Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-11
CHAPTER V.

Now, Ruth said Mr. Fellowes
when he had finished and despatched
his note, and, lighting a cigarette,
settled himself in his arm chair oppo-
site to her, 'I'll yield you up all
know. 1t was the queerest interview
l ever had with that queer pair.-You
needn't wriggle with anticipation, my
dear, no human creature could repro
duce the scene with any justice to him
self or to his subject--Waring had
most palpably put on for the occasion
brisk man of they world air that was
superb, but his wife seemed DREAMER
than ever, and limper, and her hat
looked rather askew."
1T always does but do go on
Directly you give me chance
dear Waring opened the campaign
with a little small talk as he always
does, but it was quite off-hand and
reckless today. He had hardly set his
gentle tap fairly flowing, however,
, when his wife suddenly woke UP and
Clipped in with quite phenomenal
clearness and precision:
Dear Henry, suppose we state the
object Of our call, we can converse
afterwards
Then It all came out. First one
stated a fact or a theory, then the
other had his innings. 1t was hard
enough to follow the two and to
watch them at the same time; one
never likes to miss the moment when
they clasp hands again, and the little
looks they cast on each other in the
process. 1t appears the pair mediate
a definite experiment on those
wretched children, and want my help
in securing a bear-leader for the task"
Good sracious!' gasped Mrs. Eel
loves. Go on" she commanded
grimly, what is it?''
con no account whatever is either
to be sent to school or allowed to hold
intercourse with other children; no
woman is to have any hand in their
tuition: naturally, cricket, football, and
every other boyish sport is to be care
fully excluded from the curriculum,
and all Christian teachings is to be ut
terly tabooed."
, Mercy on us,'
} THE facts Of the Old Testament are
| to be impaired to them with other an
cient history, and they are to be Well
instructed in the natural sciences. By
these means they will learn to know
God in His Works-with capital W
Mrs. Warning observed this soleInnly
to her husband for my benefit Eek
actly, my darling he replied, with a
most surprising alacrity-they had re-
hearsed this point, those two babies
When the children are launched into
their teens and have presumably an
rived at an age Of more Or less discre-
ton the Bible and any other existing
evidences of Christianity obtainable,
are to be formally presented to them
The imps may then receive or reject
them according to their particular turn
of mind, but in no case are they to be
biased"
The parents have seemingly occu
pied themselves a good deal with this
part of the experiment and regard this
presentation of a choice Of beliefs as a
SoTl VI luuCIlOu Oh WIlCu l1leS ultttI
to take exhaustive observation
Tie rector paused to roll another
! cigarette; when he had finished and
5 lighted it, he went on
Ruth, you are an intelligent woman
l and won't misiudge me when 1 say
that this experiment in itself seems t.
be a reasonable one
5 awful one" he went on. musing aloud
I'VE all have had, every decent Eng
: fish man. woman and child of us ha.
e had the Bible relg:ouSly drilled int
r him from the time of consciousness til
: whatever time he CAN manage TO reat
: it for himself, then he is eXhorted t
] carry on the exercise independently
and a good percentage of people do
/; you'd be astonished at the number O
t people who never miss reading thei
S Bible every day of their lives, ant
e perhaps more astonished still If yo'
d were to know the amazingly small eff
o feet it has on the hives Of these people
: Even from an intellectual point o
l. view. it is incredible to me how httl
l. the average human being has graspe'
g the heritage he possesses in this book
II was speaking to a girl the othe
Y day-by far the most intelligent on
a I know in these regions was talk
', ing to me with perfect unrestraint an
h frankness about all sorts of things
d She told me she could see no beaut.
e whatsoever in the Bible, and that sh
er had never been able to derive an alton
1t of encouragement or assurance from