The Washington herald., 1907-11-21

worker 10 worker, and after consider
J able difficulty (mOre or less) he did in
deed. succeed IN eXtOrting variously
worded promises. OF in some cases mere
gruntS Of acquiescence-that they would
maybe look in" upon the Church Of the
1895 Days that they "wad gle him a
/ hearin or more often. that they
wadna just Ike 10 say. but would maybe
see"
All which eminently Scottish modes OF
begging the question, and reading the
bin this day six months" were calcu-
lated and arranged for the sole purpose
at once OF afording Hector McKm no
reason for anger. and Of personally com
mitting the speakers 10 nothing in par
I ucular- For, though IL is not much
known south Of the border, Scots can
niness consists not so much in a bang
went SaNpenCe' carefulneSs as TO
money. which is rather rare-and in which
the Scot IS far surpassed by both Wales
and Norkshire-but In the above faculty
Of never quite committing himself. never
leaving himself without an Intellectual
backdoor in any argument
Nevertheless. in the odd Fellows Hall
each Sunday and Wednesday. Hector Nc
Kill found employment for his facility in
misquOting and distortinE Scripture and
their inability 10 see eye TO eve with him
self He even got certain following. AT
least az first There are always in Scot
tish churches a few OF what may be
called 'dissidents from dissent" Social
ism Will never make any real progress in
Scotland. FOR the good reason that, even
IN religion, particularism and private
property IN opinion are so ingraineG in
the nation that no three men can ever
agree with each other. OF be Of one mind
upon any subject-above all about re-
ligion.
sim, with the aforesaid dissidents. the
rin-ran ever ready 20 enter any new Cave
OF Adullum, and a few honest men driven
20 follow the senior manager for reasons
Of bread and butter. Hector McKill gath
cred certain meager following
He was less SUCCESSFUL. however. when
he invitede ''all interested in the dis
seminauOn Of the truth 70 send in sDe-
cial requests for prayer. one Of these
notes Ostrictly anonymous. il may well be
presumed pointed out that the whited
sepulchers Of the vicinity were much in
need of new coats Of paint, and urgent
prayers We're asked for the same. An
other remarked upon the tatteretE condi-
tion Of the local hypOcrites' cloaks, and
suggested a fresh supply as an object TO
De borne in mind by Mr.. Mckiu on his
next Wednesday evening.
A third referred to the second exits
Of all the Incubus pits as pressing Pc
tit!onary need While yet others. written
in Uniformed caligraphy. with a strong
slope 70 the left, suggested an immediate
general raise Of 10 per cent on the wages
bill. and an inquiry into the sanitary con-
dition OF the houses recently acquired by
Mr.. Hector McKin with the hard-earned
savings OF a lifetime
In fact. as Mr.. McKilI said. Such an
exhibition Of the lowest and most debased
rascality made him almost despair OF
human nature" He replied by putting
up the rents upon his tenants so as 10
pay for the expenses OF the services in
the Odd Fellows Hall What would
have been meanness in an ordinary man
was only the approved and necessary
wisdom Of the serpent in an approven
vessel ike Hector McKill. That Hector
was harmless as the dove was abundant
ly proven. In fact. he admitted as much
himself