Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-11-26
TIE TWO OUTSIDES.
And the Misunderstanding Between Then
BY e. 81. CLOUGH

BYE 81. CLOUGH.
The clerical-looking gentleman and
the bearded borderer were the only
passengers on the Carson stage, seven
hours out, en- route to Bodie. They oc-
cupied the upper seat behind the driver,
and the tenor of their conversation in.
dicated that there was slight misun-
Outstanding between them-a misunder-
standing that neither of them seemed
capable ofgathering up the threads Of
skein that was momentarily becoming
more and more tangled as some new
phase of the subject under discussion
was preached. er~
@When I was there" the clerical gen.
tleman was remarking, "the vineyard
was in deplorable state"
@The vineyard" interrupted his
bearded companion,
eyes; the Lords vineyard, / mean !;
the weeds we're"
@Hold on minute, stranger" ex-
claimed the other, hitching in his seat,
and turning so as to face his companion
--"hold yer bosses. I amt much on this
parable palaver, m I come mighty nigh
givin' We the lie on tibet vineyard biz
ness, cause, We see, there amt no sech
ithin five mile O the camp. Maybe
there's few down to Salt lake, but no.
body ever was fool 'nough to think o.
specializing in vineyards round my
neighborhood. But it's all right now !;
I've cottoned to the right o. the case, an
Tn DRAWN my sights onto Lords vine
yards"
@As I was saying resumed the other
@outside," Il found the field of labor in
adeplorable condition. The weeds had
long since choked the wheat, and tares
were hourishing with luxuriance that
might well sadden the heart of the most
earnest husbandman. Human sacri-
fees were frequent in the interior, and
barbarous executions for the most triv-
ial offenses were of weekly occurrence
along the coast. I attended one of
these executions, and if I am not too
tedious in my narration will relate the
circumstances of the horrible affair.
Are you agreeable?"
"Go ahead, OF man, Tn istenin'. I
like to hear man tell good one while
he's at it" and the bearded passenger
hitched back to his former position and
asked the driver for "a chaw o. that
niger heel"
well, it appears that the unfortunate
man was condemned to death for poach-
ing on the Kings preserves. They had
adiudged him guilty, and sentenced
him to be heheaded, and more pitia-
BILE wretch it has never been my mis-
fortune to contemplate as he passed out
of the prison into the open court where
he was to be executed. He was made
to kneel and bend his neck, after which
the executioner dipped his hand in a
tub of water, and, drawing his middle
and fore finger through the sand upon
which the doomed man was kneeling,
applied them to the naked neck of the
shivering wretch, leaving broad and
distinct mark at which to strike. He
then raised his great double-edged
sword, and with one blow the head fell
from the trunk, while the great stream
of blood crimsoned the sand"
The clerical gentleman paused in as
constituent His fellow-passenge was
staring at him with strange express
sion upon his sun-browned features,
which the narrator at first imagined was
the result of intense interest, but which
he gradually observed was produced by
disgusting disbelief in the statements
which he had just been making. He
cut himself short for the parpose of
allowing his nearer an opportunity of
relieving his overcharged mind, know
ing full well that if he did not the
bearded man would explode, and render
the situation decidedly unpleasant, to
say the least. The man of the border
made great effort to control himself
and In a tone plainly indicating that
he forced calmness he was far from
feeling, simply to clinch" the man
who sat beside him, and prove to the
grinning driver that no man could with
immunity put up josh on him."
"That's the frozen truth, is it, stran.
ger?" he asked.
every word I have uttered is the
truth. Witnessed the sickening spec.
tacls in the broad glare of tropical sun
and l did not lose a single movement in
the barbareus tragedy" answered the
other outside"
What's your ine?" abruptly asked
the man with beard.
My professlon?"
The same"
IL am an evangelist-a missionary.
@Oh, you're preacher, eh?"
"A minister of the gospel-yes."
what shop?"
@Shop?"
@Yes; which track are ye travelin'-
how's yer baggage checked?"
ST don't believe understand you"
"No? Well what church are you
swearin' by?"
II am Baptist"
"Good enough; Baptist goes. 70.
say you was on the missionary racke
wen you saw all this?"
II YVES engaged in the task of attempt
ing to convert the heather from blind
ness, and teaching him the path h'
should follow to obtain everlasting