Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-08-19
Presently the deacon broke it with .

Deacon, said the minister at last,
with some hesitation. Don't you
think the Lord has brought US together
In this strange way. that We might ad-
Just our differences?"
The deacon made wry face in the
dark. as Slight movement sent a
twings OF pain through his injured
ankle.
"Mebby so, Brother Baggett," he as
sented meekly. "But l kinder hate 1t
about the spraiD."
II would 1 could suffer in your
stead" said the minister, fervently.
But our difference as brothers in the
| church weigh upon me, and l have
| longed for an understanding. l should
not have checked you in your remarks
| thai unhappy Sunday, but l was moved
beyond myself by Mrs. Baggetts dis
tress I beg your forgiveness for my
disrespect.
The deacon was so silent that the
minister almost deSpaired OF receiving
an answer. In truth IL was hard for
the old man 10 acknOwied his fault, yet
his sense Of justice would not permit
the minister 10 assume all the blame.
He looked from the trap into which his
auimoSity had plunged him, away up
into the dark blue, az the calm stars
shining like watchful angel eyes upon
the interview. Something Of the awful
solemn beauty of the night penetrated
the deacon's uGimpressionable soul.
How little, how Insignificant,
seemed tho vexations and the wounded
dignity of mans brief earth life, in the
face OF those vast worlds and the mag
nitude OF that space through which they
whired.
Vaguely the deacon felt this, and at
last he turned TO the minister with that
suftened impulse.
II hadn't no right TO mention Sister
Baggett's name" he acknowledged with
the awkwardness Of an unusual effort.
What she wears amt no concern OF
mine. | lowed TO say so thet Sunday
when you stopped me, an that rlled me
so that | wouldn't give up. I'm too sot
to her my own way, and l ask your fer
giveness, Brother Bagg- Wnoawhoa-
oal Git"
The two men clasped hands in the
darkness, aud after awhile the deacon
fell asleep and the minister watched
Meantime there was CONSERVATION In
their respective homes. 1t was an I'M
precedented thing for either OF these
men TO be absent without notifying
their families. AS the night advanced
terror grew. Mrs. Lowe and Alice
spent the night pacing the porch, wait
| ing, listening for the deacon. About
| four o'clock, the women were in such
| fever OF alarm and worry that tue hired
man volunteered to go 10 the village
and make enquiries.
He returned in an hour In great per-
| tubation OF mind. The minister, too,
was missing. Mrs. Baggett was in wild
| Mysteries, and the shoemaker had de-
| clared that Deacon Lowe had left him
that afternoon, vowing TO take the life
| of the first Baggett he encountered.
The simultaneous disappearance was
ominous. 1t was first whispered, then
said aloud, that no doubt the deacon
had murdered the minister, and then
| fled TO escape the consequences OF his
| crime. Lee Baggett was looked upon
| as an undutiful monster because he re-
iected this theory. He had firmly for
| hidden its mention TO his mother.
In all haste.the wife and daughter set
out for the village. There they found
the street alive with excited people,
! and the shoemaker the center OF attrac-
! ton.
There amt doubt OF its bein' MUIR
der" he was asserting as they neared
group TO which he was addressing his
story. Deacon was jest wild TO hear
that Lee an Alice had been goin' to-
gether, an he said he'd kill all the Bag
gets an Alice, too, for mornin'. He's
a dreadful temper, has Deacon Lowe"
Come away, nay darling" said Lee
Baggett TO Alice. and he drew her from
the gaping crowd. Don't worry over
pack of lies. Wherever they are,
your father has done mine no harm"
"Oh, Lee, how good you are"' she
said, cliuging TO his arm. II am so
thankful you don't believe that terrible
man. But where, oh, where are they?"
Where indeed. The men formed
themselves into parties and secured the
country near and far. Ii was late In
the evening When Alice and Mrs. Lowe
went despairingly back to the farm
house. The poor cattle and horses
and fowls must be tended, and all day
they had neglected them.
As they went weepingly about the
tasks, Alice bad a sudden within.
Poor Billy Fathers faithful old
horse she said, gathering some corn
into her apron. He's away out in the
fields with the colts, and can't see 10
hunt the best grass. I'm going to take
him some some supper.
The horses we're not In the usual
/ n
the fence down, aud TO see the animals
in the field where the dangerous Old
well was left, trap TO beast and man.
She went on into the field, calling Billy
in clear, ringing tones, that were
very peal of deliverance TO the weary,
fasting men at the bottom OF the well.
Alice heard loud and strange cries.
She grew sick with fear q moment;
the next she realized the Sit
uation, and few TO the brink
of the strange prson-hOuse. a
few lglad words and she was racing
back 10 the house for means OF
egress.
Two events Of almost equal interest
occurred In that negihborhood soon
after the above incident.
One vas the church trial OF the
shoemaker on the charge OF lying,
which resulted in his ignominious ex-
pulsion from the church over which the
Rev. Baggett presided.
The other was the wedding OF Lee
Baggett and Alice Lowe, with the APP
proval and cordial blessings OF both
households.
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