Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-04-05

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his Master, and with that finally she
was content.
She had overcome her nervousness
and dread now that Philips coura
geous presence strengthened her, and
she began TO tell him that he had bet
ter hunt for the man who had appear
ed so mysteriously in the study.
Il haven't convinced myself yet that
there is any man. Confess, Sarah, that
you dreamed all that"
Il did not" replied his wife, little
Indignantly. "Do you think | wrote
those letters and stuck that knife into
the desk myself|
"Of course not. But how could a
man get into the study and neither you
nor the girl know III"
II did hear a noise, and that is what
| started me up stairs. And he may be
/ in the house yet. l shall not rest easy
until you look into all the closets and
down cellar and everywhere"
So Philip. 10 quiet his wife, search
ed the house thoroughly, but found
nothing. The servant and the min
isters wife followed along at re-
spectful distance behind Philip. one
armed with the poker and the other
with a fire shovel while he pulled open
closet doors with reckless disregard Of
any possible man hiding WITHIN and
pretended 10 look into the most unlike
ly places for him, joking all the while
to reassure his trembling followers.
They found one Of the windows in
Philips study partly open. But that
did not prove anything, although a
man might have crawled in and out
again through that window from an ell
Of the parsonage, the roof Of which ran
near enough to the window so that an
active person could gain entrance that
way The whole affair remained more
or less a mystery TO Philip. However
the letters and the knife We're real
He took them down town next day TO
the office Of the evening paper and ask
ed the editor TO publish the letters and
describe the knife. II was too good a
piece Of news 10 omit, and Milton PEG
pie We're treated to a genuine sensation
when the article came out. Philips
object in giving the incident publicity
was TO show the community what a
murderous element it was fostering in
the saloon power. Those threats and the
knife preached a sermon to the |
thoughtful people Of Milton. and citi- |
zens who had never asked the question |
before began to ask now, Are we TO
endure this saloon monster much Ion
ger?'
As for Philip, he went his way the |
same as ever. Some Of his friends and |
church members even advised him to |
carry a revolver and be careful about |
going out alone at night. Philip laugh
ed at the idea of revolver and said: |
IF the saloon men want to get rid Of
me without the trouble of shooting me
themselves, they had better make me a
present of a silver mounted pistol |
Then | would manage the shooting my
self. And as for being careful about
going out evenings, what is this town
of that ii will continue to
license and legalize an institution that
makes its honest citizens advise new
10 stay at home for fear of as
sassination? No. | shall 20 about my !
work just as If lived in the most law
abiding community in America And If
am murdered by the whisky men |
want the people Of Milton TO under
stand that the citizens are as much to
blame for the murder as the saloon
men. For a community that will IL
,ense such a curse ought to bear the
shame of the legitimate fruits Of it,"
The trial of the man with the hare
lip had been postponed for some legal
reason, and Philip felt relieved some
what. lie dreaded the ordeal of the
court scene. And one or two visits
made at the Jail had not been helpful
10 him. The man had refused each
lime to see the minister, and he had
gone away feeling hungry in his soul
FOR the mans redemption and realiz-
NJ something Of the spirit of Christ
when he was compelled to cry out,
They will not come unto me that they
might have eternal life" That always
seemed to Philip the most awful fea
lure Of the history Of Christ-that the
very people he loved and yearned after
spit upon him and finally broke his
heart with their hatred.
He continued his study Of the prob
em Of the town, believing that every
place has certain peculiar local char
lcteristics which every church and
ought TO study. He was
struck by the aspect of the lower part |
)f the town. where nearly all the poor
Pr people lived. lie went down there
and studied the situation thoroughly.
IL did not take very great amount OF
TO convince him that the
church power in Milton was not prop
arly distributed The seven largest
churches in the place were all on one
street. well up in the wealthy resi-
ience portion and not more than two
Or three blocks apart Down in the
tenement district there was not a sin
gle church building and only one or
two weak mission schools which did
Dot touch the problem Of the district nj