Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-12-19

the COLCOu HILLS, dlOuS Will nuh0A OuS
Oh Otner girls from all parts OF New
England. Polly stayed III Lowell Two
wears, ana wnen Sue came BACK "
Vermont she brought with her money
enough to pay Off the mortgage on tue
old ADraham Dodge place. This met
with general FAVOR. But Polly also
brought nome several new iueaS tna,
seemed very strange and doubtful tO
tue little community, Tor their Gus
toms and stern views OF life mad been
unchanged since the first pioneers mao
come UP from connecticut at the close
OF the revolution, and pitched upon
the mountains OF Spruceland.
PoIlys nrst idea was a Sunday
school. She gathered the children III
the little red school house near the
church, and began 70 teach them as
she mad seen it done IN LoWell. Al
hrst this aroused great opposition.
There were some who openly declared
that the Sunday school was an inVen>
uon OF the evll one himself, and that
1t ought TO be put stop to rlgnt
straight away. But when the real ma
ture or the Sunday school became bet
ter known the opposition al d1ed
away, and for more than a year Polly
had been meeting with the children III
the scnool house every Sunday noon.
1t was warm. hazy Sunday in NO
vember, when summer came back 10
say farewell for the last time, ana
Grandma Ward and Aunt Sally Hor-
ton sat on a knoll near the churcn
between meetin's,' eating thelr
~@paitin' of milk empt'in's, bread and
caraway seed-cakes.
"LeaGy,' began Aunt Sally, what 90
you s'pose Polly Dodgell be up u
next, now It she's got her Sunday
school to goin' SO fine?"
"More'n can TELL" said Mrs. Ward,
whose gaze was following the people
gathered about the church door. But
there is one thing t wish Polly, or
somebody or mother would take up
and that is, to reconcile the heart OF
Simeon Leland, if l do Say it, and MIN
a deacon in the church. Jest this mn
ute | see David come up and hold out
his hand to his father, and Simeon
wouldn't touch it nor even look at
David. 1t amt right for man 10
treat mis- own son that way"
mo, it amt, Leafy, and that's the
truth. | s'pose it all come about on
account OF David marryin' Mary Pet,
tengiIl. But when she come back
from down Below with Polly Dodge
she brought a new silk dress, and
wore it to meetin' with blue rlbboL
around her neck. Simeon, he noticed
it right away, and he said that Mary
had joined herself to the daughters OF
Belial, to lead astray the elect OF Zion.
Furthermore, ne went past the mousse
one Sabbath afternoon, and Mary had
the curtains up before SHUTDOWN, ana
she was a-singin' some of them LOWeH
Mason tunes that the gals larnt
when they was Below. This sot him
still more g'inst her, and when DAVID
began to pay some attention to Mary,
Simeon told him that ii he married
her he needn't ever show himself at
the farm any more"
"Why, Leafy Ward, what a shame J!
The mans got an iron kittle inside OF
him, std of heart"
mo, Sally, faint that; he's only try.
in to make himself believe that such
things are the fruits of righteousness
Simeon Leland is a man that would
suffer death by any kind of torture
before he would deny his faith, but
the love of God is a sealed book TIC
him. He sot terrible greet store by his
wife and little Lois, and when they
died it about broke him down. He
thought it was wuss than idols to have
so much human affection, and so he
tries TO crush it out, and sets in crue
Judgment upon himself and everybody
else"
sThere they comet" exclaimed ANN
Sally. 'Polly's let out her Sunday
school, and the little folks will be here
forthwith"
The children came sWarming out Of
the school-house with unusual ANNA
ton. Evidently they were all excited
about something. Suddenly little
boy and girl caught sight of Mrs. Ware
and Aunt Sally, and they started to
ward the old ladies as fast as thei
stout little legs would carry them
The boy stubbed his toe and fell head
long. He began to cry at the top O
his voice, and then he remembers
that he had no time for that if he wa:
going to get to his grandmother aheat
of his sister, SO he scrambled UP ant
began to shout.
ooh gra'ma'am, gra'ma'am! we're
going to have it. It's in the meetin'
house! It's a Chris-Chris-an it's
tree, and all of us, and every one O
the big folks
Solomon Ward, hush! Have yor
lost your senses? Don't you know
what day it is? Esther, can you tel
me what your brother means?"
Esther Ward crossed her little
hands upon her quaint calico dress
dropped graceful ''kerchy," and, lift
ing her heavenly blue eyes, she be
gam