The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-10

Morning breaks upon Beersheba.
There IL an early stir In the house Of
old Abraham There has been trouble
among the domestlcs. Hagar. an as
sisiant in the household and her son.
a brisk lad OF sixteen years. have be-
come imDudent and insolent and Sa-
rah. the mistress OF the household.
puts her foot down very hard and
says that they viii have 20 leave the
premises. They are packing up now
Abraham. knowing that the journey
before his servant and her son will be-
very long aud across dezollte places.
in the Kindness Of his heart sets abou,
putting mp some bread and a bottle
with water In H. II Is very plain
lunch that Abraham provides bu; |
warrant you there would have been
enough Of IL had they not lost their
way. God be with YOU said old
Abraham as he gave the lunch TO Ha-
gar and good many charges as TO
how she should conduct the journey
Ishmael. the boy. suppose. bounded
away In the morning llgbt Boys al
ways Ike a change. Poor lshmael' Tie
has no Idca Of the disasters that are
ahead ~ him. llagar gives one long
lingering look on the familiar place
where she had spent 20 many happy
DAYS. each scene associated with thc
pride and joy Of her heart, YOUNG lsh'
mael.
The scorchIng noon comes on. The
air Is sitting and moves across the
desert with insunerable sunocation
lshmael. the boy. begins 20 complain
and lies down. but Hagar rouses him
up. saying nothing about her own
wearlness or the sweltering heat; 10:
mothers can endure anything. Trudge.
trudge trudge. Crossing the dead lev
81 Of the desert. how wear.ly and slow
~ the miles Zip by, 4 tamarind that
seemed hours ago 90 stand only Just
little ahead. inviting the travellers TO
come under lts shadow. now Is a. Tar
on as ever. or seemingly 90. Night
drops upon the desert and the travellers
are plllowloss. Ishmael. very weary.
suppose. Instantly iell asleep. Ha-
gar. as the shadows % the night be-
sin 10 lap over each other iiagar hugs
her weary boy 10 her bosom and think1
OF the fact that o. o. her fault that they
are IN the desert. 4 star looks out. and
every falling tear O. Kisses with a SPAR
kle A wing % wind comes over the
hot earth and lifts the locks from the
fevered brow Of the boy Hagar sleeps
htfully and In her dreams travels over
the weary day. and half awakcs her
son By crying out Co.. her sleep. lsh.
mael' lshmaeli"
And no they go on day after day and
night after nlsht. Tor they have lost
their way No path Ia the shifting
sands. NO signs in the burning say
The sack empty % the -FOUR. the water
gone from the bottle what shall she
do? a. she puts her fairting lshmael
under a stuuted shrub %, tn arid plain.
she sees the blood-shot eye and feels
the hot hand and watches the blood
bursting from the cracked tongue. and
there Is shrek iu the desert of Beer.
sheba, We shall die, We shall die"
Now. no mother was ever made strong
enough 20 hear her son cry IN vain FOR
a drink Heretofore she had cheerei
her boy by promising a speedy end o.
the Journey. and even smiled upon him
when she felt desperately enough. Now
there Is nothing Co DO but place him
under a shrub and let him die. She
had thought that she would slt there
and watch until the spirit Of her boy
would go away forever and then she
wosld breathe out her own lie on his
silent heart, but no the boy begins 20
claw his tongue In agony Of thirst and
struggle In distortion. and begs his
mother 10 slay him. she cannot endure
the spectacle she puts him under a
shrub and goes on a bow shot. and be.
gins to weep until an the desert seems
sobblng and her cry strikes clear
through the heavens. and an angel OF
God comes ont on a cloud. and looks
down upon the appalling grief and
cries. "iagar. what alleth theeg" She
looks up and she sees the angel point.
ing 20 a well Of water, whore she nm,
the bottle for the lad. Thank God
Thank God
/ learn from this Oriental scene In
the first place. what sad thing /, 4.
when people do not know their place
and get too proud fcg their business
Hagar was an assistant In that house.
hold. but she wanted TO rule there. 81,
ridlcucd and jeered until her son. lsh.
mael, got the same tricks She dashed
out her own happiness. and threw sa.
rah into a great fret. and 10 she had
stayed much longer In that household
she would have upset calm Abraham
equilibrium My friends. onc-half Of
the trouble In the world today come.
from the fact that people DO not know
their place. or. finding their place. will
not stay iu b. when We come into IN,
world there is always a place ready fot
us. A place FOR Abraham. A place nj
Sarah. 4 place FOR Hagar 4 place
fov Ishmael 4 place Tor you and
place for me
Our FIRST duty Is to mud our sphere
our second is TO keep H. We may b.
born In q sphere FAR on from the on
Cor which God finally Intends u.s. Sixu
V. was born ON the low ground. ana
was a swneherd, God called him mp Il
wave a fceptre, Ferguson spent hl
early days in looking after sheep. Co
called him Mp to look after stars am
he shepherd watching the nocks %
light ON the hillsides OF heaven. 10