The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-11-24

Jack Falstaff said7 II Adam reli In a
state Of innocency, what shall ] DID,
do In a state of villainy?'"
The boldness Of the man and the
radcalness OF his philosophy dazzled
and fascinated the inexperienced
youth This was what the astute and
unscrupulous instructor expected, and
he determined to pursue his advantage
and effect. If possible. the complete
corruption of his pupil in single les
son; and SO he continued:
Got to live, my son! Self-p-p-
preservation Is the first law, and SO
we must initiate the rest of the BIB
brute creation, and live off of each
other The big ones must feed upon
the little and the strong upon the
weak. Every man for himselfl That's
my religion"
You may be right" said David, but
I cannot say that take to 1t kindly.
I do not see How man can practice
this cruelty and Injustice without suf-
fering."
Suffering! Idea of suffering is
greatly exaggerated. Ever watch a
t-t-toad that was being swallowed by
a snake? looks as If he positively
enjoyed 1t. It's his mission. Born to
be eaten! II there was as much pain
in the world as p-p-people say, do you
think anybody could endure 1t! Isn't
the d-d-door always open? Can't a
man quit when he wants to? Suffer-
ing! Pshaw! Do l look as If l suf-
fered? Does Pepeeta look as II she
suffered? And yet she BIB -bamboobles
them worse than l do. Back in your
own little t-t-town she caught some
of your long-fac old Quakers, BIB
big fellows with broad-brimmed hats,
drab coats and OK eyes. regular meet
in'-goers! And there was that little
d-ddove-e eyed girl. What was 1t she
wanted to know, P-P-Pepeeta? Tell
him. Ha! ha! Tell him and we will
see him b. blush"
She asked me II her father was GO
ing to send her to Philadelphia this
winter" she answered, without Hitting
her eyes.
why don't you tell me what she
asked you bout -Davy?"
1T is time for us to go to supper or
aside her work and rising.
Sure enough!" cried the doctor,
springing to his feet. THE Q-Q-Qua
ker- has knocked everything out of my
head. >Come on"
He rose and began bustling about
the room When Pepeeta glanced up
from her work she saw in Davids eye
q grateful appreciation of her courtesy
and tact. and his look filed her with
new happiness.
The disgust awakened in the Qua
ker's mind by the coarseness Of the
quack was more than Offset by the
beauty and grace Of the gypsy. When
he looked at her, when he was even
conscious of her presence, he felt a
happiness which compensated for all
that he had suffered or lost He did
not stop to ask what its nature was.
He had cast discretion to the winds.
He had in these few hours since his
departure broken SO utterly with tho
past that he was like man who had
been suddenly awakened from a long
lapse OF memory. His old life was as
If 1t had never been. He felt himself
to be in vacuum, where all his ideas
must be newly created. This epoch
Of his experience was superimposed
upon the other like different geologi-
cal formation. Like the old monks In
their cells, he was deliberately trying
to erase from the parchment Of his
soul all that had been previously writ
ten, in order that he might begin Q
new life history.
(To be continued.)