The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-20

TWO THOUSAND BEEio N4sAGNS ~ AA4AA'
was daughter, Ruth, and up to the
age of thirteen she was under the same
influence as her mother. At that age
she went to asother state to live with
an aunt, and did not return until she
was sixteen. The amazement of the
father when he met her at the villoSe
railroad depot was intensc-in fact, it
Kept him dumb ali the way home. Ruth
had become some one elSe-that is she
was like the average girl of sixteen
who had Hecn allowed the usual Iber-
ties ana hadn't been crushed every time
she laughed or spoke. She had hit
with flowers on it: she had dress
made by ii dressmakcr; she had Shoes
chat cost So; she even had kid gloves;
she was also cliatty and spoke of her
father as dad
The deacon realized that there was Il
big undertaking on hand for him Ruth
had got out from under his influence
and must be squelched- The only re
proof he administered on the way lone
was his silence, but she did not seem TO
mind that in the least. Just how. TO
begin the squelchlnG bothered the IA
dler a bit for two or three days, and he
waited for an excuse. AT last he found
one. Among Ruths baggage was Il
hammock. There We're locust trees IN
the front yard to suspend it from. but
such Il thing as hammock Ind never
appeared on that farm. 1t was ex-
tr.ilvagance, profanity, flying in the face
of Providence. Ruth put 1t up while
der father was hoeing corn one after
noon, and she was not only lying in Il
when he came up to supper. but also
was reading Il love story. The deacon
hardly waited to hang up his hoe on
the limb of cherry tree. Standing
Gefore the girl, he exclaimed hoarsely;
Get out OF that!'
"Why. daddy, what is it?'' she asked.
You are disgracins me and yourself!
People are looking ut you as they drive
byw
but I'm only lying In n hammock"
''And / tell YOU to get out. It's
shame and a disgrace. The next thing
you'll be doing is to ride horseback"
81 was going to ask you if 1 might do
that tomorrow"
That was the beginning of the saueich'
ing process From that time ON for
week the deacon naEged and ordered
and lectured. He couldn't prevent
Ruth from having opinions and from
talking back but lac mana ged to make
her very uncomfortable. AT length she
positively refused to obey him in some
thing. and, after turning very pale and
swallowing at the lump In his throat
he went out to the barn to think things
over. Ruth was too big to be cufied
or whipped, and it was plain that she
did not intend to surrender her optn-
ions After puzzling over the matter
for a long time the father returned to
the house.
Ruth he began. 'you have seen ut
to set my authority at defiance. Until
you have IA change of heart and ask my
pardon ! shall not speak to you again"
That was the way the deacon had
brought his wife around to his way of
thinking In the early days. He had
refused to speak to her for days or
weeks at time. and the strain was
more than she could stand. With
Ruth, however, the case was different
She preferred his silence to his fault
finding. The hammock was taken
down and she did not ride horseback
nor walk around on stills. Sic would
have had beaus but for the father. AS