MORNING ENTERPRISE, " WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1913
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How a Clergyman Saw Him-
self Personated.
By WILLIAM BLA ICEMAN
Id the early days In one of tbe min
ing states when we of the Episcopal
church were trying to lift the people
of these benighted regions out of their
uncouth condition I received an ap
pointment to go from place to place for
tbe purpose of raising funds for build
ing churches. I am no extemporane
ous speaker and told the bishop that
such a man being required for tbe pur
pose he would better appoint some one
else. To this hej-eplied that bis diocese
was, not overburdened with clergymen
and extemporaneous orators didn't
"grow "'L-;r. - He
gestttJ - t write a few sermons on
the desirability of churches in a com
munity, commit them to memory and
deliver such one of them as seemed
best fitted for the place tibe worked.
I accepted his advice, wrote the ser
mons and entered upon my duties. I
would go to a town where there were
already one or more churches, and aft-
"I LOST NO TIME IN OBETrfJG HIS OEDEBS."
er preaching a sermon a collection
would be taken up for the establish
ment of a church tu some place where
there was no church
One Saturday 1 started for the vil
lage of O.. containing a more .civilized
community than most towns in the ter
ritory, for the purpose of raising funds
for a church to be erected in B.. a
town overrun with gambling saloons
and other dens of iniquity. 1 took with
me a sermon I hud used' in behalf of
G. when it was the wickedest place in
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New Mexico, but which, under the In
fluence of a church that had been built
largely through my efforts, bad become
a model town. - i would substitute the
name of the latter place instead of the
former whenever it occurred in my
text. - ,
Stagecoach was the only means of
travel in those days, and a coacb waa
my conveyance. It w,as full when we
started, but here and there a pessenger
alighted, tilt at last but one man waa
left He was not an attractive man to
talk to. but I invariably made friends
while traveling." never knowing when
i might find a helper in my work. I
had chatted promiscuously with the
passengers, and when left alone with
the man I have mentioned devoted my
self to him.
Thinking to interest him In the good
work in which 1 was engaged, I told
him what I was doing how by build
ing a church the whole character of
the people in a place became changed,
and not only was the spiritual condi
tion of the town improved, but an in
crease of property values followed. He
asked me about my present mission,
and I told him that I was on my way
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He seemed much interested, and little
by little I' told him how i was to pro
ceed; that i had my sermon in my bag
and would preach it the next day
Sunday after tbe morning service. He
Inquired if I knew persons connected
with the congregation, and I admitted
that I bad never seen or. so far as I
knew, been seen by any one in the
town. He asked rae to let him look at
my sermon, and I did so He glanced
over it. slowly inrning the leaves and
reading portions here and there, which
he could easily do. for it was typewrit
ten. Then, turning to me. he said:
"I've met a good many stupid ga
loots in my day. but you take the cake.
What's to prevent my going to O. in
your priestly clothes, delivering youi
sermon and lighting out with the col
lection ?"
Thinking the man to be joking. I re
plied that I didn't see anything to pre
vent him except that 1 would be there
to give him away.
"Not much:" he replied "You'll
spend Sunday in jail. I'm going to
band you over to the authorities for
robbing me. Take off that coat and
waistcoat and that collar, too, if you
can get it off."
Whipping out a revolver, he held it
within an inch of my face, and I lost
no time in obeying his order. My ca
nonicals passed into bis possession and
everything else I possessed. Then he
told me to put on his clothes, and un
der the same influence his six shooter
-1 did as required.
"Now, see here." he said when the
transfer had been made, "remember
that I'm yourself. Kdwnrd Morrisou
the name is in your prayer book, see?
You can't do anything, but I warn you
not to try. I'm going to hand you over
to the sheriff to be taken care of till
Sunday after the morning service."
I was greatly troubled, for 1 could
see very little chance of the failure of
his scheme. At any rate. I could do
nothing forcibly. If I prevented his
game it must be by a counter strata
gem So 1 said to him: V
"All right, stranger; you've got me.
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On reaching a crossroad a few miles
out f O. be forced me to alight with
bitn. Tbe coach went on. and we walk
ed a short distance to a deserted cabin
There we remained all night, my cap
tor sitting in the doorway most of the
night, asleep. He held his revolver
gripped In' his hand, and I had no op
portunity for escape. . When morning
came he marched me into O., took me
to the sheriff and told him that be was
the Rev. Edward Morrison, had come
to preach that morning in O.. had met
me on tbe way and I bad tried to rob
him.
"I'm one o' those fighting parsons."
he said, "and before he knew what
he was about I bad got bis gun and
bad the drop on him."
The sheriff looked from one to the
other of us as if trying to grasp the
situation, but since I made no defense
he locked me up. My captor had pur
posely reached the town shortly before
the time for morning service in the
churches In order to get in his work
before I wonld have time to convince
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ed me over,.the rascal went directly to
the church, carrying my" bag., with my
belongings in it, and my sermon. My
canonicals would vouch for him, and
If he needed more evidence of bis Iden
tity my prayer book with my name In
It was Id ray bag.
The sheriff didn't give me a chance
to speak to him alone till it was about
time for the sermon to begin In the
church Then I told blra what had
happened He regarded it as a very
ordinary ruse to get my liberty and
was going away when I said:
"Sheriff, all I ask yon to do Is to take
me Into the church where this man is
going to preach and I .will convince
you that it's my sermon he's preach
ing and not his "
"How?"
"There'll be certain points he will
read that only I can explain."
I finally persuaded him. and he took
me to the church. I slunk in so -that
the rascal couldn't see me. The regular
clergyman was finishing the service
and In a few minutes announced the
Rev. Edward Morrison and his pur
pose, statins at the same time that the
collection would he deferred till after
the sermon. Then while the congrega
tion sann a hymn. the false clergyman
took the pulpit. Fie wore vestments be
bad taken from my bag.
He must have had infinite assurance,
for, though an uneducatpd man, be read
my sermon quite well. 1 did not have
to wait long before he made a break
that gave him away I have men
tioned that the sermon had originally
been used in behalf of O. and was
now to be used for B In my manu
script I had not erased the town of G
and entered P.. The first time he came
to the name of ;. in the text he used it
instead nt substituting B. Tbe blun
der was probably not noticed by many
of his hearers, hut when he entered
upon the frightful condition of a place
that had -peeii regenerated and was
uow a Christian community many of
the congregation who knew better be
gan to prick up their ears. I nudged
the sheriff and whispered an explana
tion He was mil only disposed to be
convinced but. was much amused at
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LOT 3 Fine quality leather bags, selected from our best $2.00
$2.25 and $3 bags. Friday and Saturday on sale at $1.48.
LOT 4 A collection of slightly shop-worn and old style bags -but
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the condition of things existing at G.
However, most of the congregation
supposed tbe parson bad got the names
of two places mixed, and. though some
looked at each other and smiled, no
one dreamed of tbe real reason for tbe
blunder. 1 felt at ease, for it was
quite enough to cause tbe sheriff to
make an investigation, and an investi
gation wonld reveal tbe plot
While the collection was being taken
up tbe sheriff led me round through a
back door into tbe vestry. After pro
nouncing the benediction the rector of
the church came in with the choir
singing the recessional hymn, the
spurious "myself marching beside
him. The sheriff had his eye on the
latter when he first saw me and, see
ing him start, did not want any better
evidence of the truth of my story.
When flip nnipn had been chanted
the Rev Mr Morrison made a dive
for the door leading into the church,
but his way was stopped by the con
gregation leaving their seats, and he
was easily caught.
Such is the story of my seeing a
rogue in the pulpit personating me and
preaching my sermon. Had he not. in
stead of attempting to escape, con
fronted me with his previous assur
ance he might have caused me tem
porary trouble in proving my case, but
he knew well that bis success depend
ed on getting the collection before I
could obtain a hearing, and when he
saw me facing him with the sheriff
he I; new the ciime was up and he had
hut one chance -flight.
I remained till the evening service,
when I told the story to the congre
gation and thanked them for their lib
eral offering to the cause, reminding
them facetiously that at tbe time they
were listening to the. words I had
written and were ..contributing to the
object I advocated I was but jnsrt out
of jail.
Perseverance.
You will see" issuing from the walls
of the same college nay. sometimes
from the bosom of the same family
two young men of whom the one shall
be admitted to be a genius of high or
der, the other scarcely above tbe point
of mediocrity.- yet you shall see the
genius sinking and perishing in pov
erty, obscurity and wretchedness
wbile. on tbe other band, you shall ob
serve the mediocre plodding his slow
but sure way up the hill of life, gain
ing steadfast footing at every step and
mounting at length to eminence and
distinction, an ornament to his family,
a blessing to bis country. Now, whose
work is this? Manifestly their own.
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Faded Ink
Bv RUTH GRAHAM
Every one in the little fishing village
of W. knew .lane Baxter and her his
tory. When she was a girl of eighteen
a young nnin uamed Corwith came
from tbe city for the purpose ot en
joying what was to the men of tbe
town work, but to him sport. Jane
Baxter was a pretty gin with a rosy
cheek and a laughing eye. ' Corwith
found less pleasure in fishing than in
her company.
Before he left W.. Corwith had mar
ried Jane Baxter. He took her away
with him, but in a few months she re
turned a changed girl. The bloom had
gone out of her cheek, the sparkle from
her eye, the smile from her lips. She
said that her husband had quarreled
with her and told her that their mar
riage was no marriage at all and if she
didn't believe him to look at her mar
riage certificate. She did so and found
all those parts that should have been
tilled in with ink were wanting.
She was not only astonished, but ap
palled. She had been banded the cer
tificate after the ceremony by the
clergyman who had married her. bad
glanced at it and seen that it bad been
filled in. Could it be that ber husband
bad stolen tbe original and left a sub
stitute? It made no difference to ber
what be bad done since be now repu
diated her. Without a word she went
back to tbe borne she had left, re
sumed ber maiden name and lived as
a woman whose life had been blighted.
By doing this she gave up any chances
that might have existed of proving that
she bad been legally married. This
was doubly unfortunate, for after her
return she gave birth to a son, whose
interests in tbe matter were identical
with hers. He grew up under the
name of Baxter and with a stain rest
ing upon bim that the boy realized at
an early age.
From his birth his grandfather, the
fisherman, John Baxter, for whom he
was named, took tbe little chap into
bis heart and resolved to do all in his
power to give him an education. So
the old man worked hard and saved
much of what be earned and the lad
was sent to school. He developed a
taste for the sciences, and.it was de
termined to send him to the scientific
department of a university.
When he came home after being
graduated, while talking with his
mother about his and her future, she
thought it best to tell him tbe story
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$1.00 Knives, Friday and Saturday for 75c
This sale will include several styles and sizes of our best dollar,
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of her marriage, which was on her
part real, though she believed it to be
illegal. Shortly after this dialogue he
asked his mother if she still retained
the blank certificate she bad received.
Going to a closet she brought out a
tin box in which she kept receipts, took
from it the certificate and handed it to
John. He looked at it carefully and
was about to hand it back to her when
he changed his mind and nut it in his
I pocket, saving that 'e would return it
later
The young man went back to the
university to fit himself for an assist
ant professorship in analytical chemis
try. He lr"1.wifh h!:u the blank cer
tificate his mother had given him and
examined it with a microscope. The
paper showed evidence of a slight
warping in those parts where there
should have been writing, though with
out the aid of the lens it seemed per
fectly, smooth. - The idea at once oc
curred to the young scientist that the
blanks had been filled, in with an Ink
that was manufactured purposely to
fade. He began an Investigation as to
what substances could be made to
look like ink and later leave no trace.
His studies had taught him that io
dine gave promise of furnishing a base
for such a writing fluid. Possibly this
was suggested to him from its violet
hue. tbe color of some inks. At any
rate, he entered upon a series of experi
ments which led to an important dis
covery. He found that iodine combined
with starch (iodine of starch) would
produce an ink that wonld in a few
weeks fade away, leaving no trace
whatever
The question now arose. Could such
an ink be restored? Upon inquiry the
young man learned that no agent had'
ever been found to bring back its color.
He made many experiments with this
end in view, but they all failed.
Then he had recourse to the micro
scope. He tried various powers, and at
last hit upon one. neither too high nor
too low." which brought out the inden
tation on the paper made by writing of
letters making up a certificate between
Nathaniel Corwith and Jane Baxter by
Edward Wynkoop. Giving his results
to an attorney, he was advised to find
Edward Wynkoop. The clergyman had
died, but John Corwith found his name
on the records of the theological sem
inary where he had been educated and
various churches of which he had been
pastor. The fact of his having used an
Ink that would fade could only be ex
plained by the theory that it had been
foisted on him surreptitiously by the
man he bad married.
John Corwith found that Ms father,
jrho had recently died, had not taken
another wife and had left a snng for
tune, which was about to pass to the
children of the dead man's brother as
heirs at law. there being no will. By
means of he certificate rif marriage he
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established his mother's claim to the
property, but she would never accept
a penny of it except for her son.
Rut John required nothing to make
him comfortable, for he became emi
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The dyes employed in the coloring of
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of ancient days. It seems that in some
places the custom prevailed of making
holes in the bedsof brooks during the
dry season, in which, when tbe rain
fell, all sorts of vegetable and mineral
substance were deposited and left to
act upon one another until the dry sea
son arrived, when the contents of the
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Ouglielmo Marconi was only fifteen
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All interest is payable annually 01
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