Chapter I.—Continued

Southland Times, Issue 714, 23 August 1867, Page 2

Chapter I.—Continued

(to thb editob of the southland times. I liave said my saying. Let this august .Council consider and take it to heart. And then another wise man, who was taller by the palm of a hand than the former wise men who had spoken, opened his mouth and said—" O thou son of--Or- O!-of ■- a verity knowledge proceedeth from thy mouth, and wisdom drops-from-thy lips like the drops from a honeycomb; mayest thou live for ever; thou deserveth to be king of the land- of South.—-My heart danceth in my bosom by reason of the,-gold I am to possess—and oh gold! -I will-sing thy praise for ever." And he cried, gold gold! iron horses, chariots,dron[roads, gold, gold! and the son of Stul cried, gold, gold! and the son of Ci cried; gold! and the whole august Council shouted, gold, iron horses, chariots, iron roads, and, above all, gold, gold! and there was one who sat at the head of the table and he, shouted order, order! and the more he cried order, order, the more they shouted gold, gold! Now, when by reason of the great. shouting, the good people of the cityoflncar had gathered together bofore the door of the great conncil hall, they, when they had learnt the reason of this great shouting, they also shouted gold,. gold, iron horses, chariots; &c. And so it came to pass that they and the council shouted together for the space of three hours ; when by reason of the' great shouting they became hoarse, they called the scribe, and ordered him to write down on a' parchment all that the wise men had said, about the gold, the iron horses, and chariots, and roads of iron and all about the great shouting. And then the scribe did write till the parchment was written full, the length of a tall man, and they locked the parchment in an iron chest, as a memorial of the wisdom of this* august Council lor future generations to fefer. to, and has been the oracle of wisdom to this day. And now, it came to pass, when the tidings of what this august Council had decreed were carried through all the land of South, that all the people in the land shouted and danced, and leaped for joy, and the milkmaid danced and leaped, and spilt her milk; and the good wife of the house danced and leaped, and broke the basket of eggs; and the good man of the house shouted gold, toddy, rum, gin, and let fall his glass, and there was a great shout for the space of twelve moons through all the land of the South.