc ashamed. We went Jack to Cairo on the car, and what do you think, that dead camel that the Arabs made dad pay for was with the caravan going back to town, 'cause we aw him out of the ur window. Vtttl the hair wore off w here dad kicked him in the aide. Tbe touriats say the Arabs have that t auiel trained to die every day when they get to the pyramids, and they make some tenderfoot pay for him at t he end of ea h journey Dad is going to try to get his money back from th.- Egyptian government, but I guess ha will never realize on his claim. Well sir. after dad had doctored ail night to get the camel rheumatism and spinal meningitis out of his system we took a trip by boa' on the Nile, and saw r L banl.s where the p ople grow crops

hf irrigation, and where an English syndicate has built a big iam.sottie whole valley can be irrigated, and I tell you it will not le long befnre Egypt will raise everything aotd in the world on that desert, and every other country that raises food to sell will be busted up in business, but it is disgusting to take

a trip on the Mle. cause all the natives are dirty and sick with contagious diseases, and they are bstp and crippled, and beg fur a living, and if you doal cjve tbem something they steal all von got. You are in luck if you get away without having leprosy, or the plague, or cholera, or fleas. So we went back to Cairo, and there was the worst commotion you ever saw, about my fireworks In the tomb. The papers said that an American dynamiter

JEREMIAH in the DUNGEON Sunday School lesson br .'u; 17. 1915 SsaaaaUy Prepared (or This Piper

dies that tbe gaides carried and up and had attempted to blow up the great pyr-

all

down stairs, until finally we rot U big room that smHed like a mor with bats aad evil looking things

around, nnd I felt creepy The guides got down on their knees to pray, and I thought it was time to be robbed again. I do not know what made ana think of making a sensation right there in the bowels of that pyramid, where there were corpses thousands of years oid. of Egypt's rulers. I never that way at home, when I visited a cemetery, but I thought I would shoot r: a-' roman candle and f.r mj IflBl e:act firecracker right there in that mosand 'ake tbe chances that we would get out alive. So when the tourists were line.', up beside a tomb of some Rameses or other, and the guides were praying for strength nnd endurance, probably, to get away with all the money we had. I nicked out n place up toward tbe roof that seemed full of bats nnd birds of ill omen, and I sneaked my

csvndle out from under my h;r

amid, and take possession of the- country and pla- - it under the American flag, and that the conspirators were spotted and would be arrested and put in irons as soon as they got back from a trip on the Kite, Well sir dad found his career would close right here and that he would probably spend the baiar.ee of his life in an Egyptian prison if we didn't get out so we ma-'.e a sneak and got into our hotel and bought disguises and are going to get out of here to-night, and try to get to Gibraltar, or somewhere in sight of home. Dad is disguised as a shiek. with whiskers and a white robe, like a bath robe, and I am going to travel with him as an Egyptian girl till we get through the Suez canal. Gee. but I wouldn't be a nigger girl , only to save dad. Your innocent HENNERY.

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H- sai l the acfj "touched the fuse to a candle on the

Such was his anxiety not to be Ute 'lie was at Rosa villa fully hall an L Ul I o soon. Perhaps it would hardly be good

DCtl to arrive quite o early." he It rved. as be looked at bis watch. I l ' If walk up nn down a few times" Pn Lasty at three and one half mlnseven be unobtrusively pulled ' bell It occurred to him after some Of patient waiting that perhaps s r ail he had not made himself t 1 Thia surmise was probably ornct. for tbe second time bis hand IUI on the bell when the door 1 rang open. Mrs Rogers waa delighted that Mr. hers had been able to come. Tbe I UOfJBtl were equally delighted. Ai : Snuthers. catching sight of bis I in a mirror, felt that he. too. 1 rsij reasou to be glad that be sat th' re. clo.k uad already struck the 1 r and a general air of expectancy ' v i lad th room. Mrs Rogers, eviMttlng fidgety, rose and held a T red consultation w ith her daughI Ci.in creation, which had leen Isggasl and finally stopped alto- ' heu Mr Hogers appetite, getlbs upper baud of etiquette, exclaimed: Mf dear. I don't think It'r, any food t-sau lour for Johnson. '

-HE 8 GOT THEM ON Nott

Couldn't want more compacts

could they Smi hers?" Smithers' tongue refused to answer. "And hat was bis tame? ' ELxdtmeet ran high. "George Albert Smithers " The word came as a thaaderborL Johnson paused for a moment to enjoy the effect. "You didnt know you were entertaining a burglar unaaartS. did you?" Miss Rogers crossed the room hastily. "Oh. George! 1 can t relieve It There must be some mistake." "Impossible He sits convicted. He s got t hem on row Johnson broke Isio a hear-y laugh "la this really true. Ceorger "It Is." He tried to stand, but kls legs faikd him. But whyT "Yes, that's what I want to know." said Johnson, chuckling "Ur tailor failed ma I knew yoa were st Mnrgate. srd 1 thought yoa wouldn't went your suit, ao I ventured j to borrow it. I m awfully sorry." He looked ready to weep. "Cheer up old chap." said Johnson . kindly, patting him on th hack. "Let , bygones be bygones, l'ou've had my clothes and 1 ve bad my revetge,-

"But what about the police ? Yes. and the other robberies?" chimed In Mrs Rrg r "I'm afraid I borrowed tbem from ray own Imagination." 8m1tbers grew almost hysterical with i relief. No'hltg else you'd like to rtea: Smithers. my boy?" asked bis boat genially Witt all tbe sudden dar'rg of a sky ! man Smithers rose to the occasion. B drew Mlrs Entry 's arm wltbln bia owe "Yea. air. Your daughter " Miss Emily blushed J. A Hsmmoad, In Chicago Chronic's. a

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have the dlatlsctloa of being kalgbt ' ed by tbe king of Italy at tat January I levee, l Keanard recently removed from rbila Jelpbia to Tarrytown X I and hla novels In lbs Italian tonga lair received larger royalties then 'aoy Italian so v eilst safe Gatorisie

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sal a gut be woe! 1 snoot tbe camel, aad tbe Arabs, aad bust ap la show By t be time dad got ao be could stand np wit boat leasing against a pyramid the Arabs ssne op aad they all talked at once, aad drew kt .ee. and it seemed as thongs they were blaming dad for something We found as interpreter aawttc the touurists asd be talked with ; the Arabs, and pointing to tbe camel dad 1 bad ridden, which was stretched out os the sand like be warn dead, be toad dad i tbe Arabs wasted bias to pay for tbe camel be bad ridden to death and foundered by krttlmg it drink a wagoe load of ' water, aad tkea catered ta a race across , the desert, and the interpreter said dad ! better pay. or they would kill htm. Dad settled fur tbe camel for s hutI arid doiiars. aad a promise of he skis s of the camel, wkwb be was coiar to take borne aad have stuffed Tbei a maa . who pretended to be a pastice of the ; pes-e had dad arrested for driving off , of a eraat and he s taed flleaad costs , for that, aad then all the Arabs struck aim for money for one thing tad ax other, aad wbea be had settled s 1 around and paid extra for not riding i bark to Cairo on tbe cam I. we got . ready to climb ap tbe pyramid. Dad j said he won Mat ride that came! back ' to Cairo for a miliaoai dollars for he was 1 split am so bis legs beeaawtoere hi srms j left off aad be was laue from O nests 5 to RewektiiosnB. But 1 sever saw swrh a 5c of people to j pray am these pirates are. Jast before they rob s awas tk-ey get down oa their J knees on a rag. sad mumble something to town god aad after tbey bate got you ; robbed goad and pkeaty. tbey get down srd pray while they are coCKealing the : moaee tbey took from you. Gee. but when I get bom I sua going to aBssf the traia robber and burglars onto tbe j idea of nlurays teiag on praying grounds Well I told dad be kada t better try to i eltmb up tbe pyramid. that I would go ep cause I could climb Kb a goat ted hen I ant nn to the toe I would fr a

1 salute so everybody weald knew that a atflf rar.rVd Americaa was ot ier k. Bat

turban of a guide who vis on his knees and jnat as the first fire ball was ready to come out I yelled: "Whoop la-much-a wano. e pluribcs unum ." nnd the fire baiu lightel np the gloom nnd knocked ike bats gaily west. Holy jumping cats, but you on cht to have seea the guides, yelling Allah! Allah and gn velicg on the floor, and tbe bau were flying around in the faces of tbe tourists, and everybody was simp'.y scared oat of their boots. I thought I might us well wind the thing up glorious, so I touched the tall of my last giant firecracker to the sparks thst were oozing out of my empty roman candle, and threw it Into the middle of the great room, and wken tt went off you would think n cannon had exploded, and everybody rushed for the door, and we fell over each other getting out tbrougr 'he passage towards the door. I was the first to get out on to the side f 'h pjrami I and I watched for the crowd to come out. The tourists got out first, and then dad came out. puffing and wheziee and the last to come out were the Arabs, and they came on their hands and knees, calling to Mr. Allah and every oa of tbem actually pale, and I think they were conscience-stricken, for tbey began to give bnck the money they had robbed dad of. and an Arab must bs pretty scared to give up any of his hnrd-earted robberies. I think dsd was about tbe maddest man there was. until he got some of his money back, when be felt better, but he gnve me n talking to that I will aerer forget. H aaid: "Don't yoa know better thna to go around with explosives, like a train robber, snd fire tbem off in a hole In the ground, where j there is to ventilation, and make people's ears ring? Maybe you hsve woke up those king.- and queens in there and

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DAD IB DlScl ISrcL AS A 8HKIK. gsflaffjl I i .'.--.as'y u li"!e Idiot " The rest of the crowd wnnted to throw rce down the side of tbe pyramid, but I got away frost tbem snd went upon top of he pyramid snd hoisted a small American far aad left it floating there, and tkea came bck la where the rowd was iktranrIr th explosion la the tomb, aad then we all went down the idor the pvrumi l The srulde got th :r ntrve back after they sot out la the air. beranse they woeldat help dsd dewn unless he psld them something every stone tbey helped hiB climb down, so when he got down be didn't Bass any money, tnd bardlj

CAMPING IN THE ROCKIES. Delights of the Evening Arour.d the Fire Described by an Enthusiast. About dusk you straggle in w ith trout or game The campkeeper lays aside his mending or his repairing or his notebook ami stirs up the cooking fire. The smell of broiling and frying and boiling arises in the air. By tbe dancing flames of the campfireyoueat your third dinner for the day in the mountains all meals are dinners, and formidableor.es at that, writ.-.- S. E. White in "The Mountains." The curtain of blackness draws down close. Through It shine stars, loom mountains cold and mistlike in the moon You tell stories. You smoke pipes After a time the pleasant chill creeps down from the eternal snows. Some one throws another handful of pine cones on the fire. Sleepily you prepare for Bui. The pine cones flare up, throwing their light in your eyes. You turn over and wrap the soft woolen blanket close sbnut your chin. You wink drowsily snd at once you are asleep. Lata in the night you awaken to find your nose as cold a a dog's. You opea one eye. A few coals mark where the fire has been. The mist mountains have drawn nearer, tbey seem to bend over you in silent contemplation 1 no moon is sailing high In the heavens. With s sigh you draw the canvas trapauliu over your head Instantly It is morning.

ENCLISH OF FOREIGNERS. Then Zfforta at Mastering the Language Are Oftentimes Very Ludricous. The struggle of foreienr-rs wtto have put their faiih In dictionaries to account for "English as she is spoke" In New York ar- s. metims funny, says the Times. An educated young

Italian asked an American who spoke his language why the dictionaries were so badly made. "There are two expressions which I hear constantly," he said, ' and neither of them It in aay dictionary I ha- e looked into. They are 'abbetchu' and 'idono.' " His Americas, friend pondered for S season and th.n. with a cheerful smile, told him thsf "ahletchu" stood for "I 1 .'. a:i. id, no" wa h rt f r "I don't know." "But why." aid the Italian, "wher s person is leaving, do you call 'saloon' after him? I Baal understand 1 I

it .as a Joke, to insln)ing to n sxloon. But r women, too'.'

night at first

I was It aft

uate taat they call

"Your 'saloon.' my boy." replied h Ameiican. ' is -imply 'so long:' that is New York dialect for tddl . adieu, adios. auf W: lersr-hen, farewell, ot good-by."

Very Likely. "We thought." said tha reportai "that you gslflbl are to say something about IJtaai charges against yon." "No." replied th crooked public official. "I bsllBIS that 'silence II golden ' " "Well " raafled the reporter, "per hap the publl" mlsrht 11 lev It's merely gilt In hl es " - Cefhol t S-aniarti an 1 Tissa!

laMBOM TaTTT JwaWalsh M 1 II Memory Verse, S it OOLDKN TKXT-MB!as4 are thy which are peraecuted for rlghteoun a take, fur ' beira la be klt.g iom wt HVa -afatt s.io. TIMK Dur'ng th year a-J cne halt leg which pre .-ütd in capture of l ruaaiem, U ' 'JM. 1' LACK. Jerusalem. t'UllTt'KI. Kl'.K! IRE V, I S Jer IM. earn par with 2 Kina M:t-M; m.r7-a; s Cbroa. JC.9, Mt Accounta of Ztdektai. a rbelilon ai.d the sb-ge of Jerusa.em, Jer. Vi 1 ... 2 Ktr.aa 24. :. 2,2 Cfcron BM Jer JT.ll-ie fur ihe story of Jeremiah's arreat and Imprisonment. Various cossmutucatioi.a between Zedeklah and Jer-miab.-Jer 2J:1 14. 37.1. 10. 16. 11. tt. 14 1. Compare vs. 1-4 of tte leaaon with Jerw aristo' ward La Jar BUI 14 aad with Jer 24 oniment and Suggestive Thought. V.l. "Then:" When the Chaldean army had for a time w ithdraw u from .he my of Jerusalem, the prophet Jeremiah seized tbe opportunity to I the city on some business connected with his patrimonial estate. He was. however, arrested as a deserter, snd brought back and Imprisoned. But he was allowed the privilege of the cour'yard, and there, to all who would Usfsa, hs continued delivering hismesgag i of warning. This aroused tho prlucai here named, who evidently were officers holding positions near the king. "Had spoken Spake, or had been in the habit of Fpeaking. V. 2. "Thus saith the Lord: '' When the princes tried to silence Je-remiab.

they were shutting their ears, and the ears of the people, to God's kindly warning. "He that remaineth . . . shall die:" Some perished by the sword of the enemy, others from lack of food, and still others from diseases caused by the hard eor.ditions of their life. "That goeth forth:" Not as a traitor, but La honorable surrender V. 4. "Let this man be put to death:" Princes desired the death of Jeremiah. BScauss thst they could silence him In no other way. "Weakeneth the hands:" etc. From one point of view the princes had a good case against couraging the warriors, for he made them feel that they were the prophet His words undoubtedly had the effect of distasting their energy In the losing a "That remain in this city:.. Mready some had followed Jeremiah's advice and escaped to tho Chaldeans (See v. 19). V. 5. "Zedekiah th" y.ine said." etc. rail was a most unkind speech, showing that the man, whom one calls "a phantom king," was a mere puppet in IbS hands of his couriers. Like Pilate, of a later day. he could not find courage to do what he knew to be Just nd right. V. 6. "Csst him Into the dungeon:" They were too superstitious to kill him. Cowardice and cruelty were combined in their casting him Into the dungeon, to perish from its foul itases or die by slow starvation. The iungeon was probably a cistern, quits -.mllar to the one into which Joseph was cast by his brothers See Gen. 17:14). Many a bgssaa in Jerusalem had a Btibtcrranean cistern in which water was collected. The one here alluded to was in charge of one "Malchiah." and being in the court of the pn-nn, had quite probably been used before as a dunt.-on for receiving

"No water, but mire: 1 ne this cistern had dried out.

eat collection of mud nt

its bottom. Ps. O'J reads as if it might have been written by Jeremiah of this jeeasion. m V. 7 ' Ebel melech the Ethiopian: The negro eunuch, probably was tha keeper of the king's hart m. V. 8, "Went forth out of the king'a house Left apartment of the women over which he had charge. His manner of speaking to the king Indicates that the eunuch went in great haste He was indeed running to save the prophet 'a iHe. for if he were not rescued speedily, he must perish. V.9 "These men have done evil , Tha p-inces had acted unjustlv In persei Jtine the truest patriot in the city; they ha 1 acted cruelly snd cowardly, as is show n above ' Like to die for huncer." The prophet would soon perish for lack of food, for no one had been directed to feed hin . V. If, The klrir Is as easily enlisted in the effort to save Jeremiah as he 1 ad her n in the effort to get rid of him. Hs was wont during all this time to counsel privately with Jeremiah. V 11 "House of the king under th treasury." The eunuch knew of a certain room in the palace, under the storerhamber. w h re old ( lot lies and possibly ither discarded things were thrown. v 12. - "Put now . . und"rthine

irBtBolt s ." Put for thi- wise pn ision th ropes under . U remiah's arms-wcul 1 have sorely hurt and probably would bar injured him V IS. Remained In the court of the prison." Just where he had been bofore the new persecution by the princes. Here, the prophet was given dally rations such as were furnished the soldier (chapter 37.21). Practical Points. V 1. He who would be spoke-man for eo4 will often have messsgrs to deliv.-r which nre not pl asant for wicked meo fj3 hear Ezc. 3:11. V. 3. It Is kind, not cruel, to plainly warn people of coming disaster, thst perBaaat they mav Bl I therefrom L'zek. 3:17. V. 4. Silencing the alarm bell does not put out the fire I Bl leaves more victims for tbe flames Kck n3:S. V ;. He w BO is loyal to God I eM not be Mirprlr-ed st persecution fua th - bsadl of those who cast out Jet Bl -Jobn la:M.

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