T H E TORCH OF REASON, SILV E R T O N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , JU N E 17, 1897.
whole chicken for some poor devil
“ You’ve a chance now to m ake
“ But I sh all,” said Will. “ I
of a m inister, and he eats it all up. it up, am i t h a t’s better than with don’t take things on tru st.
I
[ a ROMANCE BY SAMUEL P, PUTNAM.] Well, it’s the only comfort they do those who’ve been hum bugged all
‘‘You feel th at you have come have in this world, and I don’t their lives, am i expect to have big believe in going to the bottom .
She m ust explain. If you won’t
out of darkness into light?”
blame them for m aking the most of pay for it <»u« of the celestical bank. go, 1 will.”
“ I guess 1 do! i t ’s do comparison! it. I don’t begrudge any m inister
They don’t know th a t its notes are
“ As you like. I t ’s nothing to
I was in a cave before, and was an a square meal. He shall have one
protested ami its vaults em p ty .”
me. I know what I should do. In
eyeless fish. I can truly say, I every time he comes iieie. I find
“ I will make it up,” said Pippins. an hour, I will forget her.”
was once blind, but now 1 see. th a t’s the best way to shut bis
“ This is a com fortable world, alter
W ill hurried off to see Blanche,
The books I read are a series of su r­
m outh.”
all, even if we have to work for a while C harlie rem ained to tm dure
prising
revelations.
I’ve read
Bobbins showed them his stock, living. I have to keep at it twelve his torm ents as best he m ig h t.”
P arker some, and Em erson; and it
and took them through his waving hours a day. T h a t’s too long, hut
“ I cannot forget her,” said C h ar­
seems as if I was roam ing through
fields of grain, with all the ardor of even with th at 1 enjoy life. T here’s lie. “ 1 cannot. Fool, fool th a t I
a new world packed with precious
a hoy. Pippins enjoyed his visit nothing like taking hold am i push­ am! O~ woman, why are y«»u so
jewels.
T here’s a Down-East,
t<> the utm ost. These two “ sa in ts” ing things along ami bearing your vain? Why do you sm ile and stab?
queer sort of fellow I ’ve happened
converted into “ sinners” made a part. T h a t's my destiny, and I I could not have believed it. O nly
across—Thoreau. He comes right
very en tertain in g couple. It was a glory in it. I c a n ’t do good in a little while ago, she was the star,
from nature, right from the trees
constant surprise to them th at there any other w ay.”
the glory o f my life. How I
and rocks and the waters; and how
was so much enjoym ent in this
The
great
city
was
aflame
with
worshipped her, shining before me
keenly he describes! Then, I’ve a
sphere, independent of any other. m yriad lam ps as they approached., with cloudless beauty! Now,she is
few serm ons here by F rothingharn,
They had so long looked upon this Charlie and Will hastened to their like the blasting orb of death.
and some by Chadwick and Savage;
world as a dream y spot th at, when lodgings.
C harlie was eager t«» Through storm and ra in , with bit­
and 1 revel in them as I would in
they found what riches it contained, call upon Blanch«*, ami hav«* a littl
te r arrows, she drives me to despair
nuggets of gold—such fresh, broad,
th ey were alm ost intoxicated with ehat about his d a \ ’s visit. There
0 m anhood, how little you seem
beautiful views of m an, of the
delight. It was like a couple of was a note aw aiting him. He tore when love strikes you! A w om an’s
universe, of w hat we are, despite
starving men finding a rich and it open hastily, and persued it. He) hand is stronger th an a g ia n t’s. I
our ignorance of whence we came
unexpected repast.
stood lik«* one transfixed by some) could meet death yet I cannot meet
or w hither we are going! I do wish
“ W hat a happy time it will be, sudden pain.
this blow. It is horrible, so h or­
every C hristian could know what a
when the whole world is save»! that
“
Am
1
aw
ake?”
said
he.
“
W
hat!
rible.”
fool he is and how much he loses
wav!” said C harlie, as they went is this? W hat does it m ean?”
Will returned.
by believing those old
wives’
hack to toe city.
Again,
h«*
read
the
note
c
a
re
fu
lly
,1
“ W hat news?” gasped C harlie.
tales.”
“ Yes, wake up and get rid of its while his whole fram e trem bled.
“ Her housekeeper says she has
“ W h y d o n ’t you tu rn m issionary
night-m are,’’said Paddle. “ I su p ­
“
Oh,
curse
her,
curse
her!”
he
I
gone to England. But she is p u z­
and preach to th e m ? ”
pose this good tim e is com ing, hut cried.
zled, and declares there is some­
“ T h a t’s not niv forte. I’d ra th e r
people are so stu p id .”
“
W
hat
is
it?
”
said
Will.
th in g wrong about it. Blanche
work. I just like to dig. I like to
“ It may come all at once. Who
“ T h at is it. ’ And he thing the) went out yesterdy as usual. About
be among the cattle and horses
i would have thought th a t Bobbins note upon th e lloor. “ She w ould j noon, the housekeeper received a
and the pigs. I enjoy the life that
would have walked up ami gone to have been more m erciful, if she had
telegram th a t her m istress was de­
is in them , and believe th at labor
work like a m an? I can’t help! stabbed me to t h e heart with a
tained. About dark, there came a
is the great reformer of the world.”
laughing, when 1 think of his tussle (Jigger.”
note th a t Miss Kennedy had de­
“ I suppose so,” said Laddie.
with Ingersoll, and how dem urely
“
T
here’s
nothing
wrong
here,”
I
. ‘ Still, thought is necessary, and
parted for E ngland. I have the
he walked aw ay.”
said W ill, as he picked up the note note with me. Is th a t B lanche’s
education. There are those who
“ We
expected
to c«m»juer,” ami read :—
m ust help us think and feel our
handw riting?”
said
Pippins.
“
We
prayed
I
d
o
n
’t
I
best. Then, work becomes most
“ It is,” said C harlie. “ She says
M r . C h a rles M orton :—
know
how
m
any
days
ami
nights,
noble: otherw ise, it m ight be a
It pains me to write th at I m ust she leaves at once, and desires
and
read
the
com
m
entaries
ami
drudgery.”
not see you again. I have changed I things to he kept in order u n til she
studied
Hebrew
till
our
heads
ached.
“T rue,” said F arm er Bobbins.
my plans. I t is not necessary for returns. W as there ever such a
W'e
thought
we
were
fully
arm
ed
“ E v e ry m a n to his taste; and now
me to inform you in what respect. freak?”
and
equipped.
W
hat
fools
we
were!
dinner. H ere’s mv wife, friends;
Please do not seek me. I shall
“ I th in k you are a hit b lin d ,”
We
had
a
chain
of
argum
ent
th
a
t
here’s the table, and I like each
not be at home. It is all right: I said W ill. “ 1 don’t th in k th a t’s
nobody
could
get
aro
u
n
d
;
hut,
man to help him self.”
and, w hatever mav have been he- her h an d w ritin g .”
when
we
came
to
hitch
it,
we
had
A royal d in ner they had, for a
h at a fool you are!” said
tween us, let it he forgotten.
nothing
to
hitch
it
to,
ami
there
is
royal appetite they had, and Mrs.
C harlie. “ I have her notes and
B lanche K en n ed y .
where
we
got
llnored,
and
all
we
Bobbins- knew a thing or two about
letters. Compare them . Don’t they
couhl
»
I«
»
was
to
lug
our
chain
hack
c h a pter X X I.
cooking.”
look alike? W hat are you th in k ­
again and hang «»urselves. But we
“ I loved her so m uch!” cried ing of?”
“ Did your wife get converted
did
better.
W
’e
t«»ok
a
new
start,
C harlie. “ How can I endure it,
along with you, Bobbins, and join
“ 1 am th in k in g thev are very
¡»ml tnen our chain of logic led us this hitter, h itter disappointm ent!
the Church of H u m a n itv ? ”
skillful forgeries.”
right where Ingersoll is.”
W
hat
does
this
m
ean?
Could
she
“ Not exactly. She clung to the
“ Bill, w hat is the m atter with
“ \ o u m ust have found it pretty I have loved me? It seems as if I you—try in g to ease things off?
old notions. I d id n ’t argue with
her. I told her my ex p e rien ce with tough work in your theological should go mad. Oh, love is so But you c a n ’t do it.
beautiful, am i so terrible when it
Ingersoll. She laughed, hut said career?”
“ You are wrong, C harlie, utterly
fiees
aw
ay!
W
hy
«lid
she
not
let
nothing. W hen we first came out
“ I did. I had to wear «»hl clot beg
wrong. You are hasty as you were
here, she went to the praver-ineetin’ and hoard myself, and was general­ me alone? Now, sh«* has crushed once before.
You d id n 't give
me.
I
am
like
on«*
accursed.”
p retty regular. But she doesn’t go ly half-starved.
But I thought
Blanche a fair chance. How do
“ I cannot see through th is ,” said you know hut this is some plot, and
now, and I notice she likes to read Jesus would pay m et and so I stood
mv hook*. You know women want it
I taught in Sunday-school, W ill. “ There’s som ething behind. th a t she you love is in danger and
to have th eir own way about things, and went ar.iund preaching hear We m ust see Blanche at once.”
needs your m anhood?”
“
I
cannot
see
her,”
said
Charlie.
she’ll convert herself much quicker and there in school-houses farm ­
“ Pshaw, th a t’s nonsense. I know
than I can.”
houses and broken-down churches; “ She has wronged me; for she has better.
I ’ve seen too much of
deceived
me,
and
she
has
m
urdered
“ Don’t the m inisters try to con­ and once in a while I’d make out
woman. I hey are heartless things.
vert v o u ? ”
to get tip a revival, then I’d live my soul.”
W hat does she care for me, a poor
“
Bear
up
like
a
m
an,
C
harlie.
“ Oh, yes, since I’ve got rich. high for a spell. I’d have mine«*
m iner?”
They d id n ’t seem to care about it pies ami plum puddings along with Y ou d o n ’t know w hat it is y e t.”
“ She cares everything for you.
“ Don’t know? Yes, I do.
I
before. They com»* her«* by shoals. m y r«»ast beef, while the excitem ent
I ’ve seen her, and I tru st her. She
I ju st feed them, and let them go. lasted. G enerally, however, it was have been the sport of a cruel, reck­
has a noble heart. I would not
You ought to see them feed. It’s poor pav, and, if I must sav it less woman. She is tired of me
vield her thus lightly.
I ’d go
She
fun
Nohodv can eat like a dam n poor preach also. I wonder sooner than she thought.
through fire, but I would know the
m inister: he has an ap|>etite like a n«»w th a t I ever acted so like a con- w ants to lx* rid of me w ithout
tru th . I would not desert her on
whale. W hy, I frequently cook a fonnded dunce.”
ceremony. I will not trouble her ” such evidence as th is.”
GOLDEN THRONE