Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-08-15
CHAPTER TX.

CHAPTER TX.
IN HERE is a certain class OF
individuals that will gather
| Ifg75sSS| around man in misfortune
| tAE) and it differs very little, If II
differs at all, from the class that warns
| itself in the glow of q mans prosper.
ity.
Horses were hitched to the fence
from the front gate all the way round
| to the side entrance. The mountain
people seemed to have left their vari-
Gus occupations to subtly enjoy the
selves who had reached too far after
| forbidden fruit and lay MANNED and
torn before them.
Their disapproval of the old mans
effort to hurry Providence could not
have been better shown than in the
failure Of them all to comment on the
rascally conduct Of the Atlanta lawyer.
They even chuckled over that part Of
| the incident. To their minds Perkins
was sort Of faroff personifcaton Of a
necessary evil, who, like the devil him
self, was evidently created to show
mortals their limitations.
The Rev. Charles B. Dole, tall.
spare man Of sixty, who preached the
first, second, third and fourth Sundays
of each month in four different meet
| ing houses within days ride Of Bish-
| ops, came around as the CUES: Of the
| farmhouse as often as his circuit would
permit. He was called the 'fightin'
preacher" because ne had had several
| fearless hand to hand encounters with
certain moonshiners whose coIduct he
had ventured to call ungodly because
unlawful.
On the second Saturday after Bish-
ops mishap, as Dole was to pre- ch the
next day at Rock Crest meeting house,
he rode up as usual and turned his
horse into the stable and fed hm with
his own hands. Then he joined Abntr
Daniel on the veranda. Abner had
seen him ride up and purposely buried
his head In his newspaper to keep from
Offering to take the horse, for Abner
did not like the preacher ANY to
Dole did not care much for Abner
either. They had engaged in several
| doctrinal discussions In which the
preacher had waxed furious over some
Of Daniels views, which he described
as decidedly unorthodox. Daniel had
kept his temper beautifully and had
the appearance Of being amused
| through it all, and this Dole found
harder to forgive than anything Abner
had said.
You all have had some trouble, l
heer, sence saw you last" said the
preacher as he sat down and began to
wipe his perspiring brow with big
handkerchief.
well, l reckon it mought be called
that" Abner replied as he carefully
folded his newspaper and put it into
his coat pocket. None of US was ex-
pectin' of 1t, an it sorter busted our
calculations. ALI had laid out to put
new high back benches in Rock Crest,
an new lamps an one thing another,
an it seems to me"-Abner wiped his
too facile mouth-''like heerd i'm say
one day that you wasn't paid enough
fer y0re thunder an that he'd stir
around an see what could be done. y
Abner's eyes twinkled. But, lawsy
me! reckon eff he kin possibly raise
the scads to pay the tax on his invest.
Ifment next yeer he'll do all the Lord ex.
pects."
Huh, reckon!' grunted Dole, irri.
tated, as usual, by Abner's double
meaning. Il take it that the Lord
hain't got much to do with human
speculations one way or other"
"Ef just had that scamp that roped
I'm in before me minute. I'd fix i'm,
said Abner. DO you know what de
nomination Perkins belongs tor
"No, l DON'T" Dole blurted out, IAN
what's more, don't care"
'"Well, I acknowledge it sorter inter
ests me-" went on our philosopher II
an inscrutable tone, "beca's Brother
Dole, you kin often trace a mans goo(
Or bad doin's to his belief in Bible mat
tiers. Maybe you don't remember Jab,
Lyman that stold Thad Wilson's stuml
suckin' boss an was ketched an nj"
up. I was at the courthouse in Darle,
when; he received his sentence. Hi!
wife sent me to i'm to carry his pip
an one thing or other-a pair O SOCK
an other necessary tricks, little ca,
o I've soap. fer one thing. She hadn'
the time to 60, as she said she had 1
patch O. young corn to hoe out. fOunl
i'm as happy as eff he was goin' of o,
a excursion. He laughed an lowe'
1t nd be some time fore he got back
an wondered what could "a mad
i'm so contented, so made some In
quiries on that line, / found that b
was a firm believer IN predestinatio
an that what was to be was foreol
dained. He said that he firmly believe
he was predestinated to go to the coz
mines Ter hQqe stea llp,a 90, that life m