The Forrest City times., 1894-07-20

Oniy coming nome now and shen to re- port the slow progress of the patient LolterIng in the lane one evening, Hiram Blake saw some one leading horse very carefully, who inquired if there was any hotel near, as something | was the matter with his horse, and he wished to find veterinary surgeon to examine it. Mir. Blake did an nnprece- dented thing for him. He asked the lstranger in, while he went for a neigh boring doctor skilled in the treatment of animals. He prescribed some rem edies, and the stranger, who said h:s | name was Dixon, was invited to stop with MT. Blake, such was his utter loneliness. He accepted gladly for few days. The old housekeeper grum- bled at having another ito do for" but after the first day she made no further complaint, saying: .Mr. Dixon was likely man, and pleasant spoken:' some difference between him and Hi Blake" and she prophesied they ! would not pull together long. i
 Mr. Dixon was so solicitous for his horse, and worked so consistently for it's comfort, that it excited his hosts comment. 8sa N
 But that is my religion" Mr.. Dixon answered, ito make everything around me as happy as it is in my power. You have good beast there" and he pointed to a straw berry roan named Peter 8t*
 My wife is fond of that horse." Hiram Blake's voice sounded strange ly to him. M ssa 0s..ssa.,.
 He looks overworked."
 "Yes He has been doing the work of two horses lately. l must let him rest bit, or he will be nothing but skin and bones; but there is no other way to get along. One can't do as he would like to. but as he can
 ''I wish you would let me take down the partition between these two stalls, they are too marrow for Peter to rest well. horse needs plenty of room, and I shall sleep better for it, too.'a I
 Once proposal like this would have been met with derision. but Mir Blake was surprised at his own readiness to assist, and. while one bathed the stiff legs, the other brought an extra meas ure of meal. You would soon spoil the critters" He spoke joeosely, and little awkwardly. sl@t
 "Oh, mo-" said his companion, earn estly. II am only pleading for their rights"
 II didn't know they had any such particular rights" Mr. Bake brought the words out slowly. aN
 ''Oh, yes. every living thing has rights we are bound to respect. We can make heaven for them here, if we will. and for ourselves, too.
 II thought Heaven was a long way off. with an angry God to rule it."
 "Heaven is right round us. or we can make it the other place, as many do. 1 see no anger in Gods dealings with us. He has given us this beauti- full world. It is the most boundless love day after day; but we are slow to learn the lesson, and to do by each other and by every living creature even as he is doing for us all the time.'
 Hiram Blake thought long while over these words. He had never heard anything like the ideas expressed in them. 1
 One evening, seated on the piazza, the two men quite alone, Hiram cited the case of woman who took money | from her husbands pocket, and asked | his friend if he did not think it was taking what did not belong to her. MT. Dixon inquired into the case-if 1 she worked without wages-if she re- l ceived half of the income regularly; | and having learned the facts declared 1 he thought it was plain case of stealing. Hiram shifted uneasily in | his chair. He did not exactly like to have the woman branded in this way, although he had invited the criticism. 1 But Mir. Dixon continued l
 "Yes, man that will force his wife | 70 have recourse to such extremeties- | wife who is only toiler, not a | sharer in the products of home-that l man is thief of the worst type. For l what shonld he live but to make her 1 happy? Instead of that he is laying | uD bitterness for himself, and sorrow | for all around him"
 Hiram Blake shifted his weight from one leg to the other. He had not ex- pected this climax. and he hastily | changed the subject
 II have been thinking of building on to the kitchen. and putting more windows in. My wife always said it [ was too small and lark. What do you thinlS?" he asked |
 T should build new house, and | move this one away. if l owned if, and [ coald afford it.
 Il hadn't thought of that; bat l guess l could do it. 1
 Hiram tock 50 kindly to this siew of