The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-21

and who had declared he would never
For Tan, tile healer had that peculiar
insight, that n,ihd-readihg which has
kept him from touching seofers. He
lie looks 1e at tb s1rea y, h
smiled q smile that was absolutely AN.
gelic. ] never saw SO sweet. so pure
look NOR heard q tone as baby-like us the
loiee xhlsh hs spoke i Mas Ike s
us standing many feet away. though it
was spoken in whisper. as ii in conf
dence, to That poor. scared fedInan.
BIessiug = Handkereilieh -
Then | rode up again, drawing niy
handkerchief from my pocket. 1t WasAH
ter i took III hsid III s1 ninnse 1 ID bod Ds
hands md gave It sbae K To yine. S. "IsAitii,"
faith! he lnurnilred. - 3 "a
him: His s1nagnetis1n had struck into
Ms-the same ma gnetism which led that
Fox family. in Denver, where he lived
moDtll,s to listen tsshifn every day, neg
flecfilg their business Under his spell,
yet losing not1a cent, they: testify. l
tucked the handkerchief in my breast,
resolving to keep it forever: And again
We were upon the trail:
II Of sudden | noticed that the healer
was less at his ease than formerly. Once
| he looked over his shoulder and Urged
his horse forward. We looked back and
saw nthe dinstanee some faint sreeks:
Ugh; wagon, and the other guide ex-
ella imed Fifty horses az carts IF
+ there's one. The dust rises half "a mile
in the air. They're coming hard, too
And he was right. Sehlatter had been
/ discovered in the town, and they were
upon his trail. Only we had found him
| first.
Twice SehIatte turned}around as if to
change his course. but Kept straight on.
| The reason for this we soon saw. We
| were surrounded. At the town ahead Of
Va news had soon gone forth that the
| healer WAS on his way there and they
| had mustered out their wagons to meet
him. From other directions came wag-
ens, too. There plainly had to be Il
meeting with the healer.
Sclllatter rode slowly, and all soon
/ came up to us. those behind by riding
fast and those ahead by coming out to
4 where we were.
! And then We held that meeting outside
Of the town of which you have heard.
| There were over 100 present, and Schlat-
| ter shook hands with them ALI PRAYING
| over each: $50 se'S7a-.'
He talked very little:
Are sou Schlattcr?'
Il ann @ss
1 Where are. You eoing? ~
1 The Father knows. Not: |:
| Are you going into New Mexieo! -
THE Father. knows
1 ..Shall you fast forty days at Albt-
| querQuey
II think so. How long the Father only
knows. . ~
All this with serene smile and se-
phic expression impossible TO depict,
/ but so sincere that no man has ever seen
| it and doubted. Then | noticed for the
first time how beautiful. clean and we'll
grOomed he was. though he could have
made no careful toilet.
| We left him then, as the crowd turned
/ away. It was getting dusk and we
wanted to reach town by, nightfali.
| Schlatter would not come with US. -
could not bear to leave him out there
| in the hills alone. It was SO heartless.
One of us offered him purse Of money,
trying TO slip it in his pocket in the con-
/ fusion which the crowd around him and
! the close quarters brought about But
he took it OUT of his pocket and threw
it upon the ground. frownins at US.
| Schlatter has :. hatred Of money and
| money -getting. Talking of it afterwards
and remembering his scathing look. So
in contrast to his gentleness, we thought
| he might fear to touch money ma inly be-
cause Of the great harm which would he
done the ca use if it We're told that he
| took pay for his cures.
AS we rode away | turned and looked
back at him, not once but many times.
The head of the white horse was turned
southwark. Upon his back sat Schlatter
with upturned face and hair floating
down his collar. He wore no coat He
seemed warm. though the wind began
to be very sharp. and in the last glimpse
got Of him he had his hat swinging by
his side. while his head lay back so that
he looked into the deepest of the clouds.
Schlatter. in his fast will be an inter-
esting figure, for the touch of the super
upon the trail. as l found him, was
something to make others as suoernat-
ural as himself. Constance Merrifeld.