The Man Without a Country, and Other Tales

I came home to-night, "you wil

oe to him,' says the oracle, 'who goes to the

er to him; but the moment of our need has come. The figures are

or (and my wife had to lay aside double for the war),-when the pew-rent was paid for the year, and the water-rate-we must have to start with, on the 1st of January, one hundred dollars. This, as we live, would pay, in cash, the butcher, and the grocer, and the baker, and all the dealers in things

id: "Felix, you will have

story of the

"one-horse shay." He made his visit, not unacceptable, on the poor Stowers household, and then crossed lots to the place where he saw poor Michael hoeing. He told Michael that he was charged with Sabbath breaking, and bade him plead to the charge. And poor Mike, like a man, plead guilty; but, in extenuation, he said that there [pg 2

at meat did you eat fo

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n to see Brother Stowers, to talk to him about his Sabbath-

fish bite; nor for those who pretend to be richer or better or wiser than they are. No! But we have found, in our lives, that in a great democracy there reigns a [pg 204] great and gracious sovereign. We have found that this sovereign, in a reckless and unconscious way, is, all the time, making the most profuse provision for all the citizens. We have found that those who are not too grand to trust him fare as well as they deserve. We have found,

out flattering him, you trust him. Of this sovereign the name is-"the Public." Faust

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