. Delightful stories; or, Home talks out of the Wonderful . - had become. Hebegan by talking roughly to them, and insisting that they were he locked them up for three days and afterward sent them offwith food, but keeping Simeon as a pledge that they would comeback and bring Benjamin, their youngest brother. In these troublesthey thought of their own cruelty to Joseph so many years before,and said to each other that because of it this trial had come. PoorSimeon lay in prison while the brothers hurried back home. On theway they were surprised by finding in the top of each mans
. Delightful stories; or, Home talks out of the Wonderful . - had become. Hebegan by talking roughly to them, and insisting that they were he locked them up for three days and afterward sent them offwith food, but keeping Simeon as a pledge that they would comeback and bring Benjamin, their youngest brother. In these troublesthey thought of their own cruelty to Joseph so many years before,and said to each other that because of it this trial had come. PoorSimeon lay in prison while the brothers hurried back home. On theway they were surprised by finding in the top of each mans sack thevery money which they had paid for food. This worried them reaching home they told their father all that had happened,. 160 GRANDPA GOODWINS STORIES. and his heart was almost broken for Simeons absence and becauseBenjamin, too, had to go to Egypt. He wept aloud, and declared itwould bring down his gray hairs in sorrow to the grave. That was too bad, said Carrie, with a voice full of would not have asked for Benjamin if he had thought, Imsure. He wanted to make his brothers taste the sorrows they hadcaused others, and he knew that in the end they would be made delayed to return for a few daysy dreading it, no doubt, but atlast hunger compelled, and back they had to go. It was hard forJacob to spare Benjamin, but it had to be done. They started backwith presents for the great ruler and with money to pay for the firstlot of corn and to buy more. In a few days they were again beforeJoseph. Then they had a fresh alarm. He ordered them to his ownhouse, and they feared it meant evil ; but they had to go. At thedoor they talked with his head servant, but he spoke pleasantlyto them and
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