The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1889-09-05
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wa at $50 ~. Aos narrow nFs life
aai pe.u fpu eau Imagine. Derban-
tte trenue-- NJ interest with when he
listened - fat -nch a. I have reported
AMI - mqth more 10 the sane line. for
~a.ch haYe not time. Possibly sou can
mag ne something NJ the feeling with
"L.,A be listened for q dissenting voice
among tae-s good and great men. for
.4-t me y take -guarely the ether side,
All az 1fd at east opportunity for an ar
slment, that he n. gnt make sure which
,i9e he "a really on. There was no dis
-enting yoice. Tie subject was fingered
J'ef' sha -one funny stories were told at
.ae expense Of those Creatures known as
fanatics and some grave shakes Of the
4ea1 we're INDUCED il and some heavy
-zt- were oreathed. because certain Of
@Apm might have been hoped better
.blu2-- were taking the narroW view Of
tal7 Whole matter, and actually In their
blindness, doing injury 10 cause which
hey honestly wanted 10 serve.
And David, puzzled, 1nanchored to any
real rock Foundation. arose from that ia
7.t questioning within MS mind whether
4. hi theories Of life were somehow
wrong -de out Il could not be that all
tlt-e men were On the wrong side Of
i1e>tiOG- which of course they had
studied. He admired them 20, and he
va hero-wor-hiper and had set every
Jne Of them up u worship before it was
aot possible that they were mistaken,
10 Dc sure, there were the doubtful sto-
ries they had told, but, then, mother was
The only one he haG ever heard -ay much
s5out these things. and perhaps mothers
"ere-and there he S0pped. Poor David
and poor mother, rejoicing at home at
MS moment over lis opportunities
Long afterward j. came back to David
curiOu-ly, that Professor Everest, the
nan from whom IN the nature Of things,
least could De expected had really been
tie only one Of the company to enter a
mgttred protest against some Of the COZ
yer-a,.un; had been she ODE who, in q Sc
r.o-comc 1udertone 10 David, had said,
After specially hilarious haE-hour in the
parlor
Ii these I've ministers would only 90
away by themselves and smoke. or some
thing. We might have little religious
conversation before We &c, being it i,
SATURDAY night, and We are not likely
ever - Meet here again.
And David, haf laughing, half ar
noyed, ni- sensibilities painfully jarrec,
;aoug1l he only partially understood Why.
made answer
People cannot talk about religion all
the time
No, said Professor Everest; there's
nothing truer than that fact is some Of
u cant talk about it sny Of the tim,
though for my part think it r egsy
enang.e - 49, sss-s:s... II ~. -hen. !
come TO live It, there's the rub >"
All but you should have heard DR..
Bands sermon the next morning Eli
queut tender. pathetic, eIQuisitsly beau
tlful 8. to language, exquisitely spprop--
ate as to tone and gesture. David's
mother was not by any means the OF
one who had constantly to wipe away the
tears as he drew, with exceeding power
and pathos, his picture of beautiful
sheltered Christian home.
David watched her, and was not sur
priseI az the tears; indeed, he swallowed
nard himself. several times, and winked
curiously, and wondered whether it WAS
possible that he had taken cold
But on the way home from service, 30
surprising thing happened TO him that
il drew his mind quite away from the SER
mon. DR.. Bland Joined his mother and
himself, as they were sauniering down
the shaded path.
This young man tells me" he said
laying his arm in friendly way on Da-
vd'> broad Young shoulder. that be has
never been in -, naming prominent
city.
NO" the mother said. with a fond
smile into the face of her boy III bad
never been convenient for her TO 60. aud
David had . 5,4ar hoy and sfay..B
with his mother
We'll. now. Mrs. Masters, | have a
bright idea wish he would run away
with he for few days; it is not the
plea>antesi time in the world to visit the
city, it Is true, but my people are all at
home, and they write HE that il is gu te
pleasant; not disagreea5ly warm at al;
and nv two girls would be delighted TO
have some young company come and liven
them up great many of their friends
are gone 10 the country. you know |
thought of il this morning. when | read
Cecilas letter what capital plan ii
woHld be, while you are SO pleasantly To-
Gated and enjoying the meetings, for Your
son TO stretch his wings a little, You
know" And a. David was at that mo-
ment addressed by a gentleman behind
them and stepped back to reply. the doc
confidential tone Indeed, my dear
madam. advise YOU a. friend 10 Try
this little experiment; it Is not good for q
nov To- be always with hi. mother, YOU
know"
Isn't III said this timid, anxious little
mother. Poor thing she had believed thst
one Of the best things She could do for
her fatherlc>S boy WAS to shield him with
mother-love a. long a. possible.
Indeed it isn't; that is, not exclusive
" he tells NE he has never been away
from home or from you think thai Is
very unwise; he needs TO see the world
now aud then by himself. really wish
you would let hun run awsy with me this
afternoon have taken most peculiar
fancy to the boy tue, manly fellow he
Is and know my girls would be delight
ed to show him some of the city sttrac-
tons it i not very long journey from
here he could get back in time to accom-
pauy you home st the close of the As en-
DIV Don't YOU think. now, il would be
al excellent plans'
at is very kind, certainly, and David
would enjoy ii. l know. Well of course,
YOU 20 not mean this sftersooB. You 90
tomorrow >uppose?"
The doctor coughed little behind his
hand
why, no, unfortunately shall be OBJ
liged to 90 this afternoon; it is very I'M
portant that be al home to-morrow even
ing I'm Just going to slip away quietly
on the i've o'clock train; | don't enjoy
travelling on Sabbath, and don't do II
great deal of it, except when duty de-
mauds. or something of that sort; but af-
ter all. don't know but it is as quiet {.
way of spending sabbath evening as one
could have. and the Sabbath was made
for man, You know.
Poor, bewildered mother, In her gent
Ter way she, too, was hero worshipper.
and the author of that sermon over which
she had she'd so many tears was enshrined
in her very soul. He mast understand
thnsn thinns hnttnr than sh. did