The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-05-21
Chr Cirenit aider:
A TALE OF THE HEROIC AGE
By EDWARD Ea6LrsroN.
lWhor ct" The Uo0sier School. Has
ter," " End IF tie World" etc.
From the Christian Union.1
CHAPTER AAIN.
PArTYS 5 JOURNEY.

CHAPTER AAIX.
pArTY'S JOURNEY.
Even wounds and bruises heal more
rapidly when the heart is cheered
and as Patty, after spending Saturday
and Sunday with the patient, found
time 10 come in and give him his
breakfast every morning before she
went to school, and grew more and
more cheerful. and the doctor announc-
ed in his sudden style that he'd get
along Ia her interviews Patty was
not only woman but Methodist
She read the Bible and talked to the
man about repentance; and She would
not have been Methodist of that dav
had she neglected to pray WI h him.
She could not penetrate his reserve.
She could not guess whether hat She
said had any influence on him or not.
Once she was startled and lost faith
in any good result of her labors when
She happened, in arranging things
about the room, to come upon md-
eous woli-skin cap and some heavy
false whiskers. She had more than
suspected all along that her patient
was highwavman. but upon seeing
the very DISCUSSES in which his crimes
had been committed, she sluddered,
and asked herself whether man SO
hardened that he was capable of theft
perhaps of murder-could ever be
any better She found herself, after
that irving to imagine how the wonn-
ded man would look in 50 fierce !.
mask But she soon remembered all
that She had learned of the Methodist
faith in the power Of the Divine Spir-
it working III the worst Of sinners, and
she got her testament and read aloud
to the highwayman the story Of the
crucifed thief.
Ii was on Thursday morning, as she
helped him take his breakfast he
was sitting proppcd up in bed-tiat
he startled her most eiiectually Lift
ing his eyes, and looking straight at
her with the sort of stare that comes
OF feeb!eness, he asked;
did you ever know a young Meth
odst circuit rider named Goodwin ?
Patty thought that he was penetrat-
ing her secret She turned away to
hide her face, and SAID:
Il used TO 90 t. school with him
when we were chlldlen.
Il heard him preach sermon
awhile ago. said the patient, that
made me tremble all over. He's a
great preacher wish | was as good
as he is.
Patty made some remark about his
having been good bov.
We'll, | don't know said the pa
tient; j used to hear that he had
been little hard-swore and drank
and gambled, to say no'h hing Of dane
ing and betting on horses. But the,
said some girl tilted him III that day
| suppose he got into bad habits be.
cause she Tilted him, or else >he Tilted
him because he was bad. DO YOU
know anythlng about 1t:
'Ies.'
'She S "a heartless thing, suppose?
Patty redeemed, but the sick man
did not see it, She was ag ing to de-
iend herself-he must know that she
was the person-but how: Then she
remembered that he was onl y repeat
ing what had been matter ot com
mon gossip, and some feeling OF mis-
chievousness led her to answer:
She acted badly-turned him of
because he became Methodist
But there was trouble before that
thought. When he eambled away
his coat aud hat one night.
Trouble with her father, think.
said Patty, casting about in her own
mind how she might change the CON
yersatlon.
is she alive VET he asked.
Yes.
Give her head to marry Goodwin
now, I'll bet, said the man.
Patty now plead that she must has
ten to school. She omitted reading
the Bible and prayer with the patient
for that morning. 1t was rlst as well.
There are states of mind not favorable
to any but the most private devotions.
On Friday evening Pajtv intended
to 90 bv the cabin moment, hu. Oh
coming near she saw horses tied III
front of ii, and her heart failed har.-
She reasoned that these horses belong
ed to members Of the gang, and she
could not bring herself to plunge into
their midst in the dusk OF the evening.
But on Saturday morning she found
the strangers not yet gone, and heard
them speak of the sick man as Pin
key Too soft. too soft. altogether.
said one. we ought to have shipped
him -. Here the conversation
was broken off,
The sick man, whom the others
called Pinkey, she found very uneasy,
He was glad to see her, and told her
she must stay by him. He seemed
anxious for the men to go away.which
at last they did. Then he listened
until Mrs. Barkins and her children
became sufficiently upgoar.ous to war
rant him in talking.
i want you to save a mans life.
whose
preacher Goodwin $.
Patty turned pale. She had not
the heart to ask a question.
Promise me that you will not be
tray me and III tell you all about it.
Patty promised.
Hes to be killed as he goes ,hro
| Wild Cat woods on Sunday afternoon
He breaches in Jenkinsyillc a: clever
and at Salt Fork at three. Between
the two he will be killed. You must
go yourself. They'll never suspect
you of such a ride. If any man goe.
out of this settlement, and there's /
warning given, he'll be shot iol
must go through the woods tonight
If You 60 in the day time, you and
will both be killed maybe. Will yol
do it,
Patty had her full share of timidity
But i'll moment she saw vision o
Morton Goodwin slain.
i will 60
You must not tell the doctor