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Show month, those of the tribe of Kph-J raim who were cunning in tossing the ball and swinging the bat, said one to another, ,, behold is not the land of Manti before us, and are not their mighty players busy with other concerns? Come.let us go up against theiu. 1'eradvenUre we will find them napping, therefore they will become an easy prey." And they basted and came to the land of Manti. And behold, the players of Manti wert lifted up in the pride of their hearts, and they said, one to another anoth-er havp we not manv miehtv t)laY- I - - - ' j . ers among us, therefore w fear not the Ephraimites. And one of their ckeif captains had gone on a pilgrimage pil-grimage into the wilderness near the land of Chester, and others had gone no man knew whither. And the players of Ephraimhad made a treaty with other cities, and had in their ranks cunning players from other lands, and they feU upon the legions of the Metropolitans, and defeated them with great slaughter, for they were armed with bats and balls, and lime for whitewash. And they returned, each man to his own home, laden with the spoils of the victory, and amid great rejoicings. But the land of Manti, was weep ing and gnashing of teeth. Sentinel. HISTORICAL LEAF. Now it came to pass that in the jjfth month on the 14th day of the j |