Willmar tribune., 1900-05-16
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II heard your sermon this morning."
@iasRadAp's eghest awhilc: Mrs. Strong
was removing the small table to the
dining room.
''Did you?' asked Philip, because he
could not think of anything, wiser to
say. e ii III
EYES," said the strange, visitor sim
ply. He was so silent after saying this
oDsss~esaar Philip. did what lie new.
er was in the habit of doing. He nj
ways shrank back sensitively from
asking for an opinion of his preaching
from any one except his wife. But now
he could not help saying:
What didry61 think OF it?'' l.! -;5t-
"Itwas one of the best sermons l
evff heard; :: But But 's4omehow-it did not
sound sincere
rrWhat exclaimed Philip almost an:
gr1ly. II there was one thing he felt
sure about, it was the sincerity Of his
: preaching. Then he checked his feel
ing 4as ne thought how foolish It would
, be to get angry. at a passing tramp
who vas probably a little out Of his
strange power over him. He tried to
, shake it off as he looked harder at
him--sThes man locked, over at Philip
! and repeated gravely, shaking his head.
'Not sincere" 81 x =: .
! Mrs. Strong came back into the room,
and. Philip motioned her to sit down
. near him while he said, "And what
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: You saidsthe age, In which.we lived
i demanded that people live in far sim
:, pier, less extravagant STYLE"
: "Yess that is whatvI said: l believe
: it, too.''z replied Philip, clasping his
4 hands over his knee and gazing at his
!, singular guest with earnestness. The
: mans thick white hair glistened in the
l open freight like spun glass.
: "And you said that Christ would not
= approve of people spending money for
; flowers food and dress on those who
= did n6theed It when 1t could more wise
.5ly be e3pendeds for the benefit of those
a who were in want"
= Eyes. Those were not my exact
=. words, but that was my idea."
have had here In this little lunch, or,
71as you called it, bite Of something
three different kinds Of meat, two kinds
of bread, hothousc grapes and the rich
est kind of milk
:: The man said all this in the quietest,
calmesti manner possible, and Philip
stared at him, more assured than ever
:. that he was a little crazy Mrs. Strong
looked amused and said.. ".You. seemed
to enjoy the zlanch' pretty well'' Tie,
man had eaten with zest that was
redeemed from greediness only by a
delicacy of manner that no tramp ever
possessed - -
; MY dear madam" said the man,
perhaps this was a. case where the
ood-Was given to one who stood really
In need Of it,
=; Philip started as ifshe had suddenly
caught a meaning from the mans
words which he had not before heard
In them. -
): "Do You think it was an extravagant
lunch then?" be asked, with a very
slight laugh. ,.j.... T.. ...-
The man looked straight at Philip
and replied slowly, "Yes, for the times
In which we liver
A sudden silence fell on the group Of
three in the parlor Of the parsonage,
lighted up by the soft glow Of the coal
fire. No one except person thorough
~ familiar with the real character of
Philip Strong could have told why that
silence fell on him instead Of careless
laugh at (the crazy remark of a half
witted stranger tramp. Just how long
the silence lasted he did not know;
only, when it was broken, he found
himself saying: "s;Es hF3E
Man, who arc*you? Where are you
from? And what is your nameT' Z
= His guest turned his head little and
replied: 'HWhenj you called me in here,
you stretched out your hand and called
me brother Just now:you called me
BY the great term, man. These are
my names: You may call me Brother
Man." II sya 1.sH
:..'Well, then Brother Man." said
Philip, smiling a little to think Of the
very strangeness Of the whole affair,
"your reason for thinking was not
sincere in my sermon this morning was
because of the extravagant lunch this
evening"
:. '''.Not altogether. There are other
reasons" The man suddenly bowed
his head between his hands, and Phil
ip's wife whispered to him: Philip,
what is the use oftal1ing with a crazy
man7 You arc tired, and it is time to
put out the lights and 80 to. bed. Get
him out of the house now as soon as
you can" -,4%s444ea@
r. The stranger raised" his head and
went on talking just as If he had not
broken of abruptly.
s"Other reasons. In your sermon you
tell the people they ought to live less
luxuriously. You point them to the
situation in this town where thousands
Of men are out Of work.. You call at
tention TO the great poverty and dis
tress all over the world. and you say
the times demand that people live far
simpler, less extravagant, lives. And
yet here you live yourself like a prince.
Like a prince" .he he repeated after pc:
culiar gesture, which seemed to include
not only what was in the room, but all
that was in the house. 5's' e.,5 a. t. : .- 80
Philip glanced at bis wife as people
do when they suspect third person
being out hisimind and saw that her
expression was very much like bis own |
feeling, although not. exactly. Then
they both. glanced around the room.
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