Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1901-01-07

"Alther thot ,bejasus, er tn ould
gals fuMernasoose," answered a san
dy-whskered son OF Erin.
Gals crazy, shuah, sah," said a son
OF Ham. Ain got no noah sense n O
cracked louise. Hah! Hah! Hah!"
The dominic took the unreslsting giri
by the hand and led her to his home
All might long he fought the good fight
for the girl. All night he wrestled with
the giants and won the fight. At half
past four in the morning she found
peace, and NEW and holy light shone
in her face, and the wondrous love OF
God healed her lacerated ana broken
heart
He visited her often during thn fol-
lowing week. She ran away from home
when sixteen, thereby br' ak,ng a Wi
dowed mothers heart, and sincc that
time had lived fast life. The good
dominic thanked Gci with all the pow.
er of his might, that He had deemed
His servant worthy to be ;hn humble
means Of SAYING this poor, abandoned
lamb. His step was firmer, and his
eve brighter and his faith stronger
But pride goeth before fall.
Soon the scandal began. 1t did not
reach him for several days, but as soon
as he heard II he called a meeting OF
the deacons, who, with the effrontery
OF men whose covert sins had long
slept und!sturbed. read him lecture
on the duties OF parson, and made
two uggessions-resign, or marry the
girl
Half thar night he spent on his
knees. when he arose and searched for
his bible, but for once he found no
comfort. TO try us God sometimes
leaves us to descend into, the chamber
Of decision atone. His soul was divided
even as the Red Sea when COM
manded by the voice of Mos s. Duty
walked calmly between the tumulfuous
banks of waves of Desire and Ambi-
tim, Would these proud waves be
stayed until duty crossed? You sec,
there was another girl in the case-one
whom he fondly hoped to wed at some
not far distant day. The early robins
found him still pleading a., the throne
of grace.
The nsxt day they were quistly mar
rled.
Then the wind vuered and swept the
storm up from another direction. The
idea of their pastor marrying one OF
the demi-monde. The congregation
was insulted. 1t was a mean reflection
on Weir morals, The minister's wife
should bn the pattern for the commu-
nifty. Did he think they would follow
that pattern?
He fought valiantly for half year
and then resigned, and moved to H.
inois. where he honest AIDED a farm
and accepted The hardest circuit in his
district.
Shortly after this the twins, Jack
ana Jamcs, were born The hard life
and severe rules of conduct soon be-
came irksonc to the young wife, and
when the twins were three months old
she Sed with one OF her old friends
The minister acer.ed his fate with out
ward calmness, disiained any q her
female assistance and raised the twins
with the aid of a COW and bottle.
The minister prospered In worldly af-
fairs. His farm was selected as a town
site, a railroad was built, and pref y
homes Eanishcd the stacks of hay ard
fields OF grain.
When the twins We're twenty the
minister died, leaving each ten thous.
and dollars and his blessing. Jack, the
1lder. appreciated the ten thousand
dc.lars; but James was more grateful
Tor the blessing.
When the twins We're twenty-one
thcy married sisters-also twins.
CHAPTER H.
James Harper, the younger of the
twins. concluded that he required more
learning. SO he took his sweet young
bride and settled in a college town and
began preparation 70: the ministry
He loaned all but $500 Of his patrlmony
to his brother, Jack, who assured him
he was doing fine mercantile bust
ress. Six months after this Jack failed
and was unable to save anything on,
of the wreck. so he said, for his broth
err
James, penniless. faced the world as
he would foe. He had wife to sup
pore, and he must work. He searched
for something to do, and found tin a
coal MIN. He could make three dol.
lars a day, and this would keep then
comfortable, and they could saw a
trne beside to be put away carefully
until the accumu.atlons should amount
TO enough to permit of his finishing his
College course.
AS a miner ne arose at four o'clock
breakfag..d on fried potatoes, bread
an1 gravy and coffee at five. and walk
cd two miles to the shaft. Then dror
in the cage" of three hundred feet in
to the bowels OF the earth, where
blackr,ss is an entity, a mile walk
through the narrow entry, ALWAYS in q
stopping position, to his room pick
Ing, drilling, wedging AMI loading tho
huge blocks Of coal into the cars al
day long; never being able to stand
straighe or to unwind the kinks thai
would get into his back. Breathing
the thick. sitting coal dust mixed Will
the black smoke from the little oil lamI
hooked into the cap just ovcr the peek
now feeling rhe drip, drip, drip of wa
ter sceplng through the porous soap
stone roof; now turning sharply and
catching his breath with a gasp as the
stout hickory posts supporting the
tons of earth above gave an ominou:
crack, or save way and the earth siat'
tied from the very grass roots not ter
feet behind him.
Now ana then there is a mighty shout
for help a scurrying of many rough
shod feet, and willing hands drag some
mar rnfprtIinpta hrf,tjhpr from unipr .