i THE LIGHT
IN THE ELEARINI?
A TALE OF THE NORTH COUNTRY
IN THE TIME OF SILAS WIGHT
IRVINB DACHELLERw
UtN HOUEN. tttt AND I, DAMU. Of TH1 IUSSID OUX
WfW )t WITH Ulilt, tTC, tTC
1 remember vividly tliti evening w
look out Hie hooka ami leudi rly felt
llnlr cover untl r-nd Ih.'lr titles,
TIiitb re "t'rulkuhiinks'l'oinlc Alniu
iiik" Bud "IIihxI'i Cumlo Annual"!
Illicit by Washington Irvliitf nml Juim
K. I'nulillnl nml NiillmiiM lluwlliurnu
nml Mini Mltfciril u ml Jlim Austin;
Hie ihh'iiu of John Mlllim nml rVUHn
llcranne. (if Ilic Irt'HHuri-M In the link
I hint) now lu my iMiwu'dKlon : A llf
tif Washington, "The Ufa nml Writ
limn of Doctor Dufkwtirlli," "The
Kltilfn Child." by 'Jiilm tliill, Kw."j
HuHlne Lnviil," hy "Mr, Hmlth"; Her.
nam ami Kuy by Wlllium Kllery
('Imnnliig. We found In tin) ln also,
thirty number ui tlitt "United Hteles
Muguilne dii J Democratic Hevlew"
nml sundry copies u( the "New York
Mirror."
Aunt Dwl began with "The (Union
Chllil." Khe rend alowly ami often
paused fur comment or explanation of
laughter or to touch thu corner of
llli eye With corner of tier handker
chlef In momeute tthru wo were nil
deeply moved by the nii.ifortiiiiea of
our favorite characters, which were
mult anil numerous.
In Ihoiw iniigiiilnea wo rrnid of tlio
great Went IitHir nran'a pnrU'
dine" "the attitieh-M land of plem
ly"; of 11 delightful climate, of the
ease with which the fimner prospered
on Its rich Milt. I'nclv I'cithmly sike
piuyfully of going Went, lifter Unit,
but Aunt lt'l timtlo no answer und
concealed her opinion on that tub'
Ject for a long time. A for myself,
1 the reuillng hud deepened my Inter
cm in the nt and went and north
oud mith and la the skies above
III, 'in. How mysterious and Invltlug
they hnd become I
One evening a neighbor hud brought
the Itepuhllcun from the post-olllee,
I opened It und rend aloud these words
'. l large type at the top of the page
mna MtiaiMMaM, ama aoaua
"Hllas Wrlgnt hiectefl to llw V. B.
Reiiiite."
"Well 1 wnut to know I" Uncle I'm
biHly Mflallnetl. 'That would make
me forglt It If I was gold' to lie
hung. Go on and rend whut It any.
I read the choosing of our fitcnd
fur the seat uuitle vucant ly the res
lltniitlon of William I-. Murey, whu
hnd been elated governor, and the
part which most Impressed us were
IheiHi wurilH from a letter of Mr.
Wright 10 Aziirlnh of Albuny,
written when the former was asked
to accept the place!
"I am too young ami too poor for
auch an elevation). I have not butt
the cxiierlcnco In that great theater of
politics to quullfy me for a place na
exulted ond responsible. 1 prefer
therefore the humbler position which
t uow occupy."
That'a hl wuy," Bttld Uncle I'cu-
btHly. "They bud hard work to con
vince him thut he knew enougn to ue
Surrogate."
"Itlg men huve llllle conceit ayes!'
laid Aunt Ivel with I significant
glance lit me.
The candle had burned low nod I
wua watching the shroud of one of
them when there enme a rup nt the
dtKir It wan unusual for uny tire to
eouit to our door lu the evening utitl
we were a bit atnrtlcd. Uncle I'en
body oH'ned It ond oltl Knte entered
without apenklng and nodded to my
mint and uncle and nut down by the
fire. Vividly I remembered the day
it the fortune-telling. The Biime ge
tie unite lighted her fitce n she
looked at me. She 1,11 up her bund
with four Angers Hprend above It.
"Ayes." wild Aunt Keel, "there are
fnnr perllii."
My guut rose and went Into the
but'ry while I mil Blaring at the
H-in-A M ttomnn Unr h'llr vvnt
while now ami purity rovered by t
mm
(IIP
Monmouth and Independence
Auto-Bua Schedule
6. DO a. m. .North Bound 7.30 a. m.
1.60 p.m. " " 2.25 p.m.
5.15 " " ' 6.48 "
10.00 . m. South Bound 10.34 a. m.
3.15 p.m. " " 3.61 p. m.
Wright for neurlMg,3Q " " 7.12 "
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Uncle Ptabody Opened It and Old
Lata Entered Without Speaking.
worn nml fulled bonnet. Forbidding
Hit Kbit wut I did not mint the'aweet-
new In her amlle and her blue eyea
when she looked at me. Aunt Deel
rntne with a plnte of doughuuta and
hiend and butter and head cbccM
and tiild lu a voice full of pity: "
"Poor ol' Kuto nyea 1 Here's some-
thlu' fr ye ayeal"
(the turned to my undo and said:
"I'enbody Huynea, whut'll we do
I'd like to know ayeal hhe coat
rove all night,"
"I'll git aome bluuketa ah make
l bed for ner, gooa nougn lor uny
botly, out In the hired man's room
over the shed," n!d my uncle.
lie brought the lantern little
lower of perforated tin and put t
llgbled candle Inside of It. Then be
beckoned to the stranger, who fol
lowed hlin out of the front door with
the plule of food In her hands.
"Well I declare 1 It's a long time
since she went up this road ayes!"
anld Aunt Reel, yawning as she re
sumed her chulr.
"Who Is ol" Kuter I asked.
"Oh, Jnt a poor ol' eraiy woman
wanders all 'round ayes I" '
"What made her craiyr
"Oh, I gueoi somebody misused and
deceived her when she was young
ayes I It's an awful wicked thing to
do. Come, Hurt go right up to bed
now. Il'a high time ayes!"
'I want to wait 'tH Uucle Pcubody
cornea buck," suld L
"Whyr .
"I I'm afrojd she'll do somethin'
to Mm."
"Nonsense! Ol' Knte Is Just as hurm-
lesa as a kitten. .You take your can
dle and go right up to bed this mln
uie ayes!"
I went up-stalrs with the candle
und undressed very slowly and
thoughtfully while I listened for the
footsteps of my uncle. I did not get
Into bed until I henrd hlin come In
untl blow out his luutern and start
up the ituirwuy. As he undressed
he told uio how for ninny yeura the
struma woinun hnd been roving In
Hie ronda "up hill and down dale,
thousiintia u' thousuntiB 0' miles,"
and never reaching the end, of her
Journey, ' '
In u moment we heard a low wan
above the souuds of tho breeze thut
shook the lea tea of the old "popple
tree nbove our roof.
"What's that?" I whispered.
"I guess It's ol' Knte ravin'," said
I'nde rcfibody.
It touched my heart and May lis
tening for a time, but beurd only the
loud whisper of tho popple leaves.
CHAPTER V.
mutual acionimodiilliin Served t
help us over the rough going. Mr.
(Jrlnndiiiw, however, demanded his
pay In m.h end that I find was main
ly the huMt of the money lenders.
; We were poor but our poverty wa
not like that of these days In which
I am writing. It was proud and
etanly and wsU-fed. Our fathers
had seen heroic lervlce In the wars
and we knew It
I was twelve years old when 1 be
gan to be the reader for our little
family. Aunt Reel had long com
plained that she couldn't keep up with
her knitting and read so mud). We
had not seen Mr.
two yenrs. but be bad sent ns the
novel of ttlr Wulter Scott snd I had
lid Hi' ui heart deep Into the creed
bo (tie. ot Old Mortullty.
Then came the evil duya of 1837,
when the story of onr Uvea began to
quicken Hi pace and excite our Inter
est In ltt coming chapters. It gave
as enui(h to think of, tied knows.
Wll'l speculation la Und aod the
Aineiimn puper-iuoney tysteia had
I hroiiL'hl li Into roiiL'h rolii?. The
hanks of the city of New York bad
suspended payment of their note.
They could no lunger meet their en
giigenienla. As usual, the burden fell
heaviest on the poor. It was hard to
get money even for black salts.
Cm le Pcubody had been silent and
depreKwd for a month or more. He
had sinned I note for Rodney Burnee,
t cousin, long before and waa afraid
that he would have to pay It. 1 didn't
know what a note was and I renjein
ber that one night, when 1 lay think.
lug about It, I decided that It must
he something Id the nature of horse
colic. My uncle told me that t note
was a trouble which attacked the
brain Instead of the stomach.
One autumn day In Canton Uncle
Peabody truded three sheep and twea
ty bushels of wheat for a cook stove
and brought it home In the big wagon.
Itodney Burnet came with him to help
set up the stove. He was a big giant
of a man with the longest nose In the
township. I have often wondered bow
any one would solve the problem of
kissing Mr. Barnes In the Immediate
region of his nose, the same being In
the nuture of a defense..
Thnt evening I was chiefly Inter
ested In the stove. What t Joy It
was to me with Its damper and grid
diet and high oven and the shiny edge
on its hearth 1 It rivaled, in Its nov
elty and charm, any tin peddler's cart
that ever came to our door. John
Axtell and bla wife, who bad seen It
nuns their house, hurried over for a
look at It Every hand was on the i
stove as we tenderly carried It into.
the house, piece by piece, and set It ,
up. Then they cut a hole In the up
per floor and the stone chimney and
fitted the pipe. How keenly we
wntdied the building of the Are. How
quickly It roared and began to heat
the room I
When the Axtells had gone away
Aunt Reel aald:
"It's grand! It Is aartln but I'm
frald we can't afford It ayes I be!"
"We can't afford to freeze any
longer. I made up my mind that we
couldn't go through another winter
as we have," was my uncle's answer.
"How much did It costr she asked.
"Not -much dlffcr'nt from thirty-
four dollars In aheep and grain," he
answered. i
Rodney' Barnes stayed to supper ;
and spent a part of the evening with .
us.
Like other settlers there, Mr.
Bnrnes was a cheerful optimist. Every
thing looked good to him until it
turned out badly.
He told how he had heard that It
waa a growing country near the great
water highway of the St. Lawrence.
Prosperous towns were building up
In It There were going to be great
cities In Northern New York. There
were rich stores of lead and Iron
in the rocks. Mr. Barnes had bought
,xo hundred acres at ten dollars an
acre. He bad to pay fee of Ave
per cent, to Orlmshaw't lawyer for
the survey and the popera. This left
him owing fourteen hundred dollars
on his farm much more than It was
worth.
Continued next week
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Preaching Service, 11.00 e. m.
Y. P. A. Meeting, 6.16 p. m.
Preaching Service, 7.30 p. m.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday, 7.30 p. m.
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Preaching Service, - 11.00 a. m.
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Preaching Service, 7.30 p. m.
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The Great Stranger
Some utruuKors came nloug the
road those days hunters, peddlers
and the like and their coining filled
me with f joy which mostly went
away with them, I regret to say. None
of these, however, appealed to my
Imagination as did old Kute. But
there was one stronger greuter than
she greater Indeed, than any other
who came Into Kiittlerond. He came
rarely and would not be long detained.
How curiously we looked - at him,
knowing hla fame and power I This
great stronger wna Money.
I shall never forget the day thai
my uncle showed me a dollar bill and
a Hftle shiny, gold coin and three
pieces of silver, nor can I forget how
ciiiefullv he watched them while
they lay In my hands and presently
put them back Into his wallet, mat
was long before tho time of which I
inu writing. I remember hearing him
say, one day of that year, when I
asked him to take us to the Caravan
sf Wild Beasts which was coming to
Ihe village:
"I'm sorry, hut It's been a hundred
Sundnya sluce I had a dollar In my
wallet for more than ten minutes."
I have his old account booh for
the yenrs of 1S37 and 1838. Here are
some of the entries:
"Eulnnced ac- muts with J. Doro
thy and gave him my note for $2.15
to be nuld In salts January 1, 183S.
Sold ten bushels of wheat to E. Miner
at 00 cents, to be paid In goods.
' "Sold two sheep to Flavlus Curtis
and took his note for SO, payable In
boots on or before March the first.
Only one entry In more thnu a
hundred mention money, and this waa
the sum of eleven cents received In
bnlunce from a neighbor.
I So It "'HI seen that a stilrlt of
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