Judge — September 26, 1914 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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A Parable HEN IT came to Pass that a certain Young Man, jour- neying into a Far Country and En- gaging himself in the Toils of procur- ing this, our Daily Bread, was sore be- set and afflicted with a Woeful Trou- ble, in that there appearedbeforehim ona Day a Maiden. And she was Fairer than the Lilies. Then the Young Man, weary of his Labors, sought for him- self the Precious Company of the Maid. And his Heart was as Wax. But it also was troubled. And he said, ‘*Behold, this Maiden would I fain take unto me, for she is Fair and Comely; yet would I seek Cold Reason, for Beauty is but Transient. I will hie me to the Wise Man and seek his Goodly Counsels."* And when he had found him, he spake thus: * xdly Father of Wisdom, teach me that I may know this Love of mine, which Consumeth me, is, of a Truth, that which Faileth not.’” “* What people can see in evening clothes is beyond me! "’ And the Wise Man made an- swer, saying, ‘‘Oh, Youth of Folly, wherefore shouldst De- cember counsel June? Get thee unto thy Maiden and ask thine Heart to teach thee."" But the Young Man, sore distrest, besought the Wise Man that he might question him straitly. And the Wise Man spake and said, “Give ear, oh, Few of Years, and answer: Hast not at Times, with Lights but Dim, communed with thy Love upon thy knees? Knewst thou not then the lov which binds Ye Twain in One? Beat not thy loving Hearts yet Faster and again?”’ And the Young Man made answer and spake in this wise: “Yea, Wisdom; yet dol fe Then spake again the W Man, saying, ‘‘ Hearken and Ex- pound to me: When other men their shadows cast about this Love, thy Lady, hast thou not felt thy Heartstrings nigh to Snap, Anxious, and with Fear and Jealousy aroused? Thus shalt thou know how near thy Heart she lies."" Then spake again the Youth: “All this, Oh, Wisest Counsel- or, has come to pass; yet give, I pray thee, of thy Wisdom, proof that shalt set my fear at Naught."" Then of his mighty Wisdom spake the Magi: ‘‘Return unto thy Light of Love, oh, Great of Youth and Small of Faith, and in returning, take unto Thy- self my last and Greatest Coun- If thou would sure dis- cover that this Thing, which eateth out thy Heart, is Real and Earnest, t thee to thy Lady’s House at Break of Day and patiently await until she taketh in the Milk. Thus shalt thou then Return to me, that I may know what is thy Heart.’” Then sadly spake the Young Man, ‘‘Even so,’’ and thus de- parted, Ere many days were passed, there came unto the Wise Man once again the Youth, in Haste and Eagerness intense. And he was Weary. And the Wise Man spake unto him, saying, “Tell me, my Son, ‘if thou didst do as even I ex- pounded unto thee?” And the Young Man made answer, ‘‘Of a Truth I waited weary Hours, and as I looked, sels. Stout lady—My goodness ! 1 just barely caught this tain, and I ran like a deer all the way ‘o the station ! behold, I saw the Form of Her I hold Most Dear, clad in Mysterious Garment of one Piece and Blue, all Tight wrapped round about Her, and Most Careful held. And her Hair, as if with Sweetmeats cov- ered, clad all in Curls of Paper and with strange shapes of Curious Metal, keeping her Hair in Bondage most unwilling.’’ Then said the Wise Man, ‘‘Hearken unto me, Oh, Youth, and say what fore- most was in all thy Thoughts when thus thou didst behold her.’’ And the Young Man, answering, said unto him, ‘‘Oh, Man of Wisdom, me- thought I saw an Angel out of Heaven descended."" Then the Wise Man arose, even to a Great Height, and spake, saying, ‘‘Of a Truth, this Love of Thine is Great and Good, even passing all understanding. Go in peace, for thou hast been Sorely Tried. Behold, thy Love hast Met and Conquered the Curse of the Kimono and the Curl Paper.”” And the Young Man, girding up his Loins, set his Face toward his Lady and was exceeding Comforted. cron Fergusson. His Theory “Waiter, the dessert prices are very high. How do they justify charging a dollar for ‘Alaska-Florida’?’’ “I hardly know, sir, unless they figure in the trip."” comicbooks.com