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CHAPTER I. 
 
 A ND it came to pass in the 
 •^^ days when Victromache was 
 (^iieen over Britain and all her 
 dependencies, even in the fiftieth 
 yeur of her reign : 
 
 2 That in the Province of Que- 
 bec of the Dominion of Canada, 
 there arose two men, and the 
 name of one was George the Stif- 
 fun, and the other Donald the 
 Smith. 
 
 3 These men had prospered 
 marvellously in the land to v/hich 
 they had come, and their riches 
 were even as the riches of Sol- 
 omon. 
 
 4 And George the Stiffun said 
 unto Donald the Smith : Verily, 
 if thou wilt give five hundred 
 talents of gold, beliohi I will give 
 the same, that we may build an 
 hospital for the halt, the main 
 and the sick. 
 
 5 And Donald the Smith made 
 answer unto George the Stiffun, 
 saying, Verily I am with thee. 
 
 6 And when the people heard 
 it they rejoiced greatly and praised 
 the love and charity of these 
 good men. 
 
 7 Now, when John the Clericus, 
 who was a priest of the order of 
 the Protests heard these things, 
 he was mightily pleased and went 
 to the palaces of these good men ; 
 
 8 And ho blessed them and said. 
 Surely the Lord will prosper 
 your handiwork. Build your 
 hospital among the poor and 
 needy, so will you and your chil- 
 dren after you ever receive the 
 prayers and thanksgivings of the 
 afflicted. 
 
 9 And he departed. 
 
 10 Then these two men looked 
 upon one another and George the 
 
 Stiffun said. What think you, O 
 Donald, of the speech of the 
 priest 1 
 
 11 And he answered and said. 
 He speaketh as a fool ; behold, if 
 we build this great hospital in the 
 midst of the dwellings of the poor 
 who shall see it ? 
 
 12 On high land must it be 
 built, even on the mount that is 
 called Royal, so that all men shall 
 see it. 
 
 13 And these men took land 
 and bought it; land nigh unto 
 the homes of the rich, and from 
 the Sanhedrim of the town were 
 they given a portion of land that 
 belonged unto the people. 
 
 14 They took no heed of what 
 the Lord had done unto Ahab 
 when he took the vineyard of 
 Naboth the Jezreelite ; but surely 
 there will trouble come of this 
 thing. 
 
 15 Ye, people of Montreal, 
 have given up a piece, it may be 
 a small piece, of the land that 
 your fathers handed down to you, 
 and behold it shall all be taken 
 from you piece by piece. 
 
 16 Ye will build your temples 
 and high places and cry, We have 
 no polution. 
 
 17 While in the valley beneath, 
 even in your town, your sons walk 
 through the fire to Molock and 
 your daughters are made wanton 
 in the groves of Asteroth. 
 
 18 Leave your mount as nature 
 has given it unto you, but clean 
 and wash out the murky sin-sinks 
 of your town. 
 
 19 Better, O George the Stiffun 
 and Donald the Smith, to spend 
 your shekels in this wise than 
 raise a monument of stone that 
 shall perish. 
 
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