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TUESDAY, JULY 3M6fl. THE MORNING, ASTQ JUAN, ..ASTORIA.. OREGON. OV1' 9 J? J.--.; ' tf of , Earthly Treasure X WILLIS EMERY YKAUS hku tlio Iter. Kamuul IlutturflulJ lui'itiiiB Involved uunlimt hi wImIi lu n tuwilml litigation OVT Ml) DMtitto. Ill Junt nlmi'tt may liuvo U'ttn nlwtit $2,000, but hi dm lieu of jfitttltltf It wa truuu-Iy lt'inlir. ' Very wlrwly, lu dl ulmtm thu matter from III mind f tr lutriiHtliitf LI raw to the law unit of wlilrli my flliir wu tbn bond uml I the liitt'Ht addition, frt'nli from tlio school, " ' ;- ' We nw Mr. lluttt?rflold not ofti-niT thnu twice u your tluTi-iiftiT durlntf tlio twllou pioKrutm of tlio milt. Ho would ponio ilowu to Boston mid lumu with my fntli'-r mid mo, and orcalonally bo would bring hi iliuiKlitiT wlili him. Tbpy were Idonl eomyuulotis, tlio un worldly nml soreue old uinu nud the brlifbt eyed, wtijer itlrl, eucb Itmplrod wltti the tt'tuli-rciit devotion nud lllu mined by k womlrou uudvrittaudlutf of the oihiT'i heart. Tlwy wito both children when thoy were lu the city, and tbey would ko back to tlio little town of IH'iiliy, lu tho olwcurwtt corner of the statu, ciigratultttlu'afo otbor ujH)ii tlio fiii time Hint they hnd hnd. Meanwhile Mr. ButterfleM would have ajrrwd to everything which wo ug KtMttHl and would liuvo sIkihmI nil docu n ut ir.'iMiti'd to blm by ui without the trouble of n-adlug them. Ho ucvrr krd u to hurry the cum.'; we never Kited him for auy money. At (nut the milt wit m-ttlod wry ml vatitiigwoimly for our client, but, to our great regret, ho could not como to Ho too to enjoy the little eelebrttttou which wo bud pliiuned. He wrote, by hi daughter' hand, that the Inclemency of the winter hud drown heavily tifou bis strength and thnt he fenred to tempt tho rigors of March away from hi old, familiar shelter. It appeared that Mr. Butterfleld, who bad uever before been more than a few hundred dollar ahead of the world, re garded hi new fortune timidly and would value our advice In regard to It Investment, lie bad come to an ago where earthly treasure could no longer allure the fuuey, yet for hi dn tighter' ke be would wlnh to be a prudent ttward of bli possessions. My father laid down the letter and looked at m thoughtfully. "I have a vague Impression," aald be, "that Mtos Butterfleld will never be dependeut upon tbt money. Her fattier bai put It Into the Denby bank, wblcb happens to be a very aound In stitution, I would advise blm to leave It there for the present and not to worry. Suppose you write a letter to that effect." I did no and received two replies, the Cm from Mr. Butterfleld, accepting en Bl WOULD UIUMO HIB DACOUTKH WITH HIM. j our advice, tlio second from bis daugh ter, taking the other side of the ques tion, The effect was somowhat odd, ns the two letters wero In the same band nud came by tho Bumo mall, One was for the Drm: the other was addressed to my father but as the Butterfleld case, bad been in tny churgo tbo letters were pinned together and "respectfully referrod" to me. - Writing from her father dictation, Miss Butterfleld penned these words: "For tho first tlmo In a long life I feci relief from tlio pressure of pecuulary cares." Writing over her own signature, she expressed this opinion: "My father seems very much worrlod, and I am sure that he exhausts himself discuss ing stocks and Investments with Mr, Kerwin, the bankor. He is at our bouse almost every evening and some times stays quite late." The Implication was that the relief which Mr. Butterfleld supposed he felt was merely a delusion and that he really was more disturbed In mind by bis recent acquisition thau he had ever been by narrow circumstances. - After considerable thought upon this matter. .Liccldod to.yo.tp ,Iiabx for a ii ,. ft . t m' rt I ' f titet,"i6of!ilng talk' wltti W Butter fleld and to give Banker Kerwin a bit f advice, - . On Hi following Saturday afternoon wlnHi I Ktepped down from the train at fjeuhy the clergyman and bis- daugh ter were waiting for me on the pint form. Mr. Butterfleld wore uo overcoat, but there wu a very broad woolen corf around bl ueck, tho fringed eud fulling almost to bl knee, 1 A black soft bat of ancient dnwlgn, more pic tureaque limn tlio style of today, was upon bl bond, and woolen mittens were upon hi hand. Ilo removed one of these uiltten a I approached, aud 1 observed that tho band wblcb be ex tended toward me wo a white a marble, Thu I know that be bad aged greatly since I had hist seen blm. ' Lucy told me at our first opportunity for a word In private tliut her father at up much Inter than bad been bl bablt even upou those evenings Whoa Mr, Kerwlu wa not calling and that be wa devoting himself anew to the Itudy of ponderous book, doubtless a a means or diverting bit attention from worldly affairs, .. . ' After tea Mr. Butterfleld and I re tired to hi study, wbere we lighted two long stemmed clay pipes, and just us I wa about to open the subject of finance Lucy enmo In and announced the arrival of Mr. Kerwin. ? . .... : The banker wa a bard featured, turdy man of fifty Ave, with a mouth that was a perfectly straight line and eye capable of extraordinary concen tration, so that bl glance wa not for ono faco in general, but for a partic ular part of It-the Up of the none or a line In one' forehead. I found tbl pe culiarity of Mr. Kerwin' somewhat disquieting, yet bo seemed, upon the whole, to lie a more amiable man than hi aspect would Indicate. "As to this money, tbl new fortune of mine," said tho clergyman after tho banker bad insde my acquaintance and bad helped himself to tobacco, "my friend hits come to talk with mo In re- tpouso to a letter which I wrote before you bad been so good a to advise mo In regard to an Investment." Bo the money wa already Invested. It wa the flint that I bad beard of that fact. I thought It probable that tbl rural banker of nearly twice my year would resent my lntruslou into the affair, but I misjudged blm. In the blandest man ner and with no further hint from Mr. Butterfleld ho proceeded to lay tbo Whole matter beforo mo briefly, but with exemplary clearness, I listened with Increasing amaxoment The la vestment wo of a speculative charac ter in the sense that It promised ex trsordtnary return, yet it wa so brcwdly considered and so wisely baaed upon tmportan't private Informa tion that I could find no basis for criti cism. It wa an opportunity ucb a ono may not have In a lifetime, and there wa a practical certainty that Mr. Butterfleld would quadruple bl money within a few year. Nothing could be more natural than tbat so re markable a piece of good fortune bould have excited this placid old man, to whom bl daughter' future had so long been the great unsolved punlo. Yet, singularly enough, wbllo Mr. Ker win was disclosing these facta to mo tho clergyman' attention wandered. I observed that bo surreptitiously read from a large book which be held open on bl knee and that be was only mild; ly Interested In my approval of tbo In vestment. "I am satisfied, quite satisfied," be aid. "My friend Kerwin bas kindly taken this wholo matter off my mind. I trust bl Judgment implicitly. Sure ly," bo added after a momentary pause, "I have been very fortunate of late. This money has been greatly blessed to mo. It bas procured me tho acquaint ance I may even venture to say the frleudshlp of a man whom I have long misjudged." And bo beamed upon the Iron faced Kerwin. "Doctrinal differ ence," he continued, "have bold u apart for somo year." "Doctrinal difference," repeated Ker win, with a rigid grin. "Tbat'a a good phrase." "By tho way," aald the clergyman, veiling a nervous Impatience, "upon that point which wo were discussing the other evening I find here the follow ing statement." no read from the big book a para graph heavy with scientific terms. Kerwin' eyes glistened, and be spoke the Instaut that the reader paused. Uo bad not uttered three sentences be foro I perceived that the man was a dogmatic materialist and that he was hammering at tho foundations of the other's belief. Kerwin was ono of those men who have read a great mnBS of high grade scientific literature Into In life, but have never had a groundwork of scien tific training. They know what the scientists say, but not what they mean. It Is nearly Impossible for any man who hns not received systematic in struction in the actual labor of In vestigation to understand the real es sence of the simplest scieutlllc state ment, such as "salt consists of sodium and chlorine." The urentest chemist In the world might say that, but lie would mean only that no one whom he knew of had ever found anything el In null Tho true scientist takes his reader's lack of dogmatism for Kniutwl, ami that Is why ho Is so rarely v.tviersto.-):! Mr. Butterfleld seemed bcwIWwi) by the skeptic's array of. facts and t: 1" vainly seeking for some hi. scien tific authority which would o:iit:v,il!C his enemy. Such n struxsle I l'ntll and tends more strongly than lUiythhc else to throw the mind hits n conditio:' of miserable and hopeless doubt. Wit I' Inexpressible pain I beheld the begin ning of the ruin of this good old mnu's faith and peace, nndby oeif of ttmt tvenmi t wu ffpon' the Xtu of throwing Kerwin out of tho window, After tho banker bad gone Mr. But terfleld tried to continue the discussion with mo; but, finding that ,1 agreed with bin too well, be desisted, n seemed to be upon that dangerous bor derland whore old tlmo faith wander In search of Causeless combat, a the knight errant did In day of chivalry. When I saw Mis Butterfleld next morning I darod not tell her the truth, I am afraid that, Ilk most good daiigh tor, he valued her father' peace of mind much above any abstract truth and that she would far rather have seen him live In error happily than grpw lu knowledgo by a process of dis tressing doubt, go, oven If Kerwin bad been Altogether In the right, she would have feared lilm little less. Wist, then, would have lieeu her sentiment toward blm coming a the apostle of the drear iest falsehood which ever entered the world 7 . I learned that Kerwin bad been a regular member of Mr. Butterfleld' church for thirty year and that bl skepticism was. ono of those open se cret which are to be found in every sas m hev. un. nrrrxHPTrxD wab answer- IKO KCHWIX Now England town. Tho man wa valued for bl honesty, which bad be come a superstition In that region. Ills "creed" wa generally regarded a a mere superficial oddity, a harmless affectation resulting from reading too many big books. Yet the man bad poisoned more than one mind In that town, though the victims themselves .were in most cases unaware of It However, let mo speak of Kerwin as well as I can. I owe blm much. - It was as bis secret adversary that I be took myself a second time to Denby. It was the decision to tell Lucy the whole truth about the matter wblcb first brought us Into real harmony. So I must bless this wrong beaded rascal von while I condemn him. As Easter approached, the condition of Mr. Buttertleld's mind seemed to grow worse. He formed the habit of taking long walks In the evening aud of rising at an unreasonable hour In tho morning. Lucy wrote mo. that he would certainly break down, and upon the Friday before Easter I received a very urgent letter from her begging me to be with them on Sunday. I could not get away in time for Sat urday afternoon's train, and I tele graphed Lucy that It would be impos sible for me to come. At the last mo meut, however, I decided to risk the roads in my automobile, and as a re sult I left tho car In a farmer's barn twenty miles from Denby and reached that place In the farmer's wagon about 11 o'clock Sunday forenoon. Tbo sermon bad begun In Mr. But terfleld's church when I crept In and took tho most Inconspicuous seat. No one noticed me. My first glance re vealed to me that the congregation was exceptionally Intent upon the dls course. There was a thrill In the air that alarmed me at first, and then I perceived the flavor of keen enjoy ment. That reverent assemblage was wor shiping with fervor, and at the same time It was tasting an exquisite pleas ure. Nothing else so delights a New Enctnud gathering as a discourse which has a message that is not In tbo words, yet Is clear to all; something which is perceived, but not hoard; un derstood without statement, appealing to the long cherished secret opinions of the hearers, fulfilling a task which each bas striven with on bis own ac count The Rev. Mr. Butterfleld was answer ing Kerwlu with Infinite delicacy, with out the faintest personal reference or recognizable quotation, yet all present understood. They knew also in what way the two men who for years had held aloof had at last been brought to gether. It looked like fate. Otherwise Mr. Butterfleld might soon have passed to his reward and never have done this work which was his to do in that com munity. He had needed personal expe rience of Kerwln's method of attack, the personal pain of finding no answer, the Joy of final perception that all those arguments ore really beside the Issue and that realities of spiritual things cannot bo attacked by testimony of those who have not seen them because they have stodlously looked the other way. , It was the absolute end of Kerwln's reputation, ns a "spiritual ndvlser" In that town, and everybody felt It to be so. But the strangest part of it was that Kerwin took the thrust so well. Ho positively enjoyed it. "The venerable 71110101" said he, meeting me after the service. "He has undermined m. faith. , Aj)d. aty ag tool tr a raealiypiece of busititV Doubtless he felt bl defeat keenly enough, though be made a jest of it In such term'. Indeed, to (hose who knew the man It wa a measure of bl cha grin that bo should labor so conscien tiously thereafter to safeguard aud In crease Mr, Butterfleld' small fortune. It became a passion with him, and bl incces was the wonder of all Denby. IMMORTALITY. One Tfcvorr of In CondMloa Tfcftt ' Com After !). Our life does not begin with birth, nor doit It conclude with death. It 1 only a section of the development of mankind before and after vs. We ex isted before we wero bora, and we reap what the factors of our being have sown, fio our life leaves It after effects, and they will bo what wo have made them. The truth I that while there Is no Immortality In the sense In which most religion hold It If we accept their doc trine In their literal meaning, condi tion In life are such In many respect, as If these doctrines were true. For, while our bodily existence Is wiped out with all Its physiological functions, tho essential part of our own being (the thoughts themselves) remain, and thus our immortiillty-not as a concrete In dividual and bodily Incarnation, but our soul, our character, the Impulse which wo have given In life to others, our aspirations and most character istic features-cannot be wiped out A man who keeps this thought In his mind, either Intuitively by realizing tbo power and justice of tho religious In stinct or by having fathomed the prob lem philosophically In Its very depths, will not live for the present moment but In consideration of tbo after ef fects wblcb bl life leaves on the world. And I would say that one of the best tests for right action In a crit ical situation I for a man to ask him. self, If I had passed away from this life what would I wish that I bad done In this emergency? 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