The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-10-18

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there we're a great many of them.
Besides it was an entirely new in
dertaking with him, and he welded
his X very awkwardly. The first
day he worked so hard that he wore
himself out by dinner time. The
next day his hands got sore in spite
of his gloves. Yet he perseveled
for a week, beginning early every
morning and working at long as his
strength lasted. No doubt he would
have kept up this brave endeavor
till the job was completed, had not
his axe glanced off from a tree and
turned its edge, now fortunately
dull, against his leg. When he
reached the house he felt right faint
from the loss of blood, but he spoke
cheerfully to Sarah while she bound
up the wound. For n week he was
laid up, but the rest only fitted him
to work the harder when he got out
again.
Miss Clarissa made Sarah frequent
visits which were quite a pleasure to
her and helped to keep down the
tendency to inconsistencies. On II
of these visits Miss Clarissa said to
her:
"Grandmother 'old me to ask you
if you and your brother won't go
with lis to 81 yer Spring to meeting
next sunday"
"Where is Silver Spring." asked
Sarah.
at is on your place, about three
miles from here. 1t is the church
your grandparents used to belong to,
and your pa, too, when he was
young"
"Did he ever cease to belong to
it?" inquired Sarah.
"No, hut he quit comm, and they
stopped thinking about him as n
member. Grandfather and all our
family belong there"
When Philip came in Sarah told
him of the invitation, and he very
heartily accepted it, and got direc-
tons from Miss Clarissa as to the
road. They met a large congrega-
ton OF plain but well behaved peo-
pie. OF curse they attracted
a great deal of attention, and some
of the people looked at them a little
more than they ought to have done;
but the brother and sister had sense
enough to understand that their
position in the community was rather
extraordinary. The services were
impress We and helpful to them, and
they were thankful to their kind old
friends for inviting them to come.
The aged minister greeted them very
cordially. He had known their
grandparents as well as their father,
and had seen them before they were
taken north. He expressed great
interest in their welfare, and prom
ised to call ON them as o as con
venient. Several other persons came
and were introduced to them. Among
these were Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Carter. Mr.. Carter was the owner
OF a large factory Jhen in process of
erection ON the river about six miles
below the Philippson estate. He and
his wife Were intelligent and refined
people whom Philip and his sister
we're especially glad to meet. They,
too, promised to call soon. Thus the
two young strangers in their native
land went home glad at heart for the
comforting service and the pleasant
acquaintance they had made. The
next letter that Sarah wrote her
grandmother made that dear old
lady feel much more r]ecouciled to
the hard lot of her grandchildren.
Philip again renewed his attack on
his clearing, and made some head
way but by the close of the week
he found that he had cleared only
two acres, Acting on Mr.. Silvey's
advice he burnt the brush he had
cut, and then began to take up the
largest of the stumps. This he
found the biggest undertaking of all
his life. He worked at it, however,
till all his neighbors had finished
breaking up their ground for corn,
and We're ready to plant. Then he
judged it time for him to go to
breaking up. He had never plowed
a foot in his life. In vain he har-
messed his horse and hitched to his
pillow. The horse and he we're alike
ignorant, and in that piece of ground
the best trained team and the most
skilful plowman in the world would
have availed but little. There was
hardly a square yard of it free from
stumps or roots. Philip had now
worked a month, and worked harder
than he had ever done before in his
life, yet seemingly to no advantage.
The task is impossible, he would
sometimes think. "What's the use
of butting one's brains out against a
stone wall.n But when he had
rested, he thought better of the
attempt. Perhaps he had tried too
hard at first; perhaps he would get
used to the work by and by perhaps
the worst was over. But the stub