The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-02-06

that her uninterrupted happiness dur
ing those Eve years was largely due 70
the rebuke receive from her mother.
The most detestable gossips ara thoso
who 90 back and forth between per-
sons estranged. widening the breach
between them. The warmest Of friends
may by this process be turned into un-
compromising enemies. He or she
who acts the role of stirrer of strife.
Is nothing less than criminal. He or
she who acts the part of peace-maker
in such premises has the expressed APP
proval Of the Divine Master Himself,
he having said ..they shall be called
the children of God"
A notable consummation of asuit be-
tween two well-to-do planters occurred
four years ago in a Superior Court Of
Southern State. The estates Of the
litigants, each comprising number
of hundred acres, lay adjoining, and
even before either owner was in posses-
sion one fence had divided them.
Both were high strung, dignified men.
the weakness of each being that of
inherited hot-headedness. Through the
prev ICbbiOu "a SOAuc SlxIlStcE uelXQDOT
A was led to make some impulsivs criti-
cism upon b, which the listener re-
peated to the latter B retaliated in
kind, which A hearing of, the fpend-
ship of long standing was ruptured.
Twin fences were determined on, but
they could not agree upon how and
where they should be run. A suit at
law by A was met with q counter
suit by B. For two years after the
filing of the actions continuances
were had for one cause or another.
When the cases were at length set,
and each party had half ahundred wit
nesses at Court, the Judge of the Court
asked if any effort had been made to
have the differences between the litigants
settled by arbitration. The respective
attorneys answered that no agreement
could be had upon who should consti-
tute board of arbitration. The Judge
then, ordering the attorneys to be seat
ed, addressed the two principals, ask
ing them to come forward and stand
one on either side of the bench. Lean
ing back in his chair and looking first
one and then the other in the face as
he proceeded, he reminded them of the
boyhood time when they three had
played and attended school together;
of how their respective fathers had
through Life lived as neighbors not only
peaceably, but cordially; of three
graves near together in the country
churchyard, in which the three fathers
were buried; of the early manhood Of
himself and the two fitigants when
they We're bosom companions and in
separable. Gentlemen" he said, IL
have always found in you both the
same honorable qualities that bound
me to YOU then; NAV be permitted to
settle this dispute between you wi ,hout
assistance of evidence or jury?'' Both
answered yes. II know every foot of
the boundary line," he then said,
land so need none of the maps YOU
have had made" While each looked
over a shoulder of the Judge, he drew
line on a slip of paper, made heavy
dot for a certain large oak, and direct.
ed that north from that tree A should
maintain good fence, while b should
keep up the fence running south from
it. '.Does the decision satisfy you?''
he inquired. Each answered in the af-
firmative. '.Mr. Clerk" the Judge adj
dressed that officer, '.you will foot up
the costs accrued in these cases and
hand the bill to me; propose to settle
it out of my own pocket" A stepped
forward and proposed that he should
settle the costs, ''for," said he, I
brought the suit" But to this B Wig
orously objected, claiming that ne hav-
ing answered with a counter suit was
entitled to pay at least half the bill.
The Judge directed the costs to be di-
vided according to BIS proposition, and
then turning to the two he ordered,
Now, you two shake hands!" The or
der was obeyed, and thus harmony was
restored to a community which,
the work of evil gossiping, had
been for more than two years almost in
war.
1t does appear that men should learn
to disregard misunderstanding gossips.
-Iadiala State Sentinel.