Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1912-01-12
The Rev.
Mr.. Muldoon
b. r. A. mitchell


made vacant by Jornegan. whom you
drove out Of It."
Papa
lyon know very well that you tiirted
with him. then refused him"
But / didn't drive hin away"
when he handed me his resignation
be told ue that It would be impossi-
biz for him to i've near you and for
get you"
Jacqueline hung her head.
This young man who Is coming In
his place has been accepted ut my In
stigu ton because be is painfully home
ly He has fiery red hair and freckles;
he IN long boned and disjointed.'
What has that got to do with IT.
"a great deal. II Is impossible for
you to let handsome. attractive man
alone | expect Mr.. Muldoon to repel
yot by his ugliness. We are getting
tired OF hunting up ministers for You
to make fools OF and drive away. We
are going to try one OF a different
kind"
why not get an old married manT
"You know very well what the sal
airy Is. II we should do as you sug-
gest we would have a FANNY to sup
port besides the minister. and we are
too poor for that"
We'll. papa. II Mr.. Muldoon is ns
hideous as you say i don't think you
will be put to the trouble Of getting
another man on my account
The nrst Sunday the new clergy
man preached Jacqueline was indis-
posed and should not have gone to
church, but she was so curious to know
how homely he really was that she
went to hear and see him. He was
homelier than ne had been painted.
Resides his natural blemishes there
was an artificial one. When boy he
had fallen against buzzsaw. which
had left frightful scar on his left
cheek. Then when prea ching, having
made n point that especially pleased
him, he would smile, and the contor-
ton his face took on was expressive
Of pain in his stomach.
At first It did not seem to Jacqueiine
that she could endure to look at him.
But he had Il remarkable intellect and
the gift of expressing his ideas In
words For awhile she listened to him
with her eyes turned away. BY de
grees she was enabled to endure the
sight OF him for few minutes Mt
time. and before the end Of his ser
mon she had quite forgotten his ugli-
ness.
The next Sunday she was obliged to
begin all over again. but the process
OF getting used to looking upon him,
his fiery red hair. his SCARED cheek
and worst Of all that dreadful smile
at clinching an argument. required less
time than the Sunday before. More
over. his intellectual part began TO In
fluence her. What comprehensive idens!
What heart! What different way of
looking at things from the cut and
dried theology that had come down
through the centuries! How her heart
bled for those whom he pictured driv-
en- by their surrounding circumstances
into crime. 1.-The children Of the poor"
he said. are sent to jail. the children
OF the rich to dancing school,
And so he accounted for that grow
ing criminality among the children and
youth OF the land. filling more and
more the columns OF the newspapers,
illustrating their inevitable course by
such, graphic words as those quoted.
Jucqueline went home from church
and all the rest OF the day was think
Ing on that fearful procession OF little
children with but one path before
them. and TINT leading to crime. And
mingled With this picture was the face
OF the minister. but one engaging fca-
ture In it-sympathy lighted by pro-
test against this human injustice.
For time JacQueline tried to stop
her ears against this childish wall
Any effort to relieve 1t seemed hope
less. But she was Mt last won over by
the minister's exhortation to work IN
der the inspiration Of faith and leave
the rest to Providence. And so under
his direction she became the leader Of
an association OF women workers In
the field OF charity. While the hand
some, gentlemanlike pastors OF her
church had discoursed to her from
the pulpit upon theological princi-
pies that had been wrangled over for
ages and ut other times had poured
soft nothings into her willing ear this
fright by sympathy for his fellow
beings had unconsciously walked by Il
straight path to her heart. The hair
was still Il fiery red: the scar. the ex-
circulating smile were AS hideous as be
fore. but not to her. for she did not see
them. They had been obseured by a
divine light that emanated from the
spiritual part OF this repeliant body.
One day the deacon. Jacqueline's IA
ther. snid TO her:
lack. | have noticed tina. you are
| taking a great interest In the work In
| apired by Mr.. Muldoon. brought him
here thinking that his usliness would
protect him. fear that II has failed -
Father" said the girl impressively.
when again you choose for such pur.
pose homely man 10 occupy the pull
pit OF our church would advise you to
select one without the gift OF iateIlsc'
tuality and the divine attributes OF a
real Christian II yu, intend TO warn