Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-12-24
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and What was 1t you just said
LII don't b'lieve heard it right"
J said that daughter of yours, OF
niece, or whatever she is. this Grace
Var Horne, has been meeting young
Ellety, our minister, in Peters's grove
Been meeting him and walking with
him, and kissing han She's met him
i'll those pines every Sunday afternoon
for long time. } She was seen there
VITA him this afternoon"
"Who-who saw herr"
Never mind. The one that didll
never tell-unless it's necessary They
are fixing to be married, and"
Married. She marry a Regular
minister! Oh"
Hush! Listen! They amt married
yet. We can stop 'em, you and l, II
We get right TO work. 1t isn't too late
win you help?"
will II Go on tell me lnore!'
I'VE can stop EN-. know it would
be a good catch for her, the sneaking,
Designing Well, never mind. But II
t0AA l bC. IL w. AOQ w 6Ot ~
tel her so, Hammond We folks OF
the Regular church have pride in our
society; we won't have it disgraced
And we have been proud of our minis
ter, the young, rattle-headed fool!
Wen save him If we can. If we
can't'-the speakers teeth grated
then Wen send him to eternal
smash or die trying"
But I can't believe~it's true It's a
mistake; some other girl and not
Oracle Why. she don't even know
him. She wouldn't But she has
been out every Sunday afternoon for
weeks If it should bel"
The chair creaked. Evidently Cap
tain Eben was rising slowly to his
feet.
''Well?" repeated Elkanah.
'Elkanah Daniels" said Eben slow
ly, his voice shaking from nervous ex-
haustion and weakness, but with fine
ring of determination in every word,
"Elkanah Daniels, you listen to
me. I've heard you through. If
your yarn is true, then my heart is
broke, and | wish | might have died
afore / heard It, But | didn't die and
I have heard it. Now listen to me.
love that girl Of mine better'n the
whole wide world and yet I'd ruther
see her dead afore me than married
to a Reglar minister. Disgrace to
him! Disgrace to your miserable
church! What about the disgrace to
mine? And the disgrace to her? Ruin
to your minister! Ruin to my girl
here and hereafter is what I'm think
in of; that and my people who wor-
ship God with me. I'll talk to Grace.
I'll talk to her. But not of what'll
happen to him or you-or any of your
cantin', lip-servin crew. I'll tell her
to choose between him and me- And
if she chooses him, I'll send her out
of that door. I'll do my duty and read
her out of my congregation. And I'll
know she's gone to eyerlastin' hell,
and that's worse'n the poorhouse.
That's all tonight, Elkanah Now you
better 60"
The lock turned; the door opened
and closed. Grace, clinging to the bal
listers, heard Captain Hammond cross
the room, slowly and feebly. She
heard him enter the sitting room By
and by, pale, but more composed, and
with her mind made up, she came
down into the hall. Drawing a long
breath. she sAturned into the sitting
room to face her uncle. BY the light
shining through the dining-room door
she saw him on his knees by the hair
cloth sofa. She spoke his name. He
did not answer nor look up At her
touch his arm slid from the couch and
ne fell gently over upon his side on
the carpet.