Show I ROBBED WITHOUT F FEELING IT And in those days came John hooting iton it iton iton on the time hither side sille of ot the Jordan an and saying Repent ye e and get ct wise uise for behold a ba bad man is abroad In th the theland theland land and I even I I. I am the worse O for it ft And ho lie lifted up his voice and wept eleven cloven dollar worth And there came unto him one with a hunch to find fin out and he ho sai said Disclose unto us how about the bad acl man So that John did l pick out the tho soft sort side of a rock and when he lie was sat rot the people came carne unto him And n he raid For Forthe the kingdom of Kearns is like a pig in a poke and the more you rou know him the worse you are off re For FOl he stood me up against the air all in the mi middle dle of the desert esert an and he lie yelled Look out for fOl the Hierarch Is after you rou you roun And n I looked ed and behold there was noth- noth ing ng But he lie gai said to mo me again Beware for tho he Hierarch Hier- Hier arch be upon tine thee An And I did jump oven as the Calavaras Cala- Cala varas yarns frog but there was nothing nothing- in the whole sweep of oC the desert but the ba bad man an and I even I. I And n I felt his protecting arms about me even en the tine arms of tho the bad man and he pressed me close on this side and on that and he lie screamed in mine ear Git Olt for Cor the tall and For the Hierarch is a terrible terrible ter tel thing that goeth about like Ulee a raving seeking whom 11 1 he may devour v Issay Isay J Id ay j y- y J f l 4 JK 7 v a aw w Jf c. c r you you he Iy you ou ju la las tas well where you OU aint as where you ou are Thereupon did I reach for tor m my roll 1011 of long lont green that I might give gi mone money to the bad man for putting me nu meon on and behold there was nothing either long or gr green en whithersoever I turned And I besought me for m my watch that I might know an and find out w when hen the long green and I separated and went our several ways was Anthe And An the watch had gone gono to meet the long green And I 1 commune communed with myself and I said Surely then shall shallI I not give this necklace of or pearls to tho rho bad man for his nervous a advice But the pearls had in like manner de elo- departed parted and I fell Into a deep cep sleep even en as the sons o of oC f who have ha to be called eleven or eight times of a 1 morning before the they will get got up and do the time chores An And Ind when deep sleep was as was fastened fastened upon me lo to and behold was a miracle wrought For I rose from the sleep and my clothes ha had departed departe even to my shoes And I looked and beheld them stacked in the time san sand behind tin the e bad man And I told him I had been touched And nd h he e was wroth even to the bridling of or his anger anser And h ho e said Dont kick As long as you OU were scare scared 1 at al th the ec c Hierarch you didn't know ow I had robbed you OU Wherefore whenever you OU think you OU are robbed get frightened again n It Is such a comfort And he took m my long green and my coal coat and my cloak and even en shoes and down don my ran violently r a m steep place where he could coul see An And a great herd o of ot f swine was feeding And the bad man was one of ot them Be ye yo therefore frightened an and you ou wont won't know you are robbed thus the first lesson |