The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-14
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MY dear people" "a penny trumpet
blew an oblgato under the book board
Of a pew. Il have been led TO the over
sight OF this flOck Opom- pom-poml after
PRAYER and under guidance. shall en-.
deavor 70 teach YOU" Catching the ten
An fours, Quoitsp some OF those
things which / have devoted my lie 20
acquiring l am prepared FOR some little
dlficulty az FIRST. TIN we know one an
other"
The remainder OF rho address WAS In
audible. owing 20 cries OF Rob kiustry
has stole my bag" wee nar! all
which presently issued In the general
turmoil OF a free fight In the rear OF the
church.
Mrs Gordon had come up go be present
on the occasion Of her sons ordination.
and that night in the little manse moth
er and son mingled their tears. II seem
ed so wrong and piiful TO them. yet 10
VAS 50 natural.
But Dairse. with a fine smile on his
delicate face. nfted his head from his
mothers shoulder. smiling like a girl.
But after ali. this Is the work to
witch have been called. mother. And
YOU know II ia Is His viii that I am to
labor here. In time He will give the In
crease"
3, somewhat heartened. mother and son
kneeled down together. prayed and went
TO bed.
on the forenoon OF the next day two
% the elders. decent phmen. who hap
pened go be on the nGht-shift. oallei TO
give their vercict and to drop a word OF
advice
a graund meetin'," said Pate Tamson.
the overeman Of No 4. what for ddna
So TAX your stick and gie some o tho
valEabonds ciosir on the lug7 II wad
haze servkd them weelr'
Il could not think OF doing such a
hing" said Dairsie. Il desire 60 WELD
q spiritual no; a carnal influence"
"CaTnal influence here-carnai influence
there" cried Robin Naysmith. stamping
his foot TN the little study trembled. III
,e are 10 succeed in this village o Drow-
ile-ve maun pit doom your ht-like that,
sir. like THAR
And ne stamped on the carpet tll the
plaster began to come down IN flakes
from the ceiling DairsIe tried 10 imagine
himself stamping like that. but could not.
ror one thing he had always worn single
oiled shoes with silk ties and WOODEN
soles. which he had promised his moth
er TO take out and dry whenever he came
n. a thing which has more bearing on
the main question than appears on the
surface
a man has 10 assert hissef In this
toon. or he is thocht little on. said Pate
Tamson the oversman. moo there's Mac
Grogau. the Irish priest-I dinna agree
vi his reieegion. an dootless he will hae
vera little chance az the judgment But.
faith. when he hears that there's ony o
his fowk In drinkin' over lang aboot
Lucky Meats he gangs IN wi cudEel
as thick as your arm. and the great
curses rowlln' an the tongue o. him-and
faith he clears Lucky's faster than
hale raft Of polissmen, Ave. he does that"'
Ave" said the junior elder Robin
Naysmith, he whose feet had put the plas-
ter in danger. what we need & Drowdle
is a man o. poo'er-a man o weeht-'
Quit Sc like men-be strong saith the
scriptures" summed w the oversman.
Then both OF them waited for Dairsie 70
see what he had got 10 say
IL am sure I shall endeavor 20 do
my best" said the young minister. 'bui
fear have underestimated the difhcul-
ties Of the positiouF'
The oversman shook his head as ne
went through the manse gate And ] am
some dootfu' that we hae made mis-
TAXI
III we haze" rejoined Naysmith. the
ctrong man. I'VE mauu keep Il frae the
knowledge o. Drowdle. But the lad IL
yonng-young And maybe when he has
served his prenticeship 20 sorrow he will
maybes come cot . the furnace as silver
Is triedr'
Now neither Drowdle nor its Inhabitants
meant 10 be unkind. In case % illness
or accident none cave material hep more
libcralw what belonged TO one was he4o
In a kindly communism 70 be the rght OF
all hut Drowdle was not 10 be handled
deiicateiy II WAS a nettle 20 be grasped.
DaIrsIe Gordon opened a sunday School
M 9 In the afternoon Al a quarter 20 :.
as ne stood up on the platform 20 give
his closing address. he found boys scut-
Ting between his Iege lie laid down his
HYMN book. and on lifting Il 10 read the
closing verse. discovered that a certain
n,pular. bacchanalian collection entitled.
songs OF the Red. white and Blue had
myFieriously taken IT'S place.
The young minister had other trials also.
The pitmen passed him on the road with
= eurly erunt. and he did not know that
/, was only because they were trudging
home weary from their long shift. The
hard driving managers ana sub managers.
men without illusions and blatantly prac-
teal as a Scotch daily paper. passed him
By contemptuously, as " he had been
tract thrust under his doors. The school
master. a cleverish machine-made youth,
Of inordlnate conceit. openly seoffed. lie
was wcakling. this minister, and he had
better 30.
And. indeed. in these days. Dairsie gave
them plenty OF scope Tor complaint, HIS
sermon might possibly have edihed
company OF the unfallen angels. We can
fancy such being interested IN philosophy
and the Interpretation OF the more OBJ
a-ure Old Testament scriptures. But 20
this gritty. ungodly. ross-natured. rasp-
surfaced village Of Drowdie the young
man merely dubbed Ia his pulpit as the
aummer brooks DO over the pebbles.
An itnerant evangelist. who shook the
fear OF hell IRE under their noses like
the fst OF q puEllist. ana almost IN an
Client style the power 20 bind and the
power to loose. might conoeivahly have
succeeded I'm Drowdle. but as was
praisle Gordon proved failure OF the
most absolute sort And Drowdle having
no false modesty cold him % Il. In the
session the question Of their minister's
SHORTCOMINGS was discussed With freedom
and point. only the oversman ana Robin
Naysmith pleading suspension OF judge
nent on account Of the young mans
years.
FOR there were sympathetic hearts here
ara there among che folk OF Drowdle.
worsn with the maternal instinct yet
,,sraupled out OF them came 20 their
! So,rs 20 look after the tail. slim '1addie."
80 was -, like the sons they had dream
| - az when she ma1den's blush sun tinged
their cheeks.
.stte's a bonny Iaddie 20 look on they
| ..ta 10 each other, a., hand on nip, they
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