Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-04-09

WCQld drink lnboAiO@'N5 -
when narcotics were not to Dc nau-
believe the appetite ior 'ns
two is a common Symptom
the habit. His wife shielded nin'
then as she does now, and SO success
fullv that he kept church In Cincin-
natl for four years. Hester was beau,
tiful, active child. eight years olo' anu
a great pet with her father. he does
not care for children as rule put sne
was nrettv and clever and amused him
One day she begged her mother 70 ie'
her take dear papa's' lunch up 70 nun.
IL was always dear papa WIN ner' nc
had a way of locking himself IN MS
study from morning until night Saturuay'
Even his wife did not suspect that ne
wrote his Sunday sermon with a glass
Of laudanum and brandy at his side. lie
was busy upon set OF popular dis,
courses ON Crying Sins OF the Day.
They drew immense crowds
A sarcastic CLEAN passed over her
face. and for the first time the llstener
saw a likeness to the witty and wise
cripple.
chester knocked again and again
without getting an answer. Ihen ne,
father called out that he was busy anu
did r,t want any lunch. She was al
wava willful and he had INDUCED her
nnraasonably. So she declared that she
would not go away until be opened tne
door and took the tray-not II sne nau
10 stand there and knock all day lie
tore omen the door in afury, threw the
.rav and the lunch downstairs and hung
the child after it. The drugged drins
had made him crazy"
March shuddered.
"And that was the cause"
SIT left her what you see now. The
effect upon her character and feelings
was. II possible, more deplorable. from
that hour she has never spoken to her
father at all, or OF him as papa 1t IS
aIwavs he and him. to the family,
Mr.. Wayt TO strangers. 1t seems hor-
ribly unnatural, but she loathes and
desnises him. While she lay crushed
and suffering for the months that passed
hefore she left her bed, she would go
into commissions at sight OF him.. Her
mother begged her, on her knees 70
forgive poor papa, who had ae-
lirious headache when he pushed her
away from the door Hester refused pas
,sionately. She Is no more forgiving
now. Yet she was so proud and shrewd
even then that she never betrayed 70
the doctors how she was hurt She let
everybody believe that 1t was an acci-
dent. had been her nurse for six
/ 10 salA the fearful
story.
.The truth never got abroad in Cincin'
natl, but flying rumors of Mr.. Nayts
growing eccentricities and the possible
cause gathered an opposition party in
the church. 1t was headed by promin'
ent druggist who had talked with Others
in the trade from whom Mr.. Wayt had
bought opium, laudanum and brandy
He has been more cunning In his
purchases since then. He was obliged
70 resign his charge, and became what
poorHester calls'an ecclesiastical tramp
He controls his appetite within toler
ablv safe bounds for awhile, sometimes
for months, then gives way, and we live
on the verge OF discovery and disgrace
until the crisis comes. The end Is al
wavs the same. We break camp AND
move on"
..Yet he brought clean papers TO tbs
Fairhill church"
A dreary smile went with the answer
"Clerical charity suffereth long anc
is kindl Out OF curiosity attended
once, a meeting OF presbytery that dis
missed him from his church and com
mended him 70 another presbytery
We had narrowly escaped public ex
posure at that time. The sexton fount
Mr.. wayt in the condition you hav'
seen this evening upon the hoor o
Of the lecture-room and called il
a physician, who Boldly proclaimed
thar the man was dead drunk.
The accused put in a plea Of indisposi
ton and an overdose of brandy, mad
vertently swallowed. His brethren, as
sembled In solemn session, spoke OF hi
faithful work in the vineyard and tn
headings Of Divine Providence, AM
said that their prayers went with hin
10 his new field of labor.
II don't want to be unjust and cyni
cal. Mr.. Gilchrist. and ! can see tina
there is q pleasanter side to the case
There is such thing as Christian char
ity, and more OF 1t in the world than w
are willing TO admit However churcl
people may gossip about an unpopula
pastor and maneuver 20 get rid OF hin
when the parting comes they vii
not brand him in the eyes of Others
And clergymen are very faithful to on
another. II is really beautiful to Sc
aow they try to hide faults and toible'
1t is q literal fulfillment Of the CON
mand: Bear We one another's burdens
: In some-in most OF Mr.. Wayt's charge
the secret OF bis frequent change {
: pastorate was not told. He was odd
: and had nomadic tastes Sometime
the climate did not agree with b
health. The air was too strong, or to
: weak Twice poor Hester's conditio
? demanded an Immediate change. W
went to Chicago to be near an eminer
surgeon who, after all. never saw her.