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Title: The modern devil, his play between the false and the good;
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Chambers, Isaiah Mench, 1865- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Philadelphia, International publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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versing, quite a company of young men and womencame out of the city, and the prophet accosted them.Whence journey ye? he asked. ^^To the Pavilion of Pleasure, replied one whose name wasLight Heart. ^This is not a safe path for inexperienced feet like thine,rejoined Evangelist. Pay no attention to him, he is some old fanatic, said LightHeart to his companions, at which they all raised a shout oflaughter. With Light Heart were two others, who, with himself, seemedto be leaders of the company. Their names were Presumption andIncredulous. As the three loitered somewhat behind their com-panions, who had gone forward merrily. Evangelist entered intoconversation with them. Knowest thou the name of this highway? he asked. It is called the Path of the Primrose, was the reply. So it is, said Evangelist. It takes its name from theflowers which border it, but knowest thou the dangers which lurknigh to it I There are no dangers, hastily replied Presumption.You cannot frighten us, said Light Heart.
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tSee 2^ 1H5. THE PATH OF THE PEIMEOSE 165 Far be it from me to fill thy souls with false fears, or to limitthee in any legitimate pleasure; but this is one of the ways ofdeath which Satan maintains for the peril of immortal souls, suchas those of your merry company, said Evangelist. Ha! Ha! laughed Incredulous, you cannot turn us backwith such chaff; thousands of others have taken this way andhave come to no harm. Little dost thou know, my young friend, of what has hap-pened along this road. These primroses are placed here by de-sign. The peril is hidden by the flowers. At this the three laughed loudly, and hurried on to join theirfriends. Bidding adieu to the good prophet, I kept on my way to thecity, and entering it moved slowly along its busy streets medi-tating upon Evangelists warning to those who danced so merrilyalong the Primrose Path. Seeming to care not where I went, I allowed myself to be car-ried along by the human current that ebbed and flowed along thethoroughfares, and,

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