The Dickinson press., 1901-12-21

the nov was on the ground. When
came, he always: had q stone
bruise or a stubbed toe. and he vas as
proud as a king to show all the other
boys how he stubbed or bruised his
foot. Although William had no: taste
for fishing and rarefyif ever attempted
the sport. he was very fond Of swim:
ming"
In pursuance Of her plan OF making
her boys useful. Mrs. Mckinley re-
quired them to divide the labors Of the
house. They burned wood and lots of
It, and 1t had to be sawed and split. 1t
came In lengths four feet long. and
William and Abner, being OF about the
same age, had to prepare It for use.
Mrs. Mckinley remembers that VIII
liam was a steady chopper muscular
ana willing, but Abner usually had the
bigger. pile to his credit. However.
Abner got other boys to help him. while
he directed their work. William, on
the contrary. always sawed his own
wood. The boys had the garden to hoe.
chickens to feed and errands to. run.s
Mr. McKinley's conversion II. the!
Methodist church ut Poland, o., Is
thus related Shy his old pastor. Rev..
Dr..seilas q. Swallow:
! Young McKinley's admission to the.
church made such a vivid impression.
on my mind that I will never forget 1t.
He had been a frequent attendant at
the Sunday services and was an ear.
nest listener. On the evening Mckinley
got up I had been exhorting all my
hearers to repent deeply Of their, sins
and seek salvation Of their souls.
"After. the preaching we had .
prayer meeting, and young Mckinley
arose In his seat. He was about. four
teen years old at the time. and a more
dramatic figure OF an earnest boy I
never saw. Standing erect, with bowed
head, but looking every n full In the
face; he said:E5'I am determined to
be "a Christian. / believe that God 10
the greatest and best being Of the uni.
verse, and I am determined to love and
serve him. 4: believe religion sis the
best thing In all the world, and 1 am
going to seek It with all my heart until
I ind IL &
''T'here was nothing affected in the
boys manner, but his quiet. earnest
way attracted the attention or every
body In the church. The boy at that
time was a student at the Poland In
stitute, and the stand he took for lie.
ligion had a great amount Of influence
with the younger people"
EEt Yn~nua rn~S~n~rnA lEH0Ho~r1l~W a H.
ghany, county. Nd; claims that he was
instrumental in securing for President;
Mckinley his nysts law case. poor
woman Of Canton had fallen In ~
sewer. carelessly left open by cltysom.:
cialA and sustained severe injurisS.s
She was. disabled for work and prob
ably too ignorant or too poor to bring
suit.
Mr.. Gardner, then q resident Of Can
ton, interested himself la the poor8wo-
mans behalf and carried, the case to
Major Mckinley. who had Just hung
out his shingle. The latter worked It
up. and brought suit against the city.
He won and as q consequence the: wo-
man WA. able to provide herself, with
Q conafortah le home and afrrainy day,
fund rTheso6iyFrewafd Major McKm.
ley got for his services, says Mi. Gard.
ner; was the pleasure which . good
man. derives from the performance Of
Q good deed.
Young Mckinley was q defending
n medical client sued for alleged mai.
Epractide In setting a broken leg. II
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