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Show THOUGHT HIS TIME HAD COME i Fervent Prayer That Went Up From Man at Dottom of Well, at Mercy of Wicked Wag. An old man In Georgia named Jack nnldwln, having lost hl hat In nn old dry well ono day, hitched n ropo to a stump nnd lot himself down. A wlokod wag nnuuul Noal camo nlong Just thon and. quietly dotnchlng n bell from UaUlw in's old blind homo, approached tho well, boll In baud, und began to tlng-nllim. Jack thought tho old horso va3 coming com-ing and said, "Hang tho old blind horse! Ho'a coming thla way, sure, and he ain't got no moro conso than to full In on mo. Whoa, Ualll" The sound came closer. "Great Jerusalem! The old blind tool will b right on top of mo In a mlnlt! Who, llll t Whoa, haw, Ualll" Nal kicked a little dirt oa Jaek'a boad, and 4ek began to pray: "Ok, loni. kv Hry o Wkoa, f Ball! n poor slnnor I'm gone now! Whoa, Ilnll! Our Father who are In whoa, Hall hallowed bo Thy goo 1 What'U I do? name. Now I lay me down to si gee. Ball!" Just then In foil moro dlrL "Oh, Lord, If you ovir intend to do anything for mo back, Ball! Whoa, Thy klugdom como goo, Ball, Oh. Lord, you know I was baptized In Smith's mllldam whoa. Ualll Ho up! Murder! Whoal" Nenl could hold in no longer and shouted .a laugh which might havo been hoard two miles, which wna about as far as Jack chased him when ho got out. |