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DON’T MONKEY WITH 
THE CAT 
__ James Thompson, Belt, Mont. 
.« Some years ago | had two green 
- Scotch boys working for me. One 
day I and one of them had work 
away from the house which kept us 
until yery late. The other was left 
alone and,/loeking around found 
a hole ff he | 
catch something, probably a hare, 
he seta trap; On our return we 
found ‘f im still up and he told us 
about the-trap. “I think I caught a 
wee éattie:’ ” “Let it alone until 
morning.” ‘‘No, that would be 
cruel.”’ 
‘We found a skunk in the trap. 
The boys asked if it was good for 
anything and I| told them the fur is 
valuable. One of the boys got a 
club and crawled toward the little 
animal to kill it. When five or six 
feet away, he raised the club, de- 
claring ‘“‘Wait a minute and you'll 
be mine.” Just then it turned—the 
boy leaped into the air and came 
tearing through the brush, snorting 
like a buffalo. As he passed he 
yelled, ‘“Yon’s a coarse beastie.” 
Early spring flowers dormant now 
and will not be available until next 
year. 
The pink flowering Neobessya 
Missouriensis Cactis (don't know a 
common name for it) .in full bloow 
now. This Cactus is hardy to zero, 
compact in growth and a fine pot 
plant. Especially good for a cold 
room where freezing comes occa- 
sionally. 

My tub garden’s giving us plenty 
of Lettuce, but only the first plant- 
ings of Radishes proved worthwhile. 
Later planting in well lined loam is 
making fine tops and no swelling of 
the roots. 
Am experimenting with Climbing 
Cucumber and the new Climbing 
Tomato, each in a leaky 50-lb. lard 
can, very, very rich dirt. The Toma- 
to is not a true climber, but can be 
THE YELLOW SHEETS 
the ‘round. Thinking to 
thinking overtime, 
JULY-AUGUST, 1947 
trained’ upward. Both flourishing 
and blooming but ‘God giveth the 
increase.” | . 

For Sale—Five acres unimproved 
land inside limits of Grannis. 
Clear title; no back taxes. Stock wa- 
ter and much standing fuel on place. 
$150 cash. Ralph L. Cole, Grannis, 
Ark. ~ 
And cast ye the unprofitable ser- 
vant into outer darkness. There shall 
be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 
—Maithew 25:30. 
When one of the Herods went to 
Ro.ne to be confirmed in office he 
turned certain monies to three of his 
personal servants to invest for him.. 
Evidently he must have had-a good 
opinion of all three to place this con- 
fidence in them. 
Jesus draws a parallel of this and 
the way God deals with people. The 
Lord gives us a chance to co-operate 
with Him. He places us in the cir- 
cumstances under which we can ren- 
der best service. If the job He wants 
done is a very partciular one, He is 
likely to try us out with trouble piled 
on trouble, to prove if we can stand 
the gaff and are worth bothering 
with. 
He gives us the tastes and abilities 
we will need IF we use them to the 
utmost. It must have kept two of the 
servants hustling considerably more 
than eight hours a day, and a lot of 
capital in their care, in that time. 
And their reward was praise from 
their employer and a lot bigger job 
and responsibility. The third may 
have been a law-abiding citizen, 
probably was, but he was afraid to 
take a chance and shirked responsi- 
bility. And the inevitable result was 
that he was left out of the Lord’s 
scheme of action. : 
del doubt if a lazy person, or one 
who pities themselves stand much of 
_a chance at salvation. They take the 
feasy way. | igs 
to double the 
