Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-21

l "Git love, icGStl-g, |lae. singing,
music, art, dancing. beautiful girls,
fine rooms and rich Misunderstanding
that the Wit Of mn creates and the
brain Oh man desires. And, Oh, how lit
tie l get; how moderate / am" He
was sitting up and leaning forward,
! locking up at her face, but she still
turned away and would not meet his
eyes 81 have always he went on,
'b"e,l hungry for those things. If can
| get them in any way-in any way.
| n,ird--I will. What: These are the
things for which We were born. Let
| each generation drink its full measure,
] running over. of those lows before it
goes away at Is no more seen. You
blame NJ IN for wanting them? Why,
We are like the wild creatures; we hun
ger and fight for these good things.
They are the food Of youth Your con.
| SCIENCE. that you talk about SO much.
would not safer me TO fight for what
want and SO should have to go hun
CRY and empty. Don't worry me about
| Conscience
and you are a clergyman"
! Il was Whether l shall be again is
| u,
impossible.
You are Christian at least. You
| go to church,
81 go to church. have always been
TO church. Nobody has ever been to
churcl, more than l have am very
fond of the church. Its chants, its an
| thcms and its hymns love. When I
took orders, it v:;ls i'll order to 90 on 60
ing TO church. My greatest happiness
| has always been i'll church. As boy I
used to turn up my fine eyes and put a
fine spiritual rapture into my face.
| which made the women sigh and CIV
| The sight OF that face. the sweetness Of
those eyes, they said. was alone sUffi-
Gent to uplift their hearts and to fill
them with faith
| 1T was !. fatal gift
| "Thcy used to load me with presents.
| They used TO get me to their houses
and make me sing They gave me kisses
and money and books and all kinds of
| jolly things. And l liked their kisses
best. Then they had my photograph
taken, and it was sold in the shops,
| even i'll London they sold 1.-THE boy
in the surplice with his mouth open and
his eyes gazing upward filled with a
light not Of this world -
! "How could they: How could your
mother let them Go it:''
| ''s;he was proud of it. Sometimes she
Thought it we'll to put in IL word about
having ones head turned, but it was in
faint hearted way. On the whole she
! was proud Of all the fiattcry. she used
to come 10 the cathedral herself and sit
| opposite. She used to taltlc to her Gus
TONERS III the shop about her saintly
boy. She had many of his sayings to
relate. She really believed that her son
WAS saint. l believed it too She used
to expect an audible call like that of
Samuel. She would not have been in
the least surprised at the appearance Of
miracles. Indeed, 1 did think Of trying
one or two. Unfortunately had rot
then so mick courage as have acquired
| since. Otherwise l might have risen TO
! fame very carly"
| Again, fatal gift" said the girl.
| WHY, Maggie. You would not like
tho man YOU love to be a sandy haired,
pimply little wretch with boiled fish
ing high, would you:"
! Go on, 90 Gu. Let us finish.''
Here is my apologize, Maggie. I
don't think yea quite understand the
kind Of early life had. Well, you see,
it was ali very well at home and in the
cathedral, but at school it was different
The boys-,hey Were a rough, coarse
set who had no saintliness Of soul and
werCcapahlc Of no sentiment-woul,ln t
have my gifts and graccs at any price
They gave ne niCl,uaines. l was Soany
sam. You knew that my first name was
actually Sainucl-Sanucl till changed
it. l was II. Swivel, ] was Holy Joe,
was the Pious Warbler-all kinds of
names. Twas rot happy at school. Then
/ couldn't fight. and they wouldn't let
me cry. Even the head master wouldu t
have it When began to put on any
thing like the real spiritual gaze of the
photograph. Called me a miserable lit
tie hypocritc once when l was saying q
collect and began to put Il little express
zion into my eyes. SHED a book at me,
tie Book of Common Prayer. And he :.
clergyman! No. was not happy at
schccl," he added thoushtfully. at
was there that the frs. row happe ned. ~
"Wha, was that Despite her wrath
she coald no. choose hat listen Besides
he had never before this revealed him
self So completely.
Something about money" he re-
piled, with a weary sigh. lit is always
about money. We can't get along V it'll
out moncy. yet they make so much fuss
about helping yourself. This fuss was
only about three or four pounds. found
them OF the mantelshelf i'll one of the
masters rooms. OF course / didn't ask
if it belonged to anybody. You pick q
blackberry On the hedge and You don t
ask whose blackberry it is. There was
Il maidscrvant who saw me. OF course
III self defense 1 said that / saw Lcr
take the money. They searched me and
they found the coins i'll my pocket. So
was expelled, and all the boys came
out 10 cheer when Holy Joe left the
dCors. OF course at home stuck to the
story about the housemaid. And tie
ladies all believed ii. p"
ooh, what "a story il ISL