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    THAT GIRL of JOHNSON S
TSy JEA.J* K.A.TE L\ZT>L\/M.
Author of "At a Girl's Mercy." Lte.
Entered According to Act of Congress in the Year 1890 by Street A Smith,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.
CHAPTER VIII.—Continued.
The woman came to meet them as
■they rode up. Foam dripped from the
mouths of tholr horses, and their
heads hung listlessly, while their
flanks were covered with sweat. The
men dismounted and loosened the sad
dle girths.
Hstd Johnson returned? they asked
her.
Not that she had heard of. she re
plied. Did they want Johnson? Had
they been searching for him?
Yes, they replied, they wanted John
son; he was summoned to appear in
the town in the Green case; it was
believed he could tell considerable
about the matter; should he not ap
pear to-day, they must wait.
What if he were d^d? she asked,
curiously; if he had fallen into seme
one of the dangerous places on the
mountain?
If he were dead, they said—well, if
he were dead that would put a differ
ent face upon the matter; they hoped
ne was no* dead, for the law should
not be baffled. Did she think he was
dead? Had she cause to think so?
No, she knew no reason why John
son should be dead unless he had
fallen in some of the dangerous places
on the mountain; they must know
tk;s, for they had been there; for her
part she knew nothing about it save
from what she heard those say who
had been there.
They paid her liberally and rode
away. Dolores was still sitting at the
gate under the pines with her haggard
face and idle hands, and the eyes
that watched for what did not come.
Johnson was not there, she said,
■quietly, and they never questioned her
word, but instinctively lifted their hats
as they rode away.
CHAPTER IX.
A More Thorough Search.
Dolores, worn with watching and
faint from lack of food, fell asleep at
the door-way, and slept the whole
■night through; the dawning had deep
ened to broad light when she waked.
She bathed her face with cool
water from the well and brushed her
soft hair back, winding it in a heavy
coil at the back of her head.
The table was set as she had left It
the day before, and when she hung the
kettle over the fire she took the pail
and went out to milk Brindle.
Lodie came up for water; he hesi
tated as he saw Dolpres, but she rose
up bravely to meet him. She did not
speak, but her eyes asked him a ques
tion.
“Ther case wrere t postponed,” he
said, slowly. “Ther jedge were put
out consid’ralde. but as ’t couldn’t be
helped he said they'd hev ter wait tell
yer feyther kerns.”
He did not linger; he dared not
linger when she was watching him.
He could not tell her of the roused
suspicion regarding Johnson’s non
appearance. He left a full bucket on
the edge of the well fer her.
Dolores was unused to attention;
this slight act touched her strangely;
she watched him go down the road,
and his slouching figure had a sort of
grace in her eyes.
She arose and carried the pail in
“I will walk,” she said simply,
side. Then she prepared a pot of
coffee strong and clear, and drank a
cupful. She fried some bacon and
eggs, and ate them determinedly. She
v-as impelled by her hidden purpose,
sad ate that she should have
strength.
When she had finished she filled a
large bottle with rich new milk, and
hung it at her side with a slender
rope across her shoulders; she knew
that she would have need of both her
hands. Then she closed the door and
went down the path with a firm Btep.
A* she pushed the rickety gate up
and fastened it with its swinging rope,
and turned to go down the road, a
step crunched the gravel at her side,
and a familiar voice sounded in her
ears, a voice that hitherto had held
such sweetness to her shut as she
had always been in her hard life. But
she turned now with the free look
dying from her face and eyes.
“Dolores!” exclaimed young Green,
eagerly, a warm light in his kindly
eyes as he went up to herewith out
stretched hands. "I came over to see
about your father. You have heard
nothing from him yet, Miss Johnson?”
“I shall find him to-day,” she said,
steadily.
For the first time he noticed the
bottle at her waist and the strange,
sad expression of her face. A knowl
edge of her errand flashed upon him.
He touched her arm gently to detain
her.
"You are going to find him. Miss
Johnson—Dolores? You believe he is
lost over on yonder mountain? What
fools we were not to have thought of
that before. Let me go with you;
may I? What could you do should
you find him?” He used no softening
words to her; he knew she compre
hended the possible ending to their
search.
“You must ride my horse, Miss
Johnson. The way is long and rough,
and—”
“I will walk,” she said, simply. Her
lips had lost their warm red color; her
wide eyes were on his face in their
strange wistfulness.
"Then I will leave him at the tav
ern,” he said, quietly, to comfort her.
A group of men were around the
door of the tavern as they approached
and were talking over the events of
the previous day. When young Green
and Dolores appeared their glances
were suggestive, and they listened in
silence when the young man spoke.
When he finished an ominous silence
fell upon them. Then Lodle arose. Of
them all he was the most angular and
uncouth, but among them he was
nobler than they.
"Ther dep’ties dedn’t know ther
mounting," he said gravely. "Theys
might hev a'ms' stepped on 'em
o’thout knowin’ et. Ef he hev met
wdth an acc'dent he mayn’t be able ter
kern an’ ’ll die ’thout help kem ter
’em. Ef thet gal o’ Johnsing’s ken go
ower thar ter hunt ’em, I reckon we
ur.8 ken do ’t.”
His slow, heavy words roused an
interest in his listeners as all Green’s
words could not do, and they arose at
once to their duty with many a word
cf grumbling that passed unnoticed
because each understood that this was
simply their way of showing the depth
of their interest.
The strange party moved along the
ghostly mist of the valley road and
across tho bridge like spirits of the
mountain. The ascent was hard and
toilsome, and Dolores was unused to
such exertion; young Greea was ath
letic. but he also had never so had
his strength put to the proof They
paused many times to rest and re
cover breath. By and by Green helped
Dolores. Her recent lack of food and
sleep had unfitted her for such exer
tion. She was panting and weak, but
she smiled her slow, brave smile, and
shook her head when he offered to
take her home if she wished. She
came to find her father, she said
quietly, and she would find him; she
felt certain of that.
Up in the blue space a vulture hov
ered; the dull flap of his wings was
audible in the dead stillness and hol
low below. Dolores saw him, and her
eyes dilated.
"See:” she cried, her sweet, strange
ly penetrating voice full of terror
echoing down the misty hollow. “See!
Why is he there? They follow where
there r.re wounded. He Is net there
for nothing.”
Their eyes followed hers; her terror
was reflected in their faces, used as
they were to such scenes, and young
Green instinctively drew her nearer
himself as though to shield her from
what might follow. There was noth
ing certain about the vulture's prey;
it might be a wounded hare, a stag,
or—a man! That it was something
was certain; something, too, that was
wounded, not dead.
They stood in silence a moment
with awe-struck faces, while the bird
of death hovering above them had a
terrible meaning for them. Dolores
clung to young Green with trembling
hands in tho first wild moment; she
did not feel his strong arm about her;
there was a look in her eyes he could
never forget. Then she loosened her
hold of him, and stood alone slender
and stately on the brink of the yawn
ing gulf. It was marvelous’how she
impressed those about her with her
personality. Many a time afterward
the young man was wakened in the
night with the memory of her as she
stood there in her utter self-forgetful
ness. her feet touching the edge of
the gulf opening before her, her ten
der face grand with its brave soul
“I will call him,” she said, gravely.
“He may answer, for he is there, I
know.”
She leaned above the void filled in
with ghostly mist and gruesome shad
ows; young Green's hand was upon
her arm. but she did not know It. She
called aloud, and her voice rang down
the silence, waking the echoes from
rock to rock
“Father! Father!”
The bird of death overhead flapped
his heavy wings and uttered a fierce
cry as a panther might that has lost
its young. They waited and listened;
no sound disturbed the hush of the
mountain’s heart save the echoes
fainting farther and farther into the
mysterious depths below.
“Father! Father!”
“He did not ~hear,” said Dolores,
quietly. "Or perhaps he cannot an
swer. I will call again.”
That he was there she did not
doubt; whether dead or alive she
would find him; she believed that, too.
She placed her hands to her mouth.
and her voice again woke the echoes
like the tones of a flute
“Father! Father!”
The vulture whirred down in front
of them with Its fierce cry. Ther
suddenly up frcm the depths, yet not
far from them, floated a faint call
half moan, half answer. They listened
as though in doubt, afraid to believe
lest they be mistaken. Bu*; again th*
faint voice sounded not far distz.**.
but weak. Green stretched himself
flat ca the ground, "nd leaned fa>
o-'er the perilous edge.
About twenty feet below a sharp
ledge projected, forming a flat shelf;
this was covered with a tangle ol
shrubs and bushes. The mist hung
about it like a phantom shroud, and
even to Green's clear eye it was but
faintly discernible. Whether or not
Johnson was there, he could not tell
He called cheerily, and again the
weak voice replied; the bushes below
were stirred slightly, and a feebU
hand appeared for an instant.
Green arose swiftly to his feet; he
uncoiled the rope with swift sweep*
of his muscular young arms, and fast
ening one end around his waist se
cured the other end to a sturdy sap
ling near. The men understood his
design without words, and obeyed his
orders promptly.
Dolores watched them with dilating
eyes and her lips close shut, as though
to stifle a cry. When she saw whal
“Let me go,’ it is my duty.”
young Green was about to do, she
came forward, a world of wonder and
horror and pleading In her eyes that
were larger and darker than usual
they met the steady blue ones above
her.
"Do not go,” she said, slowly, as
though the words would not coroe.
“Let me go; it is my duty; but you
—you must not risk your life for
him.”
He replied hurriedly. There was a
swift flashing smile in his eyes as
they met hers. It was pleasant to him
that she eared for his safety, and he
answered her with a swift, brave
smile. He spoke to the men cheerily,
but clearly and concisely; he told
them to hold hard and mind their
work. They were ready, and obeyed
him at once, and without word3.
As he turned to let himself down
over the edge he looked toward Do
lores. She was standing apart from
them white and silent, her slender,
graceful figure in its homely print
gown sharply defined against the
drooping pine boughs that swung low
down; her brown eyes were on him
with a great wonder in their depths.
At the time he did not understand,
but he smiled at her, and the smile
was so grave and tender and steady
that it seemed to her afterward when
she thought of it that he had spoken.
She neither moved nor spoke; he
believed that she did not see him
though her eyes were on him till he
disappeared over the edge, the rope
making a dull whir through the grass
that stifled all thought in her mind
but the possibility of danger to him.
> (To be continued.)
Source of Nervous Impulse.
The theory of Loeb and Matthews
that the nervous impulse, although it
brings in electrieity. Is far from re
garding the transmission of that im
pulse as identical with a simple elec
trical current. In a medical Journal,
Dr. O’Brien advocates the old theory
that nervous current and electrical
current are Identical, because, first,
electricity is always present when
nerves act; second, electricity is the
form of torce which would do the
work required; third, because the ter
minal and central mechanisms con
nected Milth the nerves correspond to
the terminal and central mechanisms
connected with electrical system of
communication, and do similar work
in sending, receiving, relaying, switch
ing. transforming, accumulating, re
tarding, distributing and translating
impressions, and. fourth, because elec
tricity, with such construction of cor*
ductors and of terminal mechanisms,
is the only form of force we know of
that would do all the work required.
Vital Statistics *t '.wrier.
Greater London, which include* all
the suburbs, has a population of 6,581,
372, an increase of just under 1,000,000
in ten years, more than half of which
occurred in the "outer ring.” At tl e
ages of nineteen, twenty, twenty-on-.»
to twenty-five, and twenty-five to thir
ty, there are more than twice as many
females as males. It is pointed out in
considering the excess cf females over
males, account must be taken of the
large number of female domestic serv
ants who are brought into London
from the country. London has 234,
398 female servants, and only 15,425
men servants. London has less chil
dren than it has had for many /ears,
but it has more people over fa.'y-flve
than ever before
AEE LOSING INTEREST
^UDA AND CANADA NOT EAGER
FOR RECIPROCITY.
All Markets Better for Cuba Ilian One
Market Only, While Canada Will
Not Sacrifice Her Domestic Indus
tries by Tariff Reductions.
In the following comment by the
frco trade Springfield Republican
ihere Is more of fact than Is custom
ary In that newspaper's discussion of
tariff matters:
“Cuba is reported to be losing in
terest in the adoption of reciprocity by
the United 8tates. It is finding Itself
able to get along very tolerably with
out reciprocity. One of the Minne
sota congressmen says the people of
that state are becoming more and
more concerned about reciprocity with
Canada, but Canada's interest in reci
procity, under repeated rebuffs from
the United States, has been declining
as interest on this side has been in
creasing.’’
It is undoubtedly true that Cuba is
caring less and less about reciprocity.
She never really cared very much
about it. The scheme of tying up
Cuba with a bargain that in the long
run was sure to be a bad one for her,
while it was a viciously unfair and in
jurious bargain for the sugar and to
bacco producers of the United States,
originated with Havemeyer's Sugar
trust. Cuba was not solicitous about
the arrangement. Havemeyer was.
The Sugar trust literary bureau was
for a time successful in exploiting the
idea that a moral obligation was in
volved on the part of the United
States. Many sincere and conscien
tious people supported the reciprocity
proposition on that ground solely.
They recognized its injustice to a
large and important body of domestic
producers, but they felt bound to re
deem a promise which they were per
suaded to believe had been made at
some time by somebody. They seem
to have lost sight of the fact that no
body had the shadow of a right to
make such a promise or the power to
Kingdom. T)n Mwafiay e? this wwjfc
this very question was under dlscufc*
sion in the house of lords. The cable
report says:
"The Marquis of Ijuisdowne, Secre
tary of State for Foreign Affairs, said
the government considered that the
time had come when they should en
deavor to find some means of ascer
taining whether it was possible to ob
tain closer fiscal union with the col
onies: to find some means of protect
ing them if they were subjected to
ill-treatment In consequence of the
preferential treatment they granted
to the mother country, and to discover
means of protecting British interests
cgtiinst Inequitable competition."
Closer fiscal union with the colonies
and the vital need of discovering
"means of pvsvscting British interests
against inequitable competition," such
is and must be British policy. In these
circumstances Is ft to be for a moment
supposed that Canada, for the sake of
enriching tho manufacturers of the
United States, will enter into a reel-,
procity arrangement that will stifle
her own Industries and at the same
time subject British interests to a still
more "inequitable competition" than
that which is now complained of?
Such a proceeding on Canada’s part is
out of the question. That is why Can
ada Is losing interest in the reciprocity
game. That is why the National Reci
procity league and Its Minnesota
branch, that is especially devoted to
the Canadian part of the project, are
wasting their time. All the facts and
conditions are against any general
scheme of reciprocity between Canada
and the United States. There will be
reciprocity when Canada becomes an
integral part of the United States; not
before.
Democratic Opportunities.
Republicans believe in Rood money,
on a gold basis, in the scheme of be
ing unlike, it behooves the Democrats
to indorse silver at the Bryan ratio.
Republicans believe In protection.
•Therefore let the Democracy howl for
free trade. Republicans believe in
prosperity and have labored with sue
’cess to secure this. The Democratic
program, therefore, is to howl in favoi
HE WILL NOT BE TEMPTED.
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carry It out—that is nobody but the
United States congress. There is, we
believe, no pretense that congress ever
made cuch a promise.
But the moral obligation plea so
shrewdly worked up by the Sugar
tiust Anally flattened out. For a long
time past it has been patent to the
dullest comprehension that there is no
moral obligation in the case; merely
a business deal in which a favored
number of American manufacturing
and commercial interests stand to get
greatly the best of the arrangement,
while the Cuban people outside of
those identified with the affairs of the
Sugar trust and the Tobacco and Cigar
trust, are certain to be injured more
by cutting themselves off from the
world’s markets than they would be
benefited by giving to the United
States a monopoly of Cuban trade.
This is a view now very generally held
In Cuba. It explains why Cuba is
"losing interest in the adoption of
reciprocity by the United States.”
Similarly true is the Republican's
assertion that “Canada’s interest in
reciprocity under repeated rebuffs
from the United States, has been de
clining as Interest on this side has
been increasing.” Canada has found
out that the United States, even if it
would consent to any sort of reciproc
ity, certainly would not consent to a
reciprocity limited strictly to natural
products. Both Canada and the United
States are sellers of natural products.
Neither is a buyer. Canada would
have much to gain by such reciprocity.
The farmers, lumbermen and fisher
men of the United States would be
the losers. Finding that no such jug
handled swap can be made, Canada
has naturally lost Interest in reciproc
ity. Nobody in Canada, possibly ex
cepting the farming, lumber and fish
ing Interests, favors reciprocity in
manufactures. Reciprocity In manu
factures would virtually kill every
Canadian manufacturing industry.
Reciprocity of this kind, with a pref
erence In favor of the United States,
would not fall to bitterly offend Great
Britain, to say nothing of Germany,
France and the rest of the world. It
Is doubtful whether the British gov
ernment would tolerate an arrange
ment so unfair and so Injurious to the
masufacturlng interests of the United
of the good old hard times with Coxey
armies and soup houses. Republicans
make no secret of believing In the In
stitution miscalled "imperialism," and
but partly described by the word "ex
pansion." They want the country to
grow and rejoice that It is growing.
They regard the taking of the Philip
pines as having been a duty that to
evade would have been cowardice.
They assort that to keep the Philip
pines is the destiny of this people,
and that this course is the only one
consistent with honor, redounding to
the credit of the United States and to
the benefit of the Islands. They hold
that the record of the army has been
clean and honorable, and that the
American soldier fighting under a trop
ic sun does not by this act become a
bandit, a thief or an assassin.
All these points are cited simply for
the purpose of throwing a preserver to
Democracy as it flounders In a slough
of uncertainty. It Is different from
Republicanism now, but if it wants to
Increase and emphasize the difference
the way is easy enough.—Tacomi
Ledger.
Essentially Democratic.
The "Iowa Idea” gained all Its fol
lowing from those who wanted to at
tack the tariff as a means of hitting
the trusts. The “Iowa Idea" repre
sented an effort to lower the prices of
commodities that were thought to be
too high. It was born when beef cat
tle were $8 per hundred pounds. It
voiced the sentiment of a non-pro
ducing class, purchasers, not sellers.
It was a doctrine essentially Demo
cratic, and it had to be put to death
for the good of the country and the
party. It was popular for a time, as
free trade theories always are.—Dei
Moines Capital.
True Americanism
Senator Hanna showed his true
Americanism in the matter of his
daughter’s wedding gown. He decid
ed that the material should be Amer
ican made and all the work connected
with the construction of the garment
be done In this country. He placed
no limit on the expense, but stoutly
affirmed that no foreign texture or for
eign labor should enter into a make-up
of the trousseau. Oocd for Marcus.—
South Bend Tribune.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON VII.. AUGUST 16— SAUL.
TRIES TO KILL DAVID.
Golden Text—“God Is Our Refoga
and Strength, an Ever-Present H,»lp
in Trouble’’—Psalm 46:1—Danger
of an Evil Thought.
I. “David's Reward.'".—V’. 5. The open
ing of the eighteenth chapter of First1
.Samuel speaks of the friendship which
sprung up between David and Jonathan,
and of the covenant they made together.
That friendship Is the theme of next
week's lesson. This week we trace tha
progress of Saul's Jealousy, and see to
what fearful results It came.
5. "And David went out whithersoever,
Saul sent him.'' After his successful bat
tle with Goliath the young warrior seems
to have been given by Saul some Im
portant position In the army. Saul could
do no less for one who had saved the
country In such peril. ''And behaved him
self wisely.” Many a young man Is un
nble to stand promotion, but spoils his
chances of further progress by becoming
conceited. This was not the case with
David.
II. “Saul's Jealousy."—Vs. 6-9. Tha
first five verses of this chapter are an
ticipatory. hrlefiy summing up what Is
more fully described later.
6. "And they came.” The army may
have spent some time In the pursuit of
the fleeing Philistines, following up all
the advantages of their victory. "The
women came out of all cities of Israel."
They went to meet the army and express
their Joy at the national triumph, "ding
ing and dancing.”
7. "And the women answered one an
other.” They sung antIphonally. as the
women still do In Oriental festivals, one
group of singers chanting the first lino
and another group replying with the sec
ond. "As they played." That Is. as they
danced, with Joyful gestures. "Saul hath
slain his thousands, and David his ten
thousands."
8. "Saul was very wroth.” "Seeing, per
haps for the first time. In the youthful
Bethlehemlte that 'neighbor better than
himself to whom his kingdom was to be
given.”—Taylor.
9. "And Saul eyed David." The suspi
cious. sidelong glances of a Jealous man
are Implied In the word eyed.
The Sin of Jenlousy. This sin Is perfect
ly exhibited In the conduct of Saul toward
David, perhaps more thoroughly than
anywhere else In the Bible.
III. “Saul's Murderous Attempt."—Vs.
10. 11. Jealousy, like all other evil pas
sions. is not long confined to the mind,
but breaks out In evil deeds. It was so In
the case of Saul. ,
10. ’’fin the njorrow." The day after
the celebration of David's victory by tha
women, singing and dancing. "The evil
spirit from Ood came upon Saul." It
said to be an evl| spirit beenysp, probably
Satan himself brought it about. It Is said
to be from God because (1) God permitted
It, and (2) God used It as a punishment.
"And he prophesied." "Played the pro
phet,' vlx.. by gestures and demeanor.”—
Driver. "Rather, ho raved.”—Kell.
11. "Soul cast the Javelin.” Better trans
lated, he “lifted" or "brandished" the
spear. Saul merely made a threatening
gesture, latter, however (I. Sam. 19: 10>,
he uetually hurled the weapon.
Illustration. Haul had sown the little
seeds of Jealousy, mean suspicion and
envy, ami he was reaping the harvest of
murder. “Sin. when It Is finished, brtng
eth forth death.” (Jas. 1: 16).
"For he Bald ("Saying to himself.”—
Int. Crlt. Com.), "I will amlte David even
to the wall." "Had he succeeded the act
would have been ascribed to his mad
ness. and he would have been more pitied
than blamed."—Kltto."And David avoided
out of his presence twice." That Is. Saul
thus threatened David on two occasions,
and each time the young man wisely
withdrew.
Why Was David Made to Suffer Thus?
This was only the beginning of David's
hardships. The happy results he might
well have anticipated from his conquest
of Oollath were nullified by Saul's mean
Jealousy. Then came years of bitter per
secution. separation from friends and
loved ones, outlawry, perils, anxieties,
hunger of the body, distress of the soul.
Why was all this sorrow sent upon the
noble young man?
I’ndoubtedly to give David the disci
pline that Saul lacked, the lack of which
had been his ruin. David was thus
taught self-control, trust In God, the
mnstery of men. Body and mind were
tempered, as steel Is tempered In Ore and
water.
IV. "David's Growth In Honor."—Vs.
12-16. Saul's sin had four Immediate re
sults. First result: 12. "And Saul was
afraid of David, because the Lord wus
with him.” "A higher power was watch
ing over his rival’s life."—8lme.
The second result of Saul's sin was
that the Lord "was departed from Saul."
God and Satan are forever at war. and If
Satan Is admitted as your guest, God
will surely depart. To lose his presence
is the sum of all losses.
13. "Therefore Saul removed him from
him." He was afraid to have his rival any
longer in attendance on himself as his
armour-bearer. This was the third re
sult of Saul's sin; It drove away not only
God, but also his friend, whose music
had so often soothed him in his fits of
madness "And made him his captain
over a thousand.” Probably chief of one
of the principal towns of Judah, each con
taining. roughly, a thousand men. The
people, who loved David, would consider
this an honor paid to the national hero;
otherwise, they would have been angered
by Saul’s action.
Thus the fourth result of Saul's sin
was that It made David conspicuous, “he
went out and came In before the people."
The nation had a chance to know more of
David.
14. “And David behaved himself wisely
In all his ways.” "The wisest course in
time of danger is to do faithfully our
daily duty, and leave our case with God."
—William M. Taylor. "And the Lord was
with him," bringing him success and
prosperity.
15. "Saul . . . was afraid of him."
He "stood In awe of him," for this Is
a stronger expression than the words In
verse 12 translated In the same way.
16. "But Israel and Judah loved David,
because he went out and came in before
them." He led them In war, he was act
ive In the conduct of afTalrs. and so they
came to know him and to love him. Thus
Saul, placing David In the position of pos
slbk- peril, defeated his own ends. “Of
all the (Missions. Jealousy Is that which
exacts the hardest service and pays the
bitterest wages. Its service is to watch
the success of our enemy; Its wages is to
be sure of It.”—Colton.
"Sin is an 111 guest, for It always sets
Its lodging on fire."
John Wesley's Appeal.
Give me thy hand. I do not mean
be of my opinion; you need not, I do
not expect or desire it, neither do I
mean I will be of your opinion. 1
cannot. It does not depend on my
choice; I can no more think than I
see or hear as 1 will. Keep your own
opinion and I mine, as steadily as
ever. Tou need not even endeavor
to come over to me, or bring me over
to you. If thine heart is as my
heart, if thou love God and all man
kind, I ask no more, give me thine
hand.—John Wesley.