T IIE TORCH OF REASON, SILV E R T O N , OREGON, T H U R S D A Y , S E PT E M B E R 30, 1897.
of a case! It were alm ost as safe, all these elem ental throes of nature
atom s in our own body.”
so far as the principle depends, to m an had never come forth from
“ I see no m inister, however.”
[ a romance by SAMUEL p. P utnam .]
,4 WHht none
M arriage is a try a man by the ‘rule of th re e / the m ighty travail of her loins,
see the grand consum m ation,” said civii contract, and all I need is the unfortunate remedy to com m it the But, oh, joy and wonder transcend-
C h a rlie to th e doctor and Paddie. civn officer, the representative of life or honor ot a m an to the verdict ing time and space!
The birth is
“ The sinners have the beet of it public order and decency.”
of a jury. The question of guilt, safe, and m other E arth proclaim s
this time, haven't they?
T his is
“ You don’t believe in the words, or life or death, is so m om entous, the m iracle of m an!" “ Y et,” pur-
a kind of judgm ent scene th at I be- «What God hath joined together and dem ands such delicate and re- sued Paddie, with increasing ardor
lieve in, where the goats have some- | et
inrtn put asunder?’ ”
sponsible treatm en t, th at, even if of delight, “ it were not enough th at
thing to say in the m atter and are
“ Assuredly not.
It is the voice circum stantial evidence were alw ays all this m yriad life was formed, if
not shoved uncerem oniously off. of tyranny. We m arry for hum an complete and at hand, the jury ap- I had been left out. A lthough how
The lam b-like deacon has played his happiness.
We dissolve for th e plying it should be peerless in easily could my little clod have
tru m p card, and lost.”
same reason.”
judgm ent and intelligence.”
I>een forgotten. There was enough
“ We arrived this m orning,” said
« jg there not an ideal side to
“ We weren’t bothered with crim -j w ithout it, and I m ay never know
Paddie, “ and came directly to the m arriage? it is som ething more inal jurisprudence on the islan d ,” J if it is needed.
But, zounds! here
scene of battle.
We w anted to be than a business arrangem ent.
It said the doctor. “ We enjoyed the I am , with a q<iintillion chances
in on the hom e-stretch. It was nip ¡H an act in which our whole being harm ony of anarchy.
Let people against me.
W ouldn’t this be a
Even so I
and tuck with miracle arid nature, jg included as in no o th er.”
alone, and they will behave them - big draw for a lottery?
raffled for existence, and got it! So
but n ature has the best of it.
I
“ G ranted, and in a certain sense selves.”
ra th e r think we surprised the deacon the clergy stand for this ideal side;
“ I think I should have enjoyed here is my fortune,— drink to it,
when we showed w hat really can hut they represent so much th a t is th a t island,” said Milly, “ the beau- folks,—and laugh and sing and
1, done, if we know how. I think fa i8e and m onstrous th a t their tiful flowers th a t you speak of, and dance; for this is the way to look at
fur a m om ent he actually disbe- presence is an injury. I prefer the the wonderful curiosities.
I could yourselves. Ih in k how you slipped
lieved the S criptures.”
coming together of those I most have roamed over th a t island for- into life with the chances of co unt
“ Only for a moment; for his be- |,(),,or> with music and flowers to ever, and listened to the music of less unborn against you, think of
lief is so inw rought with his sell- represent the high and noble q u ality its trees and the sea th at broke the poor devils you heat, and see
ishness th a t to lose his faith would
marriage.”
upon it. I have alw ays longed for w hat a miracle it is th a t you are
be like losing his life.
lie will
was a notable gathering. All the quiet of such a life, to be with here.
preach and pray as long as he lives, our <dd acquaintances were present nature in her secret haunts.
“ Here, then, is my toast to the
and at the sam e tim e be a dam n- and they made a b rillia n t and
“ You’d been delighted. I found paradox draw n from c reatio n : ‘The
able v illa in .”
happy com pany. The sim ple cere- som ething every day to astonish— possible greater than the real, as
“ I did w ant to give him a few m ony was perform ed, and then the strange an im als and birds and germs exceed fruitage.
Let it he
parting words,” said Blanche, “ but welcome flowed from every heart, wondrous landscapes, caves th a t the moral of life to make the real
he looked so crestfallen th a t 1 could
How happy Blanche was in this i seemed miles in length and covered as great as the possible, and so
say nothing. I m ust have seemed bloom and splendor of her rom antic with all sorts of gems, and marvel- justify our place in the real? I
to him like a ghost.
My presence jjfe< go full of contrasts, and now ous ruins th a t carried you hack to tell you, life is no hum bug.”
was the greatest punishm ent he stretching before her like a shining the very dawn of hum an life. We
“ H u rrah for Paddie.’’’said C harlie,
could have,and no words I could ut- seaj
m ust picnic out there one of these as all with one accord gave three
ter would have pierced turn more. Yet
Jennie was one of the c -n pany. d a y s .”
cheers for Paddie and his eloquent
it makes me indignant to feel th a t g ,,e had come on purpose from
“ I’m ready,” said M illy; “ I hope e ffiiisio n .
he justifies liis crim e to his own Golden Throne.
there won’t he a n y ecclesiastical
“ Why, th a i’s the best discourse
h eart by the thought th a t he is do-
“ How glad I am to see you!” councils out there.”
you ever p re a c h 'd ,” said Jim m y.
ing it to the glory of God.
This sa i<J Blanche.
“ W asn’t th at a
“ N othing of the s o r t,” said th e “ I t carried the sted all through it,
m an will never feel th a t he has queer life among the hills?”
doctor, “ no anathem a, m a ra n th a , and hurst into the flower at the
done wrong. You cannot penetrate
“ It m ust seem so to you. But so no Index Expurgat«»rius. W’e car. end. T h a t’s it, the very essence of
his soul with remorse. H e is only m any things have happened in mv take what we w ant, and leave what
m orality and religion.
You can ’t
sorry because he has failed; and, if lifetime th at I am not a t ad we like.”
get above this ‘Make the real as
he had succeeded, how the world astonished.”
Dick and Polly were at the wed great as the possible, and so justify
would have praised him!
He
getting used to it myself,” ding of course, and Ju n c ta J u v a n t your place in the real? ”
would have been heralded as a gaid Blanche. “ Time is a m agician, in his exuberant glory.
“ Don’t he too sure of a n y th in g ,”
saint. Justice has trium phed; and His wallet is full of surprises. Here
“ H e’s the lord of us a ll,” said said Grubbins; “ When you th in k
it will trium ph again and again, ig Mr. Baker.
The last tim e I saw Paddie; “ he’s the only authority
you have spoken the tru th , you
but only through h u m an ity and you, sir, was on th e ju ry .”
that 1 shall cave in to.”
can ’t sit down on it com fortable
science. I will forget this merciless
«4 did my d u t y / ’ said Tim,
“ You are right there, p a id ,” said hut you generally find it stan d s for
villain. 1 am free now, and love is “ (hough I went agin the evidence, Dick; “ I obey the baby.”
som ething on the other side th a t
in the air, and all the beauty of y o u >u a d „ d t th a t things looked
“ And me too,” said Polly, with a
can speak for itself ju st about as
nature. How beautiful this world d a rk .”
slv little nod.
well. So a tru th is only half a
will be when freed from these horrid
<4 shudder when I think of th at
Bobbins and Jim m y were bold- A
• • e
t
J .
1
J tru th , or one side of a m any-sided
delusions, and we rejoice sim ply in t r ia i? and how fate seemed closing ing a rath e r iconoclastic revel over
tru th , and you are never through
one another; when we have no fear jn on nie
Alas, how much in- th eir old fields of labor and belief;
with it. I tell you hum bug has its
and are strong because we know justice there is, when we judge by while Paddie, anim ated by his own
place in life, at least we can m ake
and can use w hat really is! I have outw ard circum stances alone!”
voluble exuberance, launched into
it useful.”
wealth now ; and I will p o u ritfo rth
“ I don’t w ant to be obliged to one of bis quaint and headlong
“ T hat is your fortune and ability.
for the benefit of a living hum anity, j udge again.”
speculations.
to clothe and feed their bodies and
“ We have to judge som etim es,”
Said Paddie: “ IIovv much of the You hear your blushiug honors
thick upon you.
Ju st elected to
give them true knowledge.”
said Charlie. “ Crime m ust be pun- golden prim e of th is planet must
Congress, I congratulate you; and I
ished, but the instrum ents we use he wasted before hu m an ity will
CHAPTER XXXIII
Wh it &uess ^ at y ° u
do as well as
are weak. I wonder if it would be know how to value itself!
All was m erry as a m arriage
better if there were no such thing a stupendous th o u g h t th a t this
bell.
is,” said
earth has been working
billions of I G ru
“ I b b take
“ The love kuot is to be tied is it? ” ah Judge a i‘d j ury.
.
in s the “ I world
am as
no it refo rm er I
“ Indeed it is, so far as outw ard
“ T h a t’s nO’ im pression,” said ages to become the fair spot she now ^ rubbir^
,“ ni
refo.m er,
Paddie; “ th a t is, as soon as we is f<* U8> and yet her success has see no use in it
cerem ony is concerned.”
are wise enough to
substitute been aH perfect as though all this
“ 1 do,” said Sol Jones; “ I expect
“ W hat is the use of a cerem ony,
if the heart and m ind are u n ited ?” som ething more correct and hu- im m easurable labor had been done to be made senator by it.
“ T h at is a question.
We are m ane. Judge and ju ry are a b u n g -1 for the delectation of my single
“ Then I should stick to it,” said
social beings, and m ust act as such,
aud hazardous invention for 8 tif alo m . S ubliim c o in c id tn c t. Gpn^Bins; “ I shall take the other
and to a certain extent there must
ends of justice, and quite too F irst, th a t a world is made; second, tack an d bp CO|,gerVMtive.”
be outw ard and public approval. often insufficient for the cause they th a t I am made to fit this world
.«There’s a chance for us both.
We can’t live to ourselves wholly, serve. W hat a m echanical appli- and use it. Yes, glorious and won- The m ain thing is to be elected. I
We are bound together like the auce, indeed, to reach the conscience 1 derful coincidence!
W hat if, a fte r'k n o w th at I can s*>rve mv country
GOLDEN THRONE