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Show " ll.llvr Tli.a lie l.tiecLtt. Riston line llio reiiutiillon of lielug n rlty of unusual cnltiire. No doubt this n filiation is desen l but Ilustonhins do not, ns the humorous parognphirs so frciiueully intimate, conitrso in the slreotln OreoV. nr tondnct th Ir bnl-lieia bnl-lieia nlTnlra In I.iitlu. 'Ihls wna just the Impression, how ti 1 r, w hlrh a Isiuir to tho moilerjl Attn us retenlly It'oelltil. Ho was from one of tho mountain ills trlds of tho south and was i lilting llos- ton for tho lint lime. Ilottrolloduliout tho ell) , taking iu Its sights, gtttlng lost In Its winding stroi Is und thoroughly ttiJo)lng hlinstlf. Ho was wnlMng, shortly after his nr-rlrnl, nr-rlrnl, along the lowi r jiart of Washing-tun Washing-tun street, whin thu oil statthouse, nestling so dtmurely nmung Its neighbors, neigh-bors, ntlrnctnl his attention. He did not know that be wns stuuding lforu 1 lie of tho oldest nu 1 most liUtorio build-lliga build-lliga in America. Mtmttxhusltislutho busy part of 11 liUHnosa street, lie took It simply for 11 rtoro of some kind, dUftrlng froiutthiM about It only In bthu far lcMprittu tlons, Iu fact, he dll not not Ira tho building Itself so lntiell ua tho words that stood out In largo gilt lctttra utross Its front. 1 his liiacrlpilou, which t ns er) I rop erly phiu.il yti tlio 111ernblo building sotnn years tilgo, Is the motto of the state. It sliowa at once tho spirit of liberty that duuilnited uur firf ilhers, and tho troublous times through which tho )ouug npubllo had to jsisa bo fore Its IndeiH ndeuco was secured. It reads, "Piiso (sitlt jiliu Idiim sub lllwrtate iiuletein."' Tho stranger gizod at tho mysterious words for,nrmo time, eiitlUiig them out fo ward nnd Imokwnrd, lint utttrl) failed lo uxtraet any meaning from tin m I'ln illy ho called tonnewsluy who wna lm rr)ing by, "Hay, bub, what's lhat sny up there." ' Wh),"ald the lwy, "lliafa Latin." "Will," ri Hod the auutlu ruor, a louk of ailmlnittun nicrsprendliig his face, "ISe heard 11 pile, first nnd hut, ubont tho wljiratloii of thla'ao town, but I 'low I never retkuned as how tlioy pnintod tholr signs In the dead languages." lan-guages." Vuulli a Companion. |
