The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-09

Rex's deep laughter broke into the
dignified sentences at this point.
Il see you remember Judge Rush
smiled benignly. We'll Mr.. Fairfax.
Billy made an amusing story of that
evening. Only the family were at the
table and he spared himself not at ali.
He had been in Orange the day before.
and the young lady in the case had
told him how you had protected him
at your own exp ns5-he made tnax
funny too. bat 1 thought it very fine
behavior-very fine, indeed, sir" Rex's
face flushed under this And as I
though the whole affair over after
wards, I not only understood why YOU
had failed me. but honored you for
attempting no explanation, and L made
up my mind that you were the man
we wanted. Tes. sir, the man We want.
man who knows how to deal with
the situations of today, with the vices
of a great city, that is what we want.
l consider tact, and broad-mindedness
and self-sacrifice no small qualities for
a minister of the gospel; and a COM
olnaton of those qualities, as in you.
l consider exceptional. So I went TO
TINS vestry meeting primed, and 1 told
them We had got to have you, sir-and
We've got to. You'll come ?"
The question was much like an or
DER but Rex did not mind. Indeed.
III come, Judge Rush. he said, and
ms manner of saying it won the lasI
doubtful bit of the Judges heart
The Sunday morning when the new
assistant preached his first sermon in
ST. Eric's. there sat well back i'm the
congregation a dark-eyed girl. and
with her tall and powerful young
man. whose deep shoulders and nnoys-
ments, as of a well fitted machine.
advertised an athlete in perfect form
Inc girls face was rapt as she fol-
lowed, her soul in her eyes, the clean
cut, short sermon, and when the con-
gregation filtered slowly down the
aisles she said not a word. But as
the two turned into the street she
spoke at last
he Is saint, isn't he, BilIy?" she
asked, and drew long breath of con-
tentment.
And from six-feet-two in mid-air
came Billy Strong's dictum. aMarr-
cry, he said. impressively, Rex NAV
De parson and all that. but. to nv
mind, that's not against him; to INV
mind that suits his style of handling
the gloves. There was a chan i'm the
Biple"-Billy swallowed as if ennbar-
rassed-"w ho-who was the snit N.
image of ReX-the good Samaritan
cnap. you know. He found a seedv one
Iaiilng over himself by the wayside.
ana ne called him beast and set him
up, and took him to a hotel or some
tnlng and told the innkeeper to charge
IL TO him, and-I forget the exact
words, but he saw him through. don,t.
you know? And he did it all in a
sporty sort of way and there WASN'T
word of whining or fussing at him
because he was loaded-that was aw-
IulIy white of the chap. Rex did more
IMAM that for me and not a SYLLABLE
mas ne peeped since. And, you know.
me consequence of that ma sterIv ST.
fence Is that I've gone on the water
"agon-yes, sir-for a year And Pm
hanged if I'm not going to church ev-
cry Sunday. He may be a saint az
you say, and I suppose there's no doubt
put he's horrid intellectual-everv man
must nave his weaknesses. But the
man thats a good Samaritan and a
good sport all in one, he's my sort I'm
Tor him" said Billy Strong