WHY WE PROPOSED.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXXXI, Issue 50, 27 June 1905, Page 2

WHY WE PROPOSED.

A certain man was hanged, so that he died. And he left two sons, honest men. Now, one of the 80ns was a blacksmith. Bat the other became a physician. And after j that their father had been taken from them these brothers made their homes in other kinds. And the blacksmith would have prospered But it befell that one asked him how Ma | father made end And tho blacksmith, look- | ing angrily ■ upon him, answered, 'He was j hung.' For the -blacksmith was an honest ■ man. Howbeit, presently, when a horse was missing, men gathered and hanged the black > smith, saying', ' This man must take after his father.' So the blacksmith did take after 'his father, but whether he caught up with him the tale telleth not. < And at the same time, in his own city, one j inquired of the physician, by what means his I father died. And the physician covered his ! face and wept. i But while he wept he considered, saying witbin himself, elf I say, ' He was hanged,' i then shall I shock this man and give him ' pain, and it is my office to relieve pain, j Nevertheless I must tell the truth.' He said therefore, • My father died of heart failure.' And again, he wept, the questioner ' weeping with him. Then, this being told, men said, * Doubtless, since his father died of heart failure, this good physician and loving son hath made j study of kindred diseases.' So they resorted j unto him. . . , And the physician became a specialist. And he looked at them who came, and coughed once and sneezed twice and de« manded one hundred dollars. And they gave gladly, for the physician was an honeat man.