Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-11-01
Continued.

Dpr influences VIII no uOuDt III oVi'i'1
measure nullify our efforts, as VIII
also the possible impressions mo
doubt of low order-which our chill
dren, in that period Of mere physical
development before the culture OF
their parts began, may have received
from outside; but with these excep.
lions. / feel confident that, as regards
all knowledge Of religion. the minds or
our children are blank.
He was silent for moment and re-
parded the blanks with supreme salts
faction.
"Mr. Fellowes," he began again,
"my wife and are most anxious that
our children should receive all the
facts and arguments In favor Of
Christianity before the counter argu-
ments are PUT forth before them, and
In the most reasonable and enlight-
ened manner. We have therefore In
yited you to be present today and
would feel ourselves under still one
more obligation to you" here he
looked from Mr. Fellowes TO his wife
and so made one Of them, you who
are so eminently fitted for the task
n you would make our children ac'
quainted with leading points in the
history of religion. Would you also
be so good as to direct them In their
course of reading-our daughter ut
least. for Dacre, | believe, goes to
Elton tomorrow? Ny wife and | have,
as you know, been reluctantly obliged
TO relinquish our plans In this Instance,
owing to the pressure of strong an
cestral bias which will. fear, also
compel us to allow the boy TO devote
himself to brutal pursuits and finally
to enter the army His ordinary cult
ure then In religious matters must be
entrusted to the tutors of his school,
who no doubt, will fill his mind with
strange vagarles. However" he went
on with a fixed melancholy look at the
boy, ''Dacre's intellect Is not OF high
order 1t matters little; but with Gwen
very specially we desire your aid. We
have discovered In her an unusual
power of applying knowledge. and we
would be glad If you would examine
her from time to time, that she may
have a sound and reasonable knowl-
edge Of the arguments on the one side
of this very interesting question, be-
fore she considers those on the other;
we may be accused" he continued
with sigh, land perhaps justly, Of
an unfair attempt to bias the girls
mind by not arranging that the study
OF the opposed facts and arguments
should run side by side with these.
But in this matter. | fancy" he said,
with little smile Mt his wife, II
fancy both my wife's and my heredi-
tary tendencies nave rather handi-
capped our intelligence | do trust with
no lllresults to our children" he
added embracing them both in one
perturbed glance and sitting down
rather YEARLY.
CHAPTER NJ.
During the latter part Of this dis
course Mr.. Fellowes had been sorting
the books on the small table, and had
them now arranged in two separate
heaps
Gwen had been gradually edging her
chair near Mrs. Fellowes and her face
WIS utlSHI ana eager.
Any new thing is always full of pos
slhilities 10 Il young creature moving
ont in all directions after experience.
Besides, there was an undercurrent of
qui 7 anxious affection, running all
through her fathers half.incompre-
hensiDlc speech, that struck her and
kept down for the moment her usual
defiant attitude of mind when held up
before her parents.
Dacrc's reflections, whenever the
paternal eye was off him partook- of
the most primitive simplicity
THANK goodness, I'm ont Of It,
After ALL it's good thing to be an
ass; and the army. oh golly | never
expected anything SO sensible as that
from EN-"
With that he winked lugubriously
In Ovens direction and was rather
upset by catching Mr. Fellowes' eye
instead
81 am quite certain that whatever
you and Mrs Waring have done in
this matter has been done most con
seientiouSly." said Mr., Fellowes dis
CreetlN 4 iu Slau YOU tHtUk me cup
able OF teaching your children. what
10 my way of thinking is the head aud
fount Of all knowledge knowledge
OF God and Of His Son. Jesus Christ"
Gwen looked ut Mr. Fellowcs with
al astonished. eager gaze.
"This all sounds quite good she re-
fected, "hut then Is it2 Things are 50
very different from sounds, every
tutor, before he comes, sounds lovely
"But, Mr. Warning" continued the
rector mildly "if ron entrust this mat
ter to me You must also entrust me
with the choosing of the books bear
linz on the subject. for instance,
should decidedly reserve this book.
Lord kmberely, also this, Remains Life
Of Jesus. for that future period when
Won intend to give your children the
evidences against Christianity. These
70 my mode of thinking, would GER
tainly be yalueess for our purpose
Indeed, Mr. Fellowes. you surprise
mer'