A Christian Korean who had his hair cut like a Japanese was met
by a company of his fellow countrymen who were out looking for
Japanese sympathizers. They accused him of being a traitor, but
he insisted that he was not--that he was a Christian. “Have
you a Bible and a hymn-book?” they demanded. He produced them.
“Repeat the Lord’s Prayer.” He did so. “The Ten Commandments and
the Apostles Creed; sing the Doxology.” The Christian was ready
with all these, and his captors were satisfied and released him.
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Dr. Ogden, professor of geology at Cambridge, had taken a fancy
to a lad, who had been in his service for some years, and used
to manage the garden with great cleverness and skill, much to
the admiration of his employer. The doctor, however, came, after
a few years, to notice that his favorite cherry-tree never
seemed to yield any presentable fruit in due season. At last,
one year, some twelve cherries seemed to be approaching the long
coveted fruition; but as the doctor was returning from a ride
one day, what should he behold but these pet cherries gone! He
accused the boy rather abruptly and warmly, but the latter with
equal warmth replied, “I have not touched them, as true as God’s
in heaven.” The doctor at once went to his closet, told the boy
to wait, and gave him a strong dose of antimonial wine as a sort
of treat. The boy, who was kept in some conversation, soon began
to be uneasy, and wanted to go, saying he felt unwell. “No, no,
my lad,” said the doctor; “sit thee still, I’ll soon make thee
better of that,” and gave him a glass of warm water from a basin
also at his elbow. Very soon nature was irresistible. The boy
hiccuped, looked pale, and up came all the cherries.--CROAKE
JAMES, “Curiosities of Law and Lawyers.”
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