Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-06-29

A trout rose with a swirl and took i.
down. When the fish was Tapping
about on the shore TilIe said. Why
is ii that you will Kill fish. and think it
is wicked TO kill anything else. Fun
Ting" she asked.
Il take fish for food" he said. '.hut
really. | have never been able To recon-
Gle myself To even that slaughter. | feel
guilty every time take a life. | feel
guilty because | know that every Great
are that lives and breathes sprang from
brothers. Even the grass that We cut.
the vioicts mat We pick. ana these prett /,
water plants here in the hrooi are our
brothers. The SuH is our father. 1t WAS
the sun that developed w. al First u,
brought out the vegetable things. Then
from vegetable lii" the evolution contuI-
Then on land they found their homes
and from them man came ~ little by
little. il is all as plain as the nose on
your face and when we cat trout. We are
eating our brothets. 1t is sinful or it IS
not sinful"
IF you are right. why is it more sin
tui to XII a man than to kill trout
asked Title
'Bccause--' said Fun Ting.
TIllie laughed mcrriy. AN old
woman's reason. she said.
Because man feels bad to he Killed :
said Fun Ting.
What about GodP"
Fun Ting was casting his fly.
"A woman can talk better about him
than man can. he said. at is a great
my stery. wish that knew it would kc
me happier. | do not believe IN a pcrs,.ri
al God more than half of the time I 10
rest of the time | believe in Law Mud
when YOU ask me where Law came from
] answer that ii always existed OF one
thing | am sure. If there is a personal
God. he Is improving all the time. just as
the world and mankind are improving.
There is no reason why there should not
he progress in heaven as vel az OH earth
Anyway. | know that God is good
You know that Whittier saws: Il only
know | cannot drift beyond his love ana
care. Whether God is a person or Il
principal cannot get beyond Ills love il
am good, and can not escape II wrath
# J break a natural law.
That is why | think that J ma. til"
frog, is my brother. and Buffc. me toad.
assures me that God loves the bIttCrcup
and violet as much as he does me
The young man stopped and pulled out
"A trout.
And you would catch nc on hook
and pull me out as ruthlcssly as you %
that iish? asked Tillic. laughing
No. because YOU are nearer to IL" in
tn" bond OF sympathy. We two are Of tho
same sort, and more love you
The boy blushcd scarlet and turned
away to hide it as he removed the trout
from the hook. Tillic said nothing for 4
long time. bu TT looking at the water
in her hand. She made Il pretty picture
there i'm the sunshine. a faint blush on
her soft checks and moist light in hc-
tender gray eyes.
Yes. love YOU. Tillic, and you know
it,, continued Fun Ting. And knowing
it. and loving me as | know You do 1T *
wicked of you to torment me by flirting
with that fellow in Buckficld I do not
care rap for him. l know that YOU
would never marry him ! know thai Sol
would never he hanpy with him. I1t it
makes me feel badly TO have you talk OF
him and write to him. | -
who said | wouldn't marry him sait,
for granted Who said loved YOU
What dc you suppose il matters about
who | marry. whether YOU love me ~
not You do not suppose | am going to
marry you, do YOU? Why, YOU will not
be ready to marry for ten years yet. And
! shall be an old maid then. Go find
some little girl of your own age and
-race.
There. Tillic hadn't intended to say
that. 1t occurred to her on the moment
To her the fact that Fun Ting was !,
half breed seemed Il mountain. But Ia
the fellow with the handsome face and
the straight back. il did not seem so bad.
He was certainly not ashamed Of it, II,
did not understand al first what she re-
ferrcd to. They had had many discus
sions of this sort lately. though they had
never been SO pointed as this one was IL