Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-09-08

beautiful serpent do if She should b,.
suffered t" glldr within the fold. Dur
| oldest uiiiCIn! WAS directed To- tell he,
very kindly that her case WAS under con.
| SId"rit!"n. Unfortunately, he did no,
| d" ii, being afraid To call ON her Tor the
purpose. "r having forgotten to do 80.
| 1t wa- pitIlul. Communion Sabbath,
auppUsing that She WAS admitted IL par
take, dressed in deep black. She took :,
| hack pew At the appointed time among
The commitments. Nervous Al his neg
| Ligrncc III the matter the same white
| headed n.!iCia. went IL her IN the t;lc,. ui
the Whole congregation. whispered To
| her that Site cuI;iI not cUIninuur. and led
her "ut "t thr pew Ih" miserable Mag
dal"nc told me that she went home an,l
w"pl dal and uight without crt-lu% un.
I'll c:,tn.,! and cNp,almri
Meanwhile. there must h;lr hi.ru
something "I dr:tdIl">l Irpro,y IN lh"I.ry
! h.unH ui HrlrcI.n NOT ui hrr luruIrr h,!-.
! hnnd. perhaps both. their children turn
| cd uul 81 hu,IIv. | d:,rcsuv ii was the
| -.tln. wr,iclicI i-ch.cmr>> OF grasp on
! the pam "i our Sabbath school toward
| them I, e; the cnurch toward her hu-
| hiud and herself ior IcpruSy itself i IN
| The healing power "l the disciple ;le "t
| the uiI~tdr-whiCh l. heavily to blame
| tor their fate. Ca" OF her BOYS va
| ,iruwur,!-nn sunday. Of course An.
other r:tu away, and WAS heard oi again
a. IL. jail tor having shot and Killed an,
| other boy. who Tor tun had hidden his
! ciutlr> when They were bathing. wa.
| called To attend the funeral OF vet an
: 81,
! ot .Iu,y.
Thcr" Was one daughter. sylvia. {;
/ ,.ight, itlc. c-cutmp.c,.ttuncd wir
ri fifteen. the duplicate u her noihcr
/ on, mpr" h.-.tuLIu. III whom .,r h:tC
al lukru 1T east Il sentimental interest
; One day Mrs. tauiilcld seat bcgyinr IN,
to come t" the house Very hc-itatingi,
/ did 80, it must bc confessed. She " Il,
| eagerly waiting iur me, met mo at tn,
trout gate. and u>herrd me in weeping
/ .'bA. sir. 9 hat am | To do she said
Il O,oncl Cdut4td is am :ty from home
! You knoy he j. never al home thcs,
days-and Sylvia has run Away Nh,
/ climbed out OF her window last nigh
At midnight. She has gone Oft witt
| the Young Proctor. the LAWYERS clerk
! What shall | do ? ] will do ~hntccc,
. You say
was amazed at the weakness OF the
wuni.m. she seemed 81 oioolishiy depend
/ cnt ON me. In her weakness lay her
wichcdnc-s Not that she did not seem
t" have ardent aspirations upward
Not that She did not, apparently. reach
upward As with her long and thin an,
fragile hands. gra>ping almost tranti-
. ,,1sN and int rl,. MT .,tf,
something to seize upon and lit her
sell up 10y. Bu:, alas. She had also {:
peculiar gray itatiou downward too
some metals there are upon which III,
magnet has no iniluencc-upun other
and h;tsrr metals il SrZcs with irresiSt-
lble energy; not by reason merely OF {;
force III the magnet. but OF & certain
kindred something III the object affected
bv it, II. OF this woman. There wa.
that in her which seemed to afford tht
magnetism Il, OF the earth Il tentUl,
power upon her to drag her down. ant
To drag down with her all she has laiC
, hold upon.
She seized my arm with the grasp o
a tropical runner a. II We're. 10 me i
was like tie hold of the poisonous oak
/ ivy. and. some" hat abruptly detaching
. myself, said, II am sorry. .madum. buI
I it sylvia has run away, it is too latc
; What can you do ,"
eyes, the weeping woman said
/ but hear her getting down on III,
/ shed roof. and | started SOME men atter
them with th- culnn"l', blood mare ii
the buggy all through the storm too
: and tllry brought them track | HAY
. locked Young Proctor up in that room
ana SYLVIA III N1t one" iniic:tin.
+ - III Hrr hard IL She spok" :. door "I
either -ldr ui tn" hal. They are al
ct. hul locked them up till N"u r"ui'
com" and tel! me " hat 10 de-. " hat
ever avU 81. sir. I'll do.
'Nritr to Your husband. and ri
tr.l ii" crmr~." suggested
lie doc, nn1 care. sh" an>m ere,
prmptN. and hc wouldn't come
l"u are the only person IN the worl,
\, hp r.tn tel. inr " hat Ia do" and >h,
Wc;t hclpic~>ly before me.
Let me talk To him said ut last
grooming undrr my un>ouyht r"sponsi
bl.lty. Mrs. CaultcIL wiped her eyes
allowed me 10 - in, aud locked til
door upon Us. Now. happened t.
know the bold l.uchiuvar' in this cas-,
On!y. IL, was not 1T all huld-waS moth
ing but Il boy ut twelve, ignorant an,
shy. and Just now exceedingly wet Il
well IL frightened. He WAS IN orphan
and there was not Il soul 10 wait to Sc
or /" hear from i'll his casr. SOC,
found. too. that he was altogether til
secondary person in the affair. He 10
WAS willing To do ANYTHING, although
LII. .. = i
MAKE. his escape from the matter alto
gctnrr. Il viii do whatever yuu thinl
best. he said at last and there is tn
license II You want to use it \ Pre-
ciuu- document it WAS Somebody ha
pcriurcd himself or herself frighLiullv L
get 1t. III" parties being under the az
required by law or possibly the prohat
clerk had taken the responsibility him
sell. Just tor the iIn of the thing Their
WAS nothing tor me to do but try tn
Young lady. asked however. rs / wa
let out Of the room. You love the girl
do YOU Sincerely, now? DO You re
ally love her.
on yes. he answered with wonder
ing eyes, but with hearty sincerity. C
course do. Love her? Yes sir
| SAW the explanation of everythin
the moment | was locked in with Svlvi:
She was as wet rs she could be, wa
mudded aud dragglcd exceedingly. he
black hair all spread out Oh her shoulder
to tiry. Her eyes, however, We're full Il
ternatrlv of fun and defiance. Sh
told mr the whole story: We had it tiN
ed sir. two weeks ago. got down owe
the shed he WAS waiting Tor me in tn
rain. got into the buggy with n bi
bag Of my best things and WE drove of
Oh but it was dark and muddy, an
how the rain did pour down! AS da
broke We got into the creek. We neve
once thought about its being swollen b
the rain. Ii was So funny, The ol
buggy upset right in the middle. Ava
went my bag ami everything had i
the world his went too. That's tn
reason we haven't changed. He hasn
90 anything to put on, you see. and
won't put on any of mas things and b
drv and comfortable when he has
STAY 50 wet.
How did YOU get out of the creek
skc,i. not able tn be :iS serious a.
had hoped.
i don't know she said. except thu
we let the old horse and buggy so. an
scrambled ont somehow. | made 4 gr;i
for him with one hand. and for the bru>
with the other All | cared tor was I
ret On the side iartheSt from home
We climbed ont some way. IL was then
they caught Us. Our clothes We're ;
muddy and heavy we could not run