Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1877-01-10

~ pany Win tne rector himself. And
me rector Was showing him every az.
tentlon. Was the like ever seen
dc didn't wasn't to come, +" said the
rector with excitement, leading the old
man IN. Butt brought him by force.
! must tell you what he did. Found .
poor' SICK woman, with half dozen
cnildren, on the street last night. The
woman,s husband was dead. Land.
lord turned them out. MI. Ardory.
senior. here, went and got 4 truck.
pushed his way through the rude
crowd that stood about and lifted the
poor thing up of the sidewalk. and
carried her to the truck. Then he took
her to his little old home and laid her
on the bed, and got nsighbor woman
ior nurse, and went for a doctor. and
got supper for the hungry children,
and he's been with them ever since,
DONG everything he could tor them.
Only he went this morning and shook
MS list in the landlords face, and
threatened to punish him il he didn't
give the woman back the last ten dollar
bill he exacted. He's q brave old man.
You ought to be proud Of him."
Why, indeed, we are," said the
younger Ardory, ''proud as we can be
He can do such things, you know"
said Mrs. Ardory, aside, to the rector's
wife; he hasn't any sensibilities. {"
"lf you could only have heard that
poor woman tell it, replied the rector,
as they went down to dinnsr. "If Won
could have seen her kiss Mr.. Ardory's
hand as we came away. It did nv heart
good-more good than any Christmas
service I ever attended,"
"Come, father, you must sit at the
head OF the table," said the younger
Ardory.
"Oh no, can't carve" stammered
the old man. u.s. s7 ,s.s.'sss1a-.gsss., ,.,.,s4.,.t
Well enough, we'll enough; God
bless you'll" said the rector. II vote
for you to preside to-day"
And then the rector said grace before
meat; and the old truckman cut up the
turkey as best he could. growing red in
the face, half from difidence and half
from modesty, for the rector did not In
termit his praises of the old mans be-
nevolence and of his carving.
"Ani what do you think !" continued
the clergyman. s. That poor creature
told me she sent last night to the most
intimate friend she had in her better
days, and begged a shelter for the night
and was refused. It was absolutely
outrageous. It would have been the
death of the poor creature but for Mr..
Ardory here"
The rector said this under difficulties,
for his wife was treading on his corn
vigorously all the time. But gentlemen
never see anything; and should he no.
tice that this incident powerfully affect
ed the sensibllities of the lady at the
other end of the table? But if his
eyes were not sharp, his ears, at least,
were always open to theological ques.
ton, and he now turned to answer q
question put to him by Miss Crabbe,
whether he thought an unregenerate
person could do things pleasing to
Christ?
Every good thing man does
everything that has q likeness to
Christ's own self sacrifice, draws him
oearer to Christ. I don't doubt that
Chri t is pleased with a good act, by
whomsoever done. and loves the man
that does it, too"
The old truckman, whose self.respect
had grown visibly, refused an invita-
ton to the "House of Lords" that
evening, started his truck the next
week, went to church after that merry
Christmas, and dined every now and
then at the house of the rector.
Mrs. Ardory was quite i'll after her
Christmas dinner, I believe. Her SEN
sibilities had been so shocked by the
narrowing things she had heard. -.