The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-06-27
4 FRAGMENT FROM TWO LIVES.

One wild clustering night not many
years ago stage coach made short de-
tour through one of the mountainous
regions of Pennsylvania, and stopped at
the house of the preacher It was an
old brown house at the foot of sterile
rock, seemingly as remote from civiliza-
tion as the heart of an Arabian desert.
The Rev. Paul Hume had already spent.
here, so far as vitality went, the best of
his life. He had been of late glad to
find the old rebellious longings, the
fierce ambition, even the fretting discon-
tent and latent hope for the future, be-
coming more dim and dull, and he be-
gan to believe as the years went by he
would be able to live out those allotted
to him honorably at least, and in meas
ure resignedly. he had given up the
old foolish fondness for putting fire and
feryor in long Sunday discourse. He
was quite content that seme of hisscon-
gregation should sleep quietly through
the sermon, and others ruminate over
whatever feshly aggrayation or joy
was uppermost in their minds. Prob
ably his sole spiritual companion, even
in the degree suited to her capacity, was
his serving-woman Hagar-black,
hut given to bnrsts of RELIGIONS entbn,
siasm that in a measure rei;eved +be Jn1l
monotonv Of tbe life tbevs l;gsd ~ tSara
alone tocatber ~ =
Haear ought r. have known her mas
ter hsftar tbsn to hal;ava he would 70
f,,sa s,,ccar ~ ony bnnoon fai,ow 800
t1rs md i --as fonI;ah % % CO. her -. "a -
shorten the chain that harrad The door
tho+ E ~ S;S4;n s.t MareL "v 10 p@, ~ snS uoot
fbe coseb ha,eed tla+ 49,, ~, % -,,o,,id - = -
tar, 49, ~ ~ e .e .,ss
had bea- ,ratt,,. SG - . 9rUA posS o.,S ehe
dr;var % for a. ias tnp +a,, a;1a mI[s 1ne
seein' there was no hotel, nor hos, hosnitai Tl
nor nothin'T bandvn he had mada bo13
10 fetch her to tha narson,s bonse rt Pnt
Hasor sboot - tha % crimson @ +rrboD ! has. - bu. Los
6na Ecunt;s,, hosd ..,J 5o.lSe.aJ ~ .n
not the narson's bus;ness TO r;st hs aVMss T;ss
with 1,esfiIent;al feyers 7 =, --' -siA-s ~
Even % She snoIe bowovor tha 80
son had nnloosed the chain and nd dnno g~,
ont in his scant gown and close &c cs5 SO.to ~
tbe coach and lifted the moor wop,o :,
ont in his strong arms Hodrar r foIlomaa
him and his h1rden mn tbe sto;rs 81
as tbe liobt from her oandle faIl ,non
TANGLED enrls and hra;ds Hts of Sr;hisso,'
and q LONG sfrin If ambro;Sarad 9sn5
that bunc fram the head Of he s;cI I
woman golG chain abnuf h ~ nscL'
snd other nersonai oewgaws tbo+ ' on
pealed to the eentemnt.- ef -Hagar0 sbs
muttered to herself that her master had
had quite enough of these miserable
fummeries for the rest of his natural
life. - - - = - - :. :
The ladv,s trunts bad bae,,. b,,r, ,,,d :,
after her and nresentIv ts,ev had pe - h. =.
nried omen for the Iady,s l;ns and evse -
were closed and she cauld not +ali H.. 4.
oar where the kev law ~ tbesa .tsns
f,easnres. Buf Haoar went to worI orb
with a will, and before the nreacba,
had sadIed his gray eob and stsrtad off on N
his fiye-mile Journey across - tba e. NOM. no ~
tain for a doctor. Haearsbad mt as;de
the ribbon and bits Of strayelipg adorn
ment for lono wb;te mnsIinp I roha
which strnck. the1 1nrescher,s baart ., w;tb AZ I
chill somehow and mode him ,s sneaa III 4he
nonv an his 80 -'so = IN s,i opoou 'ne
The doctor / ii son,s ! hr.,,,t,,,s - l,o,oa :,
cot and % ta1J NJ NJ eG Mmuo iohen e1anLiN IoieS ~ y
so far Gnu as 'V.u fordn Ill IA u I5anAys Ina Ina
lind won't az INT AZ b,aoL anu xnse uso.uels Si .la
worth a dozen % orJ;n"ru %m nraot;t;on"rH ~ ho wa
and that he had lone connted mon he,