Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-03-09

! elLnef III extracting Une cause.
There had been trouble between
him and a person named Allen on ac,
count of military commission.
Eames had been the favorite of the
company in which he had served as
lieutenant, and had been chosen as
| captain and presented to be commits
stoned. Some enemy had arisen,
however, and Allen, who had great
influence in town affairs, was select
ed. The company paraded under
Allen. The subject was referred, as
everything was then, to the church.
The majority Of this body and I'M
! fortunately the pastor with them,
preferred Allen
This was unacCountable to Eames,
who had fancied himself secure in
the affections Of the minister as he
was in those Of the minister's niece.
Eames had made complaint to the
magistrates, who had met in Boston
and issued warrants against five per
sons who had been said to make
wlllful misrepresentation against
Eames, and had caused him to be
threatened with accommodation
from the church Il punishment
which, as | have limited, was thought
in those days to be nearly equivalent
to being turned away from the gates
Of heaven.
DOrothea was bewildered with this
terrible news That it should have
progressed thus far and that she
should never have heard it until now
seemed incredible. Her uncle, usual
ly so communicative, had been per
fectly silent upon the matter, as in
deed he well might be, when he was
voluntarily helping to injure the best
beloved Of his dead sisters child.
The more Dorothea thought of it
the stranger it seemed Allen, she
knew, had considerable influence
upon her uncle, but hardly, she con
ceived, sufficient to warrant him in
thus throwing Eames out of the pale
Of Christian love and charity. Be
sides, what had her lover ever donei
He had merely accepted a trust i'm
posed upon him by the loving hearts
of his soldiers, who had desired him
to hold the best rank He had ac-
cepted it and was naturally averse,
as any noble man would have been
to be displaced by caprice or envy.
Then the affair with the church
had bowed him to the dust, notwith-
standing his conscious innocence;
and, saddest of all. when Mr. Hobart
had joined the ranks Of the enemy,
the measure seemed too full of dis.
tress. Yet he was a brave man, and
he knew that after the first surprise
and bitterness was past he could raj
ly from despair and become himself
once more Besides this Lieutenant
Eames was a deeply religious man,
and if it was Gods will that he
should be brought down in the hour
of his pride he would bow humbly
before it.
All these things passed in review
before the lovers as they sat watch
ing the long, shining CLEAN upon
the waves. Dorothea, though deeply
moved at the unexpected course of
her uncle, was still firm to sustain
the courage and resolution of her
lover
BE Of good cheer, Anthony
Eames, " she said in the quaint Ian
guage of the day IF God is on thy
side, what can man do to thee| My
uncle is a good man, but he is stiff
necked, and it seems TO me that at
present no good can come of enter
ing into controversy with him. Let
us rather wait until the Lord sees fl
to bring thee out of this affection
you are wiser than / am, Doro
thea, answered the young man. Il
must leave it TO time TO settle this
question. You will not, am sure,
believe that the trouble | feel comes
from any regret for the loss of a dis
tinction which | never coveted, and
am not certain that | merited. There
are far deeper things than these that
Cypress me
"You do me justice, Anthony. |
know that any mere earthly honor.
however pleasant IN itself, would not
weigh a feather with you when honor
and truth were put in the scale against
it. And it is that very consideration
that makes me wonder how my un
Gle can desert you at this crisis
We'll, don't grieve too much, Doro.
thea. ! believe it viii come right at
last, although | confess that know
not how
The lovers parted that night with
a more tender farewell than ever be
/ fore Let the scorners laugh as they
will at true love. 1t grows brighter
and purer when bathed in the waters
of affection Let us thank God that
/ tbis one shark of divine fire is left To