Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-02-09


in the mans words or in his look. which
was hard and bitter.
1ou may be mistaken. | hope Won
are. She ought to live. There are not
many Of her sort in this CHASTITY world:
perhaps that's why she's going out of
H. Feels herself stranger in a strange
land
1t was a speech calculated TO arrest
the attention: but what amazed me most
was that in these few hours her char
acter should have been so clearly dis
cerned by one who had not even had
speech with her.
You speak with bitterness. friend"
| said. May | ask if YOU are here on
the same sad quest-health for one dear
to yOuF'
At these words he laughed and the
sound fell like a hurt on my ears. Il
am here for my wife's health. yes: but
our cases are not parallel otherwise
| did not ask him why. There was
story to tell. evidently, but | was in no
haste or humor 10 hear it. my heart be-
lng already heavy enough with my own
concerns; 50 | smoked Oh quietly, while
the stranger kept his eye on me with a
wistful look
Il haven't been in London for four
years; not since | resigned my charge
Ny wife thought you were clergy
man SNAAs btNdHSE sA W tlaf SUfRe-
thing was expected Of me !
Il once was; didn't know bore the
hallmark yet"
Things are evidently out OF Joint
with you, my friend" | said looking him
straight in the face. Ii was quite plain
that he wished to talk Of himself: and
If IL were TO relieve him, why then |
must listen with patience. Nothing has
surprised me mere than the desire some
folks have 10 talk Of themselves and
Their affairs to any one who will give
them hearing. | misjudged Yates,
however, chasing him among these ire
sponslbie babblers. In a few minutes
he convinced me that ne was a miserable
man, suffering from the consequences of
one fatal mistake.
They are out OF joint; | wish | were
dead. At the present moment I'm one
OF the most wretched of men,"
Why"
because I'm in an intolerable position
dependent on a woman's bounty"
Your wife's?'
He nodded.
"You saw her this morning. / saw you
and your wife looking at Ms Let me
tell You the story. | shall not detain you
long. Five years ago l was poor, sgrug-
Cling, independent, and, comparatively
speaking, happy
w by did you marry her.
nat 5 wat I'm going 10 tell yOU.
GU u despls me of course. as everyone
else does. Well, il doesn't matter.
was Congregational minister at Winton
| tTreen, IN the northwest of London: per
haps you know the place. | nodded.
and ne went on again.
Its wretched little suburb. ana the
| NE there Is enough to Starve the soul
out of man. You know what class OF
people would constitute such congre-
cation. the narrow Sordid meanueSS of
their lives, their ignorance and preju-
dice"
W hlch Il was your duty to combat"
put IN grayely, uettled, | could not tell
why, by these structures
lie slightly elevated his eyebrows.
Easy 10 talk. not SO easy to do There
are many kinds OF pig-headedne<s in the.
world; that particular kind is the most
| appalling and the most hopeless
We'll: | said iuqniriHgly, bas with
Il went to them fnIl Of enthusiasm.
/ Wmch they crushed in the dust I tried
10 set before them ideals | had cherished
/ myself they iiung the empty pews at me, (
anu MFan&ied over the reduction of my
I salary. They quarrrled and strgyp. one
win toe other. and finally ranged them
SetEeS into Two parties. for and against !
Didn't you try for change when Won /
heEa4 10 feel the atmosphere hostile%' |
asked, beginning 10 be interested in Spjt
~ myself. Ii Was no Impossible picture be
ugSW' and up 10 certain point my sympa- F.
tines We're with him Yet IN nv heart af
hearts | clung "a one belief. which I hal
seen JuStlflcd again and again. that the
IMAM VINO has message go deliver win I
compel a hearing even IN surroundings I
the most adverse and "acUngenial Oajv /.
NE must first Dee himself convinced az i-s +
majesty and its vital Importance 10 the
souls of men.
eN. | tried with might and main. bu-
without success. iet them see 5idu'- .
care "a hx for them. I preached Il them
Sunday after Sunday. Il was the only .
pleasure l had in Hfc. pounding away N
'Atia from the pulpit. | gave more thar, .
one oi them bad quarter If an hnur,
ana they came because they wanted p,
near Wha- ! had "a say next-uica Chris +
nan feeling on both sides. wasn't it, Art
a. cvmmoucr than you think. som,
churches are very far from being pnr.
series Tor heaven, | can tell you. Thev're
nests of all Observation-Disclosures. You Sc
IN some of these Gol-forSaken places
church life is tho only available 3isSir,-
ten. and they like it in strong doses
Religion has p~aciouS little to do with
To begin with they must have = NEE
ing of some Kind every night. Viii. n ?
would be- harmless enough Il thev didn't
expect the minister ~ pUt in an appear
ahe" al every one, Then he is expected