The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-04-22
0
A WESTERN TALE.

lw' 50 sons Il Is d. long. novel. INNS cor VI 'b' '' w
.,or.,f" VH.,t.rt.. Not oslv were tn Wirnushhys queer,
but old Eu,5h Wt,.paAiv TIA. father If the principal char
rhafoc,cris,i,s. "She was tho woman who had that water
wit,hine power. vrf.e is. and va< with her. It real power.
she was the wour they used to tlirdfott and lad across
. covered ditch with the forH.i willow twiE in her hands;
and she would TN where The water was every time; but
rIr. .t,ry or r,..r vflo,aph, is - study of the deyeiot-
nuaut nf ti. belief i'm ~piritualsm. They had a risht TO thu
et,h-t "o1eer.~ fa these WiiIoushhys. Just how the a-
thor stands. or wouII have III. reader l-ieva ne stands. -
not quite clear Tie seems &" express ii certain belief in
t.,ns. manifestations which Syi!ittfIf>ts call "rhenomeua.'
To tn. uarits-. t.I,r it seems that there is = good bit ~
ignorance. 81 portion of vanity. and q nrtee lump of queer
ness and stuht"rru.ss in Emo. Ii WiiloughhyS belief in Srtf-
itu,Iisn. A. 'ur Ills wife. Hannah. her Influence" seems
not TO has, a.a of the spirit. Lu- merely "a manifestation
"f temper u .ll-
II i~a &c.,. ... that ~ th- Wllou-th,s ami tiurrHi
y,u.. sister ..-. IS one 81 tie must Interesting o' -A.
character. ..-,t,I Euo,H Wuiou2hhy. Hat 90 ta has
She found that she could not believe his doctrine. and 70
turned to IT,, Quaker church. in which they htt all been
brought ur <ne did. however. do AN uncommon ,hne. per
hars. in advising Fro,h TO remain a Spiritualist and h."
brave about it, She had the spirit OF tolerance tn"'h VIII
Ioughby was born queer and she admitted the fact.
From his watcr-witching mother and from TIN queer
Wiloughbys" Eno,h inherited Il pecniiar quality of mind.
He began to have frances. He began to hold little Spiritual
iStic meetings in his own home, with his wife, Iyddie and
the children. oue evening he came in to the family in great
excitement.
Every or" sax ~ a glance that something had hap
p@nel. He w. pale rs sheet and seemed utterly exhausted
At first he coGiI NOT speak and lay down On the bed.
All in the room were silent and waited until h. c'uIi tel
what was IN" matter. Finally he told them he had been
S'lN"' d"I '''l''H ny u Sbii-
1T was useless 60 express surprise the man as thoroughly
believed what he was saying as believe am this moment
holding the pen. lie hai gone out 20 the c"rn'rib To feed
thu horses and bari STOPPED down to pick mp the corn AMI
put it in the basket. Just then a tail and powerful man
seized him and with 4 club began beating him saying all The
time:
~ viii teach thee to- deny me | viii teach tHe' to deny
me
ne '"'i.'' '''''iG MN" nun at - NJ ~" '"N" ~
h'"SIeo on 1870 H""r ~ Il IT'D M 'V'"'e
NE W " way ne ."d W. ~ s ,"[ una a." a5 .hcranrti,
that. i"r NJ t"I tt story as long IS ne 'V'i a"l "'ro"-H
derived II hh'@ei'' re ma II Se.his otth oh''t''" ""e,"
e ~ mn :" nam u p"i NV
could 40 max u Ms nini IL vas a name IN '"' f''"''
ana ne owe ne gn,Ten 81 ms 81, mr. u ne l%' s""-
pHh'Nph l' eHe' ing wa ne "i nC rNi'' i7'-' ''-
ably TINS coinpnfNctioh ht increased ih'o rem'fse' 'f Il
had the lfnag. ffl'lVe nlino 'hat can magnify Il 'houS"'i
'iiainetefs every little thing. and this remorse may har'
ii"iuct II erect iIt ne peIeN'n II was q Sp'"' af'
'ht, ne ma 't'h puhished anu h"d armed d eS7''
'ihereaf'r he called himself a Sriri'uah't openly am
always even "ltn 'He eiiuii attached 10 'te name wa a.
I.i%,lE aIlngl o nm a: ne ono ",C'enea :" ne no''
"r the FRIENDS s'crtF would nave becn. n man h'i o."
'"."' ,''' "'Si''e Ne -, ~ '"He =" "' 80
10 MN IDEAS burst upon MN NIX sNyfoeks's' win S'arIn''-
l"'te ana WIN an ,h" ih''Eih"ai''s oi concrete 'hnnSs' ih'H
Were MOI II ils'lh misty 'h-uo theF are TO SoHe
ONO WAS not a thlekiy settled state in tnoch Wu1olSh-
hys young days. Because of family disasreements he took
ms VIE her yolnG SISTER ana 'hefr chilireh ana went west
I hey settled in Iowa. ana L was there that hnochs spir-
ituatsm developed itself.
II vas years hef'Fe hannah gave up ana acknowledged
the name OF STlfitualsm. She had had no spiritual heat
LnEs IN me l''"Irin % aS.en nsr eelsi9n- n a "w-
49, ~. ,. - ,ra,n -
,"" va" 80 we"
" r. t - a, ~.
M "' ~
'"i INC ne
80" Wv E'"" 'N 10" "' "e H""h '"'
-
Ii. .
'"' '" '"" """ i""
III was she that learned to use finally all those radical
expressions called liberal but. Ill reality most iihherhi.
which Ehoeh was always en'cNing her for IL WAS she that
I" U.s. the words. 'Esoted christians and narrow
ihiH'iea 'fthoI'A. n later o n cultivated the acquaintance
u spiritual iheoihfhs rs fnlch from q ieeihfs of pi1ne a.
anything ana, influenced by her growing dialhe and hatre'
OF the old meeting. cane even I" dislike the Bible without
aitly. OF course. Ut 1"ssionately.
This SpfritualIsfn did not bring happiness to the family.
' VIZ" ' '' """.
"' NM F' ""tN" :" wilma"
~ N"n' !" 't"' XII /" ""i new III -" d ht WHAT
~ - - 80 r'" =" iFN"e 'E " ""r-
"' '" "' I" ""'"-
~
"4 ''
~ i'''e' AN 'e"sp'n' Mother nS one owe. W 'e me
us us like TSs what I' '1 the ," others IS ' aa. a ! ao %a' I ike na Il ,p soins :" wiz, II