NCE there was a good little 

 boy by the name of Jacob 

 Blivens. He always obeyed 

 his parents, no matter how absurd 

 and unreasonable their demands 

 were; and he always learned his 

 book, and never was late at Sabbath- 

 school. He would not play hookey, 

 even when his sober judgment told 

 him it was the most profitable thing 

 he could do. None of the other 

 boys could ever make that boy out, 



^iJjlTlIIx —-^ - he acted so strangely. He wouldn't 



lie, no matter how convenient it was. He just said it was wrong to lie, and 

 that was sufficient for him. And he was so honest that he was simply 



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