Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-01-14

spirit, and that led him into revolt
Il have seen your brother Martin
said Barbara When you were brought
insensibIe to this house he Wa5 Win
you
What did you think Of him. asked
Jasper, with pride in his tone
4 did not see his face, he never re-
moved his hat
Has he not a pleasant voice? and he
ie so grand and generous in his de
meanour!'
Barbara said nothing. Jasper waited
expected some word Of praise.
Tell me candidly what you though'
of him. said Jasper.
4 do not like to do so. / did form an
an oninion of him, butt was not IA
! Vorable.'
'You saw him for too short a time
to be able to judge said the young
man. Tt never does to condemn a
man off-hand without knowing his cir
cumstances. Do you know, Miss Jor-
dan, that saying Of st. Paul about pre-
mature judgments? He bids us not
Judge men, for the great day will re-
veal the secrets of all hearts, and
! then-what is his conclusion? All
men will be covered with confusion
and be condemned of men and angel"
Not so-"Then shall every man have
praise of the Lord Their motives will
show better than their deeds.
| How sweetly the thrushes are sing
ing!' said Barbara now; then-'So al
so Eve may be misunderstood
oh, Miss Jordan. when 1 consider
what Martin might have become in
better hands, with more gentle and
sympathetic treatment, it makes my
heart bleed. I assure you my boyhood
was spent in battling with the fatal
influences that surrounded him. At
| last matters came to a head. Our ia
| Their wanted to send Martin away to
| be trained for a preacher, and Martin
took the journey money provided him,
and joined a company of players. He
| had a good voice, and had been fairly
! taught to sing. Whether he had any
good dramatic talent l can hardly say.
After an absence of a tWelvemOnth or
more he returned He was out of his
place, and professed penitence. I dare
say he really was sorry. He remained
while at home, but could not get on
with our father, who was determined
to have his way with Martin, and Mar
tin was equally resolved not to become
a Dissenting minister. 70 me it was
amazing that my father should perse-
we're, because it was OF viOus that Mar
tin had no vocation for the pastorate;
but my father i a determined man.
! Having made up his mind that Martin
was to be a preacher, he would not be
moved from it. In our village a couple
of young men resolved to go to Amer
lea. They were friends of Martin, and
persuaded him to join them. He asked
my father to give him a fit-oUt and let
| him go. But nO-the old gentleman
was not to be turned from his purpose.
Then temptation came in poor Mar
tins way, and he yielded to it in a
thOughtle moment, or, perhaps,
when greatly excited by an aIterca-
ton with his father He took the
money and ran away
He did not go to American
No, Mis- Jordan. He TeiOined the
same company with which he had
/ been connected before That was how
he was caught
! And the money!
Some of it was recovered, but what
he had done with most of it no one
knows; the poor thriftIesi lad least Of
all. dare say he gave away pounds
right and left to all who made out
case of need to him
Then these two, sitting in the gar
den perfumed with sticks, heard Eve
calling Barbara.
Tt is nothing said Barbara: Eve
is tired of polishing her spangIes, and
so wants me. I cannot go to her now;
l must hear the end of your story
I was on my way to this place.
Jasper continued, when had to pass
through Princes Town. I found my
other brother there, Walter, who is al
so devoted to our poor Martin; Walter
had found means of communicating
with his brother, and had contrived
plans of cape. He had a horse in
readiness, and one day, when the pris-
Oners were cutting turf on the moor,
his comrades built a turfstack round
Martin, and the warders did not dis
cover that he was missing till he had
made off. Walter persuaded me to re-
main a day or two in the place to as
sist III carrying out the escape, which
was successfully executed. We got
away off Dartmoor, avoided Tavistock
and lot ourselves on these down, but
were making for lamar. that we might
cross into Cornwall by bridge or ferry,
or by swimming our horses: and then
We thought to reach PoIperro and send
Martin out Of the kingdom in any ship
that sailed
Why did you not tell me this at
once, when you came to our house,
ked Barbara, with a little of her old
sharpness.
Because I did not know you then,
Miss Jordan: could not be sure that
you might be trusted
She shook her head. oh, Mr.. Jas
per, I am not tTu tworthy. l did be-
tray what I believed to be your secret
Your very trustiness made you 4
traitor he answered courteously.
Your first duty was to your sister,
why did you allow me to suppose
that you were a criminal?'
You had found the prison clothes,
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