Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-06-01

Nelly Anderson smiled. She always |
knew thar Mr. Cameron was man of
singular insight
Waller Jakes after his father" she
said.
The eye of che minister caught a quick
Indication of dissent III the instructive
movement of Neiiy,s companion.
lie bon Deu defend, was what Felix
said under his breath, but outwardly he
said Rathing.
SO with a word or two of farewell the
minister passed on his way. and al he
great harndoor he came upon Saunders
VI Quhirr, master of the farm of Drum
Quhas. whose welcome In his minister il
was worth coming a hundred miles to
rccC9Ve.
''t>pne ava, Master Cameron. and the
mistress viii get You drink o milk. an
veil haze a bite o denner vi US gin We
can bide half an hour
me minister went i'm and surprised the
mistress in the midst of the clean aud
comelY mysteries of the dairy. From
her likewise he received Inc warmeSt of
welcomes. The relation of minister and
people in Galloway. specially among the
poorer congregations who have 10 work
hdrd to support their minister * Il very
beautiful one. He r. their superior in
every respect. their oracle. their model,
their favOrlte subject Of conversation. vet
IN q special measure he is their property
though not IN any way that intefereS
with his freedom of action or indepen-
dence of thought. Saunders and Mary
MQuhirr would as soon have contradict
ed the Confession of Faith as questioned
any opinion of the minister's when he
spoke on his own subjects
On the rotation of crops and specially
on 'noWt beasts his opinion was no
worth a preen" 1t would not have been
becoming in him TO have a good judgment
ON the secularitieS.
He had not been long seated in the
clean st0ne-tiocred Kitchen with the bacon
hams swinging to the ceiling. before
Mary MQuhirr opened the subject that
was near her heart
MASTER Durand, the aud man frae
| the big Hoose o DeeSide, is awfu' set on
! Matte and his mithe1'S gaun ava over
to PayrlS wi him. Saunders an me din
ma ken what to max OF AVA"
why not leave Aleck in the farm and
20 over and see it for YOURSELF said the
| minister
Hear till him cried Mrs M'Quhirr,
| lis he no the verra prophet q the Al
| MIGHTY. takkin the words DOT o cor
mouths: That was the vera identical
| that | was pr0poSin To my man What
| is an aud man. Il woman body an a hoy
| i'll the middle o a that wickednessE My
| certie. bur we Gamma let them gang ava
! by thomseI. They are just like oorScl's
! moo. an that hoy comes between Saun-
| ders an his prayers
| Hear till her said Saunders. its her
/ that spoilS him till his mither has to
/ heech wi her no to sic him Il his ain
! way"
II think you had better go," said the
minister, 1T is long journey, but there's
| the same Lord across the water as on the
| farm of Drumquhat.
Saunders and Mary bowed their heads
| The family and dependents were all
| gathered together IN the wide. cool ktch-
en- of Drumquhat, for it was time for the
| minister's cateChiSng. Saunders sat with
his wife beside him. the three sons,
| Aleck. James and Rab, on straight
/ backed chairs. Walter with his hand on
his grandmOther's lap; while a little apart
| sympathetic yet tacitly excused from par
| ticipating in the ordeal sat Nelly Ander
| son and her venerab bic friend. Felix
| Question and answer from the Shorter
CatechiSm passed from lip to lip like a
well1played game III which no one let the
| ball drop. 1t would have been thought
/ as shameful if the minister had not ac-
! quilted himself at asking the questions
| deity and instantaneously as for one OF
/ those who were answering TO fail in their
/ replies When Rab momentarily mislaid
| the Reasons Annexed Ia the second
commandment, and his reason reeled IN
/ the sudden terror that they mad
! gone from him forever, his father
/ looked at him as one who would
say. Woe is me that | have been the
means of bringing fool into the
world But his mother looked at him
| wiStfuly, in way that was like cold
| water running down his back. while Mr..
/ Cameron said kindly:
| TAKE Your time,
Ran recovered himself calamity. reeled
! off he Reasons Annexed with yigor. and
promised under his breath a sound
thrashing TO his model brother. James
| who having known the Catechism per
| fcctly from his youth up. had yet refused
! to give a leading hint to his brother in
| his extremity Walter had his answers
! as ready as any Of them. II was his
/ granny'S Sabbath duty to see that he did
not disgrace himself during the week at
| Whinnylggate school
! Walter had on one occasion begun to
| attend Sabbath school over at the viii
| lage. which was started ny the cntmu
! siastic assistant Of the parish minister
! whose church lay some miles over the
moor. He had not asked any permission
of his seniors at the farm, hui had wan
| dered off by himself to he present al
! the strange ceremonies There the
| Dmmqlhat training had made him east
! ly first OF those who repeated psalms and
| said their Catcchism distinguished
! career seemed to be opening out before
| him, but sad event happened which alb
| ruptly closed the school The minister
| of the parish heard what his young
helper had been doing over in Whin-
| Mitigate. and he appeared in person on
| the following sabbath when the eXer-
| cises were in full swing. He opened the
| door and stood silently regarding the
| stick differing in both hands in a kind
of Senile fur%.
Continued Next Week.
Wonderful Growth of the Y. VI. c. a.