Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-11-26

l STROiIfD OIa' THERE.
real gool man. His name was Parsley
Flinton Parsley. He has done business
in most all the towns Of the northwest.
Entering n place quietly and even meek
ly, with letter to the local pastor, he
began reaching out his little social ten
drills by signing over the lost and I'M
done condition of mankind. After re-
GREETING the condition in which he had
found Gods vineyard, he would rent
store and sell goods at sacrifice but
when the sacrifice was being offered up
close observer would discover that Mr..
Pansley was not i'll it.
In this way he would build up quite
trade. only spnring little time each
day in which TO retire to his closet and
sob over the altogether goddess condition
in which he had found man. He would
then make IN assignment.
Pardon me for again referring to the
matter. but do so utterly without NAL
ice and in connection with the unparal-
leled growth Of nv property here. So if
the gentle and rather attractive reader
win excuse bad pen and some plain
stationery, as my own crested writing
paper is in my trunk, which is now IN
the possession Of well known hotel
man whose name is suppressed on ac-
count of his family, | will refer again
briefly to the property and the circum-
stances surrounding its purchase. | had
intended 10 put good fence around it
ere this, but with these peculiar circum-
stances surrounding it / feel that it is
safe from intrusion.
The property was sold to my wife by
Mr.. Parsley at a sacrifice, but when the
burnt offering had assembled, and the
atmosphere had cleared, and the ashes
ON the altar had been blown aside, the
suspender buttons of Mr. Parsley were
not there He had taken his bright red
markdown figures and letter to his
future pastor and gone to another town.
He is now selling groceries. From town
lots 70 groceries is, to versatile man,
very small stride. He is in business in
st. Paul. and that has given Minneapolis
quite little squirt of prosperity.
We exchanged cottage for city lots
unimproved, rs | said in former letter,
and got Mr.. Parsley to do it for us.
My wife gave him her carriage for act
ing in that capacity She was sorry she
could not do more for him, because he
was man who had found his fellow
man in such an undone condition every
where and had been trying ever since
TO do him up
The property lies about half way be-
tween the West hotel and the open polar
sea, and is in good neighborhood look
inc o. - . H., H.
when left it. 1t lies all over the north
west, resembling in that respect the man
We bought it Of
Mr.. Parsley took the carriage, also the
wrench with which was wont to take
Off the nuts thereof and grease it on Sab
bath mornings. We still go to church,
but we walk. Occasionally Mr.. Parsley
whirls by US and his dust and debris fall
upon my freshly ironed and neat linen
coat as he passes by us with a sigh.
He said once that he did not care for
money if he only could let in the glad
sunlight of the gospel upon the heather.
"Why." l exclaimed, "why do you
wish to let in the glad sunlight of the
gospel upon the heathen?"
'Alasr' he said, brushing away tear
with the corner of gray shawl which
he wore, and wiping his bright, piercing
nose on the top rail of my fence, $50
that they would not go to hell, Mr.. Nye."
"And do you think that the heather
who knows nothing of God will go to
hell, or has been going to hell for say ten
thousand years without having seen a
daily paper or Testament"
Il do. Millions of ignorant people in
yet undiscovered lands are going TO hell
daily without the knowledge of God. y
With that he turned away and concealed
his emotion in his shawl. while his whole
frame shook But even if he should
escape by reason of his ignorance we
cannot escape the responsibility of she'd
ding the light of the gospel upon his
Opaque soul" said he.
So l gave him 81 to assist the poor
heather to place where be may share
the welcome of cordial and eternal
damnation along with the n>ors educated
and refined classes. Whether the heather
will ever appreciate 1T or not / cannot
tell at this moment. Lately have had
a little ray Of fear that he might not.
and along with that fear, like a beam
of sunshine, comes the blessed hope that
possibly something may have happened
to the 50. and that mayhap ii did not
get there
| went up to see the property with
which my wife had been endowed by
the generous foresight Of Mr.. Pansley,
the heathen's friend. | had seen the
4 place before, but not in the autumn.
Oh, no, had not saw it in the hectic
of the dying yearl l had not saw it
when the squirrel, the comic lecturer and
the Italian 20 forth TO gather their win
ter hoard of chestnuts. | had not saw
it as the god of day paints the royal
mantle of the years croaIing monarch
4 and the crow sinks softly ON the SWELL
ing bosom of the dead horse. / had
only saw 1t in the wild, wet spring. !
had only saw il when tue frost and the
: bullfrog were heaving out of the ground
D 1 strolled out there. | rode on the
railroad for a couple OF hours first, /
think. Then ! got off at tank, where
: got a nice. cool refreshing drink of
as good, pure water as / ever flung a
I: hp over. Then rolling my trousers up a
yard or two | struck Off into the scrub
pine, carrying with me large board on
which | had painted in clear, beautiful
characters:
FOR sale