Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-10-17

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hands. then strobe out of the house,
giving the door . terrific bang behind
him. Mrs. Evans was nearly frightened
out of her wits
There's . train from Lehigh at IL
o'clock she began. when I Interrupt
ted her. 81 didn't come TO Lehigh ut 8
O'Clock Friday afternoon" l said, ito
leave it on Saturday morning. 1 have
come to stay. my dear madam, IS l
told your husband"
That day | attempted to find a board
lng-placc, the attempt consisting in
walking from house to house, knocking
at The door and asking for a room Of
some sort. not being particular as to
size, location or furnishing. The doors
were invariably slammed in my face,
though in many cases the slamming
process was preceded by the question,
which after q while became ludicrous
enough to. me. BE you q Presby-
terian2" That l was a Gentle seemed
somehow obvious enough.
Not getting q boarding-house, I
bought q housc-a poor little affair of
four rooms-and, though Saturday aft
ernoon Was not q very favorable time
for setting up housekeeping. l managed
to get my trunks, boxes aud some pro-
visions into it, finding that hurried and
unsatisfactory operation preferable to
returning to the Bishops house for the
night. even if he had. not carried into
execution his threat to ''put her out"
Sunday morning brought divers of
his families to visit me in my new
abode-Matilda, jane. Loreny and
Martha Ann all had their representa-.
tives under my roof.
Can you sing US . tune out of your
own head?' one of the girls asked.
l sang a few lines for her, then said:
''Wouldn't you ike to get a lot of your
young friends To Lehigh to come and
have u good sing this aflernoonp l have
plenty OF books in u big box. and Ill
teach YOU"
"All the young folks in Lehigh"
Yes; just rs many as you can get"
"Oh, my! They'll all comet"
l never mentioned the WORDS Sunday
school. but that is the way l began
ono, the first in all the thirty-four-years
in Lehigh.
My day-school grew slowly and
through bitter opposition. had fur
nished two Of my little rooms with the
appliances sent from the East, and
enough wonder aud curiosity was ex-
cited by them to keep some Of the chill.
dren in daily attendance.
But their greatest wonder was about
my religion. They became convinced
at last that l was not a Presbyterian,
but what l WAS remained u mystery.
One day u girl said 10 ME in an insinu-
ating manner Teacher, YOU amt a
Presbyterian or a Methody. and | can't
think what You be. Don't folks have
any religion where you come from"
l answered.; oh. yes. a very beau
tiful religion. l was writing some of it
this morning on the blackboard" as
indeed l had done, and | turned the
board that she might read these words
from Ephcsiaus:
Let all bitterness and wrath and
anger and clamor and evil speaking be
put away from you. with all malice.
Aud be ye kind one to another; even
~ God, for Christ's sake, has forgiven
you"
God was not an unknown word to
the Mormon children, for they arc
taught that every Bishop becomes .
god in reward for faithful service, and
l was not surprised at the girls next
question: lis your God a smarter man
than Brigham Young2" They seemed
profoundly impressed when l read to
them that God made the mountains.
brigham Young couldn't do that"
was one of the comments. did your
God make the mountains round here,
teacher? l shouldn't think He could
make them ii lie lives way of in the
Siates.' Que of the boys brought me
several packages of books from the
post Office. and c~ontidentially informed
some of his playmates that God was
q real good friend of teachers. and He
lives in the States, and made all the
mountains in the whole world. and
sent her books through the post Office"
Though all the Mormon fathers and
mothers were opposed to the school,
and forbade the children Attending,
many of them came regularly. to my
surprise. Upon questioning one Of the
girls, who every day brought her little
sister with her. as to how she dared to
do so, she answered: Father hasn't
hurt me yet, and l know ho won't
meddlc with little Rachel till he's
whipped me--and I'D rather have a
beating than stay home from school"
Bishop Evans threatened to disinherit
n of his grandchildren if she persist
ed in going to the Gentle school. The
message reached her in the street. She
stood still for q moment. looking
thoughtful, then with y sudden toss d
the head she said: ..Yon tell grandpa
that he isn't very rich. and there's l5d
grandchildren besides me, and I'D
rather have an education than my share
of the property"
One night the people turned out and
stoned my house-I had often won.
dered why they didn't burn it down
over my head. l certainly thought
that they would demolish it, but l lay
perfectly still until after q while
could hear their speculations as t.
whether l WAS inside, and if 80. how
could sleep through such II commotion'
The next day n Of my scholars sale
to me 'Diin't the stones wake you up
%teachcr?"
"Oh, yes" answered; ''they made
q good deal OF noise"
She gazed at me in establishment
Wasn't you-scared?"
Scared! No. l never thought O
being scared
why wasn't your"
Because l was warm and comfort
able in bed inside, and they were Out
in the cold aud snow working hard
and l was pretty sure they would ge
tired alter u while. "--BOst0n Tran