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Show T h o m a s The S e c o n d* Far distant from the scene s&£he actsdgities o£ S ^ J about on were enacted those of Thomas; the Second which Tjame aoo this wise 9 ' " place • The Dining **©om of the eentral House * • J e r S 0 D a e Benja^n the son of Stephen the Just and Thomas the 2nd* Also e**n Tai Fu the gracious dispenser of herbs * Thomas the 2nd e* ~ ~ I fear me that the alfalfa whioh groweth in front of these royal palaces is getting over ripe « 1 must summon the coolies Fwang * Chin and their reiatftoes to the Hth degree . With their short blades they will saw off the stems of the alfalfa and after they are dried in the sun ,they will hind them fast with ropes and convey them to yonder bam for the s*F*en&nee of the goats which gi veth milk for the women a»i the children#» 9 Benjamin the Son of Stephen* *-' - *~--o o ' that I had the scythe that used- to hang in my father's barn » Keen &n& sharp it was and aightUy did iI 8Wda§ the sa&o in my youth ,and the blades of grass fell before it as do the allies before the guns of the Germans* Right ouickly would 1 teach these lethargic coolies how to cut grass Then when it was dry we raked it tgether in great heaps and under each ran slender poles and ***J** placed themselves between those poles and q^iokly core the hay to the barns* Thomas the 2nd e "just now U^rT" hangeuT in the basement of this ™jr*mu»^*U* a scvthe as you have described imported by the ttoughtruinesB of Vinton whose surname is Eastman . A little rusty to be sure S r : . JK*S -i sun. a-wrs-a*.?* made answer Do as tl.oi1 naat saia . w .. - field sharfen that scytne and tomorrow's sun J i l l see me in the field lkting low the herbage thereof But what shal* we oo ror po«B *2E8_2£_-3*''J*'m jhijai I sit I de s cern sever a 1 taps PJA- ^ T ^ r - u S - - r ^ ? ^ave fallen , I « U ^ lajasr^ So H3 v sheened the scythe ,not once or trto. but •«» times ";nd he S j his task well .though be l ^ « ~ r j t , t£ sought to do a s * financial wrens «•?__•*„,„ i * 5 * i n v,t.ich to 35 R • 1 & c , far «*d4*~« e ^ T T ™ Thonas. the - t * kept his eye upon him o f •# r e e J»°aa|A.o»iam Celestials gathered rtth encouraging s*U« and woras ^ « '•&, new cutting about and each want e d t o try his " ™ l / , Kert.it, none offered machine that ate up the grass so £ « « £ M h a v e g i Y e n his any emolument save Pouchir tne « « » ime t0 have cSLces for • a t r i W . - a e t f Z t f S t MUU for the fcright mov~ exchanged ths cleansing of pots ana •*»»** , ing scythe ^ , d, 8 the steel * £ • « • ' ^ £« sixth stroke each - i d \ * * & ' ^ " S a ^ s r a celestial : ct>od/ but which, did mean It is .oo na fet the foreignJX do It - boy wh0 tended the ^oats had indeed it was not easy *o r " i«* ° the world over „ that it wao fouudix**** affr th« warmer of : c ^ f W O i i w v Y . . brickbat i* Sd dried much of the. grass in a manner X* ^ ^ sha.^f i e nea The eves of Thomas the 2nd »**»*« - k 1 | g t h e barn* i 4. *r the three tons of hay «•*» x»*• . l a i n som@ things £ 8 *™ one toUa you that said Thomas the 2nd is in a ¥ e r a ge t f any on t s j others nins »and in • * " • * • • J l showeth te butPafhlt Peinfeworldiy wisden and busfn?ss aff«rs distaste for the same . * " 'f^1 cr0p on the Lintsing Compoun in heard how he cured tne alfalr* « A^ a8 w i l l be »« t to the aatasm of 191 f and said ««««"». '-gj - ^ - Snd . Shan* before the hrilltant ^nage„er,c ^£* , ! a p " , ," |