Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-02-02
CHAPTER l.
,csrsaIn Notable Details in Genesis.

<efxetn Notable Details In Genesis.
One John Rawn is TO be the hero
tpf this pleasing tale; no ordinary
hefo, az you might learn did you
zazke inquiry of himself.
John Rawn was born in Texas
fand 81. Texas at the very spot where
had Il been left 10 his own candid
Ioptnion, no John Rawn, no especial
nero ought ever to have been born
FINE village he honored by his birth
IoRe' of seven which now contend over
that claim to fame-was the very
home of democratic equality: ana
how could the home of democratic
IequalftT be called typical environment
for the production of man believing
sin the divine. right Of very few?
iNeitheF, had John Rawn been con.
suited IN the matter, would he have
Endorsed the plans OF fate in respect
70 his ancestry any more than he did
lthe workings OF the misguided stars
IN regard 10 his environment By
fright he should have been the Of
spring OF parents for long generations
accustomed to rule, to command, to
away the destinies of others. Yet far
= iron this was the truth in our hero's
lease.
y was rarely that ever smile en-
ltvened the somewhat heavy features
OF young John Rawn, even in the ear.
Hest stages OF his babyhood. Rarely
did the rnirth of any situation bring
tnr in his face an answering dawn of
appreciation. He was a serious child,
les al admitted even from the first.
re Gev 70 be grave boy. solemn
youth.
Curious persons might have found
ice-t explanations for these traits
'iI the calling, the temper and train.
fms Of The father OF John Rawn IN
itEat tiThC and place, a minister of; the
's2pe ~as a man Of whom all stood
He was not mach gainsaih
.rt mitch withstood, not much disap
proved. His conclusions were an
bounced for acceptance, not for ar
'Eruent.
Il e not known, nor is II important,
whence Mrs Rawn came. OF how she
taDne~ed- 70 marry her lord, John
7 u, Senior. the Methodist preacher
g. th- 'fttle Texas town. They were
rIT-iot when they arrived at this
E'a.a and had been for some years
--E- mas he first child granted to
..6=s- ae answer to his fathers grum.
bling. The latter very nobly and
f-sE raousI~. freading what calamity
tie world must suffer did none come
Q. 1.-p~tT7te his race.
These necessary and essential pre-
Gi1ila-ies now all stand adjusted;
and ~a are able finally TO say that
John REwn at least and at last was
born, silently, quietly, with small re-
bellion on the part OF his mother He
lay there in his first cradle, silent, a
tridC red, 4 slight FROM upon his
face, z trace of gravity in his fea-
t-rGs rs he ventured an interpretive
-oot within the confines Of his couch
and FOL the first time discovered that
.Rholly interesting. remarkable, indeed
wonderful human being, Himself.
Having assured himself that he was
here, John Rawn sighed, turned over
In his cradle. and presently fell asleep,
Eafl assured that, although He had
selected Texas for this event, God
after all was IN His heaven, and that
lr the Circumstance, all in due time
tx5ul6 Be vel with the world. Could
ANY hero Of his pears have acted with
IL hneC a larger generosity
II his younger school days there
kTag z way about young Mr. Rawn
he dc rot really care for Flooding
vet he vas argricved &c not accorded
rank among his fellow pupils.
Even il these early days his fea-
l. s.alT shaw
his abundant hair fell across his brow.
E4is eyes we're blue aud prominent, his
nose distinct, his lower lip prominent.
jprotruding and in times Of great emo
Iticn samipendulous. Even thus early
he seemed old, serious, foreordained.
Much Of this might have been rene
died BIZ kindly application Of educa-
ftfonal or parental rod, but young Mr..
tRawn remained largely uuchastened.
iEIis parents did not care to punish
him and his teacher did not dare to
10 a. Was he not the minister's son J.?
m mis- mother had misgivings they
were well concealed. She herself only
shudaered in her soul when she heard
the orotund voice OF the master OF
the house explain. in contemplation Of
his FIRST born. "How much he IS Ike
me-" Yes, he was ike His mother
knew how Ike.
AZ that time and in that part Of the
country this little western village
might have been called almost a little
-y.o-ld Of Itself Estimates OF men and
affairs were such only as might gro =
out OF the soil. The great world be
vond vas thing but vaguely seaSed
Of any who dwelt here.
The family vas its own world IN
large part it TILED It's own fields and
an its own factories. Mrs. Rawp
vooIded the candies which made the
bedroom lights and those BY which
she wad-though rot nat b shreh
her husband read and wrote-in g
tsffis. 10 the back yard a. butcher'Ds
timeq when suet came Che Ta-ser';
way She made her hushapdf 7on5
blaeE coats. building them upc- asne
Dretirs9ric rattern she Ia-e.