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T H E L IF E OF EU R EK A B LA N K ,
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Who Might Have Been a Failure.
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PART II.-T H E MIDDLE.
T he M e th o d ist ru le d in th e v icin ity
w here I “ was ra is e d ’ ; b u t one d ay th e re
cam e a n E p isc o p a l c le rg y m a n ; and
fin ally u n d e r his c are, a c h u rc h a n d a
S u n d a y S chool cam e. H e p a stu re d his
h o rse w ith us an d I used to go w ith
him to g et it. O ne day w hen going
w ith him 1 m ade a d isc o v ery . 1 fo u n d
t h a t iu m y B ra h m a -lik e in s tin c tiv e
h o rro r a g a in st ta k in g of life, th e sn a k e
w as an e x c e p tio n . 1 saw a sn a k e and
im m e d ia te ly p u rsu e d it w ith a stic k to
kill, th e p re a c h e r p u t his h a n d g e n tly
on my a rm , an d said: “ D o n ’t h u r t th e
p o o r h a rm le ss fellow . G od has room
e n o u g h for a ll.” I t was su ch a s u rp ris e
to find t h a t th e re was one h e a rt te n ­
d e re r iu th a t d ire c tio n th a n m y own.
Y et, su c h is h u m a n in c o n s is te n c y , th a t
he w ould g lad ly e a t of th e poor d e er
w hich th e h u n te r s had dogged over h ill
a n d v a lle y .a u d th ro u g h lake a n d stre a m ,
a n d fin ally m u rd e re d , w ith his g re a t
p ity in g eyes lo o k in g up so im p lo rin g ly
to his s la y e r ! 1 sh u d d e re d w hen I saw
t h a t —lik e th e eye of a lo st soul G od
w as h u rlin g to fiery to r m e n t fo rev er !
How c r u e l! I c o u ld n 't sleep th in k in g
of th a t ?
A fte r th e S u u d a y School began, 1
w as th ere. T h ere, to o , was a m ig h ty
n e ig h b o r of o u rs , S q u ire B aily, who
u sed to e m p h a siz e his s ta te m e n ts w ith
“ d a m n it, 1 te ll y o u !” A fte r he becam e
a v e stry m a n he c o n v e rte d his “d am n
in to “d a r n ” an d ta u g h t m y cla ss. Now
1 had a s is te r o nly tw e n ty m o n th s old-
e r th a n m y self, who le a rn e d so ra p id ly
t h a t in c o m p a rin g m y se lf to her, as
o th e rs d id , 1 had m ade a c a re fu l e s ti­
m a te a u d c o n c lu d e d th a t 1 was a b lo c k ­
h ead , a u d so a fa ilu re . T hen I ju s t
k e p t th in k in g in te n tly a b o u t w hat I
c o u ld h e a r a u d see a u d feel, b u t m ade
little e ffo rt w ith books o r lesso n s,
e x c e p t to co n so le m y se lf by read-
But a
m g w h a tev e r 1 c o u ld rea ch
S u u d a y S ch o o l show was a new aud
g re a t th in g , a u d 1 m ade a g re a t effo rt,
a u d c o m m itte d th e w hole of th e second
c h a p te r of M atth ew to m em ory. T he
r e s t of th e boys b lu n d e re d th ro u g h a
few v erses ap iece w ith m u ch p ro m p t­
ing. W h en my t u r n cam e 1 r a ttle d off
th e w hole c h a p te r. S q u ire B aily p u t
h is h a n d a ffe c tio n a te ly on my head
a u d said : “ D arn it, 1 tell you ! T h e re ’s
a good d eal of th e old D o cto r a b o u t
th is c h ip of th e old block y e t.” T h en
cam e th e q u e e r th o u g h t—m u st I th e n
be a fa ilu re ?
My fa th e r, “th e D o c to r,” had been
S q u ire B a lly ’s ideal of a m an. H is e n ­
c o u ra g in g w ord has re ste d lik e a b en e­
d ic tio n u p o n me ev er since.
He had been a p ra c tic in g p h y sic ia n in
I o u r neig h b o rh o o d an d th e people ta lk e d
m uch a b o u t him . He was a g ra d u a te
of O x fo rd , an d a w idow er w hen he
cam e to A m erica. So th e people of th e
n eig h b o rh o o d knew very little of his
fo rm e r h isto ry . He had been a su r-
geou in th e B ritish navy, an d while
p ra c tic in g iu o u r v ic in ity , had per-
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had n e v er seen a n y th in g belonging to
him e x c e p tin g th re e h o rse s w hich he .
le ft a n d w hich were sold w ith in th e
reach of my m em ory. I had n e v er
seen a sc ra p of his w ritin g , b u t one day
m o th e r read to me a le tte r te llin g h e r !
w hat to n am e me, an d th a t he e x p e c te d
soon to send fo r her an d th e c h ild re n
to com e to him a t C o b u rg , C a n a d a ,
w here he w ent to ta k e ch arg e of a m e d ­
ical college a few weeks before 1 was
bom .
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in Merinos and all-wools.
S trictly one price, square dealing, 36 inches
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A fte r a while a boy to ld me th a t my
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fa th e r k illed him self: T h a t he h e ard
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his fa th e r say t h a t Mr. H itch co ck , o u r
p o stm a s te r, go t a le tte r from th e p o st- I
m a ste r of C o b u rg , in fo rm in g him of
th e fact. 1 n ev er can d e scrib e my fe e l­
ings a fte r th a t a b o u t m y fath e r. I had
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been to ld th a t su ic id e was “se lf-m u r­
d e r,” a n d m e a n t e te rn a l su fferin g .
F u r th e r , 1 had been to ld th a t fa th e r
was a U u iv e rs a list, an d th a t was a n o th e r ev er seen, lie was so o b s tin a te ly w ick­
fea rfu l c rim e. H e did n o t believe iu ed th a t no p ra y e rs of th e L o rd ’s people
e ith e r H eli or D evil! B u t was th e re a c o u ld move him to tu r n from h is w ick­
Hell a n d a te rrib ly m a lig n a n t Devil? ed ways an d receive th e c o n so lin g be­
T h ere c o u ld be no d o u b t of th a t. T he lief iu a D evil, Hell an d d a m n a tio n .
good M e th o d ist p re a c h e rs—one a fte r B ut, to my g re a t s u rp ris e , I fo u n d him
a n o th e r —had to ld me all a b o u t it. T he o n e of th e k in d e s t a u d g e n tle s t of m en. THE LEADING WATCHES OF THE WORLD
Devil had te m p te d th em iu d iffe re n t H is c h ild re n c u d d le d u p to him affec­
ways: to tra d e h o rse s on S u n d a y , a n d tio n a te ly , a n d o th e r c h ild re n co n fid ed In 2, 3 or 4 Ounce S ilverine Screw Case«
p rep aid .
do m an y w icked th in g s. My m o th e r iu him iu s tin c tiv e ly .
A fterw ard s I
had been th ro u g h sim ila r ex p erien c es; d isco v ered t h a t it was th e ioviug affec­
D u eb er-H am p d eti— 18 size, ‘‘ Special
an d w ith big te a rs s tre a m in g dow n h e r tio n a te side of m eu ’s n a tu re s th a t R -w ay,” 23 jew els, $32; sam e, 21 jew els,
poor, care-w orn ch eek s, a u d a g o n iz in g c au se d th em to rev o lt a t the id ea that, $24; “ New R -w ay ,” 23 je w e ls,$26; “ Jo h n
H an co ck ,’’ nr “ N orth A m .” 21 jew els,
th r ills p a ssin g th ro u g h h er poor little a Ioviug fa th e r k ep t au e te rn a l p riso n $21; “ D ueller W . C o.,” 21 jew els, $19;
e m a ciate d c o n s u m p tiv e
body, she of Hro. W h at need of a Devil when a sam e, 17 jew els, $16.
E lg in —“ V eritas,” 23 jew els, $29; sam e
w ould re la te h e r stru g g le s w ith th e F a th e r c o u ld sen d m illio n s of h is own
or
“ No. 149,” “ 150,” “ 181,” all 21 jew els,
“g re a t a d v e rsa ry .” B esides it was in c h ild re n to e te rn a l to rm e n ts a n d th e n
$25; “ F a th e r T im e ,” 21 jew els, o r new
G o d ’s H oly Book! I had read a b o u t lau g h a t th e ir c a la m ity ?
“ B. W. R ay m o n d ,” 19 jew els, $20; “ Ray­
him w ith so lem n awe a u d th e n k n e lt
m o n d ,” 17 jew els, $18.50.
W hile 1 was th in k in g of th is th e scene
W a lth a m —“ V a n g u a rd ,” 23 jew els,$29;
dow n by m y m o th e r’s sid e an d be­
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so u g h t G od, fo r C h r is t’s sake, “to lead
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els. $20; “ A ppleton, Tracy & C o.,”
O u r fo lk s h ad h a rd w ork to get alo n g
us n o t in to te m p ta tio n , b u t to d e liv e r
“ P re m ie r,’’ (new ) 17 jewels, $18.50; sam e
us from evil.” A ud y e t G od d id n o t a n d when A u n t L u cy , m o th e r’s siste r, (n o t “ P re m ie r” ), 17 jew els, nickel, $16.
The above g u a ra n tee d to pass R-W ay
d eliv er, a n d th e D evil w ould m an ag e to offered to ta k e me hom e w ith h e r to
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W alth am —“ P. S. B a rtle tt” or Elgin
head even before b re a k fa st. Yes, th e re to le t ine go, to sta y th ro u g h th e F a ll “ W h eeler,” 17 jew els, nickel, a d ju sted ,
was a H ell fo r “ w ick ed ” people, aud a n d W in ter. A u n t L u cy was a large, $11; sam e, g ilt, $9; sam e, H am p d en ,
how ever fa r aw ay m ig h t be “ o u r F a th e r fa t w om an, a m odel of h e a lth , w ith a nickel, $10. E lg in , W altham or Hanqs-
which a r t iu H eav en ,” th e Devil was q u ie t firm n ess of d isp o sitio n and a p e r­ i d en , nickel, 15 jew els, $7; E lgin or
W alth am , nickel, 7 jew els (non-catch-
e v id e n tly a tte n d in g to my fate, as he c e p tio n of th e lu d ic ro u s w hich c a rrie d able h a ir sp rin g ), $5; H am p d en , 7 jewels»
had m y f a th e r ’s on e a rth . How, th e n , h e r th ro u g h tro u b le en o u g h to c ru sh g ilt, $4.50; “ S ta n d a rd ” or C e n tu ry ,” $3.
tw o o rd in a ry w om en. S he w ould laugh
The above in gold-filled screw cases,
co u ld I h elp being a fa ilu re ?
all o v er a t a n y th in g f u n n y —an d it d id g u aran teed tw en ty y ears, $3.50, o r in
Yet, iu sp ite of relig io u s p re ju d ic e s, u o t ta k e a n y th in g very fu n n y to e lec­ h u n tin g , $5.50 m ore. In 25-year screw
all agreed th a t my fa th e r was a good tr if y every u erv e au d leave a good s u p ­ cases, $6, o r h u n tin g , $8.50 m ore th a n
m an.
E veu th o se who were little ply for p ro m isc u o u s d is tr ib u tio n to silv erin e cases.
c h ild re n when he le ft, rem e m b e red
o th e rs .
him w ith affection. I used to th in k
U ncle M iles was a m an of very m o d ­ IDEAL GENTLEMAN’S WATCH
how m u ch he m u s t have loved life an d e ra te m e n ta lity ; his lead in g fa c u lty
Sm all (12) size, H am p d en , eleg an t, a r ­
d re a d e d d e a th ; au d w hat c o u ld be th e being e v e n tu a lity . H e had alw ays tistic han d -ch ased , o r “e n g in e -tu rn e d ”
te rrib le sorrow th a t im p e lle d him to lived in one place in V e rm o n t, w ith th e (“Ju e rg e n s e n ” sty le—alw ays nice), gold-
kill h im self ! 1 longed to see him an d e x ce p tio n of fo u r y e a rs he s p e n t in tilled tiu n tin g case, g u aran teed 25 years,
“G e n ’l S ta rk ,” 15 jewels, $15 ; “ D ueber
used to th in k th a t I w ould a lm o st be U p p e r C an ad a. W hen he sa t dow n fo r G ra n d ,” 17 jew els, ad ju sted , $17.50;
w illing to go to H ell, if he were th e re , a social ta lk , he alw ay s m anaged to “Jo h n H ancock,” 21 jew els, e x tra tine*
r a th e r th a n go to H eaven a u d leave m o n o p o lize fo u r-fifth s of th e c o n v e rsa ­ $28 50. In open-face hinged case, 50cts.,
screw case, $1 less.
him in a w orld of e n d le ss p ain . I won tio n
He w ould begin w ith “ W hen I
All w atches g u aran teed new , p e rfe ct;
d e re d if th a t was w hat J e s u s m e a n t by was iu U p p er C a n a d a ------”
IT RESURRECTED MY FATHER IN ME !
cases latest designs, h an d -ch ased (no die
te lliu g p eople th ey m u st “ h a te fa th e r,
H e had m et w ith several a cc id e n ts; work “en graving” ), and accom panied by
W h en e v er I have been d isc o u rag e d m o th e r, b r o th e r ,s is te r ,” to l>e his d is c i­
m ’f’rs and my g u a ra n te e . I pay freight,
in th e p u r s u it of t r u t h , it h as com e ples, so th a t th e y sh o u ld be w illin g to ! on ce a saw log ro lled over him , in ju rin g and w atches k ep t in o rd er one y e a r if
h is sp in e an d fra c tu rin g several of his well used.
b ack to m e like a m essage from th a t go to H eaven w ith all th o se in H ell ?
rib s. He had o th e r a ilm e n ts , a n d su f-i Send for prices of lad ies’, 16 size, solid
f a th e r I never saw . N o w aters of b a p ­
I was to ld th a t U n iv e rs a lls ts were fered m uch (min. All th is m ade him gold, silver ami o th e r w atches not listed
tis m ,—n o t even th e p re c io u s o in tm e n t
als>ve, d iam onds, opals, silver, plated
t h a t ra n dow n A a ro n ’s b eard even to w icked people, a n d th a t it was o n a c ­ very irrita b le . I re c o lle c t a t th e ta b le and optical goods, m usic lioxes. jew elry,
th e hem of his g a rm e n t—w ould have c o u n t of th e h a rd n e ss of th e ir h e a rts, he w ould tw ist a ro u n d iu his c h a ir t r y ­ ch ain s, clocks, F re e th o u g h t and o th e r
been n e a rly as “sa v in g ” to m e as th a t because th e y d re a d e d going th e re th e m ­ ing to g et in a p o sitio n halfw ay co m ­ badges, Ingersoll spoons, and my tra c t,
“ T heism in th e C ru cib le” —free.
e n c o u ra g e m e n t of th e old sq u ire ! T h a t selves, th a t th e y trie d n o t to believe iu fo rta b le , au d th e n w ould th a n k G od fo r
ro u g h o ld h a n d has been d u s t fo r m any H ell. O ne tim e m o th e r to o k my siste r th e b o u u tifu l “su p p ly of food to n u r-
O T T O W E T T S T E IN ,
a d ay ; b u t th o u g h he was no p rie s t o r aD(I m e t ° a q u a r te r ly m eetin g at ish o u r frail bodies,” a n d th e n w ould
La G r a n g e ,
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Illin o is
p re a c h e r, he c o u ld p ro n o u n c e a b less­ S chroom L ak e, a b o u t six m iles from begiu to Hud fa u lt w ith w hat A u n t
T here sh o u ld
w here we lived. W e sto p p e d w ith Mrs. L ucy had p ro v id ed .
in g th a t w ould stick .
'A M P L E COPIES of 100 d ifferent
R aw son, a lady who had been an old have been a d iv isio n of lab o r. God
new spapers and m agazines se n t to any
WAS THEN MY FATHER A FAILURE ?
frie n d of m o th e r’s when th e y were sh o u ld have fu rn ish e d th e a p p e tite ad d ress upon receip t of 10 cents to pay
O ne of th e in te n s e s t lo n g in g s I ever . g irls. M r. R aw son, I was to ld , was a 1 au d d ig e s tio n . A u n t L u c y ’s c o o k in g for m ailin g . U . 8 . S u b scrip tio n Agency,
220 N. L ib erty S t., In d ia n a p o lis, In d .
C o n tin u e d on page 8.
knew was to know m ore of my fa th e r. 1 real U u iv e rs a lis t—th e first one I had
JAMES CRAIG,
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