Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-09-08

the sake of peace" s.
81 am quite at liberty now,'' said,
thrusting my papers into . drawer,
with sigh of relief, and pulling chair
up close to his side. @ss7 Z" @5
eco on, Julius, I should really like
to be of some service to you, my dear
fellow said ibut' seeing him look SO
terribly down about the matter, l ct
tackled him by alittle railery as a reas-
surfing process.
Have you* been borrowing SER
mons?'
"No.n
"Buying few. votes for President2''
"Oh. no.'' - Us - = = - "a
Freezing on your neighbours melon
patch p" - r, sz ~
g. Do, John, enter into. the spirit of
my trouble, for assure you it is a real
One."
l began in my turn to look sober.
Ignorance of the worlds ways is quite
as often as knavery the source of trouble
to an unsuspecting person. What had
he been led to do? % u
"Well!n
had to recall his mind once or twice
from apparent wool gathering.
81 fear, John, 1 really fear that I
have Julien in lore acith 0s0thcr nun s
wite!i'
"Heavens and earth.''
1 started to my feet and walked to-
ward the window to control q convul-
sion of laughter, not at the outcome,
which might, OF course, be bad enough,
but that he, of all men, should have be-
come the victim. The incongruity of
the thing was dreadful.
81 knew you would regard it in it's
true light, John, and honor you for it..
Il can not help remarking the contrast
between you and H, the only other
friend have spoken with on the sub
ject. Would you believe it, he did
nothing but laugh, and say he hoped
next to hear of an elopement. Think
of that to me, minister of the Gospel,
trying to see light and do right. How
could l gather any spiritual strength
from him? You have proved yourself
true, as you always were.' ~
felt guiltily ashamed of myself for
laughing, and kept my countenance
preternaturally grave during the rest Of
the interview. saw he had dwelt on
the subject until his mind had become
morbid, and he could think of nothing
else. F&
addressed him by the. old name with
soma reference to scene of our early
life together, in order to keep his mind
in more cheerful mood.
He broke into a sort Of November
smile, and said:
"That name, John, sounds so much
like old, merry times that l have almost
forgotten how wretchedly | felt when |
came to you. You were always so rolick-
ing and jolly. You do not change, I see.
AS for me, have seen cloudy, dark
days since then" ..-. - -. -
"No doubt, no doubt. Well, January
makes us prize June, and dark clouds
the, bright, sunshine. I've had to face
some pretty tough hills myself, but it
was the delectable mountains at the top,
julius, and so it may prove at length
with you"
AS l studied the expression of his eye,
l discovered an unrest and lack of re-
pose not characteristic of the earlier days
of our acquaintance. | was even pre-
pared for some slight mental alteration
when he said:
81 fear, John, that have committed
q great SIM
"Unconsciously, then,'' I said, s. for
| would be willing to wager my best
pony you have never done anything
wrong consciously in all your life"
"You mistake, You always thought
of me better than deserved - =. -
"Was it an injury to any one but
yourself?"
81 am not sure. Indirectly, it has
been, for it has hampered me in my
work.
at must be a desperate case.'' I said
this without thought, and without very
genuine feeling of sympathy for the
wrong, bat he replied at once.
eyes, knew you would SO regard it !;
your conscience is not scared"
l took another stride across the floor
as a sedative, for l knew he was inno-
cent, and then came and stood before
him. 80 49,"
s'You know am lawyer
z AYES; and a counselor. I come to
you for COUNSEL" he said sravely.
"You may, in the first place, have to
submit to a little cross questioning
81 am willing to answer all .ques-
tons" . #@t -
"What is the lady's name?"
"Mrs. Julia Gettenbergh ~
"Where did you meet her?'' =,
"She was one of my parishioners.
In fact, I boarded with her for few
months. She kept very few select
boarders." & + }
"Were you acquainted with her hus-
band?"
"Oh, no, never saw him. He was
not at home. None of us ever spoke to
her. of him. We recognizeda silence on
her part and respected it, =
els she aware of your sentiments?"
"Oh, no, left the house and went,
elsewhere as soon as, !, discovered
them.' - y \ 4
els she good looking?'' . - n a
every. Here is one of my wrong
acts. 1 have kept her photograph.
1 presume it is one of the temptations
of Satan, but could not resist keeping
this memento.n r
He then took an old-fashioned locket
from the pocket of his vest, and spring.
ing it open passed it over to me. He
had cut down the photograph and Inc,
serted 1t. : - y Is # !.