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

FSflCNtS 81 SHOW On 4 MdrtQ missile.
The minister came down from the dyke
sud sat beside the boy on ghe heather
clumpS.
''You are a herd. You tell me. Well.
50 am II am shepherd cf men. though
unworthy Of such Al charge" he said
Walter looked for further light
Did you ever hear" continued Mr.
Cameron. ''of One who went about. al
most barefoot like Won, over the rocky
roads and up and down the hillsides:
He called Himself the Good Shepherd,
and He locked after the very worst men
Him."
That was Jesus" said Walter, revep-
entity.
Yes, II wgs .Iesus," continued the min
lister. Would You nor like to be a herd
like Him, and hook after men and not
Sheep"
sheep need 10 he lookit after, too,
said Walter.
The minister smiled at the boys an
Swer but he was set on planting seed
IN his heart. so he continued:
But sheep have no souls to he Savedw
"Dowgs hae!" asserted Walter. storriy
What makes you say SOP said the
minister
Because, il my dog Royal hasna.
there's 4 heap o fOwk gangs to the Kirk
without
What does Royal do that makes Won
minister.
'Weel, for vac thing, he gangs to the
klrk every Sabbath, and lies in the pass
age. an he'll no that muckle as snack AT
fee that LIGHTS ON his nose. a thing he's
vera fond o on a week day. An if lis
no yerSeF that's preachin' my grand
father says that hen rise an gang DOT
till the sermons by
The minister felt the compliment. but
beng modest man he was unable to
say anything.
And mair nor that. he diSna like re
peatlng tunes, said Walter. who though
Il boy knew the names of every tune In
the ps;llmody, that being one of the books
which could with safety he looked ut
under the bookb0ard when the minister
was laying down his ''fifthly." and when
someone had put leaden clogs ON the
| hands of the little yellow-faced clock in
the frCnt of the gallery-a clock which in
the pauses of the sermon could be heard
distinctly with a Staidness and devotion
70 the matter in hand which was quite
Cameronian.
Repeating tunes"' said the minister.
with a certain painful recollection Of
storm ~ his session on the Thursday
after the precentOr had set up "ArtaXer-
XeS in front of him and sung ii as a solo
without single member of the congrega-
ton daring TO join.
"Ay," said Walter. Royal disna baud
wi repeats. He y0wls like fun. but Kill
marnock' and Martyrs fit him fine. He
thumps the passage boards with his tail
near as loudS We do the Bible yerSel'
every NIGHT himself. A that ye haze to
say is just Rye, Royal, gaze fetch them"
an he's aft like shot"
How does he open the gates?" queried
the minister.
He lifts the bars wi his nose, hut he
Gamma sneck them ahint him when he
comes back.
'Ay, an You think that he has soul?"
said the minister to draw the boy out.
What think We verse;, sir|' said Wal
ter, who at bottom was Il Scot and could
answer one question by asking another.
Well answered the minister. the
Bible tells us nothing of the future of the
beasts that PERISH
'FW'ho knoweth, said Waiter 'the
soul of the beast. whether ii g0Cth up
ward or whether ii goeth downward 10
the groundE'
You know Your Bible as well as your
shakespeare ] am glad to see Keep
reading it, and ii viii make you wise unto
everlasting life. But read most about
sheep that are lost"
DO We think that He could save Saw
NY Bean and the -Hoolet' and the Dell 2
queried Walter, sitting upon bunch of
bent. his eye Frightening.
1T was Just the like of them that He
loves to speak TO and he among
The minister rose to 90 on his way.
He shaded his eyes with his hand. and
looked towards Drumquhat. The boys
eyes followed him.
He said: do you think that ! could
ever be herd Of men, herd like Je-
susT'
You could follow Him. That is all
that any pf ran do and we make Il
poor enough fist even of that said the
minister lifting his hat aud letting the
breath of air that blew irregularly from
side to side Of the moor ON that still,
sultry day. lift his long. dark hair.
You could follow Him. He loveth such
to follow Him. OF such is the kingdom"
So saying he took his way over the
moor. crossing the wide peat hays and
the deep trenches from which the neigh
boring farmers Of bygone generations
had cut the peat for their winter fires.
He went with a long. swinging step very
light and swift. Springing from tussock
to tussock of dried brown bent in the
marShy places.
Following the trend Of the moor. he
followed one Of the roads for leading
carts off and on the peati1oWc, till he
came to n narrow lane which led down
ward to the cultivated fields around the
farmhouse He vaulted the gate With
out oueninC it. and found himself almost
Immediately III front Of Nelly Anderson
and Felix Durand. who We're walking
along this whin-cncircled loaning. The
old man was leaning paternally on the
young woman's arm. Felix took off his
hat to the minister with the instructive
politenesS Of an elder time. and Mr.. Cam
cron blushed crimson, half at the saluta-
ton and hall at having been caught
jumping over a gate like a schooiboy Just
out of school.
Come away. Mr.. Cameron, said the
old man. who knew the minister very
well. and had for him the respect Of one
true man for another. Il shall he glad
if You WI help me to persuade this Oh.
her elders, and put herself Il little about
for the good of her future and for her
! son"
The minister stopped. perplcXcd. Mel
~ Anderson stood looking at him with
smile in her violet eyes. and he was
ready to give the case even prolonged
consideration.
We have all been wanting her to 20
with me 10 Paris. There are things con-