The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1889-08-29
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Her David.


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GlNFIthE.
Esery fe..5~ ior himself" he sad
4.9u4 1.4at t4ina it. wonder what
a5ta-r "oa.l say u that: she i. famous
fas +. c.4Ag B.5le at fg.k- and thought
LAD o-eu 81 -, mas - wy1lGnt n
,sfpret i n Aer way. Il should decide
- By-e.f. @i-h they hadn't been III
.erfuptsd - IKE % nave heard what
more SIR. P9Her- hal 70 say. he's ter-
z i9u-.y n earnest, bot | guess he
az 4 The mn they cal fanatics, He
-esE-e5 u ne 70 De getting the best II
,ae argument. though the Others were al
SCANS. him | wonder II there really il
any harm 10 sMok NJ; l. must be inter-
e-..ng " - many wpu.ju. DO It; mother
aat-s tpDacc9. %. Of co1ree- | wouldn't
: t31la i just now on her account, out
alaa couldn't - expected - let it alone,
.--t 70 please his mother. That :, Of
c5zr-e he would get over caring after
VA really man. Plenty Of ministers
smoke On these grounds; I've seen then
: isu't Likely mat the arguments agains.
T, are very strong, or heg wou!dn 3e on
lie wrong side. guess DR.. Bland i
Ign, and each one mas 70 decide for him
81.
Aad the mother, in prayer-meetlng,
H-ansed y ID that such man a. that go
Illus DR.. Band was lending his leisure
L 5neut- - inference her David
And the long. bright days went on and
lie educational Influences wen. On. More
All more the BOY. David. bec4 me enag-
Jrel u hi- 2rDwu-Vp .oc.etj more and
more u fingered On that hiz .y-faYored
we-:ern piazza, sud atarl discussions on
3. -orts # themes; heard stores Of cCl-
-e2e life and college scr4y-' some If
s--e4 IL wondered I'VE. n aCur!ous wsy,
I, - MA, l.. mother would think Of
.1ei1 heard stories, some If which b.
thought were almost !rreverenL or would
AVE been IA! not eminent C4ergy men tod
.1eu heard stories, some Of which he
f., - sure H. mother would iAink Were
aye anu ia - that lie det rmiled never
> mention them - Aer iei, little BY
sic, Almost uucOu>cIOu~ly - himself
- eigcatipg ilaleuce wa going on u
l. uui. Mothers are a. very well;
4re 10 pc cared for and Owed, and pet;ed
4lWay- but they 30 not understand the
'75r.4; they condemn many things a
- L.. simply becau-e they are not su.ea
- w3mcn : tastes. they expect Of BOY
Ma. men never expect, just because the
u. -ut-N. aus do not understand. Il 1,
progressive age for uen, and women Do
aDt progress. hey want -9n- TO De JUS
Saa: father, and grandfa,hers were
whereas the world moves and each ma
must decide for himself
Did David Write out al these thoughts
Z lack aud a4lte, and look al them
~. IL GiI1 he would have shrunk from
such al act le would have felt a. thoogI
here wa something about It disloyal -
IL mother lie only let them vaguely most
nj ! a fr,nI..
-e!ou- hat bis views Of life were chan.
.ng.
of Rev Mr. Powers he saw bu: it'll ,
ma, gentleman seemed always preocc
pied, a Cheery "GOOI-mornIug whtu
taey me-. 81 occasional exchange Of i
lex plea~au. words about the weather or
tie speaker ast evening, or the conce :
nat Ha- - ue. was almost the extent {
tae.r Intercourse. Mr.. Powers seemed -
4aYe lass time for the piazza than I
others. and rarely Joined in the discus
>iuus which took place there. Yet wh,n
OCCASIONALLY he did 80, il was noticed by
David ths. h was nearly always in tt
minority. e>pou-.ug the unpopular >lde (
al subjects. yet espou-ing il with keel
4e,> OF logic ana a clearue,s Of Insight
mich Won the boy, admiration. ard
naie him wonder how many more men I
.he world were Ike him, or whether t
Sere really that grsat.y-to- oe-dread.d
.ypr If Llman!ty-a fanatic. He heald
much about that species on the western
piazza, and always they were held up 20
r,d!cue A. for MIR. Powers. he some
times regarded the keen-eyed 4uick-wit-
ted young David with troubled air. ard
wondered vaguely whether the stories art
arguments TO which he 80 constantly
.i>tened We're always helpful, and WISHED
.aere was some way for him to get a H.
= kline with the boy. and selp him 10
the true light of some things but he WIS
- busy. 80 busy And the days went Oil.
Was this mother, then. 80 full Of ne
vou, anxiety shout the boating, aud IT,.
swimming and ali physical and mary
moral dangers, blind to this great rosril :
ion who is seeking 10 deyour young mtn
on every hand: Yes, that word, perhsl,
expresses il a. well as any. She vs.
blinded by her environments She liy,d
q s safe sheltered town; town VIII re
i4uur saloons were not where no drul 4
~ men staggered through the stress,
.tacAing their terrible object lessons; 3
own where the people We're inteliige :,
erary in an unu>ua. degree. and hil h
toned l. was university town, prld-nI
self on il cleanliness and purity, phy-i-
cAl.y and morally. The Men Of the toy Il
undoubtedly had their opinions on tho
.4v>ttiu> out MIS- Masters vas a widow;
lie did not mpge freely in general 80 j.
- he helat -,d - no temperance r
-au'zAtiul; She took no temperance lit
atarr. She heard No discussions on I
Subject save those winch her boy hur !
II her; and thr>r made her vaguely III
a>y les, he should get himself mixed 4p
NTH wuman'> rights, which meant To E-r,
Il general way, Bloomer costun
( snort hair. and load voices On the strt :.
Not that ,he wanted her boy To touch ill.,
toXicatiug Liquors oh. horrible. NJ gen
,iciuan would do such thing in these en-
-hteued DAYS And David WAS . L.
s.eman. and the son of Il gentleman. hot
LAT She did not want the druuka Is
saved poor wretche> she did; and ha
believed in PRAYING for them; but Dav -
father had thought that moral suas II
was the way to reach all such; and Ia
Y.d'> mother tt.r this must be 50. Theie
ar Just such good, gentle, honest, ar
ue>t. silly women even in these da'>.
Certainly there i one such, or could Mt
ne telling yuu this story.
But David, Interested by reason of tliS
&c bate in which he took part, and tor
which he was highly commended by i-N
If the professors, had other views. lie
thought that his mother did not unC r.
stand, because the question was poi'l-
al one; and women did not understood
politics Aud he actually believed that
he good. great men of this world W re
becoming mutt ON this great questi, l :;
that it was the curious expectation 70
meet good man who was not giving he
Shulc force of his influence squarey n
The side of abolishing that which WAS A. l.
miltca to be an evil.
Continued next week.