Show THE PRAYER PRATER i lord please dont let tills town grow ive been here for thiro years and during that time vi every public improvement ive knocked everything and everle evera body firm or individual has c v published a business here without MY doing ay all I 1 could to put them out or ive lied led about them tia would have stolen from them if I 1 had the courage I 1 have done till lill I 1 coial to keep the town from gr growing wang anil and never have I 1 s spoken a good word for it ive knocked hard and often it pains me 0 lord to see glut in spite of ff my knocking this town ji I beginning to grow real heal won soon I 1 apor I 1 will be called upon to help a w water ater system and who knows but what I 1 may have to help keep up tha th streets that run by my own freml es this lord would be morr more than I 1 could bear it would cost me bonev though all I 1 I 1 have was made algil here harp in tills town then too mw inore people might come if the town be beghian ghia to grow which would cause me ma to lose some of my iny pull I 1 ask abere fore to kep keep jhb ahk town at a standstill that I 1 may ponti continue nue to be the chaett kriv knocer ezer amen I 1 |