Show BRYANS FATHER some stories stone told of the uld old gentleman by belleville men several Sever alof of the local politicians at bel belac leville v were dis cusing the newly nominated candidates in the circuit t cie clerks office at the courthouse yesterday when judge Judg ejbl JM dill taij story judge dill la Is a an n old friend of 0 judge silas L bryan the fattier of u ot of the brilliant young nebraska ka orator r and his story ran is as fo follows 11 ow S many years ago when old judge bevan lived at salem ill III he had a man working for him by the lite name ot of isabell he cle was one of thoe poor no account r sort ort ot of chaps chap with ith a wife and a brood of ragged children and one night nigh t it came to pass that some on one broke into the judges smokehouse and stole a ham hain arid and a side ot of bacon the judge was very very w at first but when he began to to investigate he found what he considered almost fositt positive ve proof that this unlucky y ranchman had taken the stuff so oil oa talking over the matter with his good wife he concluded to say nothing about the matter isabell came to work that morning but he evidently had something on his mind and finally squirming round to 0 o where the judge was 0 said say bedge I 1 understand that your at smokehouse mok ehouse war broke into last e evenin enin and some side meat stole hev derany idee who tuk luk it isabell said the judge in his soft whisper like lik voice there are four people who know anything about that matter one is self one is wife one is god Ali almighty and I 1 guess you are the other one isabell isabell isabel broke down when the accusation was sprung on him in tills this way but what was done in the matter mr dill did not say the old gentleman came into M mr r dille office one morning and began as follows 1 I myself this morning and whan I 1 got up I 1 dressed in a hurry arid and in my haste put on another pair of 0 pair eanls is f from born cheones the ones I 1 had been tand and hurried to the depot to take the I 1 rain iraln from chester to pinkney ville I 1 just did catch the train aid by by and by by I 1 saw the conductor coming I 1 put my hand to my pocket to get out the money for or my fare when all at once I 1 found that id not a cent wih me having left all my cash in my other pante I 1 was in a terrible quandary and in my desperation I 1 rose from my eat cat and walked down the late isle of the car quite to the end anti and do 3 ou oil know that I 1 d denly saw a pocket book lying on the floor which when I 1 picked it up and opened it contained sufficient to oay day my fare to pinckneyville yon can talk all you want to dill there is a special dis sensation pensa tion watches over people when they are in trouble and then said mr dill 1 I asked him how about the folks that lost the pocketbook pocket hook that you found and spent the money was war this special pedal pro idenie looking out for them too lie he stopped for a minute and answered well vell no I 1 dont believe providence was with them that day |