Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-11-03
BY Bertha N. Clay.

to teach me TO 1eCtuL 0-Lnlnh Oh II,
Hettie, to lecture. 1t seems to me
that | know less than rne BIRDS OF the
air. | wish" sac added, with a deep
sigh, nat l had the freedom OF
bird. I should fly away, Hettie.'
Papa wants you to lecture, Leah"
said Hettie-'What a strange thing!
But there are women doctors, preach
ers, and lecturers these days"
But I am only girl OF sixteen!"
exclaimed Leah.
HE will not want you to begin yet;
he means far on in the future, when
you grow old and wise Leah"
mo; he means now, at once, in
years time, while l am young, and,
Hettie, he says | must give my life TO
tiny whole life and the beautiful
face dropped YEARLY on the loving
one beneath.
The blue eyes opened widely, APP
palled at this idea.
What would you like best to do
with your life Leah?" asked Hettie.
Tell me; l should like to know"
81 should like said the girl, with
CLEAN of passion in her dark eyes,
first Of all, to love some one with all
my heart-some one, OF course, who
would love me. l wish for ma,
things, but love is first, greatest, and
best. Then l should like to be rich
to have a beautiful country-house,
with roses growing all around it! |
love roses so much. | should like
beautiful dresses, jewels, horses and
servants
Just in fact, what other girls de-
sire,' interrupted Het,Ae. you are
like all the rest; you do not want
mission"
mo, I do not, indeed. I think l
should dislike what my father calls
mission. l do not understand him;
why do he and all his friends hate
rich and noble peopel SO much?"
Perhaps" replied Hettie, wisely,
because they have neither rank nor
money themselves" and then she
looked somewhat shocked at her own
words and fastened to cover them.
Even, ii you cannot understand what
my father teaches, we know it must
be right, Leah. There must be rea-
sons, and good ones, too, for his
hatred"
"But why should he want a republic
instead of our present constitutions"
asked Leah. Why should he want to
take all the large estates from the
men who own them, and divide them
among others? Poor as our furniture
is, would he like to divide that among
would not"
He is patriot, Leah" urged the
younger sister, to whom Leahs re-
marks sounded like treason.
eyes, 1 know the dictionary says
that a patriot is man who loves and
serves his country. But one who
loves his country would surely never
care to see it destroyed by civil war;
and what but civil war would ensue
if they tried to put aside our present
form of government and set up re-
public? My instincts are all against
it, Hettie.''
my father must know BEST" said
the younger girl. Perhaps kings and
queens and rich people do great
wrongs of which we know nothing;
and, if that be the case, my father is
right to preach against them. He
must be right she added, after mus
ing for some short time, che is so
wise and good"
Tears stood in Leah's dark eyes.
l.
she said; che wants daughter like
one of those girls of whom you read
in novels-"an inspired sibyl.' Now
do not feel at all like sibyl. l
cannot understand talking of people
in the mass" she continued; ito me
people are all individuals, and each
one can best teach and train himself.
My father says that he has given his
life to the people. Who are they?
What have they done for him? He
says that he has given his life to the
people. Who are they? What have
they done for me? He says l must
give my life to them. What are they
to me-the people? Why should not
have my life to do as I like with,
Hettie? What are the people to me?"
'You would like to love some one
very much" said Hettie, "and to
marry-to be rich and fashionable
would you not, Leah?"
The beautiful face frightened.
Eyes, that I should. That is a
mission far more to my taste than the
one my father gives me. I wonder"
she continued thoughtfully, eff it is
possible to be born with what my
father calls conservative instincts. II
so, have them. All my ideas and
instincts and feelings are opposed to
my fa.--er's. I have never said that
much, before, Hettie, and 1 am half
frightened at saying it now. If l am
to have a mission at all, or to learn
to lecture, it will not be as he says,
but quite in another fashion Suppos-
ing that I were old enough and wise
enough to teach others, l would teach
to love peace, order, content; to learn
oberience to proper authority, not re-
beIliOn and discomfort. What would