Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-28
CHAPTER Xxx.
Education by Correspondence.

valley Manse, November 16. =
Dear Mr.. Morris. - The letter which
you were so thoughtful as to address
to me gave my father and all of us
much pleasure. We were glad to hear
of your safe arrival in Span, and my
father charges me to thank you for
the money sent to his poor folks,
whom he finds too numerous at the be-
ginning of the winter. He appreciat-
ed highly the mistakes and scriptural
misquotations In your letter. Indeed.
have rarely seen him in such high
spirits of late Please write again.
Gle advises sound course Of BIZ
Bile reading to you; and, if you have
not copy by you, my father has
friend in the Bible Society's distribu-
ton work at Madrid. who will send
you one carriage paid" But he wishes
me to add that ignorance Of the orig
inal languages will seriously handicap
you in your researches - in which
case he processes himself very much
at your service.
This. l have already pointed out,
is not genuine Protestant doctrine.
but it is what my father says, and
| have faithfully reported it to you.
| You complain. dear Mr. Morris, of the
! lack of conversation in Spain. and
yearn so you say for mine. The lack
Of it certainly did not seem to trou-
! BILE you while here. But. since you
! cannot see my plain face, perhaps we
| shall get on all the better by letter
because of the intervening distance.
! you and I.
"At least we shall try upon con-
4 oh
use fathers ink, and my hand writ
ing carefully restrained, will look as
well on paper as anothers - fathers
for instance, I mean. Then the charge
is one shilling per sheet, VIII oh, If you
find the article supplied with the
money, you will kindly remit no
more. no less = to be used for the
benefit of my poor gloves,
i "Well. Kirktown is Kirktown again.
The storm has passed over. The COM
pany has not yet turned out the wild
ows Nc. 2 is standing full Of water.
and they say it will be four or five
months before the poor fellows m the
east workings are got out.
/ Phil Calmont is proving the truth
Of your instructions. He has ttefed
Kahn on two occasions but he had,
they say. Grindl ng and Mr.. Romar
behind him. He visits all the pits ev-
cry day, and the new exits in No. l,
No. 3, the Carron. and the Tong
Dock are all being finished according
to your plans, Father told me- this
He is writing his sermon or tne
says he would write to you hi ',saif
I'D est. He would mean to, but ne
would never really do 1t = writing Is
a pain to him. Not so to me. 81, to lie
just | have taken enough out Of MS
Poor drawer to pay the postage OF
J this to you. If you do not consider ME
'poor, or If, apprec ating the value vi
my conversation so suddenly nrd VIC
lentiy, you are not prepared 10 refund
the postage Of my letters TO you. =
: please tell me, and l will hereafter
forever be SILENT But the present
, err never, never, never, never Mo-
even by action at law So there.
"Raif has gone of to college anf
: taken his terrier named after Nol
with him. The youngsters. Aif. Tin
and Violet, fight most of the TIM, and
poster me the rest. If I We" Niobe
and had lost my family, l should no
be all tears. No, Mr.. Morris.
should = well. it is no use Sayins
what | should do = for are they NO
all three beneath the window yelling
like young hyenas, and nv father a
his sermon. He will be calling out Ii
know what I mean by it IN moment
Could you not export goo,l EN-
poisoned dagger or bowl of poppy OF
mandragora.' warranted to brins
about enduring peace in a Christian