The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-02

faithful work In tho vineyard and the
leadings OF Divine Providence. and
said that their prayers vent with him
to his new field OF labor.
II don't want to be unjust and cyni.
cal. Mr.. Gflchrist. and can SEQ that
there Is pleasanter side to the case
There Is such thing as Christian char
ity. and more Of It In the world than we
are willing to admit. However church
people may gossip about an unpopular
pastor and maneuver to get rid OF him.
when the parting comes they will
not brand him in tho eyes OF others
And clergymen are very faithful to one
another. 1t is really beautiful TO see
how they try to hide faults and foibles
1t Is . literal fulfillment OF the COM
mand: Bear We one another's burdens
In some-in most Of Mr. Wayt's charges
the secret Of his frequent change OF
pastorate was not told. He was odd
and bad nomadic tastes Sometimes
the climate did not agree with his
health. The air was too strong. or TOO
weak. Twice poor Hester's condition
demanded an immediate change. We
went to Chicago to be near an eminent
surgeon who, after all. never saw her.
II will not weary you with the de
tails of life such rs ! pray God few
families know. After few years Hes.
ter and became hopeless OF any thing
better. Wherever we might 60. change
and the probability Of disgrace were .
mere question OF time. My sister never
loses faith in her husband and In
an overruling Power that will never for
sake the righteous. For. strange Is II
may seem, she believes in the piety OF .
man whose sacred profession Is con
tinual lie.
''Oh, Mr.. Gilchristw tho enforced
monotony OF her tone wavering into .
cry Of pain. u think that Is the worst
OF all! When ! recollect my mothers
pure religion-when see your mother
beneficent life and f1rm faith In good
ness and in God-when | know tina: IN
spite OF the seeming untruihfuiness
which Is, she thinks. necessary to pro-
tect her husband-my sister holds fas,
to her love and trust in an Almighty
Friend. and walks humbly with her God
! feel such Indignation against . man
| who is the slave OF passion. selfish. vain
and constituencies, and yet assumes to
show such Souls the way TO Heaven
that dare not enter the church where
he is allowed to preach. lest / should
cry out In the face Of his hearers against
the monstrous cheat"
Her eyes famed clear: tho torrent of
feeling swept away reserve and cold.
ness.
II understand March said, with
sympathetic warmth. "You never dis.
appoint me. Tell me what / can do to
help you. can not let you endure all
this alone any longer"
Nobody can take my share OF the
burden! ! would hardly know myself
| without 1t. 1t will be the heavier for
my sisters distress and Hesters anger
when they hear what have decided to
| do. Hester was on her way over to your
house when you met her. full OF news
she could not wait until tomorrow to
| tell. My mothers only brother went to
Japan thirty years ago, and became rich
He died last March, leaving most of his
fortune to benevolent stitutions there.
| and in America To each Of US. his
| sisters children, he bequeatbed ten
thousand dollars. It is not Q fortune.
but with our modest tastes, and when
joined to the little | already have. II
will support us decently. Ny first
thought. when the news reached US. Z
week ago, was: Now Mr.. Wayt need never
take another charge! We need not live
upon tainted means."
You are noble woman. Hetty-"
She interrupted him.
Il am not! This is not self sacrifice.
but self preservation. II the money
had not been given to US, must have
found some way out Of false position
| want you to tell your father all you
know. Keep back nothing have told
you. He is good and merciful man
Let him speak openly to Mr.. Wayt and
forbid him ever to enter the pulpi,
again upon penalty Of public exposure
and suspension from the ministry
What Judge Gilchrist says will have
weight. With all his high looks and
sounding talk, Mr.. Wayt is coward
He would not venture to resist the de.
cision. Then. we will go away quietly
have thought of the little town In
which my sister and were born. Liv.
ing is cheap there and there are excel.
lent schools for the children. Twenty
Ave thousand dollars will 60 very far
in that region and we can be honest peo-
pie once MORE"
You have arranged 1t all, have you?'
said March, not at all in the tone she
had expected to hear. 'Give them the
cheap town. and the good schools and
the $4,000, by all means. They can
have every thing but your
The long storm in August set in mex,
day. A fine, close drizzle vailed the
world by seven o'clock. At $50. the
twins and Fanny needed their water.
proof cloaks for the walk to school. By
noon the patter on the piazza roof and
falling floods upon lawn and garden
and streets were slow. but abundant 1,
was scrnbbing day and closet day. and,
as Hester fretted sometimes to method.
ical Mary Ann on Friday-"all the res,
of the week" below stairs. Hetty had
to prepare dessert and to set the lunch
table. Before going down she made uE
little fire in the sewing-room. and put
out Hester's color box. glass OF water
stretching board, paper and easel, with
in easy reach, should she decide to use
them. Silently, and not too suggestive
ly, she set upon the table near by q vase
containing some fine specimens OF the
moccasln flower sent In by May Gil
christ with note addressed to "Queer
Nab" Hester hated hints, but IL she
lacked q study she would not have te
look far for 1t.
1t was "a bad day" with her Hel
mother attributed it partly to her disap
pointment at not seeing her cron,
teacher.
Hetty. who had put the excited child
to bed as soon rs she got into the house
the night before, held her peace. Mrs
Wayt, lowering from nursery and hel
husbands chamber to the sewing-room
saw that in her taciturn daughter,
countenance that warned and kept he
aloOf. Another OF Testers biting say