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\ ' , d'l XP.'l : ' i.-Colltlllll"II.1 (
Thnt IIIJht ! , : I 111I1110 1111 lilY mlrlll to lJ1J
an "old mah1.t , NobUtl ' WOIIIII e\'el' WUllt
Pie , , I. . ku \ \ ' 'J'hlll 30 hOrllI ! ) ' : ill III 'with
cnli i ' 'esl litlon I U\Hlghl ( bow lIIueh
Food'l wOllrd 110-111 the wOI'II1 , unll hol1
'yollld , honor the sl tcrhooll. \ ' r ) ' slow.
Iy the 1II0n1hlit IIIht cnlllll litru illllg : III
throu.h : th wlr\lq\\ ( ' , rOllslrl1 ; the WInr ) '
llIlIlelliers , who , ' ru hlrlg I HuM rOII'rlm- .
f 1cll r'rIi'Jool(1 ' nround to lice who their I
c01l11)anlolll1 1'ere. So ea refu 11) ' hnd I
iU'llt 111) ' fllce hI1ell ! ! frolll'Iow that . \1111
hull no . .u plcloll whlltU\'I'r of Ill ) ' pro , ; .
eUCI' . At' UUI\III1t1llfl'un \ , sllI'plnl ' ( out up.
ou tllll plntforllt h ! 'l ollt ! , Jf , th11'llot , I ,
looketl IInxlouIII ) ' urollnll for Herbert , but :
hu WIIS 1I0t there. 1 tOllnt ! ' III ) ' WIIto , ;
qlC 11U1.Jllc 1)lrIQr ! , wlll < : h for 11 few 1110'
, IlleIts.l occupied , alon ! ! , I hntl juwt re.
lIotl ' 'nl ) ' .III1Hb' bUlln t , AliiI' was h 1I8h.
hg ! , IIIf" " tl\uglell halr , WIIl'U , the \1oor open.
eil allli I stootl fuce to face with , \tla
l\olltrose. I IIhupl ) uo ded , a1 I wllllid
to 1111) ' strAnger , im went Oil with III ) '
toilet , while thl'Owlllg horllCl ( 111)011 thu
Lof , she exclaimed , "Denl'I1C , how th'ell :
1 am ! Do ) ' 011 li\'lJ here 7"
' Of COllr\lJ 1I0t , " 1 IIIIlwerod ; "I 1\111
on , , lilY WI1Y tu'Islt my sister . \IIUII ,
W lOlII ) 'UU perhal18 remcmber , "
She tlirllc'er ) ' rt'd , allli replh'd 11) '
Askin ! : If I wcro In the trnln which had
jlst. pIIs ed.
' ' 'YellI ' Answercd , "I occllpled the
HOllt , hehilld ) 'OU AIIII-'Ollr hushlilld-I ! !
It not 7"
, Affecllng to be n IIttlo cmhnrr.assell : . ,
IIhe Hald , "Not lilY hllsballll-'et , 110
CI\IUO on to nostoll to accompnn ) ' mo
hOllie , alld wishing to ( H e a frlentl of
his who 11\011 here , wo hn\'e ! ! tolIH:11 :
over ono trllln. " ,
\VIIS 'on 1110 point of 'Asking her dbollt
my nunt , when the door AllIlu IIpUcl1
I\.n t e're tooll heflHo : liS II Rlor-enly look.
lug III all , IIttireli In a lollchell hat , 'A ) '
C loIt , And hllge cowhl e boots. ! : o COII\ '
pletn WI\S Ule metamorlholllil that nelthe :
of UB recognlze him , IIntll he hllli ex.
clulmed : "Ada I lIow calllo YOII hm'c't'
Then we knew It was Herbert r.ang ) . y ,
IIe WAS rather dl"concortell lit J.JcllIl ;
IIcc \ " y Ada In IIlIch II plight , Rlill ( ( Clcr
a JIltl1 ! he stml1n : reII Ollt nil nJolof'Y ,
lI\ylns : ; ht ! WIII1 II farmer 1I0W , and lI\'ed
In the CQ\IIltr ) ' , 111111 o ( courRe cOllhl lIot
bu eX ecled to dress us , he IIscd III the
cltj' : " '
, "n w Is ) 'o r wife. 1Ir , Lallgle ; , ' "
Ilsl ( ' (1 AIIII III II mocldllg.1'ferolltilll ( tOll ,
, ! ustIIt1) ! . the wholu oxpressloll o llel"
l , rt'li fllte 'WII ehuncd ) , Rlld ther WIIS. .
, 'a look of telll1erness lIud Pflile Iu hi ! ! I''CII
us : h'o ad\'u lceli towllrd : ln , 111111 whls.
Jcfcr..III , ie'rll1r ! ! lIolllethlll which I did
not , I UII t'rlltllll(1 ( , Whllte\'er It \\'UR , It
lIIade' her hhlllh , liS aho ; replied , I'nlhol'
Hlleerlngl ) ' , "O ( course I cOllgratul:1tQ :
: rou. ' , d' : \ " ,
} tt VI } ! 1 oll1 , rll , V , \ nUlllW1,1 ! 1 d ) ' , l.rh
rou tt Wlre ) herr hle ; nlld as we ) llowed
U ro\flh , the' thick' mud I took- lilY nr t
lii8 , 11' In'llnuh o hOlUeslClmclIB , whlcll ,
In lilY opluloll , hi IIbout as hnrd to hear
I\S , 1'e 1 , lclm\lIs \ , It WIIS In'alll that
Iferblrt" ) pul ltcli ou to lIIe the lUan )
handsollle farm houscs which we pn lIcd ,
'Xvatilttlng U OIl 'till ! richness Rld ! fcrtil.
11.1 of , the , : 8011 , and tl1lllllgl me. how ! ; rel\t.
b'111Iverlor III ovcr'thlllg Xow York WIIS
, , 'Ncw' Euslall , 1 sCllrcely bcud : him ,
for eTell thollgh III all Ml1sslIclmllutts
there WIIS l aulht sn\'e the rock ) " hUls
nud literllo 1)1111118 , It WII.'i III ) ' home , nnl1
from , thllt spot t11 ( henl't Clilinot cllslI ) '
e wcalle . '
no l lalld Is a .Ilue ! , wealth ) ' town ,
while"cnHerod' \ lro gh It ar two or
three IIUle'lIIalcs , cllch bearing n dill'
tinct name , b ) which th ! ? ) ' nro 11I0WII
IIbroad. l lrat , thl'ru was Laurel lilli ,
! M1I1e as the rcsillenco of certain hllll-
lIell who were st'lel1 Iroull alltl . " , Isto.
cratle , Next eaUle the "Cellter , " with
Its Group'of re houses , all Its \JIII/le \ /
vplre , tRlI , strllhht : lnd squllre , LIIstl ) .
calllO Ir I liltlIIe , hy fur the largeNt11. .
11110 In Hocklnllll , allli the homo of all
th& "lsl1lll" : III the knowlI worlll , 'j'o Ihe
&uuth o ( Flllttvllie Is 1\ sU1:1l1'Inke , 1'1"
, Iown < : , d for Its qullt belUltr , nn thu pic-
turcsque wlldlless of Its hores , Bound ,
' " e all tlirec'shlcs b ) ' blgh bills , Its waters
le ! ! ) ) cltlml ) ' In tbe s lI\lIgbt \ of SUnllllCr ,
or dash allgrlly 1IpOl1 the sllnd ) ' bench ,
when movell by the chili brellth of will'
ter ,
On the brow of one of the high hllh
.tood tbe homo of my IIllIter , It WUII
III'6rs , woodell bull lng cOlltulnlll1 ; 1'00nll
Innumernblo , whllo o\'ell the bnlienll'1I1
) \'I1S larlo onollgh to nccommo ntu ontJ 01
more fllmllles , Delng tbe lil'flt fl'all\ (
house eructed In the town , It wn 0 :
COllrllO looh ! ! 1111011 with consltlerahle In
t rellt , anllus If t nllike It still 11101'0 110
lorlous , It here the r lJUtation of hdnl
hanllte ,
" , Collie this W : ! ' , Hosa , " salll Ilm'hcrt
RSII 'Clltered the "elltr ' "
nnrrow ) HO COlli
mon In ol .fnsbloned hOll8es i null follol\ '
11It : hllll , 1 wall soon ushcred Ilito a Inr ; ;
.quare room , whol'e a brlht ! wood lir
was ulnzng ! , In 0110 corner of the \001 :
\VIIS II bcd , nnll on It lay Anlla , wh" , th
monumt , she a w 11\1' \ , uttered n cr ) ' of jlJ1
"l1n\"o ) 'OU tel her ? " she aHk , ! l
Herhert , when the firllt plcllslII'e of 1'\1
tllceliuJ. , ; was o\'lr ,
'He I'eplled III the negatl\'o , whel'eUl\ )
fho brought Ull from ull er II 1)l1e of 1)\ \
lows , cOYl'rlhIR , hlankets nll heets n II
tic , till ) ' , l'clHnced , wrlnlded thlu : ; 1
which Hhe ! luhl I WIIS aUIlt ! lImeth (
\\'h \ ) ' . \tla cOllgrutulatl'tl IIerbert , nil
loell ull ) ' chlllllll ; Ul'Helf for my stupl lt ,
. took the hl\l\lIo ( of cnllluric and HIlIIII
III illY arOlll , whlll ! AlIlla IInl'e etl
hilll J1\lIIle' Iee , alld wo think ho 1001
Iilm ' 'Oll , " ,
\\\'ol'h'd wIth my ride , I IIsI.ed 110
1I11 : llolI to retll'o carl ) ; whereupoll Utili
MUtHolI , the lIurJoU'olunteerell to she
1110 the wu ' to my roolll. U ) ) the IIn
row 'lltalrl , which cnul.cd ut e\'er ) ' oIt ! '
IIml ull throllgh Olll ! gloolllY room :1ft' '
lIuother , bhl ! led l\Ie Ulltll , at IUllt , "
1'/111I0 / to u chnmhlJr , lIhter alld mo
nlt . " . which , 11110 ! ! nld , my sister hlll1 II
11\.1'$11 ) , , ( lIIIIIII'tl IIIHI Hlted Ul ) for me ,
lt tool. , but n fuw ays for me to dl
( ) "j.'r , thnt 1ll'I'IIl'rt WIIS cxcl'c lnI , ) ' 110 .
II hi I' nt IIn'I'1.o lIlli , as the nelJhhorhn ,
I. , t\hlch ; III ! 1I\"l'd Willi enllel1 , Ills frl
" d II lII11nnel'lI had WOII to I' hllll "Ial
I" , , ' lit < , 01111 mule : him ulmost too I1\U
'f 101111'At IUllst , Ilsl'd to thl :
I' 'M , , , "I the 10llg 'wlntlr c'onlugll , wh
lo'lt"\\'llh ' h r unby IIpon ber It
J'
' for the footsteps of her hud.
hUlld , who. nt SOl1l0 nclKhbor's tlrl'sldl ! ,
wus cracking the mcrr ) ' joke uud fluaf.
IIn ; : the purkllllg cider , which , at Uro'J7.o
11111 , WIIS couRlderod u selltlal to hopl. !
tullty. Anl1 all this tlllle Herbert I'ro' '
fcsllell 10 bo strIctly temperate ; nnal
when , nbout the milidlo ofIarch : , n trn\ "
ellng lecturer hell1 forth In the 0111 101 ;
IIchool houlle , thundorlnl : ' his anathlIlIt1l !
n nln"t the IIse of all spirituous IIqnors ,
I1l'rhl'rt wus t u most zealous of nil his
IIl1teller ! ! .
Kllowlll thlH , I wus greatly 8urprlled ,
uftl'r our returll home , to see the ) 'oulIg
orntor go lip to the I1hluboard nn rllll.
off , at one clrllllght , a gohlct of the Jlor.
ter which hlll1 , hecn urdl'rell for Anlla ,
She 811W II , too , alld for 1111 Instllnt Iler
fnce wnll IlrelHel1 HgnlllHt that of her
slePIIUI ( : ' ho ' ; IoIl1d whe'n next the lump-
lIht ! fell IIpon It , I lIaw thlJre trace ! ! of
tenrs , \ hlle II faillt smllo plAyed urflllld
her \1\ollth , 89 IIhe " " 111 , "I 111afruld \ ,
'Herbert , ) 'Ollr Rlullence wOllld hardly
think 'ollr theor ) ' alld practlcu : ISI'ee ,
cOlllcl thc ) ' Hce ) 'OU now. "
'I'he words were lIl.tlmel } , ( or they
awoke the ) 'Olln man's reRoutment , nnd
with a flulhe ! brow ho retorted all rlly ,
thnt "I ( porter were good for her , It was
fol' him ; ho saw 110 dlfflJrence betwecn II
drInking womllll and a drlnldnl : ' mnn ; ex.
c ( > pt , Indeed , thnt the former was the
\lIost despicable. "
'I'he next mornlnt.be / bottles of porter
Wl're JOIlU from the aldebollrd ; but out
In the orchard ; where tho' ! ; rIlSH of an
ellrl ) ' sprlllJ ; was just startlll Illto IIfl' ,
the ) ' IllY shuttl'retl In a hunl1red plec II ,
Would , oh , woul that , she , the IIfa ! > (
IIttlo more thnn a yenr , coul thlls eaH ! , ) '
hn'e hroken the halltll of him she loyell
hetter thlln her life I Bllt It coulll not
he ; IInd all throuJh the hrlght JPl'h11 : '
clll'S she drooped , alld faded , IIl1d strllj-
Rled hnrd to keep from me the fatlll
trllth.
At last Aunt Charlotte wrote to me ,
nsklrll ; to be assllred of her son's safet ) ' ;
IIlId thl'n poor Alina helNlme ' not to tcll
thllt the wine Clip WIIS his compalllou nt
III 0 i'll , hIs Mince at noon , and Ills ( 'Olll'
fort lit IIlght , YlehllnJ. ; to her l'ntroatlel ! ,
I nnswered e\'nlllw'I ) ' : aud I1ms the shock ,
when It came to that mother's heart , was
hnrl1er fllr to uear , frolll the perfcct Sl'-
curlt ) ' she hlu1 felt , At Sunny Bank , tllO ,
the ) ' little rllIlIetl how their IIhsl'nl
dnuJhter Welt nnd pra 'ed m'er her inlllJlI
hllshllnd , who , tla ' lifter cla ) ' , mlldo rapid
strideR down the road , to death.
, CIlA1'Tlm XlV ,
; 1'he long SlIm\1\er dll's had tnerged ill-
to alltU\1\n , whosu haz ) ' hrenth lIoutul1
like 11 misty veil O\'l'r the , distant hillf. < ,
lIere und there bnIJ ) : hauds alld ieet
1 \\'CI'I ! SCiCli SlIth'erlllg III the alltHtllnnl
tor ll , Pn' ) h'I'Jert's ! fnrm , how " \ I"
there wall u look of decllY , The ) 'ellon
corn IInd gel ell IIUlllpldll1 ! weru ) 'ut In
the field ; tho' apples la ) ' In heap ! ! IIpon
the groulld ; the gates swung 100801) " III
the wind ; while the horses , uucurell for
nll unfed ; nelghe 1)lIeOllsly III theh'
, stnll ! ! . AlulIl thelt ; lIluster WlS : a drullk ,
ardl Alina was a drllnkard's wlfe"l1/HI
mlno II rnnkard's hOlllll It was 110 Iun .
er II l\Ccret there , and the old lIIl'n shuok
their helldll , while the young llIen shhed
to thlllk how he hall flllleli. Ight artur
nhht we sat 11)1 ) for him , Ill ) ' sister alld 1
IIftlllg him from the thr'lIholtl IICI'USIi
which hu wOlild full , anll hellrlll ! ; hIm to
his bell , where we , woulll In ) ' him Le.
sl e his Innocl'lIt son , whoso hJuu e'es
oCtell opelled 'with wonder ut btJllIl : 'hull
II ill tlll'b ell ,
A hOllt this lime I went hack to SlInll '
Hnllit for a few weel'lI to be presellt lit
thu brillal of illY oiliest sister , Alina ,
tno , WI1I1 IIrgell to aCCOlllpUII ) " lIIe ; Il\It
she Ilecllned , extortlllg from me n lrOIll'
( lie thllt If it wure posslhlo I wOIIl1l riot
tivlIlle ! the renl atate of things , ' . . . .rull
thl'lII 1 : un hnply , Rud do not regl'et what
1 huve done , " IInld she , ns 11l1e follow , ) ; )
11I0 Ilown to the sate ,
Ahl who Clln fathom tllC deptha of
WOIIIIIII'8 lo\'e , nnd what punlshllll'nt
IIhlll1 be slllllclcnt for him who wUlltonl\ '
I trulllples 1111011 It ? I , . , 'on eret ! If i
! ! hollhl ever 10\0 as she did , Illvolllntnr ,
,
II ) ' the Iloctor l'ose up IJefOl'1 ! nlL'--1I ,
drunkurllllIll I his wife" alld frolll III ) '
IUlllo'lt s01l1 I allsweroll , "Hather deuth I
thnll thull" ' .rheu ( thollh ) I blush , 1l n
I I Ill 110 , I fnllcled m'solf the wlfo uf
"the Ilark IIIl1n11111 heI drllnk:1rll : ,
"Yes , I co1l1d hellr thllt , " I said : nllll just
there the cllr 1100r olJl'lIed and the subject
of III ) ' lIIellltlitlonR stood before Ille ,
' .rhere wall 110 lllilitaklll blm , 'he IIII (
tulI , lIIullly forlll , the lilerclnl ; e'eR , tlH
- conI hlack hlllr , 111111 the SIlIllU IIcep cll1
hetwcen the u'cbrows , lime , , " him In
lIIolllent , allll all I'xclnmatlon of lIurprl (
I' caped my 111111 , 'l'he Sl'ats were nuarl )
" /Ill / oceuplod , alHI as ho passetl down tll (
1I1t11e , III ) rl'nllerl , I trullt , will pnrdol'
lIIe I ( I 11111 jather Ill ) the skirt of III
e ' III C IIlnll / tnl e . .11 tru\'ellng bn/ / : lllJOI
I' III ) ' 11IlJ , while 1 m'sl'lf Ht1t nOli reI' to thl
II wlnllow , looking out In ol' er to hldo m'
e '
rac
"Is this scat oeellpll'Il , miss 7" RnllI I
hell V ) voice , which seelllcd to como fron
some fllr-ocr region ,
" o , 81r , " I lInllwerell , timidly , with
ont vellturlng to tlll'lI III ) ' helld , IIntil
felt m'l'clf IIncomfortn hI ) ' crowded ; thcl
I 1001'ed arountl , 1\11(1 ( buhohll the .Inrl .
RtrnnCr ! Willi sitting hehilld 11I0 , 1Il'lIr th
tlnor , whllo at lilY IIllle was a 11I1111 0
mammoth 11h1lO1l8101lS , with Imlllens
lIIutltal'he , wnter ) ' l' 'ea 1\1111 a bl'IlId
hrenth I1l1\'Orell with tohllcco.
lIt WIIIII'XCrl'I\lnI \ : ' InllllnclolUl , anll fll
IIt'\'t'I'1I1 hnurs IllIell 11I11 with questlolll ! 11
tn III ' owu IIIIIIW , III ) ' P'III'Cllts , III ' ! ; rnm
lJlln'nlll , 1lI ' hrotherll , III ) ' II hit I'r. . , ( .1 :
ttnllliitlIn ! / Ihe worhl , ollr rellgloll I\n
011IJUllthtI , . \t It'nth ; , just 1111 it wr
grow In ; : Ilnrl ; , he luthl'rl'll IIlJ l1.1s hll
IlropOl'tlolls , 1111(1 ( to III ) ' jreat jo ) ' hill II
lI lclI ,
Abollt nine o'dod , wo IItollped for : "
fre hnll'lIttl , 11I111 on I'c'ellterlnl ; the cnr '
I fOlllld to my jO ) ' thnt tho' dark sh'al
Is. . cr's suat Willi ' ' '
, ; 1IIIIII'Ullrllltl'II , 'l'hlll tin
.p. the fntes wl'ro IlrnllllloulI , for nfter 100 I :
011 Inc al'Ollud hllll nwhllc , the stralljer I\B :
Ie , e lcrml8sl011 to sit ll ) ' lIIe. It WllS qlll
a ) ' tlarl , whl're WII Hat. 111111 the nllht 1/11\ /
cl , hurllell hut 111m I ) ' , tlU he dill not once 0
n ! , talnI full view of lilY fllec , lIe pnm
CII 1\ most a/renhll / ! ! anll IIttentl\'t ! coml1l1
1)Ion \ , opelllllg anll IihllttlnJ ; the wln o ,
_ --'hd _ _ _ _
,
JUllt A otten III I e\'hlcell un IlIcllnation
to hn\'o him , holding nlY I1l1tchel In his
Inl ) , 1)III < ; ltl ) ; hlH own tra\'ellnl ; trunk at
Ill ) ' feet ( or' a footHtool , IIl1d oITcrlll1 ( nlo
his fur.llrwd o\'ercollt fur a 111I1o ' , At
alll\ost e\'IrJ' 8tntl JII , t'jt ' ; ' , he allkel ; 'If L
wl/lhel1 for 1I1I'thlll ) ; , " hut I dl 1I0t , ex.
Cl'pt Inpe tI Lo 1"0\\ ' whether ho Willi 'et
the hushand of Atilt Ioutros ( ) , At last
I tIC ma\1u sqme rOlllurk nbout the coulIll'y
, throlJgh which we were 1IIIIIslng , IIIIlI I
replll'd that "I helleved It Willi uot the
first tlmo he hall bel'lI over thllt ronl1 , as ,
, 1 mltook ! uot , I saV him In the eurll
with hla wlfo thc yonr before , "
'he wrlukle In his forehoa\1 grow deep.
er , I1nd ! JIll fuce UUllhe liS he lIald ,
Ilulckly , " 1 o uot remember of rneetlnlr
) 'ou bufore , though 1 wall hero Inst fall ,
but not with lilY wHe , for I hl\\'o uone ,
H WIlS my " "urd , : \ . .Ils8Ioutrulle. : . "
NothluK conlll hn\'o gl\'en me more sot.
l tuctlon thnn thl ! ! IInnoullcelllent , for If
Atlu wcru hili warll , It explained , In a
lIIeasure , hili IIttelltlolls to her ; and nil 1
cast Rtllell glAIICe ! ! lit him , 1 feU llIoro
nnll 1II0re cou\'llIced that thercoul \ bo
nl ) IIl1lnlty lJt1tweell him nn the haucllt ; ) ' .
hnperlol\8 girl to wholll Ill' Willi guardlall.
It seome , to llIe 1'ery short tltn\ ! ere he
arORe , "n ciffl'rlllg me his hllUd , slI.id
ho must go , "ddlll , " , Yo Rhall IIn ouht.
1'(11) " 1l1eet nKlllu , nil I ocellsloually travel
this wa ) ' , "
It wns nearly noon of the next dI ) '
when I reached Sunn ) ' Bnllk , where L
fOllnd my father at the cpot , waltln ; ; to
rocel\'o me , I foulld them nil bUHlud with
the propnrlltlolls for , Juliet's wllhlllll ( ,
which took plnce within a weel , lifter
my retuM1 , I olIlcl"tlni as bridelllllnld ,
After .Jullet hntl left UII for hur t.ICW
home , lu nn ndjollling town , there CUl1l1e
at ollr house a season of lonely quiet , III
wblch wo Bcnrcc4y knew whether to
lal1lll , or to cr ' , 'here Is IIlwa'H 110mI"
tblng sa In the ih'lnl : up of " Ilaugh.
ter to the care of nnother , and 80 my
pnrents found It , partlculnrly my fnth.
or , who , hrolccn In 8plrlt nnd feeble In
hOlllth , was un ns till II ) ' cast own ,
DurIng my jourlley back to Hoeklnnd
1 dId not lignin meet with the sk'IU\tfer ,
althougb I looked for him nt e\'ery 'sta.
tlon , 1 had expecte lIerbert to meet
me , but he wn8 not there. 1 wns j1lst
wondering what I 8boul do In cllse he'
flllled to COllie , wben lilY nttcntlon Wnll
IIttrllcted townrd a tnll , athletic looklnl ;
young mnn who wes Insccllng my trunl. ,
whIch stooll npon the plntform. Ho fixed
IIpon lIIe a pair of Rlngulnl'l ) ' halllisome
hazel cyes , while at the Bame lime there
swept over me a stran I' , IIII1Ielinetl feel.
illg all If sOllll'wlwre , In a dream , ) Jer.
ehllnce , I hall met thnt Iance bl'fore.
"Aro ) ' 011I1ss : Lee7" be asked , and
tbo tOiles of his , 'olce thrilled me like
UII echo of the la8t ,
I replied In the nlIlrmath'e ; IInd 'with.
out once tllldllg his e'es frmn my fllce ,
h'Jlnl , "I am lIenr'atson , : \Ir.
Lllngley's hlre mun , lIe sellt me for
) 'ou. and the wngon Is at the other door. "
: \Irchunicnll ) ' 1 followe him to the
plllcu delllgllatel1 , alld thcn , as If 1 hnd
IJCen n feather , he toolt mo In his arm _
! Iud plllced mo In the wide chair , wrap.
1(111\1 ( ; the buffalo robes nrollnd lIIe , 'He
Illd 1I0t seem to me like a hireling , for his
lallguage was good , hIs manners Ientle.
1111\111) ' , alld el'o we were half waj' to
UreezQ llllJ I wnR "cry milch Ireposs'ss.
cd In his ft\\'or. Ho was IlIlte tlIl ! l\tl\'p. \ .
IIsldng me o ( m ) ' parcnts , of my hrothel'lI ,
nnt1 IIppenl'hmuch \ gratified wlloll I
told him .how well Chnrlio waH dolll ; ; as
'clerl In II dry goods store InV orCtte ! ! : ' ,
"AlldIr : , Langle ) ' III only your cO\1 in
h ) ' mnrrIA/e / ? " he snld at lall , "I1\\'o :
) ' 011 1111) ' other male cOlIslnll7" he uske ,
"I liacl a boy cOllllln once , " I 11lId : , "but
he III Ilrobuhl ) ' dead , for we hn\'o not
heurll from him In six \.ollg \ yenrs. "
l orgetflll that : \Ir , 'Watson WIIS to mo
I\n entire stranger , I'er ) ' hrleUy told
him the IItory of COlIsln Will , who I'e'
tnrnl'd 1I0t with thl''eRlel which ! tore
him awa ) ' , 1\1111 who hlld dl'Rertell the ' ! lhlll
at Cnlcllttn. I or 1\I11n ) ' dl\'s the ) ' Reltl'ch.
ell for him In'aln , and at l:1st : left him
nlone In thnt fllr-off I nl1l1 , where ho hud
llrohahlIIet UII curl , . denth ,
"Ile wnll wild , " I eX\llalllell \ , "uut I
Ii1wl1 him Yer ) ' , "ery lIIuch , IUI cried \II ) "
self slel , whell he wellt awn ) ' . "
Altllill tht ! strllllger's e'cs fell upon me
with II l ok 1 conltl not fatholll , Wu
turned Into the lonl ; , shnd ) ' avelllle which
h'd U\l \ tu the lLOURl' , A wOlldrous challle
had bt'en WI'Olllht III \II ) ' ausence ; for
e"erthlul ; nrolllld the hulldllll : wom IIn
air of lIealneH UIIII thrift , which hetok.
elled thnt there WIIS 1I0W a helld to man.
a c IIIlll direct , Herbert , too , . . . . 'ns per"
fuctl ) ' sol er , while Anna's face wns far
hlllpler thall when I lallt saw her , 'he
cause of this she expluh1l'd tolie the
lirllt n10\llent wc WIH'e alonc , Herbert
hlld Dlgned the 1)ledel , Had become a
souerIIan , nlld nil th roujth the eXl'rtllJlI
of Ir'ntllon , whom she prononncell
:111 lIauI ! III dlsJulse , Alld , trnl ) ' , his In.
lIuenctJ oyer Herbert was wOllderful ; for
neyur .lId fill allxlous mother wlltch'er .
her sickly child lUorc carl'full ) ' thau Ir ,
' ' ' "tHan wntchcd o\'er his l'\IIplo'or ,
IIhleldlJl hllll frolll temptatlou. anl1 ent.
I I ) ' luntllll ! ; hllll In the path of rectitude ,
11nrl : ) ' In AI'rll , we received Im'ltations
to attNIII a weddlllg part ) ' at the hn o
of ,1nd 0 PorldllR. WhORU hroall ncrf'S
and hea ' ' of old hall
Y ) pl'se IJrchnuli
for hllll a flir YOUUIrl / / just his ol est
dnu/htur's / aJe , I was to he a ! 111l\111
affair , am ! , all II mnttur o ( COI'SO , I forth.
wih cOllllellel'd looldlll ; OYl'r iS wurl1-
1 robe , alld declnrillg I hntl nothlllg to
I' wear. Anua. 01 the contrur ) ' , did not
at Intl'rl'sted , when I .
leel 11 nl\l Iuea.
tonrd hl'r for hl'r 1ll1lfferollcl' , she Ie-
i \l11- \ , "Whnt If thl' ) ' have Willi' . nnd
11 ll'rbert shoulll tlrlll\.7" \
"l'hl' ) ' wouldn't hll\'u wlllc , " I told lHr ,
for J U IO Perldllll was 1 HtUIICh tellllwr'
IIICO I all , alld It wall 1I0t prnhllhll' thllt
hI would do ) ' so lucunsl tenl
with his profesllou ,
. \h , wouhllt had heen IO ! Woultl thnt
the 1\lllrldlllJ \ chaIIJgm . thc \h ) wi" . ,
antl thl ! foullng 110 had not jrac\'d that
lul'rlae ! fonst , fOl' thell. lJrehnnel' , (1
/rl"-o / lt least would 1I0t hl'l beell IIIHI
HO IOOIl , nor the wlluw'leed worn h
I ) 81ster ere the bloolll of ) 'ollth hil
fllcd frolll her hrow ,
1 snw hrr ell'I' ! \lule \ ni WI' l'ntl'rl'd thl
supJr rOOI , hut wht'll amid Iho dill alt
IIroar which Hucceedl'd the 111wln : u'
the curl.s , Herhert Itooll li'l to hi :
I Illllgc , refusln ) ; to drlllthuu \ h ur\
;
, to do so , the culor CIIII hnck tu Ilr fnl'\ '
c anll her eye Ilrolll ) ' folowe(1 ( lu'r h us
8 , bnllll , whose I'nN ) ' Innlll'rl Ildo him I
Ifllorle , nll\1 who. with roath' tnct
\I . lo"cd 110l ! the 'II'ltl , dohlj ; fllr 1111' ,
, ,
towurd tl'lr l'nt'rtnlllllllIt thall th
k- muster of tl house hllllllclf , 11 wu
te 1IIIIhllcur the brll1l' . U ' 1lUltlft ,
111 j'OUIlj ; crelltur < wih a SUIII ) ' fn'e 1111
b. ratllallt 11 le , \er ) ' nffllblu 11111 IHm
d hlli she bel'n to Il'rbert , IInllOW U8 h
1' fi\lproached \ her , she took frm thl taul
\ hvo ioblets of wine , Qnd pllslnl ouo t
_ _ . .A " .
"
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! . . .
'him ' , RnlI , , " rr , LnllJley , I 11m iure , wl
'Ilt ' drink with , "
refll t IC thl brllot"
1 ' 1'0 refllle would hn\e sel'ml'd uncour-
teous , nml'o'Ith \ a hltt ' Jlnlce nt his
wife , ho Ilrllllk the health of the 10\J11
' , who , nil / : ' ' , \ -
\olan II III/l'I's julse1
: consclollsl' tClllpted hllll' to ruill. 11ul-
untarly Aunll Jlllll'd ns If for breath ,
; while she sturted Illllckl' forward to flay
1 the rush act ; hut shu was too lute , Ild
with II faillt 10UII of anguish , slu tul'
ed uway to hl\1e her teiS : , Ole IUllto
awoke the sllmberlll elllI , 01\1 set 119
\'ehll on fire ; au\1 whel nt IIdnl/ht / Mr ,
\Vutsol cale for liS , he took tl 111'1-
slhlo lal III his nms and plnced him In
the WOlon , heRhle the , 'eeplll ! ; wife ,
whose , ( end hopea were now 'recked
fore"er ,
( To be contnuld , )
WHEN THE STAR ENTERS ,
! ud le Allplnt el , 11) That Bome'
tmcl IHllccl Trouhle.
One at the stnge eou\entons alo.
gether AnHrlcan , Sl ) ' tbe ew Yorl.
Sun , concerns the "Intrllce" ns It Is
cnled. 'hls Is the UIluuse tbat
gl'cets the star whcn he Urst comes
on the stnge ; Inl no Amerlcun nctor
who can hn "e a Sl ) ' In Huch a nUter
woull think oC Icceptng I pIny th.ut
lid not Il0w him to come lrst be.
fOle the publc In some striking Cush.
Iou thllt would arouse the , lullenco
to In outhust of entbusilsm.
Authol's m'l compelel to rnck their
brins for effect\"e wnys of Intro
ducIng the stiI'S , An\1 this custom II
known In no other country ,
In Fl'/\CI nnl Germnny the lead.
Ing uctor enters whene\e' tbe acton
oC thu pllY I'equlres It I It seems
to the aulwr more upproprlate , he
wi 1m'I the actm' on the stlge when
the curtuln rlseH.
Imllglno the American star quiety
sentcd 01 tbe stnge when the Clt'II
rIses In the frst nct , Whnt a COI-
trust to the usunl muncu\erlng und
planning to bring him frst into , 'Iew
In u \a ) ' tbat wl stlmulnte the au.
dence to the most entbuslastc out-
brealt
I Is the lbrettst for the comic
operu stnr who finls his tnsl , In tbll
pnrtculnr most lltcult lIe Is
drh'en to' al sorts of strais to devise
a new mellns of hurlng the stur Into
\ 'IeIIe may shoot him out of an
automoole Into the middle of tbe
stage or rol him down the steps-an ,
method permissible that orlngs hIm
strlklnl ) ' Into \Ie- ,
'l'he task of tbe playwright Is some.
what eHsler , nut he must , \mier ni
crcumstlnces , provide an effectvo
entrance I be wants to get nnothe !
oller from a Stl 1
A Prench piny that hld been popular -
lar for a long tme In 1'll'ls WIS never
IIccepted hel'e hecause the heroine
was dlsco\erel on the stnge when the
curtain rose and there was no means
of chan lng the Rcene , try as the
adupters might Sbe hld to be on
the stage at' that time , So the play
went ! e glng , nnd to this day It his
ne\er ! een acted bere , though it
would furnIsh an ndmlrole vehicle
for n stnr. In Englnn there Is no
sucb Importlnce plnced on the ques.
ton of the "entrnc ! " ns thCro is
herc ,
Two COUplhlOltB.
When the present King of lortuga\
WiS a ) ' , outh of seventeen , he visied
London , anl thre met SIr IOlwln
LIIUlscer , BI'lng ver ) ' fontl of natual
hlstol' ) the 'oung Idng was delghte
to meet the gl'eat anlnul 111lnter. ali
suhl so ,
Kln Carlos spolw Englsh very wel
sn ) ' the nuthor of "Some Eighteenth
CentuyIen : of Lelters , " but lke al
persons who ha\e learned a languuge
by grammnr aUl dlctonar ) ' , he used
words In an equivocal sense ,
"I am so glnd to Inlw YOUl' ncqunlnt.
ance , Sir Landseerl" be said , wih en ,
thuslasm. "I am fO fond ot beasts I"
Landseer accepted the complment
as Il wns intended , an a1wa's pro'
tested that with ono excepton It was i
the greatest he had e\er recel\ed , The ! ,
"excepton" came from a dog.seler
who wns waldnt along a' London I
street wih a terrier under his arm ,
Lnndseer , ns nlways , was attrcted b ,
the bright lte face ,
"lb ; ears arc not cropped. " be ob ,
served ,
" o sir , " repled tbe dog.seler ,
"Tan seer says eal' ought not to o (
"
.
cro11pc.
Hal's 01' the Human lone ,
A scientst with n vnst nmoullt of pa
tencl has countel the halt's of thl
hUtan head , In fact , not content wltl
countng one heal of hll' he un
del'tolt seveml ' 1'he I'esuls of hli
Investgatons are cuious , Dondes :
fot' Instance , have the greatest num
her and those with rel hnlr the smal
cst In no case 11 there 1uch vnrla
tlon between sexcs wlln the rolor II
the snme , LI ht-halred peOIle hn v
, hetwen 1.10,000 amI l , O < hnlrs
Brunettes a ( e enl ' ahout 10 , OO
hairs. Hed.hnlrell people 10 not ha "I
1uch more thln 30.000 , 'l'hIR melu
! red hah' Is eonrser than othe
Shldus , but It hns the ad\ntnge 0
lastng longer ,
A. Ixliinincil.
: \Irs , O'\lulInn-OI : wnnt n cake a'
sonl ) ,
Pole Clerk-Do ) 'OU wish sonethln :
COt' toiet purposeb , ma'n m7 '
111 : O'\ulgun-lllnde : nn' 01 d01'1
01 wlnt It to wnsh me fnce IU' hand
wid ,
'Houli to Occur ,
Patlnt-But , toctor , onl3' lnst wee
1 ) 'OU snld I would s\'lly die , Ind tu.da
'ou Iwe I nm us wel as I e\'er wns ,
' I ' mnde mlstnl.
1octol'-8Ir , ue\'er a
e In a tll uosls. You ulttlte dCllsl' I
enl ' of ,
) n mllcr tme
UUlt C" Sir . \ , Rulh'IUI ,
A ! ust or Sir Arthur Sulvan wi b
erectl' on the 'hnmes em b anJuu ell
facing tbe Sa VOj Tleater ,
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'fy c. J. Il , Duryee
le thl t ! 1ll'\'clh ! on. the ' Son hl th
11\'I'llstl lfe. ! ut ho 'that ole'oth
10t the Oll shall 10t see liCe ; uut Hl
'lth of 'Uud nhhleth 011 hhn--Jolm
i ! , :1 :
'l'hl'SI' II'I II'eclol : , IUII , lit tle SIUe
tllnl' , a \flll wordl. ! 'l'll ) ' couo wlh
ciP : tlltloll of dh'lue tuthorl ) ' IUI
l'I'ho the \'olce of the prolllW1 'rhe ) '
Wt'I't 'SIolwn I ) ' John , Hi 1I'a I of
, r us , the llsRlah , who con I IIU
, hcm hr hIs leachillg ; Inll thclr truth
.Ii IH'O\'en hr hUUun experlcnce ,
oto the term. "Ilfe" means the
pM'fed ) osscsslol of e"er ' power of
h 1\1 111 nnltre , 'rhls Includes UI "il
to Use each'110wer. To 1ne I pe'frt
. , odr would be /lol'lous , ! it nOle pos.
Sesses It , When SocrtesIW Olll thut
eNIL' completl he crIed , "Jo\e , how
"lauUful" " WI hne his enthusiasm.
[ ore splel < ld 10 the le of the spiri
11 man , IInd It is to this these worus
roel' , rOllch of us Imows some ole
\'ho lOSSesss , In rre degree thls Ufo ;
suuh Intel11ret to us tbe divine ; wo In.
ptnct\ely feel the ) ' arc of God. "On
God and Gollw men we , buid our
trust. " nut e\'en these h ye theIr
fnuls ; enl ) ' one has eyer Ind on earh
I > erfect In ul hln s. Imp flton , un"
less rIghted , tends to deatb , We cannot -
not smnd stI ; we tght ngalnst the
downward tendency , seeking help from
such ns we think enn help us grow bet-
tr , So we te oursel\es to the physician -
cian , the techer , tbe friend , Is it nol
true thnt the bes wsh of your best
moments is thnt you may becme be.
te AmI we hlvo nI found thnt , ue.
'ond n certnln point , there is no help
in man , Once thCre cnme unto our
world a perfect mnn , "tho SOl of God ,
i'lh power. " le gave blmself to the
r'ork of redeeming men from deth to
fe , and , through his spIri he Is a
ronsrnt sa "lor , "He thu t beIe'etb in
Ihe Son hntb everlasting Ufe. "
"Beleveth , " I melns more thnn
! ssent to th ( statmnent of tbe gospel.
Faith Is wHUng self-slrendor to Go
Onl ) thus cal his \'ltnIy imllrttself
toS , ThIs is possible for every one ,
! he ) ' are self-ecely'l who tblnk other.
wise. Al aout us arc those IS 1J'10r-
nnt , weak , and hard pressed lS 'ou
nre who , because the ) open heart nud
mind to him , arc growing 1oter. Are
10t they who refuse to do this fools
nl'II blnd ?
' 'he conditon for e'ery one Is obcdl.
ence. I-s so In ni relatonships , To
erect a cure the ph 'slclan must , be
obeyed , the teacher must ! o COlowe
the frIend honored , nnd If tbe .
Rceem.
is to from to
er save deth
lfe ou
part Is to honor , folow and obe ) ' ,
And now , note the alternntve : "le
that obc'cth not the Son shal not see
lfo ; but the wrnth of God nbldoth on
him. " Perhaps ) 'OU persuade j'ourse )
that this Is , ' '
n 'Islolarj' statement nn
nre Indlferellt tot ! nememlcr there
Is relatonshIp between ) .ou and God ,
io ts' your "Iwa vonly fnther. " Go
cannot be Indlre\'ont to 'ou. You arc
and ul \ 1YSI Ie his chid , I Is t1.
worst blunder one cnn mnke to thlul.
that Go Is cureles3 nbout him ,
Do the .ords. "the wrth of God , "
Boom cruel words ? Ne\"ertheless , OU
human relatonships explain tlmYc
,
nre more tbau Inhllulnnts ; we arc cUI
zens of New Yorl" hn vlug cm-lliu In ,
'lrellt rights nnd obll 1110ns , Is lawE
Il'e the measure of these , I I choos (
to go coutrnrj' to those rules of cou' '
fuct and commit a crIme the wrt 01
Lw cU ) ' , the pennlt ) ' of lufl'l1 wme11
of In w , Is Incurred , 'he cou'Ictc (
crlmlunl Is sti 1 ) art of ew Y01I
i'he slme conditons hold III thc faml
, lfe , Docs It secm stl'luge tlmt tl
dl\'lne O\'el'lme1t Is Iustrted b
theilJ Inllo lcs ? Hememher the htwl
of God 110 10tl'hll'ar ' ; the ) ' are es
RouUal to lfe. Sti the prollem flCCi
, us , how cln thc God of la\ e\'C1 IH
I \I'athul towm'a his chid ? Wl'l , UI
. doubtedlr the Bhle pl'oclaIms this , Ill (
so Iloes na tme , She w01l.s br la w , 11
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'to the ohcdll'nt Is ' ' , I lcctrlc
.
. Ie.'Ils ) ' 0\ 1Hage 1111 movr
. ; \OU1 CII'8 , hut 11sbc ' hll' 1111 sh
1.lls ) ' 01hls Is the liuln of Ip
1)loa sllellcllId In tl II0ml011
thl SI\O : prluclple holds. I Is tl !
In frlelllshlp ; 1IUIO to lo\'e Ild hOle
) ' ' fl'loIl1 nml how Il ' 1elI. :
0\ ! lfe ) .
'O\ D ) ' nld I ) ' 'Ol hate thoodlws :
e whichou ( ' , . .1llls1 :
wllot Imlnt
s cUl'sNl' \ \1
, ' h ) ' the 81n1 fl'llfllRhll ) that en
r 10\1'11 .10hl . \ gI'cn t tlneher ilhl
f "
Iu ' tlwlt' Iwst denr
( Irl I'ulnea ! r nld
Ist fl'lenlls , not ! \ ' thul1 lll\I C1
Iondness , uut by the uohle Cxlmpl ,
v th\ : If nc\'or followed ali the nohl ,
IlIvlltlolI that Is 10\'C1 als\cred , " l x
1HI'le1Ce h:1 : . tn u h some of1S thl
Is ,
, this tre
t 1 desll'o aho\1 al clse to 111.
: , Imowl GOl's lo\e , I is 1 rea li ) ' , I
Is the one PO\\'CI' thl t " " 11 tl'et cver ;
Iced of I a I , IIHI l'ln 1ftI ) stahl ( ]
k h1u wn In' Into stl'n th , nld belut
111 IIC'fectnesR , I 111'0 trl(1 to 1
y 1"11 to-dl ' , Oll ' ) 'OU 1lst flce th
0 falU ; of lend ImothI truth , Go
.10 ( ' laro for 'on. He has II\"ell YO'
t jo\\'cr \ , ! lope. nuo\'c 11 his spirIt , tha
rou ula ) ' hcollw perfl' I delUf ,
\ 0Il'o wih that of tl SOli , lo\
Ie him , 1(1'11 oC him , folow hIm , 1\
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It rou shall become ! t blm , 'j'h(1'e 1\
olllr thrce 1111)S fl'om lnrth to h\ '
-cts , habits , character , ' .rbese , , slm
Stl11 [ IUY Ilud ( vnwlrd to denU1 ,
Whl"h Is 'olr clb'en' 'ay ? Le this
l'uth IIOSSISf ! YOLc it mnke yu I
\'e , hopeful ; ' Do
! rl'e 'scrlons : men o
G d , Ivllg hi , hl 'ser,1ce , happy in
hlH 10\'e"lld 3'01 Ihll master auy rt , I
1'to'n ; ) 'OU shll k10W lfe , indeed ,
. \meu , .
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SINNING AGAIN T CIILDUEN ,
fy Rei' , Theodore L , Cuyler , 0,0 ,
Ono of the most ncced und ono ot
thl most useful of moder ! enevolen
ol'gunlzltons Is the Socloty Cor tQ
Pre\'enton of to ,
Cruely Ohldren Is
oljlt Is to Irotect the vIctims ot par-
ontul ut'utlltes or of cruel nelet
Is sphere ofcton Is chle1r among
the classes.
cgaded Hut there is
) ' n . In u . -
l/n wel.feu chId weJ.tur-
home thllt is
l\dld sulferlng badly
from bad mlllgcmcnt or plrental ig
nm'ance or false \Iews of parentl
dut ) ' . An Imlene number of father
/nd mothers need to hae the solemn
cluton which Heuuen gave t his
churlSh brother : "Do not sin against
the chid. " 'hero is 10 t1st in thIs
world 10re temen ous tl11n the trust
of , and none which
Inrentl/e IQny
persons seem to treat more Igbty.
I"oo clothing , shelter and scholng
the ' provide , but UICuterly hnoro
the 11c that the Crcator his intrste
to them the most and
susceble 10
ceptve creatue on enrtb when be com-
mis to theh' charge I ) 'otmg imor-
tal , A prent stamps chamcter , and
shapes destny for tis -
for the next In eologlCll museums
) 'OU 1ny see some slabs which so
te p1nts of blris' fee or of leave
which were mndo In te stone wben 11
wns on co only a lquid pumice , In
lke Dlnner we cun detect the 1nser- / .
marks and footprint of parental in- . .
fuence upon tbe chnrncter of chidren
"en gown to 1anhoo fnd woman-
hood" And they are not very orM.
mentl , either ,
OhUdren nre Imltat\e creature nnd
we al InoW how . tenlences to good
or evi chnrcter spring from parent'l ' I
Infuence , and the cIef clement in
moern heredIt is te force of exaI-
pic , Thcre is < monotonous unifor-
Iy in the his tor ) ' of certnln .Jewlsh
Idngs , Each ole of them "walke , h
the wa3'S of hIs father who
Isrel to sin. " 'hat word " cIused J3
\er ) ' slgnUcant 'l'he father made th !
path an : the son wnlkcl In it Just
as true Is Ulls now as in these olden
tmes. The most dllcuI CSes. ! to 10-
form In inebrilte nsyhuns are the vic-
thls of herelrr ) ' dl'Unlw1lss. Oren
when I see n 3'oUng nlan bringing ls
gace on himself I thllk "that ) 'outl
WIS as much slnnetl against as sin-
nIng. " le Is walking in the patb in'
which his plrents placcd hIm , ' .born
busbes never ) 'lel < gmpes , and fgs dl
10t groW 1'rom thistles , 'he word
"Iniquit" sigifes something twiHted ,
and bhe ugly twist i too ofen glvcl .
by n lath 's or 1 mother's land. 'l'lq
" 'OIl which tbe chid docs Is the nlti
url sequence of the wrolJ done to
him by her , b ' In 0\11 eXllple. nr
, nnd by comes the retrIbuton when tHj
chid olce slnncd nb" Inst wrings tl1l
parental henr wih a Olr , When 3'ol
sin ngalnst ) 'ou Ci1lh 'ou mn ' be IH'ct.
au Iy t. sue "tbnt 'our sin wil fnd ron
What a piece of open sol to sow
teachings In Is ( ) 'oung mInd ! Wordi
ur ed b ) ' parent sprout , A sneer
Igalnst the Bble spoi"cl lt the tnbl : ;
I 0 br the firesldc lodei II I bO"f : " \
memory and helps to mnlw him I SCOIJ
tc , A grent deal of the foolsh anlt \ ,
\lln1 crltclfl of sermols , ' 11 which -I
pnrents wlfuly or c11relessly ildulgl 'I '
I when they come home frm cllrC '
Idls to Infuence ot God's messa e ,
' .rhls mlY amount to I sin ngalnst t1m
Holy Spirit , who Insplrel the mcssnge"
anl who ! a ) ' be sUentl ' working 0"
the mind of some Cld II thnt tamly.
' .rhe - of how much n"ual gO 1\ :
the best seron may do Is c
nmonlY
sette on the dnj' of Is lelh'er ) ' , 1'nri : ,
OltS oten help to sete it , In 105
i cases relgious errors arc herdlar :1 :
. Ds'honest ' prlctcC Ilso descend frn \
; fnther to son , Bad heels In { pnlent' J
111\1s are \cry Ipt to be road by th1 , \
) 'Olga members of te fl 1 ly , All' ' { \ ,
fatber tnkes his
\1\n a son and dnugh
tc' to the a \ernge theater , tile lad Is hi ;
. Illn er ot ha\lng passion Infamed by r :
the Indecencies of the ,
; Stage nnd thl :1 :
< nu hter's purity Isoled h ) ' the le'wt ' "
.
dlsplny or the 1110r I Inni1ldoes , I
Is bad ' to 'our
enoug1' smutth OWI\
soul , I enteat you , don't sin a ins -
) 'our chill
: \Iany a tnther studies his account
bols Ind mnn ' n mother stlles he
. ln"'zlnC 01 receipt hooks or het'Is -
Itlng lsts morc th111 eiher stud ) ' thq
peeullnrltes of her OWII ( ' 1111''n. 'Jha
boy Is scoldel Into sullenness ; thnt
other one I rdiculelt he ets tics-
l P(1to ; hnrsh treltml'nt oren hll'dens
e the benrt ,
a1d
110n Phnrls1lsm pmys
that Go wi softcn It ' ! 'hero is n
HtCII ' declnc In the perccnt1Je of con-
\'crslons , In the
rclortC ,
l1nual stltl8' "
of ' . .
tcs se\'erl denominatons , How ,
mueh of tIs Is t be atributed to a II '
dle1ne in bore I
relgon Go
only ,
.
Imowob. The 1mly underles both '
cOllonwell1 nd churlh , Al the
pleachln power of the pulpit
\111 but Itlo 19 long ns p11rents wl nro
slnnln aglinst their Own chidren ,
: \Isslon In Llte-Tbe mIssion of the
prcncher Is the mission of a man , The
mission ot to church Is same as J
te J !
thnt of the
pUblc schools , Tbe
nlm of ench Is to tuo .
ward and hClvenwnd.ncDruce 1f
Brown , Dsciple , Chlcnso , Il