Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-06-17
CHAPTER TX ,

/ The next day was very warm and
! bright, and that pous Lutheran divine,
J the Reverend Charles Dyceworthy, was
| seriously encumbered by his surplus
/ flesh material, as he YEARLY rowed
himself across the FjCrd towards
! Olaf Guldmar's private pier. AS the
perspiration believed his brow, he felt
that Heaven had doalt with him
somewhat too literally In the way of
fat---he was provided too amply with 1t
ever to excel as an oarsnan. The sun
was burning hot, the water was
/ smooth rs oil, and very weighty-it
seemed to resist every stio OF his
clumsily welded blades. Altogether
| 1t was hard uncongenial work, and,
being rendered somewhat ilabby and
nerveless by his previous evenings
carouse with Macfarlane's whiskey,
Mr.. Dyceworthy was in plaintive and
injured frame of mind. He was bound
ON misslon-a holy and edifying
errand, which would have elevated any
minister of his particular sect. He
had found crucifix with the name of
TEelma engraved thereon,-ho was
now about to return 1t to the evident
rightful owner, and In returning 1t, he
purposed denouncing II as an emblem
of tho Scarlet Woman, that stitch on
the Seven Hirls," and threatening all
those who dared to hold 1t sacred. as
doomed to eternal torture, where the
all A lIn InI hnl Iph
over all he meant to say. he had plan
ned reveral eloquent and rounded SEN
tonces, some of which he murmured
plhcldly to himself as he propelled his
slow boat along.
Veal" he observed In Il mild sotto-
voce-"ye shall be cut Oft root and
branch! We shall be scorched even as
stubble, and utterly destroyed" Here
, lac paused and mopped his streaming
| forehead with his clean perfumed
handkerchief. Veal" he resumed
! peacefully, the worshippers OF idoa-
tluus Images are nccursed; they shall
| have asLes for food and gall for drink!
let them turn and repent themselves
lest the wrath OF God consume them as
straw whirled on the wind Repent!
OF ye shall be cast into everlasting
| fire. Beauty shall avail not. learning
shall avail not, meekness shall avail
not, for the fire Of hell is Il searching,
endless, destroyer" here Mr.. Dyco-
worthy, by plunging one oar with too
much determination into the watary
/ "a n ~
Is, and fell violently backward in n
somewhat undignihed posture. Re
covering himself slowly. he looked
about him In n bewildercd way, and
for the first time noticed the vacant,
solitary appearance of the Fiord. Some
object was missing; he realized what
1t was immediately the English yacht
Eulaiie was gone from her point of
anchorage,
Dear mel" said Mr.. Dyeeworthy.
what a very sudden departure, |
Norder, now, il those young men have
gone for good or whether they arc
con ing back againP Pleasant fellow !.
very plemant! tlippant, perhaps, but
pleasant
And he smiled heuovolently. He had
no remembrance of what had occurred,
after he had emptied young Macfar.
lines flask Of Glenlivct he had M
tdei that he had been almost carried
t,,n his garden into his parlor. and
there flung on the sofa and left "a
slcer OF he effects of his strone
tipple; least of all did he dream that
he had betrayed any Of his intentions
toward Tholma Guldmar. or given
his religious opinions with such free
and andisguised candor. Blissfullv
gnorant m these points - .esumei
his refractory oars. and afte. nearlv
an hour of lahorious effort. succeeded
) At last in reaching his destination
Arriving ut the little pier. he fastenet
up his boat, and with the lofty air OF
thoroughly moral man. he walked