The Newtown bee., 1898-11-11
The Home Circle.
Saints of the Frontier.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE EIGHT.


body, begged his pardon and asked him
TO accept iC.
With smile he answered: 81 thank
you, gentlemen, but cannot take it. i
bave wasted much money in my time.
Now feel as though L had a little on
interest, and shall get along first rate"
Talk about royalty! Baxter was an
emperor. He did have something ON in
terest; something for this world and the
world TO 60 ne.
Bishop W wanted to establish q
chuI CD, and his first work was to select
men who would act and be help to him
as trustees. ...s.
1t is nothing to get trustees for min.
ing co npanv here, but church is q
different thing. In church, you know,
a man has to die to fill his shorts. and
then, somehow, in these late years men
have doubts about the formation, SO that
when man starts company on that
lead any more he finds it nigh, hard to
place any working capital.
At the time it was just about impossi-
BILE to get full sta # of trustees that
would exactly answer the orthodox re.
quirements. But the bishop was a man
uf expedients. IL was sinners that he
came to call to repentance, and 1t did not
take him long to discover that right there
was big field. He went to work at once
nth that hos
abated for moment since. He selected
all his trustees but one, and looking
al ound for him, with clear instinct he
determined that Abe E. should be
that one if he would accept the place.
Now Abe was the best and truesL of
men, but he would swear sometimes.
Indeed, when he got started on that stra-
rum, he was holy terror. But the
bishop put him down as trustee, and,
meeting Abe on the street, informed him
had taken the liberty to name him as
trustee and asked Abe to do him the hon.
or Of attending trustees meeting at
O'Clock the next afternoon.
81 would be glad TO help you out,
bishop" said Abe, "but--it--, don't
know. L can run a mine or quartz
mill, but don't know any more than a
Chinaman about running church."
But the bishop pleaded his case 80 ably
that Abe at length surrendered, promised
to attend the meeting, and, having prom
Used, like the sterling business man that
he was, promptly put in an appearance.
Besides Abe and the bishop, there
were six others. When all had assem-
bled, the bishop explained that he desired
to build a church; that he had plans,
specifications and estimates for a church
to cost $4,000, with lot included; that he
believed $500 might be raised by sub
scription, leaving the church but $500
la debt, which amount would run at low
interest, and which in growing place
like their new town the bishop thought
might be paid up in four or five year,,
leaving the church free. He closed by
asking the sense of the trustees as to the
wisdom and practicability of making the
attempt.
There was general approval of the
plan expressed by all present except
Abe, who was silent until his opinion was
directly asked by the bishop.
"Why, bishop" said he, 81 told
you that I knew nothing about the
church business, but / don't like the
plan. If you were to get money at Is per
cent per annum, which is only half the
regular bankir 6 rate, your interest would
amount to nearly $1,000 year, or almost
as much as you hope to raise for com
mencement. 1 am afraid, bishop, YOU
would never live long enough to get on
/ of debt. You want a church, anG
why don't you work the business a.
though you believed it would pay Thai
is the Only way you can get up any con
fidence in the scheme.
Abe sat down, and the bishops hear
sank within him. With smile one o
the other gentlemen asked Abe what hi
plan for setting a church would be.
81 will tell you,'' said Abe. II NOV
that an assessment of $1,000 be levied up
on each OF the trustees, payable immedi
ately."
It was q startling proposition to tn
bishop, who was just from the East an
who had not become accustomed TO mir
ing ways. With faltering voice he said :
ssMr E., fear that at present canne
; raise $1,000"
"Never mind, bishop. we will TAX
yours out in preaching; but there is q
rebate for any of the rest of you. II 70
. are to serve the Lord you have got TO b
respectable about it. Your checks.
yon please, gentlemen"
All were wealthy men, and checl
, were laughipgly furnished with jokin
! remarks that it was the first compan
I ever formed in the wn where the OF
9 GERS really invested any money.
Abe took the checks, added his own
: the number, begged the bishop to excul
d him, remarking as he went out that Will
J. he had every faith in the others, still
Z was anxious TO reach the bank In advan,
4 OF them, and started uptown.
I he nst this man and that and deman