Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-10

CONSIDERABLY. II have brounht vour lanfern
as YOU saiggcsted II IL behind the onto
door, His announcement was. preete.l Inv ,
violent blush on tho part of the Older Ms
Pearce, and a xigglo from her sister. which
started suhdued titter thron,,,o,,t a. ~,
tire class. Halsey dimlv p-rceivsd thas s,, n,
Pearce looked upon his attendance mon bo,
the night before as q romantic secret vbicl
his too public return Of the lantern had
tbouohtlessly divulced After ~ o,,,,,j,.
fymn the doctors nioce left the orpap md
took her seat before him The look Of s,,r,
prise and shy appreciation which be hn1
thought he had discovered in her face thu
night before. had given place 10 4
puzzled doubt, grave wonder which
showed that something in the morn
ing's sermon had troubled her. Halsey'.
glance fell before her earnest one-he
could not confront those questioning, truth
loving eyes. Tho lesson of tho day told Of
tho carly inhabitants Of Canaan. Az they
read the text be asked himself what be knew
or could tell them OF the Girgashites, thd
Amalokites. tho Perigxites. tho Wittites thu
Amorites, the Hivitesand the .Jebusites. Al
the close of tho reading the doctors niece
asked O question: The Bible Dictionary SAYS
that the descendants OF these tribes arc The
lelOuln AInIG w I'LL Won toll gDmptllll
Of your experience among tbemr
"Who told YOU that 1 have Ind anv sucli
experiencesFn he asked. smiling. while n fear
OF detection seemed 10 numb ali his facul
tics.
I'm your very interesting talk at PRAYER
meeting Last evening you described tho Jeri.
cho road, and incidentally referred to tho
Bedouins In u way only possible to one WHO
kad ga,, l,,sl,
Halsey breathed more freely. He
thought no could explain ali satisfac.
torily, though II was certainly unfortun.
alto that he had given Mr.. Beecheri
description Of the Jericho road in the word.
OF an eye witness. "My Palestine tour wa,
very meager one" he npologized. at wa;
only one Of Cooks vacation tickets. cannot
presume TO any deep knowledge of the man
ners and customs of the orientals,n and then
as he had recently read Bnyard Taylor'i
LAND OF the saracen' and Warmers "In the
Levant, lie proceeded to give interesting do
scr1ptions of imaginary adventures among
the Arabs Ihe superintendent bell sounded
rs he was describing bazar at Damascus
ana 70 MS confusion he found that he had not
touched upon the lesson, or given any chino
logical information concerning the Jebusites
and the Girgashltes, Nevertheless, the fac'
remained that tho class had been vastly en-
tertained' lie had ascertained, too, By .
roundabout questioning, of which he wa.
heartily ashamed that however conyersan,
inc doctors niece might be with other cities,
Bhc had never been in New York, except to
pass from the Grand Central to tho Jersey
City depot, and had never heard any of the
New York ministers.
In the afternoon Halsey walked over
10 the parsonage, hoping to have chat
with Orient Instead of this the doctor re
ceiyed him In his study and talked divinity
until Halsuy was in cold perspiration. II
was only by Size sharpost exercise Of his fao
ulties and by constant Difference to his
seniors opinions upon all points of DOGMA
thnt he escaped suspicion
After an hour of this ordeal Halsey issued
from the study, feeling thut he had under
gone the horrors OF the inouisition. An snort
had vanished from the situation. he was n
guilty criminal who had bafiled NJ, deteo-
tivcs momentarily. but who would he surelv
dragged down sooner or later. and that with
out mercy. He caught 4 rlinn,o of HE foca
in the mirror In the hall bntrnck and yyos
startled by It's haqgard expression He bad
taken his walking stick. when n hurst Of som.
noated out from the drawing room. IL was
Jesus, Lover of Nv soul.n SUM IN Abt,s
sweetest az ,na,ndiog m 49, ~ ~
tanning hand upon his arm.
at is our family custom to spend the Sab
bath afternoon In a service of son,,. viii vo,,
not join usF
~ do not sing Halsey renIied ,,b,t a.
would be a privilege 10 HSter y III 80
seat near the door; his entrance was en- moi,
lcs8 that the young girl seated at the piono
did not heed it. Sho sang ON. HYMN o,,.,r
hymn, and great healing balm syrent over
his tortured nerves "lIlee lil,e n bird ~ H.,
mountain brought tl,a sba,,, - ~ ~
ewes, for was he not ',wearv on sin y ,yo,,,, -,
this miserable sub.erfugo and refnye ~ btsi
Had they been alone. he could bnve rro,, a A,,
throwing himself UPON her n,orcv bavo o s',A
foeeed ,,,sr,.thi r.. r.. a. nav con'
there bonecent and pnsnSno tim u o,S -. -,
his niece roso at the close Of Tho bymn anJ ~ ,
thanl: her In a oholted voice 1''' '''''
Il am wretch. y he ssid IN h,,,..o,s ~, l..
strobe along the country road. n littia Ito,
striking vindictively M tho All Ur,,IiSi,,
STALKS with his cane "No n,,isL,n. ,tt nv.
bad for me, and have brought unon n, " ~
the shalpest retribution tbot man ca,, -, ~,
that Of turning away from tbo GA ,v puus.
herr ~"
Tho deacon met him nj n ,,.,l. 5,....
from his own gate Hebod evidn,.I,, 1870
out to meet lin. 0Yon b,ss, -. "..i .,,N
,,,a,do,,a IA. ~ ~ rave HlAue lTe-