The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-01


, in Captains tent. In he went an
) asked what it meant The Captain sal
he was writing to his wife and babies
as he felt he might be killed next day
Write, the Iron Duke said, that yo
win be shot at sunrise for disobeyini
orders
"But he wasn't?' cried Clemmy.
"Yes he was"
''Tte horrid. old. wicked, iron-heartet
thingr' exclaimed the boy.
1T was iron-hearted, that's true
But Just think what if the enemy
scouts had seen the light and the arm,
had been surprised in the night, ant
perhaps destroyed. 1t would be bette
to shoot one man and to make thu
others afraid to disobey. Obedience il
a grand thing. 1t is hard to learn, bu
when once learned it is easy and pleas
ant, too"
Ibid you always obey at YOU
house?" asked Clemmy.
1--WE were trained to il, so that it wa.
habit, and Ike all habits it was easy
That's a nice way to learn it." sale
Clemmy, quick to see the bearing o.
the subject in her mind.
after ALL" she said, as quick to
catch his self-justifcation, ga body
can't be made to mind, unless he
he is dragged in chains. The more s
child is INDUCED. the more he ought tc
try to mind, to show his love and graft
tude. Then he won't be like a soldier
afraid of being shot, but like one eager
to do his part in the battle. And obedi-
ence is always so safe.
'.Did it keep you out of musses?"
"Twice at least it saved my life"
"Eow?"
'Once, when was so little that can
Just remember it, was in the garden
J when l saw a huge, strange dog crouch
| ing at the gate. We always had dogs,
and didn't dream of being afraid, but
had started towards the creature when
l heard my mother say 'Angy,' and
| then she beckoned to me. AS matter
of course l ran to her, and she just had
time to catch me into the house and
slam the door when the great beast
came with horrid thud against it. 1t
was herce bulldog that had broken
his chain, and he had to be killed be-
cause no one could catch him alive. A
moment more and should have been
too late. My mother hadn't dared to
call me loudly for fear of fastening his
spring"
.'Oh myr' said Clemmy. I'm
afraid should have got caught. What
was the other time?"
''It was when | was quite large girl,
and we were spending the winter in the
West Indies. One day when we were
all on the veranda my father suddenly
said: Stand up Angelica! Up l got as
quick as soldier would shoulder arms,
and there dropped to the floor a scor-
pion. Father had seen it Just as its
fangs were almost against my neck. If
had turned my head to ask why. l
should have been stung, and as was
very delicate, might h I'VE died"
"Did you always mind-every time?"
mo. but l paid for it when l didn't.
One day the same winter my father
went away vary early one morning, and
told me not to 90 out till he came back.
as he should want me. l staid in till
the afternoon, though thought the dav
endless, and decided that father had for
gotten all about me. At last party of
friends came for me to 60 riding with
them. They were mounted on all sorts
of steeds-old horses, ponies and dom
keys, and my special boy friend led dom
KEY for ME. couldn't, or didn't resist.
and went. Half an hour later my father
came with a pony for me to see, and
to keep if liked it. He had devoted
the whole day to ges it. and hadn't told
me for fear of disappointing me.
When got home the pony had gone
back to its owner"
"But you got it afterwards?'
mo; l went ponyleSs all winter 1t
seemed hard, but it was right. 1t was
after that that my fathers word saved
me from the scorpion, and but for that
sharp lesson ight not have obeyed.
and might have lost the many happy
years since"
Clemmy lay still looking at Cousin
Angelica. She wasn't young any more,
ana had never married. He remembered
hearing that her lover was lost at sea;
a lover whom she had loved from a
boy. He wondered if it was the same
boy friend who led the donkey. He
knew that she was very good. and that
she did great deal of good, but it
puzzled HIM that she should be so
happy.
''Have they been happy years?' he
asked. presently.
Eyes, very happy, in spite of sorrows.
And l think what has made them
happy was that had learned obedience;
l knew how to submit my will to Gods
will"
"rd just as lief net go to the Rink as
not" said Clemmy. AFTER this I'm al
ways going to mind"
When Miss Linton came up with
Clemmy's lunch, which was bread and
water, with variations, he was fast
asleep, and Angelica sat dreaming. the
work forgotten in her lap. Memory.
diver-like. had been down to where
fathoms deep below the surface of her
life lay her ship that never came in, but
sank with all her troubles.
"He doesn't look like a very hard
case. does he?" whispered the mother,
looking down tenderly at her only
child.
He looks like the honest. sweet lit
tie fellow he is" was the response.
"An he needs is the art of obeying,"
said Mrs. Linton.
"And that is what the rudder is to
the ship" said her cousin, earnestly.
Mrs. Linton inly resolved to begin at
once to train her boy in that implicit
obedience which should have begun at
his cradle.
In the afternoon. while Clemmy was
''as good as gold" he grew restless,
and was allowed to get up and dress in
his Sunday clothes. About four clock