Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-08-24

nlte, incoDerent nomOgeneity 10 ueunise.
coherent heterogeneity."
Again the members stared blankly at
each other. / stole glance at the young
inan. He was leaning forward, his elbows
upon his knees, his face hidden behind his
hands, and I saw that he had all the ap-
pearance OF a man suddenly stricken with
an ague.
"Coot you say dot in English?"
shouldn't like to try, ] thought: so
waived the point as cleverly as i could by
saying. ave also believe in the nnda-
mental biogenetic law, that ontogenesis Is
an abridged repetition of fpbylogenesis."
"She say dey pellet In Genesis ex-
planned the president.
Maybe she be Che,o, ob-o-uiie :" sug-
gested a suspicious member.
awe also believe" j said, "in the reve-
lations of science.'
a. She pellet In Genesis und in Revela-
tons" explained the president.
Maybe she be a CatottcF' persisted
the suspicious member
Have not told you" ! said, THAT l
more be Catholic than An Amishman can
or Tunker. or n Brenevinearian."
/ was trying to say, Winebrennarian,b but
rs / was not yet familiar with the names OF
these sects the result was not brilliant.
Nevertheless the sceptical member was
silenced.
REvELATIoT.
Now, for the frst time, the young man
in Quaker attire joined In the discussion
no spoke earnestly, but in the Dutch "
dialect, so that understood no word either
of his speech or OF the solemn conversation
which followed IL. But finally 1t appeared
that the board had agreed upon the proper
course to pursue. The young man then
turned TO me and said:
"Miss Norwood, have the pleasure of
cougratulating you upon the fact that you
are the first disciple of Spencer, Huxley
81 taI ~ rSa
in this district. Your salary will be S25
month, and you are to board among the
patrons of the school, free of charge, re-
manning where you are for the present.
And now" he said rising, If you will
allow me, I shall take great pleasure In
accompanying YOU as far as Mr.. Hogen-
gantzs house"
Here was q pretty kettle of fish "a man
Of learning, of culture--his very manner
at once revealed it, man who
could probably read Haeckel in the origi..
| nal and understand him And ! had
| taken hiS man for a country clod, with a
| brain fitted for nothing better than TO dis.
| cuss the question of the righteousness OF
| hooks and eyes and the sinfulness of but
! tons do not remember what answered
| accepted hi oiler. As soon as we reached
| the road, ho burst into an uncomfortable
| fit Of laughter.
| " Not word" he said, stopping my
| laundering attempt at apology. "Of
course you classed me with the rest-why
| not? My wife tells me continually that
am the st-looking man in the town
ship--that was born so and can't help 1t ;
| and surely mans wife ought TO know his
| good points better than stranger. And,
| oh, Genesis and Revelations TO elect all
| Agnosiic, when they would have died
| an inldel aye, even to an Episcopalian,
Catholic, or Hebrew And you did carry
it ont famously! Ify your figure were not
too small for the stage, you'd make an ex-
| celent actress"
" Yes am member of the Society OF
Friends he said, seriously, after we had
gone on some little distance. " / believe
i'll the inner light, Just as the fathers did
as | think all men of insight must do
Look at Emerson and Carlyle! But many
of us have cast of most of the old outward
forms of a distinctive creed, though still
retain them.n
But you do not speak like the Friends,
I said " You do not say thee"
Not TO an igAoStic," he said slyly
But never mind that now, for | want &c
tell you Cf even better adventure than
this Of to-day, that happened to me few
| years ago in Philadelphia
| 81 called at the residence of a wealthy
banker, and was uhhered into the parlor
while a servant presented my card. Her,
were his two daughters. who, it seems, haC
just returned from Paris, and they begai
TO discuss me in the most execrable Frencl
| ever listened to, max fan of my
clothes, my language my appearance, anc
OF the Quakers, as they called us, generally
OF course they never oven remotely i'm
a2ined that I understood every word the,
uttered. Conceive, then, their amazemen
when | suddenly aldre sell them in tht
same language. Pardon me, ladies'
said, but your remarks have beer
quite interesting TO me- You vii
| t,v. n ,In
your mispronunciation and absurd mis-
takes in grammar and idiom are infnitel,
more amusing to me than any peculiarly
in my gnrb, speech, or form of religion cal
| possibly be 20 you. Your kind reference
To myself show that YOU have great inter
be pleased 10 learn that the corporation
which l represent is by far the largest de
positor in your fathers bank, and that
have absolute control of these funds, ant
} can withdraw them at any moment
choose There was a tableau as you cal
easily Imagine. | enjoyed my triumph
hugely, and am certain they learned
lesson which they will never forget"
80 have H. said. Both they and
have been served exactly right, by catch
ing Tartar in Friend Only you ar
a thousand times moro generous 10 me.
" No moro of that" he replied, laughing
! " But hero we are at Hogengant2's, an,
YOU don't even know my name-Marl
Hale, at your service. No, cannot go il
now, but my wife and / will call to Sc
YOU, and bring my rascally little boy along
Ho shall become acquainted with hi
, | teacher"
! And OIL he strobe, with sturdy steps
: down the road, large in body as in nat +
+ and mind. | watched the movements c
his broad shoulders until he disappeared
f and when turned and entered the house
I carefully shading my eyes from the da2
; cling goomctrical llower-pOt in the iron
yard, | felt that | had secured a stron
friend IN Mark Hale, the jollicst Quaker
had ever met.