Show TIME FOR HIS DEPARTURE As Close Friend Knew That Frame of Mind Was Not Apt to Be a Lasting One Ben T Rico and Hymen Levy both now dead were two of the real old Virginia characters In a small Piedmont Pied-mont county seat town Den was the keeper of the town Inn and Hymen a genuine Jew ran a store lien was I noted for profanity drinking and game gam-e bUng and telling unheard of yarns S Hymen was a daily visitor at the inn to get his dram and at times became I thoroughly I shocked at Dens outrageous outra-geous language and manners Dun > S one evening joined the town boys In an exciting game of football on Main street became overheated and coolIng a cool-Ing off too quickly went Into pneumonia Uf pneu-monia at night Several physicians OW attended him who soon pronounce I his case hopeless A dozen or mor i of liens friends among them Hymen law were standing around the bed just before be-fore liens spirit took Its flight from pa I earth when Ben uttered a long groan Life and said Oh Lord have mercy on I me At this moment Hymen turned Shis head slowly and remarked The bold l I good Lord ought to take Bon right two jjnow for ho never will bo so good no stcai Jmore more if a d |