rt
Tins Ukknoww II Kins, on Tun Contiwtkd Ixiu;nvr.Nci5
13
?
'
sion that no religion is the bosl method.
Free schools ihcy consider their woist
vnemy, and are milking strong objections,
liotli openly :md secretly. Schools are cs
tnhlished by various creeds, theirs and no
other doctrine preached. A certain class
think their religion ought to he authorized
1)' the government. So long as one creed
does not interfere with another, mi unlim
ited number can exist in a free govern
ment, but when one becomes so bigoted
us to think theirs ought tjhe the only one
and the authorized one, faciions and wars
will inevitably bo raised, by which the
government will tremble. And there is a
class so addicted to their religious belief
that they consider it wrong to follow
styles and fancies of this fast and civil
ized age. The absurdity of this may be
seen, as the people act according as their
wisdom leaches them, which is continual
ly becoming increased and cultured, and
us education and Christianity go hand in
hand, and the more educated the people
become the better they are, so the fashions
of to day are no more in tiie wrong than
at any previous ago.
In the United States two political par
tics will ever continue to watch over the
management of the government, and it is
well they do they need to watch each
other for the leaders have proven them,
selves to have no fear for their hereafter
and let their souls go uncared for. It
seems as if their only object is to obtain
wealth, and they gel it; they may, or they
may not, take more than the law allows,
but they arc the law makers. A party too
long in power becomes too licentious, and
the leaders reap tiie rewards, no matter,
the people will not discard them; they arc
too conservative to think they are in the
wrong, though they hold their power by
an army or by fraud. The people should
look at them with an independent air.
They are tho best judges of right and
wrong. They are the ones that can change
from party to parly without being politi
cally killed. E. P. S.
THE U2TKN0WX UET11SI OR THE
OOXTESTEJ) IXirEllTTANCE.
CHAPTER IV (conclmlcil)
" If Jio was bad once, I'm sure he isnH
now, and I don't believe Mr. Garnetl
would suspect him of it. I believe ho is
honestly trying to do right now. lie
changed his name, it is said, from John
1 vol ley to Daniel Johnson. He did that,
I s'pnsc, so that the ellects of his old mis
deeds wouldn't stick to him."
" Is that all tha't is known nboul his pre
vions life?" asked Mr. Hcnnot, in a tone
of interest.
" Yes, about all," was the reply; "unle&s
that he is an orphan."
" Did those young Hcnnrls have any
relations V next questioned the old man.
"No, I guess not. At least, I haven't
heard that they have any very near ones.
They were orphans. Their father was a
sailor, and lived at Newburyport, They
came to Meredith, because one of their
old friends came beforehand and advised
them to," said Mr. Bonnet's companion ,
The old man asked a few more ques
lions, and then silence fell between the
two. The information that was gained
had directed tho old man's thoughts into
a different channel. He had taken an as
sinned name upon his arrival in Mere
dith, that he might piosecute his inquiries
without having gossip and suspicion di
rected against himself us a near rcla'tive
to Richard ami Stephen.
In the midst of his thoughts tho driver,
l3r request, halted the carriage in front of
Mr. Qarnett's residence to allow him to
get out. He spent tho greater part of the
day in visiting the scenes of tho recent
robberies, but to his discouragement the
signs of guilt on tho part of Richard and
Stephen were, if possible, even more man
ifest hero than at Meredith.
Tho indignant victims were so positive
that tho " smooth-tongued book agent " was
tho thiol, that they denounced him in se
vere terms, and would not give credence
to any theory whatever of his innocence.
And thus Mr. Beimel felt obliged to close