Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1888-02-18

that the descendants OF these tribes are the
Eedoain Arabs. VIII you tell us something
OF your experience among themf'
"Who told you that 1 have had any such
experiences" he asked, smiling, while q fear
OF detection seemed to numb I'LL his facvl.
ties.
I'm your very interesting talk at prayer
meeting last evening you described the Jari.
cho road, and incidentally referred to the
Sedouins in o way only possible to ono who
bad seen both"
Halscy hyeathcd more freely. &c
thought he could explain all s~atisfac-
torily, though it was certainly unforeun-
ate that he had given Mr.. Beecher's
description Of the Jericho road in the words
Of All eye witness. MY Palestine tour was
a very msagcr one" he apolosi:ed. at was
only one of Cooks vacation tickets. cannot
presume to any deep knowledge of the man.
ners and customs OF the Orieutals," md then
es he had recently read BayaIu Taylor's
Land of the Salaccu" and Warmers "1n the
Levant," he proceeded to give intcrestin; de-
scriptions OF imaginary adventures among
the Arabs. The suterintcndcnt's bell sounded
as be was describing u bazaar 1T Damascus,
~NNN w sHS VA oSAS III ASI.lSl tD>lI liz u~l llSG
touched upon the lesson, or given any ethao-
logical information concerning the Jebusites
and the Girsashites. Nevertheless, the fact
remained that the class had been vastly en-
tertained. lie had ascertained, too, by a
roundabout questioning, of which he was
heartily ashamed that however convcrsant
the doctors Niece might BIZ with other cities,
she had never been III New York. except to
pass from tho Grand Central to the Jersey
City depot, and had never heard any Of til,
New York ministers.
In the afternoon IIalsey walked over
to the parsonage, hoping TO nave a cha
with Orient. Instead Of this the doctor re-
ccivcd him in his study and talked diviuit,
until llalscy was i'll u cold peispiration. It
was only by the sharres5 exercise Of his tao
ulties aud by constant defcrencc to III.
seniors opinions UPON all points of dosln,
that no escaped suspicion.
After an hour Of this ordeal Halscy issued
from tho study, feeling that he had under.
gonc the horrors OF tho inquisition. AL sport
had vanished from the situation; hc was a
guilty criminal who had batlled his detcc.
tivcs nronentarily, but who would be surely
dragged down sooner or later, and that with.
out mercy. IIe caught u glimpse OF his face
i'll tho mirror In the hall hutracl, and wa
startled by its hngGard expression. Ito had
taken his walking stick, when Il burst Of song
tloated out from tho drawing room. 1t wa,
"Jcsus, Lover Of My Soul" sung to Abts
sweetest of melodies. The doctor laid a de-
tanning hand upon his arm.
ut is our family custom to spend tho Sal,
bath afternoon in q service Of song; will YOU
not join usW
81 do not sing" Ealsey replied, "bnt il,
would be o privilege to listen" IIe took o
seat near tho door; his entrance was so noise
less that the young Girl seated at tho piano
did not heed it. She sang on, hymn afte,
hymn, and u groat he.ling balm swept owe,
his tortured nerves. 'Floe like a bird to the
mountain" brought the sharp tears to hi,
eyes, for was he not ''wcary Of sim" weary Of
this miserable subterfuSc and refuge Of his.
Had they been alone, he could have risen and
throwing himself upon her mercy, havo con.
Tossed everything: but tho good doctor 81,
there, benedccnt md uns'lslscting; and when
his niece rose ut the close Of tho hymn and re.
garded him for tho first time, ho could only
thank her III q chokcd voice.
Il am q wretch" be said to himsclr, as he
strobe along the country road. u little later,
striking vindictivcly ct the tall MULLEN
stalks with his canc. "No punishment is toe
bad for INC. and 1 have brought upon myself
tho sharpest rc.ribution that man can suffer
that OF turning away from the WOMAN
: he loves, wit.:out making an effort TO win
/ her"
Tho deacon met him ut i little distance
| from his own ,satc. llehnd evidently wsiket
, out to meet hinn. "TOu haze made n uro
5 mend"ua HIT he said, rubin. his hnnh
i Sioeiu.ly; ~"t1ercl lie an outpouring tonight
such as Eumoth (ilcad has never known
: Tho people are ~begi"ni"s TO gather already
] The shed IL cen almost full Of vehicles Oh,
! pronounced tho word 've-hic-los'D, and moth
t cr, she's anxious rs can bo for fear you wont
, get II good cup Of tea BET re preaching time
: Brother Siocu!nbc and l have decided TO call
} a business meeting Of tho parish for to-lnor.
row morning, so that you can have our do.
cision bcf-.e you go. There's u train that
leaves III tho afternoon, and you must sta =
over for that"
Il don't think I can" Halsey replied. 81
had planned to loavo by tho early morning
5 one"
THAT won't do at all" replied tho deacon.
Folks arc set On coming Tomorrow and
bringing their lunches, and having a real fol.
lowship meeting, and hearing you once again,
! and you mustn't disappoint them. There's
, that limb OF a Job johnson ringing that bell
W S|A ' 49, l l.lIbo u H.lllQLJ LII Il LHlI
OF the time, and you haven't ct but one
, waffle"
/ lialsoy roe from the table, hurried TO his
t room, and turned over his notebook. Here
, was Rev. Joseph Cooks conversion Of Ger
man metaphysics into Christian apolo.ctics
{ 70 one would understand this but tho Misses
f Pcerco who had been to Concord. They
( would expect him to wait upon them at thcii
D homo after ~sorvice, ond discuss philosophy
$ with them, md il there was ono thing which!
: Lo was more determined upo, to escape than
. another, it was thia knight c%rrantry OF the
s. smoky lantern. LIE turned over tho leaves
Of hi9 noto books rapidly. Horc were scr.
D mons by Chancellor Crosby and Bishop Coxo
+ by tho incumbent Of tho "Little Church
! round the Corner" and by Andrew jackson
/. Davis. Hero was ono preached By EyangolisI
/ Moody in Madison Square Carbon, and
, others by yo:ns Slr. Sturgeon at the Accd
omy Of Music, and Rabbi Cottheil at the
{ synagogue. 81 cannot belr TO please then
any further" no said to hi.uself. "Ti,i.
farce ln1st end at once, and l will end il
with my own hand" 10 deliberately
. selected a sermon by tho Rev. r. Hebe,
l Newton, which had drnwn upon that gentle
2 man tho anathemas Of hia brother clorgy.
men.
"Therc," lie thought, ~ s,aIl now bo de.
nounccd as hcretical both by tho doctor and
bis niece. have had tho grocc to cut my
- throat" 1t was characteristic Of tho
troubled state Of his mind that be had come
to consider his own interests at stake and had
) quite forgotten how those Of his friend Steele
) would be affected by his action. Tho deacon