Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-21
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lations of science"
"She pellet in Genesis und in Revela
tions," explained the President.
MAYBE she be Cdtolicf" persisted tn
suspicious member
s'Have l not told you," i said, "that ar
an Agnostic? An Agnostic can no NOR
be Catholic than an Amishman can, or
Tunker, or Brenevinearian"
was trying to say, Winebrennarian, bu
as / was not yet familiar with the name
of these sects, the result was not brilliant
Nevertheless, the skeptical member wa
silenced.
Now, for the first time, the young mai
in Quaker attire joined in the discussion
he spoke earnestly, but in the dutch
dialect, so that understood no word eithe
of his speech or of the solemn converse
tion which followed it. But finally, it ap
peared that the Board had agreed upol
the proper course to pursue. The youn,
man then turned to me and said:
Miss Norwood, | have the pleasure o
congratulating you upon the fact that vol
| are the first disciple of Spencer, Huxley
and Haeckel ever elected schoolmistres
in this district Your salary will be $25
month, and you are to board among the
patrons of the school, free of charge, re
naming where you are for the present
And now," he said, rising, "if you vii
allow me, shall take great pleasure il
accompanying you as far as Mr.. Hogen.
! gantz's house"
Here was a pretty kettle Of fish Ia mar
Of learning, of culture-his very manner
at once revealed it; a man who could
probably road Haeckel in the original and
understand himl And l had taken this
man for country clod, with brain fitted
for nothing better than to discuss the
question of the righteousness of hooks and
eyes and the sinfulness of buttons. | dc
not remember what | answered in my con.
fusion, except that | thankfully accepted
his offer. As soon as he reached the road
he burst into an uncomfortable fit OF
laughter.
Not word" he said, stopping my
blundering attempt atapology "0f course
you classed me with the rest-why not ?
My wife tells me continually that / am the
stupidest looking man in the township
that | was born so and can't help il; and
surely, mans wife ought to know his
good points better than stranger. And
oh, Genesis and Revelations Ito elect an
Agnostic, when they would have died
rather than send their children to school
to an infdel AYE, even to an Episcopa-
lian. Catholic, or Hebrew And you did
carry it out famouslyl If your figure was
not too small for the stage you'd make an
excellent actress"
Yes | am member of the Society of
Friends" he said, seriously, after we had
gone on some little distance. al believe
in the inner light, just as the fathers did
Just as | think all men of insight must do.
Look at Emerson and CARLYLE But many
of us have cast off most of the old outward
forms of distinctive creed, though | still
retain them"
"But you do not speak like the
Friends" said. You do not say
thee"
Not to an Agnostic," he said slyly.
But never mind that now, for | want to
tell you of even 4 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 ushered into the parlor,
while a servant presented my card Here
were his two daughters, who, it seems had
Just returned from Paris. and they began
to discuss me in the most execrable French
l ever listened to, making fun of my
clothes, my language, my appearance, and
OF the Quakers, as they called US generally.
Of course, they never even remotely i'm
agined that | understood every word they
uttered. Conceive, then, their utter amaze
ment when | suddenly addressed them in
the same language. Pardon me, ladies' |
said, but your remarks have been quite
interesting to me. You will forgive me.
therefore, if | say that your mispronuncia-
tion and absurd mistakes in grammar and
idiom are infinitely more amusing to me
than any peculiarly in my garb, speech,
or form of religion can possibly be to you.
Your kind references to myself show that
you have great interest in me personally.
You may, therefore, be pleased to learn
that the corporation which | represent is
by far the largest depositor in your fathers
bank, and that | have absolute control of
these funds, and can withdraw them at any
moment | choose There was a tableau,
as you can easily imagine. l enjoyed my
triumph hugely, and l am certain that
they learned a lesson which they will
never forget"
$50 have l." | said. "Both they and
have been served exactly right, by catch
ing Tartar in Friend Only you are
thousand times more generous to me-"
No more of that" he replied, laughing
"But here we are at Hogengantz's, and you
don't even know my name-Mark Hale, at
your service. No, l cannot go now, but
my wife and / viii call to see you, and
bring my rascally little boy along. He
shall become acquainted with his teacher"
And of he strobe with sturdy steps,
down the road, large in body as in nature
and mind. | watched the movements of his
broad shoulders until he disappeared and
when | turned and entered the house, care
fully shading my eyes from the dazzling
geometrical flower-pots in the front yard, |
felt that | had secured strong friend in
Mark Hale, the jolliest Quaker had ever
met.