SECRET OF PASTORS' SUCCESS
Writer Is of Opinion That Proper Man
ner Has Much to Do With
the Matter.
The reason why a good many min
isters of fair ability are out of a Job
Is because they do not want to visit ,
because they are looking for a church
that will fit their own notions rather
than trying to fit themselves to the
aeeds of a church. It is true that a
good many men do not know how to
call , they do not know how to behave
when they get into a house , they do
not like It and will shirk It every
chance they get. Yet calling Is the
secret of success in almost every par
ish today not the same kind of callIng -
Ing in all places , but some kind in
very place and if our seminaries
bad wisdom they would fit their stu
dents to do their work in the best
way , in the only way in which it can
be done in the country at least. Give
one year to sermon-making and three
years to making gentlemen in the
truest sense of that word. Thus send
out men who can adapt themselves to
the needs of the place where they are
called , and can thus serve human
souls , who , being as they are , want
to be better. The problem of the
country church is to be solved by the
pastor rather than the preacher.
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'
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but after studying the tactics for a
week she took a survey of the prem
ises and thenceforward dated her cor
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SYNOPSIS.
Jack Keith , a Virginian. no\v a bor
der plainsman , is riding along the Santa
Fe trail on the lookout for roaming war
parties of savages. He notices a camp
fire at a distance and then sees a team
attached to a wagon and at full gallop
pursued by men on ponies. When Keith
reaches the wagon the raiders have mass
acred two men and departed : He searches
the victims finding papers and a locket
with a woman's portrait. He resolves to
hunt down the murderers. Keith is ar
rested at Carson City , charged with the
murder , his accuser being a ruffian named
Black BarL
CHAPTER IV.
An Old Acquaintance.
The Carson City lock-up was an im
provised affair , although a decidedly
popular resort. It was originally a
two-room cabin with gable to the
street , the front apartment at one
time a low groggery , the keeper sleep
ing In the rear room. Whether sud
den death , or financial reverses , had
been the cause , the community had in
some manner become possessed of the
property , and had at once dedicated
it to the commonweal. For the pur
pose thus selected it was rather well
adapted , being strongly built , easily
guarded , and on the outskirts of the
town. With iron grating over the
windows , the back door heavily spiked ,
and the front secured by iron bars ,
any prisoner once locked within could
probably be found when wanted. On
the occasion of Keith's arrival , the
portion abutting upon the street was
occupied by a rather miscellaneous
assembly the drunk and disorderly
elements conspicuous who were
awaiting their several calls to appear
before a local justice and make an
swer for various misdeeds. Some were
pacing the floor , others sat moodily
on benches ranged against the wall ,
while a few were still peacefully slum
bering upon the floor. It was -frowsy ,
disreputable crowd , evincing but mild
curiosity at the arrival of a new pris
oner. Keith had barely time to glance
about , recognizing no familiarity efface
face amid the mass peering at him , as
he was hustled briskly forward and
thrust into the rear room , the heavy
door closing behind him with the snap
of a SDring lock.
He was alone , with only the faint
est murmur of voices coming to him
through the thick partition. It was a
room some twelve feet square , open
to the roof , with bare walls , and con
taining no furniture except a rude
bench. Still dazed by the suddenness
of his arrest , he sank down upon the
seat , leaned his head on his hands ,
and endeavored to think. It was dif
ficult to get the facts marshalled into
any order or to comprehend clearly
the situation , yet little by little his
brain grasped the main details , and
he awoke to a full realization of his *
condition , of the forces he must war
against. The actual murderers of
those two men on the trail had had
their suspicions aroused by his ac
tions ; they believed he guessed some
thing of their foul deed , and had de
termined to clear themselves by
charging the crime directly against
him. It was a shrewd trick , and if
they only stuck to their story , ought
to succeed. He had no evidence , oth
er than his own word' ' , and the marshal
had already taken from his pockets
the papers belonging to the slain
man. He had not found the locket
hidden under his shirt , yet a more
thorough search would doubtless re
veal that also.
Even should the case come to trial ,
how would it be possible for him to
establish innocence , and would it
ever come to trial ? Keith knew the
character of the frontier , and of Car
son City. The inclination of its citi
zens in such cases was to act first ,
and reflect later. The law had but
slender hold , being respected only
when backed by the strong hand , and
primitive Instincts were always in the
ascendency , requiring merely a leader
to break forth in open violence. And
in this case would there be any lack
of leadership ? Like a flash his mind
reverted to "Black Bart. " There was
the man capable of inciting a mob. If ,
for some unknown reason , he had suf
ficient interest to swear out the war
rant and assist in the arrest , he would
have equal cause to serve those fel
lows behind him in other ways. Nat
urally , they would dread a trial , with
its possibility of exposure , and eagerly
grasp any opportunity for wiping the
slate clean. Their real security from
discovery undoubtedly lay in his
death , and with the "Red Light"
crowd behind them they would ex-
oer'fn p no trouble in getting a fol-
PERSECUTION OF THE GIPSY
Forty-five Executed In Hungary In 1728
on the Charge of Being
Cannibals.
The persecution of Gypsies recalls
the old belief that the Gypsies were
cannibals , and the methods by which
judicial confirmation of the belief was
sometimes obtained. In 1728 45 Hun
garian Gypsies were executed on
.his charge. First racked until
iey confessed to murder , they were
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lowing desperate enough for any pur
pose.
The longer Keith thought the less
he doubted the result. It was not then
a problem of defence , but of escape ,
for he believed now that no oppor
tunity to defend himself would ever
be allowed. The arrest was merely
part of the plot intended to leave him
helpless in the hands of the mob. In
this Hicks was in no way blamable
he had merely performed his sworn
duty , and would still die , if need be ,
in defence of his prisoner. He was
no tool , but only an instrument they
had found means of using.
Keith was essentially a man of ac
tion , a fighter by instinct , and so long
accustomed to danger that the excite
ment of it merely put new fire into his
veins. Now that he understood exact
ly what threatened , all numbing feel
ing of hesitancy and doubt vanished ,
and he became instantly alive. He
would not lie there in that hole wait
ing for the formation of a mob ; nor
would he trust in the ability of the
marshal to defend him.
He had some friends without not
many , for he was but an occasional
visitor at Carson who would rally to
Hick's assistance , but there would not
be enough on the side of law and or-
"Oh , De Good Lawd , Dat Am Massa Waite an' John Sibley. "
der to overcome the "Red Light" out
fit , if once they scented blood. If he
was to be saved from their clutches ,
he must save himself ; if his inno
cence was ever established it would
be by his own exertions and he could
accomplish this only out yonder , free
under the arch of . ? ky.
He lifted his head , every nerve tin
gling with desperate determination.
The low growl of voices was audible
through the partition , but there was
no other sound. Carson City was still
resting , and there would be no crowd
nor excitement until much later. Not
until nightfall would any attack be at
tempted ; he had six or eight hours yet
in which to perfect his plans. He
ran his eyes about the room searching
for some spot of weakness. It was
dark back of the bench , and he turned
in that direction. Leaning over , he
looked down on the figure of a man
curled up , sound asleep on the floor.
The fellow's limbs twitched as if in a
dream , otherwise he might have deem
ed him dead , as his face was buried
in his arms. A moment Keith hesi
tated ; then he reached down and
shook the sleeper , until he aroused
taken to the place where their victims
were supposed to be buried and rack
ed again. No bodies were discovered.
Therefore they confessed to eating
them , and were duly executed. Joseph
II. sent a commission down to inves
tigate the case later , and the entire
innocence of the Gypsies was proved ,
but history does not say what hap
pened to the witnesses for the prose
cution.
Gypsies are still more or less "perse
cuted. " though In our milder modern
sense of the word. And no wonder . A
sufficiently to look up. It was the
face of a coal-black negro. An in
stant the fellow stared at the man
towering over him , his thick lips part
ed , his eyes full of sudden terror
Then he sat up , with hands held be
fore him as though warding off a
blow.
"Fo * de Lawd's sake , " he managed
to articulate finally , "am dis sho' yo'
Massa Jack ? "
Keith , to whom all colored people
were much alike , laughed at the ex
pression on the negro's face.
"I reckon yer guessed the name , all
right , boy. Were you the cook of
the Diamond L ? " .
"No , sah , I nebber cooked no di'onds.
I'se ol' Neb , sah. "
"What ? "
"Yes , sah , I'se de boy dat libbed
wid ol' Missus Caton durin' de wah. I
ain't seen yo' , Massa Jack , sence de
day we buried yo' daddy , ol' Massa
Keith. But I kuowed yo' de berry
minute I woke up. Sho' yo' 'members
Neb , sah ? "
It came to Keith now in sudden
rush of memory the drizzling rain
in the little cemetery , the few neigh
bors standing about , a narrow fringe
of slaves back of them , the lowering
of the coffin , and the hollow sound of
earth falling on the box ; and Neb , his
Aunt Caton's house servant , a black
imp of good humor , who begged so
hard to be taken back with him to the
war. Why , the boy had held his stir
rup the next morning when he rode
away. The sudden rush of recollec
tion seemed to bridge the years , and
that black face became familiar , ' a
memory of home.
"Of course , I remember , Neb , " he
exclaimed , eagerly , "but that's all
years ago and I never expected to see
you again. What brought you West
and got you into this hole ? "
The negro hitched up onto the
bench , the whites of his eyes conspic
uous as he stared uneasily about he
had a short , squatty figure , with ex
cessively broad shoulders , and a face
of intense good humor.
"I reck'n dat am consider'ble ob a
story , Massa Jack , de circumlocution
ob which would take a heap ob time
tellin' , " he began soberly. "But it
happened 'bout dis way. When de
Yankees come snoopin' long de East
Sho' I reck'n maybe it des a yeah aft
er dat time when we done buried de
ol' Co'nel dey burned Missus Caton's
couple of years ago it was stated on
official authority that in Hungary most
of the serious crimes murders , kid
naping and robberies were committed
by Gypsies , and very few of the of
fenders were caught Gypsies are
mighty difficult customers to tackle.
When it was proposed in France that
all nomads should have identity cards ,
to be checked at each stopping place ,
one of them said to a Matin reporter :
"But I can't read , and I can't write ,
and I don't know how old I am , nor
where I was born , and I don't remem-
house clah to de groun' ; de ol' Missus
was in Richmond den , an' de few nig
gers left jest natchally took to de
woods. I went into Richmond huntin'
de ol' Missus , but , Lawd , Massa Jack ,
I nebber foun' nuthin' ob her in dat
crowd. Den an' officer man done got
me an' put me diggin' in de trenches.
Ef dat's what wah am , I sho' don'
want no mo * wah. Den after dat I jest
natchally drifted. I reckon I libbed
'bout eberywhar yo' ebber heard ob ,
fo' dar want no use ob me goin' back
to de East Sho' . Somebody said dat
de West am de right place fo' a nig
ger , an' so I done headed west. "
He dropped his face in his black
hands , and was silent for some min
utes , but Keith said nothing , and fin
ally the thick voice continued :
"I tell you' , Massa Jack , it was
mighty lonely fo' Neb dem days. I
didn't know whar any ob yo' all was ,
an' it wan't no fun fo' dis nigger bein *
free dat away. I got out ter Indepen
dence , Missouri , an' was roustaboutin'
on de ribber , when a couple ob men
come along what wanted a cook to
trabbel wid 'em. I took de job , an'
dat's what fetched me here ter Carson
City. "
"But what caused your arrest ? "
"A conjunction ob circumstances ,
Massa Jack ; yes , sah , a conjunction
ob circumstances. I got playin' pokah
ober in dat 'Red Light , ' an' I was doin'
fine. I reckon I'd cleaned up mo'n
a hundred dollars when I got sleepy ,
an' started fo' camp. I'd most got
dar w'en a bunch ob low white trash
jumped me. It made me mad , it did
fo' a fact , an' I reckon I carved some
ob 'em up befo' I got away. Enny-
how , de marshal come down , took me
out ob de tent , an' fetched me here ,
an' I ben here ebber sence. I wan't
goin' ter let no low down white trash
git all dat money. "
"What became of the men you were
working for ? "
"I reckon dey went on , sah. Dey
had 'portent business , an' wouldn't
likely wait 'round here jest ter help
a nigger. Ain't ennybody ben here ter
see me , nohow , an' I 'spects I'se eradi
cated from dey mem'ry I 'spects I
is. "
CHAPTER V.
The One Way.
Keith said nothing for some mo
ments , staring up at the light stealing
in through the window grating , hi&
mind once again active. The eyes of
the black man had the patient look
of a dog as they watched ; evidently
he had cast aside all responsibility ,
now that this other had come. Final
ly Keith spoke slowly :
"We are in much the same position.
Neb , and the fate of one is liable to
be the fate of both. This is my story"
and briefly as possible , he ran over
the circumstances which had brought
him there , putting the situation clear
enough for the negro's understand
ing , without wasting any time , upon
detail. Neb followed his recital with
bulging eyes , and an occasional excla
mation. At the end he burst forth :
"Yo' say dar was two ob dem white
men murdered one an ol' man wid a
gray beard , an' de odder 'bout thirty ?
Am dat it , Massa Jack , an' dey had fo'
span ob mules , an' a runnin' boss ? "
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"An' how far out was it ? "
"About sixty miles. "
"Oh , de goo4 Lawd ! " and the negro
threw up his hands dramatically. "Dat
sutt'nly am my outfit ! Dat am Massa '
Waite an' John Sibley. "
(
"You mean the same men -with J
whom you came here from Independence - '
dence ? "
Neb nodded , overcome by the dis
covery.
"But what caused them to run such
a risk ? " Keith insisted. "Didn't they
know the Indians were on the war
path ? "
"Sho' ; I heard 'em talkin' 'bout dat , j
but Massa Waite was jest boun' foh
: o git movin' . He didn't 'pear to be f
fraid ob no Injuns ; reck'ned dey'd j
nebber stop him , dat he knowed eb-
(
bery chief on de plains. I reck'n dat
he did , too. "
"But what was he so anxious to get
away for ? "
( TO BE CONTINUED. )
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ber the names of the places where my
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such things. " What can you do with
people so astutely ignorant ?
Lucid Explanation. .
Little Fred was telling his father
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garden.
"How big was it ? " asked papa.
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sized small apple , " was the innocent
explanation.
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Sergeant 'Alt ! Take Murphy's
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Corporal W'y , sergeant , 'e weren't
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Sergeant Wasn't 'e ? Well , cross
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Unfortunate Man.
A tourist in the mountains of Ten
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