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Tiik following verses. l>y that sweetest of 1
American poetesses, Mrs. Lydin Huntley 1
Sigourncy, suggested by the words of the 1
14th Psnlm of David, " The fool hath said s
in liia heart, there is no God "?is oue of ?
tho finest thing* in the language : c
"J?o God!" 44No God/" The simplost j
flower t
That on the wild is found, ?
Shrinks, as it drinks it* cup of dew, t
And trembles at the sound : I
44 No God !" ? astonished Kcho cries c
From out her cavern hoar, t
And every wandering bird that flies, j
Keproves tbo Atheist-lore. I
^ The solemn forest lifts its head, r
*. The Almighty to proclaim, 8
Tho brooklet on its crystal urn, 3
Doth leap to gravo his name. "
How swells the deep and vengeful sea,
Along his billowy track. 1
Tho r*l Vesuvius opens his mouth r
To hurl the falsehood back.
1
The palm tree with its princely crest, <
The coccoh'l leafy shndes, t
The bre:id-fruit bonding to its lord,
In yon far-island glades,
The winged seeds that, borno by winds,
The roving sparrow feeds,
The melon on tho desert snnds,
Confute the scorncr's creed.
44No God!" With indignation high
The fervent sun is stirr'd,
And the pale moon turns paler still,
At such un impious word :
And from their burning thronos, the stars
Look down with angry eyes,
That thus a worm of dust should mock
Eternal majesty.
(Original Communirntinn.
For lb* So*th?rm BnMiprla*.
lir JOF., THE JKItHKY MUTE.
It la a fearful thhtg
To love as I lovr thra; to fee) the world?
The bright, t ha beautiful, joy-giving world?
A blank without theo. Never more to mo
Can hope, joy, fear, wear different seeming. Now
I have no hope that does not dream for thee;
I have no Joy that i* not aharcd by thee;
I have no fear that does not dread for theo.
L. K. L.
" The Bible says, M lie that. u married ear
eth for the thingt of the world, how he mag
plea* hit wife? See chapter vii, verso 33,
jn 1 Corinthians. The words thus italicisa
ad, Rethinks, are best entitled to the consideration
of every man who is abont to
commit matrimony. Nothing can excel the
charms of communion of soul with soul, "
>ybero true love reigns in the heart. After
fit experience of a year and a half in wed- r
ded life, your hutuble servant i* enabled to '
aav. whit direct retrard for veracilv. that 1
marriage (provjdpc) it |* ? marriage of pure, 1
true* love) is the happiest state in which a 1
human being can be placed . '
Wfw The editorial " jre," of the Southern fin '
Urprite, has changed his condition, I see. '
We, ono and all, with him mueh happiness 1
in hie new relation*. An Editor n?pds a (
help-mat*?one who is ready and willing 1
to lighten the burdens Imposed upon him. 1
Wejtejoiou to know that the JSnUrpriee <
****** * ???
^ rough path he ka? cImmo, (
A vit lupus woman is willing and glad t> t
'*-.<*1 i- "n? i{a
lid her husband amid tho storms of life.
Virtue is a g?m of rarest price. Solomon
limsclf, on bended knees, acknowledged the
utinite value of virtue in a wife. Tho muses
;ing of the heaven born quality, lie of the
Enterprise ought to have been married long
igo ; but, at all events, " late is belter than
jever." A few weeks nfler my marriage, I
vrot'o him a letter, recommending hiin to
lurry and get married, nnd endeavored to
jivo him some idea of the taste of heavenly
oys I had enjoyed. He, however, lefused
o act upon my suggestion at the moment,
'eihaps he did not wish to marry without
lis host. 1 see, though, that ho has at last
nken unto himself a wife. When I* heard
>f his marriage, I was the happiest of . all
nen at tho termination of the affair which,
n this world of corruption, does not always
urn out so well.
I do not love to magnify the good qualiies
of those with wkoin I am connected by
>lood or by marriage ; but, while on the
ubject of marriage, I cannot resist the
emptation to mnke a few remarks relative
o my consort, although they arc somewhat
oo much in the self-glorying vein. When
lie and I sttulcd in the Deaf and Dumb Intitutc,
I used to hnte her, though without
:ause. If any one suggested to me the proirictv
of marrying her. as she had a good
tducatton, I would knock him down ou the
pot, because I could not bring myself to
hiok of marrying one whom mv very soul
oalhed. Hut prest changes 1 After a lapse
>f nearly nine yoars we met in the museum
>f the In :litutc, and there, for tho first time
n my life, I learned to lovo her in secret,
durst not open a regular correspondence,
is most lovers do, with her, for fear lest my
uit should be rejected. It was not until a |
ear before our marriage that I proposed i
nid wm accopted.
My wife is a wild eat sort of a gill. Not j
hat she is not given to scolding, but she:
ids out the proverb that " there is a limit
o human patience." She often quotes the
3iblo as saying that it is right to be angry
>ecAsionally, in order to prevent an undue
legree of familiarity, cither in conduct or
son vernation. She is Political, Ilygenic,
Jicss Reformer, and every other variety of
ileformer one can think of. Go where I
viII, she keeps to my side. If I go to a
lore, she will accompany me, even against
ny will, fair weather or foul, nud regardless
>( the distance or place. She is always tellng
inc that she love* mo to the extreme of
ondness. She is exceedingly timid, but,
itrnnge as it may seem, she will go with me
hrough places infes'ed by robbers. I am
rot writing h romance. I chronicle in this
rrticle the record of facts, and fact* alone,
inmediatcly after our marriage, both of us
itanding on the bank of a creek, I made as
f to throw myself iuto the crcok, when my
wife rushed toward* me, evidently delerniin>d
to follow me into the water, rather than
mrvive me. I grasped her in my arms,
md undeceived her, to her no small gratification.
Though alio is actually deuf and
lurnb, she seem* to l>e a wife all over. ]
mi an old line Whig; the partner of my
joeom is a staunch Democrat. Thus she
lifieri in politic* with her lawful husband.
Fuh'ng, hunting, bathing, and every other
lastime, wo equally share in. In short, nnd
n fact, she is one of the " strong minded
vorncn."
Oh, if I was lorn fiom the embrace of my
companion, it would be a bereavement de astnting.
heart-rending ! Oh, it must l>e
igoo using to be torn from a heart on which
ve have rested for sympathy until the
llirM r>f niir nu n were <>ntu liiiul wiilkilt its
noshes. This, this, oh, (?od ! none but the
>erenved can define its ravages. My 6011I
ickens at the idea.
With the feeling of pleasure and happiness
that thrills and gladdens my soul as I
ninglo in the amuseinenla of my wife, is associated
the thought lt>nt since we are moral,
we will sooner or later submit to line
pangs of a separation. Why this ! 1
von Id thai we would die together as we
ivo together. It is a hard thing to
(ritl\ thoeo l?v?- I have seen many per
tons drop, aa it were, into the grave when
ihey were just tasting the pleasures of marriage.
Alas! that stycl\ 4 state of things
ihould continue as long ss this globe of
exists. ^ ^ ^
VEOKTATiOK 1% SO SCUfCO at Cftpo
0od, Mass., that two notulWo, stalks and
1 huckleberry b?bh arc called a grove.
3 Ifltrtcii Itartj. |
Ji)e &ccoiqb8' Cijptibe.
W1111.IC the Spanish colonists ravaged the
southern portion of North America ii; quest i
of gold, and the English planted the genu j
of self-government on the eastern coast, the
French were but the agents of homo merchants,
who enjoyed a monopoly of the various
tryf'ics, and wero sustained in the enjoyment
of it by the strong arm of military
power. To the trading associations in particular
we owe the discovery of the Mississippi,
by the sous of the members?the intrepid
La Salle. In this day, lead was first
.1! 1 - !-l -? - - -
uiscuvereu wumii me present limits of the I
State of Iowa, but the noted Juliet) DuHuque
was the (list who taught the Indians
to collect the ore, nnd make an article of,
trade of it. He whs not only a brave, but1
crafty man, and after his death, the savages,
in compliance with his dying wish, deposit- 1
ed his remains on the summit of a high clitV,
overlooking the ' Father of Waters,' securing
the mouth of tho mausoleum with a massive |
leaden door of a ton weight. They then '
burned his dwellings nnd erased every trace
of civilized life around his settlement, except
tho orchards planted by his own hands.
Vandal whites afterwards cut up the door
to sell, but the name of DuHuquc will oer
be remembered in Iowa.
Years passed away. The white flag of
France no longer waved over tho Mississippi j
valley, and the bold frontiers man, advancing
on tho foremost wave of civilization,
crossed the river in quest of lead ore, game,
and fertilo soil. One of the first settlements
thus established, was formed by a party from !
Kentucky, led by the grandsire of the
younger generation?old Joe Hates, a noble
specimen of a frontiers-man. Seventy winters
had w hitened his long locks, but he was
still hale and hearty, able to wield an axe'
with any of his sons, or to draw a bead on
a rifle w ith that fatal accuracy of aim which
had enabled him to render good service at
the battle of New Orleans. Selecting a
good locality on the very shore of the Mis-j
sitsippi, old* Joe and his sons built a log
cabin, surrounded by a stockade to keep off
the Deeotahs. They surrounded a 'clearing'
with a worm fence, deadened the standing
trees by the fatal axe cirelc, and planted
corn. When the corn was well above the
ground and freed from weed*, they began
i .? i
iu |mv*j?vci lor iea<l oie.
Thus far they had seen no Indians, and .
began to Hatter themselves that the 4 red 1
skins 1 had left the country to their peaceful |
|>ot?cssior.s but the wily savages had kept a I
constant watch upon their movements.? !
Perhaps, had they confined themselves to
agricultuial labors, the intruders might have
gone on unmolested, especially as the Decu-1
tabs wished to conciliate the United States ';
Government into a profitable treaty, but
when pickaxes were wielded in search of
lead ore, the destruction of the pale-faces
was resolved upon in council.
The first object of savage vengeance was
the oldest son, Frank Pates, who had built
him a cabin about live hundred yards front
' bend quarters,1 despite the warnings of old
Joe. Frank, however, hud no fear of Indiana,
and lived with his wife and babe in
great happiness, until one summer1* night \
when he was awakened by thelond barking'
of his dogs. Springing from his bed. he i
looked through the opening in the logs, and .
saw to his horror at least fifty Decotalis, in 1
full war costume, evidently seeking the en-.
siest way to force an entrance into the cab-'
in. Arousing his wife, he raised a cellar1
trap door, and was about to send her down,!
when the child she had left in the bed began
to cry.
41 ennnot leave my babe,' she said.
* Nay,' he exclaimed, 41 will take care of'
tho boy,' and almost forcing her down into
the small cellar, he closed tho unhinged
door, over which ho drew a large chest.
Then, seizing his rifle aud hatchet, he took
the infant and ascended to the loft of the'
cabin, pulling the ladder after him. A moincut
more, the door was forced from its
hinges, and the necotnhs entered eager of;
their prey. !!ut Hales did not remain to j
watch their movements, (or, lashing his boy
to his shoulders, he cautiously opened a
shut tor in the gablo of the loft, and seeing |
(linl nn In/iimm him IuikmiU -I
.??? ?? viw wiicnvU| IUV 1
ground, rifle in hand,
Frc ho hod travorsed his little garden, the
air resounded with the blood chilling tone*
of the war-whoop, and a volley of arrows
rained around the fugitive. Happily only
one struck him, and that in the fleshy part
of the arm, so that he kept on straining every
nerve to reach tl?e stockade around his
father's cabin. Hut ere he bad g?me many
paces a gigantic Indian overtook him.?
Turning like a stag at bay, he faced his antagonist,
lie knocked him down with the
butt of his rifle and then sped on his way.
But now, to bis horror, ho saw a large body
of Deootahs around I.r? father's dwelling as
be approaobed, firing ofver on the roofs of
the cabins with arrows to which burning
tow was attached.
lie paused?but tbe cries of his boy
aroused him to a sense of his own danger
and his wife's perilous situation. Directing
bis dejn toward* tb<j river, where he found
his ' dugout' safely moored, lie soon whs!
[ addling across the river to it settlement
where there were a largo number of whites, j
l>ay had scarcely dawned on the succeed- ing
morning, before twenty miners, g >od
men and true, were ready to accompany a
him across the river. They cared no more a
for the hecotahs than for prairio dogs, and t
acted upon the spur of the moment, regard- i
less of consequences. Crossing above his a
residence, young Dates led them towards I
his clearing, hut on arriving there nothing
remained but a mouldering pile of ashes.? a
Ilis beloved wife had evidently perished in
the flames, for among the ashes and char- I
red beams in the cellar they found some
blackened bones. Just then they were join f
ed by old Joe Dates and two of his younger i
sons, nnncd to the teeth. They were do- f
lighted to find Frank alive, for they had i
feated that the column of smoke that had i
arisen from his cabin was his monument; i
but now tlioy did their best to condole him I
in their way. lie said hut little, but secret- >
Iv avowed to avenge his wife's death, and I
well did ho keep his word. To have seen t
him, uo one would have supposed that the ]<
mi hi looKing, eienuer uuilt, i'rank I fates was ?
an incarnate demon in a fight with (lie l>c <
cotahs ; yet within a year after his cabin was l
burnt, he had twenty scalps hanging round i
his girdle. 4 Vengeance' seemed his only <
thought?his life's desire. I
For ssnie time after this outrngo, the Dc- i
cotnYis kept away from the miners, but at I
I ist a party of them came prowling about
and the miners determined to have a brush ?
with them. Who was so competent to head i
the party as that sworn enemy of tho red
skins, Frank Hates ? The party engaged
two Winnebagocs as guides, and then struck <
into tho forest, following a iccent trail. The i
third night of their journey, the wary lead- <
cr insisted on standing as sentry, and about I
midnight the crack of his tide awakened ev- <
ery sleeper. In an instant every man was
on his feet, ritlo in hand, ready to repel i
any lurking foe; hut a low whisper from i
Frank announced that there was no danger, j'
.Morning came, and as the party crowded |
around the sentinel to learn the cause of the {
alarm, he merely pointed to what appeared ji
to be a huge bear; a nearer approach to the i i
object discovered, to their astonishment, the <
grim visage of a dead Decotah, enveloped ji
in the skin of a gigantic bruin, who, thus ?
disguised, had attempted to reconnoitie the j <
position of the frontiers-men.
Frank now felt assured that they were |
near the enemy, and followed their trail in j
silence on the alor for their foe. On reach- j
iug the summit cf a knoll, they saw their
village befo.e tliein?a collection of high
conical tents, made of drawl buffalo-skins
sewed together and ornamented with rude 5
re n resell tali ns of ih?> 1.<? ?U o.- tl.<> ?! ?- '
On the outskirts were the squaws busily on- '1
gaged in the laborious occupations which M
fell to their lot. Their infants, tightly <
hound to straight strips of bark, were tied <
to small bent oxer birches, which gently i
danced them to sleep, and the boys of the l
village, with bow and arrow, were tiring at
the representation of a Kansas luinter. In
the centre of the village, before the towering
tent of the chief, sat the braves, smoking
their tomahawk pipes with stoical gravity. I
The white men looked at th 3 priming of
their rides, put their sharp hunting knives
between their teeth, and with a deafening
yell rushed down through the frightened
squaws, ere the Decotahs could comprehend
what caused the alarm, hashing into the
startled group of warriors with tierce warwhoops,
they dealt destruction around them.
The chief wns the first slain, bravely defending
himself and encouraging Lit warriors
who nobly struggled to avenge his death,
hut all in vain.
Frank Bates fought like a demon, hut at
one timo was nearly a victim to a stalwart
wartior. But glancing at his opponent.
frank recognized in a gay red handkerchief I !
around his head his marriage gift Jo his lost i
wife. This added new strength to his body, 11
and increased in activity to his fury, as he 11
seized his assista it with the left arm. lifted |'
him from the ground, and at the same time i 1
with nervous forco thrust his knife to his 11
heart, This decided the battle, for the sur- j \
vivititf l)ecotalis, panic-struck at the sudden 1 <
attack, rushed to the spot where their horses i <
were tethered and escaped into the for- .
est. Upwards of fifty dead wariiors re- ,
mainod cn the Held, and the others griev- :
ously wounded, but not a single while man
w as seriously injured.
The women and children fled to the i
woods, and the whites found an abundance j |
of plunder, comprising blankets, rich furs, I
horses, dried meats and tents. Mat Frank |
ItntM f..lf ,L: 1 1
w.V ?.?-? n% iivhi iv/I i IIV PIglH UI illis *
memento of hi* wife made him fear she >
had been tortured before perishing in the t
tlxineo. Night came on, and filing posi- ^
live that he conld not sleep, he volunteered j
to keep watch. It was a bright moonlight ,,
night, and as ho was pacing his solitary K
round, planning new schemes of vengeance, j
be heard a light step approach from the ^
thicket
Frank at first raised hia rifle to shoot ,
down the intruder, but a secret influence
Ind hitn to call out: ' Wlu> comes l' 4
4 Ate you a white man I* was the reply, (
in tones thai produced an indescribable effect
upon the stout-hoarted pioneer. '
4 Yes?>iii<I you f |
41 am Frank Hate'* wife, who was token
irisoncr over the Mississippi,' and as she
'poke site advanced.
The tiHe fell to the ground, and Frank
itood as if under the influence of n magic
i|>ell. His hands wero convulsively clinch-j
;d, his hair stood erect on his head, n shiver
an through his frame, and he tottered back
everal paces. Hut not ho tho female, who
ind recognized her husband as she drew
tear, and now exclaimed, as she threw her-!
elf into his arms,
4 Frank ! my own Frank! Do you not
mow your wife?'
Yes, it was his long mourned bride, her
eature stamped with sorrow, but still retainng
her early beauty. Mutual explanations
olio wed, and w.icn the delighted wife learnsl
the safety of her boy, all hardships vanshed.
It now appeared that when the Inlians
had entered Ihifoj*' limua flmv u?w ?
cog of whiskey which they drank fieely.
iiitl then plundered everything, removing
he chest in their researches. Soon two of
.hem begun to quuriel about tiio handkerchief
Bates had seen the day previous, and
(rawing tiieir scalp knives, one speedily received
ft mortal >tal?, and fell directly upon
ho door, through which his blood ran up>n
the hidden wife. She believing '.hat it
came from Iter husband, shrieked aloud,
ihtts betraying her place of concealment.?
Drugging her forth, her captors bound her,
then riding the cabin, applied the torch.?
The body of the slain Dccotah was consumed,
and over his bones Bates bad mourned
as for those of his wife.
That day they packed the plunder upon
what horses the Docotahs had left and starti?d
for their homes, which they regained in
afety. The proceeds of Frank Bates'share
>f the spoils enabled him to lehuild his
louse, hut this time close to that of his father,
and enclosed with ft high stockade.?
The Decotnln, however, never returned, and
in course of time were driven to the far
West. Frank Bates is a member of the
State Senate, Judge of the County Court,
and Major Cencral of Militia. Time has
dealt leniently with him and his wife, but
neither foigets her captivity. Their son
never passes the scene of his father's flight
>n that tnetnornhle night., without feeling a
renewed sense of his filial obligations, and a
lee per love f??r bis boyhood's home.
Uutttoniujj.
JJoOgiitg a &?n.
Some know how to do it, and can
scent a dun at any distance, and can
lodge him effectively. It is a knack
icquired by long experience. If the
lull, however, by his experience becomes
expert, the dunned stands a
dim chance of escape. The dun becomes
equally sensitive in detecting
the debtor, and often are practised, be
tweon the two manoeuvres, that would
pale the reputation of even Xapoleor
himself.
Wc heard a story the othei day of old
Dr. G., of Portsmouth, which, though
not having any very great rele
vaney to the preceding paragraph, if
nevertheless to the point, as regardf
amateur dunning. For there is a wide
difference between the amateur and
the professional.
Dr. G. was a man of great integrity
and worth, and his business hahits were
ju the square?exacting everything
that was his own. and paying every
man his due. lie held a note against
n gentleman of Hampton, for some
considerable amount, and wherever he
i.:... ?i.~ lu-i? ...... 1- ?
nifL nun tiiu jyut'Lur ?iw it'HUV, noie
in hand, for the payment of an instalment.
It became at last an agonising
head with the debtor about meeting
he Doctor, particularly at the time
ivhen troubled with a disease known in
tinancial parlance as " shorts." lint
whenever ho met him the Doctor's
lun would be anticipated by his dobt>rs
movement for his pocket book,
md frequent payments were made
vithont seeing the note at all, or inquirng
as to the chances of its eventual
lyment. lie knew that the Doctor
vas honest, and (hut it would he all
ight, and several payments were thns
jlindly made.
A great dearth of funds made him
_ . i? A* - 1. 1 T\ A 1
nore any 01 meonng me lAicior, unci
w he passed through the town, his eyes
vandered in all directions to catch a
jlimpso of his dread, and avoid him it
>ossihle. He succeeded ad numbly tor
i whilo, and out generalod tlie old man
everal times ; but fate docs not always
hvor the brave, and the Doctor from
i distant position saw his victim tic
?is horse to a nost and outer a store.
He made all the haste ho could, and
sntered the store just as hi9 debtor
lodged behind a rice sack.
"Didn't I see Mr. come in
ivrc ?*' nckcd the Dbctor.
"lie did come in here, sir," said the
shop keeper, u but he has gone some*
where, now."
The Doctor said he wa9 not in a hurry,
and could wait as well as not; he
saw his horse at the door, and thought
he would be back beiore long. The
man remained hid, and the old Doctor
waited a long time. At last he went
out. Shortly after Mr. himself
went out, and was just stepping upon
his wagon, when the Doctor darteu at
him from n doorwnv.
"Wall M- " " ?? - "
< v, ?> . , bhiu nc, "VOtt
needn't dodge ino any more; that note
has l?een paid up these six moths, and
I have l>een trying to see you, that I
might pay you back twenty dollars
! that you overpaid me."
California J. ti 5 W c e.
The following occurred in California,
in its palmy davs, when alcades, elected
by the miners of the district, dispensed
equal and exact justice to all.
An individual by the name ofGrecn
had lx>rrowcd some forty dollars of another
of the soubriquet of Shortze.
Now Shortzc could not obtain the
money, though Green had struck a
lead, and was known to have dust.?
Green was a large, powerful man, but
no grit, and Shortze ottere I to light
him for the money, but Green backed
water.
Well, the claim was brought before
the alcade, on a cold, rainy, dismal
evening, and as theie was considerable
talk about it, the boys gathered in
to see the fun?rather a motly appearing
crowd, with long beards ana hair,
patched pants, rimless hats, toeless
boots, &c. The lion. Judge was unwell,
but sat up in his bunk, with a
red bandana tied round his bead. The
case was clearly proven. The alcade
decided that Green must pa}', and if
he would not, a committee of three
were to search him or his cabin and
get the money, and also the court
costs. Upcn this Shortzc deliberately
rose and said, u Your Honor, I will forgive
him the debt, and pay the costa
besides, if he will only give mo a light,
so that I can whale him."
c\ ?<? 1 1 ? .1
vticuii, w.iuu ne ncaru tins, squared
himself, thinking tlmt t!ic court-room
would be sacred ; hut Shortzo pitched
in at once, and clinched. Several, myself
included, sprang in to separate
them, when, in deep tones and waving
the bandana, the Judge exclaimed,
u Gentlemen, gentlemen, stand back !
If the parties wish to effect a com.
promise, don't interfere!' And we
stood back, saw Green whipped in a
I few seconds, and alter that obliged to
, i pay the funds,
j The above was California justice, as
\ true as the Gospel of St. John.
^ [ Porter ? Spirit of the Tiiru?.
* Sajjitlfjlbefiriofef.
j Genteel Headers. The pondcrologil
cally overwhelming guyascutanizing
extract from the mirinc records of an'
tiquity which follows, is, if the Alma>
nac lie not, an extract from a venerable
manuscript lately found in an nnti'
quated hake-oven, explaining the ovi;
giu of the manner in which printers
! are generally paid :
> " And Skmnintcr, the mighty ruler
! I of the Squash heads, having called hi*
chief officers to his side, commanded
; them thas:
; 44 Go ye into all my dominion*, and
i command my people to gather togethi
er their treasures, even to a farthing,
and pay all their debts; even the
i very smallest."
"The officers did as they were com,
inanded, and after a certain time, tins
! ruler called them again unto him, and
demanded of them how his orders had
been obeyed.
"O, mighty Skinflinter," thov replied,
I 44 your command# were heard throughout
the land, and fulfilled *, for your
people arc obedient."
44 And is every debt paid r
44 Yea, even the smallest.."
44 Are the merchant, the manufacturer,
the laborer paid ?"
44 All paid."
44 Are the tobacco and whiskey biila
settled ?'
"All, allt*
44 And have my people been prOYtdent
( have they laid up a sufficiency
to feed their cats and dogs 1"
44 Yea, thoy have even done this,*
44 Well, my people are worthy
Now, go yc again unto them, and if
there ho anything left, tell them to
take it r.nd pay printer.