Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1913-10-18
CHAPTER l.
Certain Notable Details In Genesis.

One John Rawn is to be the hero
of this pleasing tale; no ordinary
nero, as you might learn did you
make inquiry of himself.
John Rawn was born in Texas
and Of Texas at the very spot where.
had 1t been left to his own candid
opinion, no John Rawn, no especial
hero. ought ever to have been born
The village be honored by his birth
one OF seven which now contend over
that claim to fame-was the very
nome of democratic equality; and
how could the home of democratic
equality be called typical environment
for the production Of man believing
In the divine tight of a very few?
Neither. had John Rawn been con
suited in the matter, would he have
indorsed the plans OF fate in respect
TO his ancestry any more than he did
the workings Of the misguided stars
In regard to his environment. BY
right he should have been the off.
spring Of parents for long generations
accustomed to rule. to command, to
sway the destinies Of others Yet far
from this was the truth in our horo's
case.
II was rarely that ever a smile en-
bvened the somewhat heavy features
OF young John Rawn. even In the ear
Hest stages Of his babyhOod Rarely
did the mirth of any situation bring
up in his face an answering dawn OF
appreciation. He was a serious child,
as all admitted even from the first
He grew to be a grave boy, a solemn
youth.
curious persons might have found
certain explanations for these traits
In the calling, the temper and train
ing OF the father OF John Rawn In
that time and Place, "A minister of the
gospel was man of whom all stood
In awe. He was not much gainsa!d !
not much wlthstood not much dlsap-
proved. His conclusions we're an.
nounced for acceptance, not for ar
gumcnt
~ Is not known. nor Is it important, |
whence Mrs. Rawn came or how she
happened to marry her lord Holm
haWn. Senior, the Methodist preacher
In the little Texas town. They we're
married when they arrived at this
9iace, and had been for some years
John was the first child granted tn
tnea0 as answer to his fathers grum
phhg' the latter, very nobly and
riGhteously, dreadng what calamity
the world must suffer did none come
10 pcrpetuato his race.
these necessary and essential IRE.
hmnaries now all stand adjusted
ana we are able finally to say that
John kawn at least and at last was
porn. silently, quietly. with small re-
beiiion on the part of his mother He
lay there In his first cradle. silent
trlhe red, light frown upon his
race. trace of gravity in his fea-
cures as he ventured an introspecttye
look within the confines of his copch
and for the first time discovered thar
wholly interesting. remarkable indeed
wonderful human being. Himself.
Having assured himself that he was
mere John Rawn sighed, turned over
IN MS cradle. and presently fell asleep
wei assured that. although He had
selected Texas for this event God
after all was in His heaven. and that
IN the circumstance. all in due time
would be we'll with the world CouId
any hero of his years have acted with
a hner. larger generosity?
In his younger school days there
was a way about young Mr.. Rawn
lie did not really care for ploddine
yet ne was aggreyed If not accorded
rank among his fellow pupils.
Even in these early DAYS his fen.
lures were In large mold even then
his abundant hair fell across his brow
HIS eyes We're blue and prominent his
nose distinct, his lower lip prominent.
prouuding and in times OF great emo
ton semipendulOus. Even thus early
he seemed old. serious. foreordaiped
Much of this might have been RENE
died bV kindly application Of educa.
tionai or parental rod. but young Mr.
ha"n remained largely unchastened
lis parents did not care to punish
him and his teacher did not dare to
do so Was hc not the minister's son p
II MS mother had misgiyings they
We're Well concealed. She herself only
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 like. His mother
knew bow Ike
AT that time and in that part of the
country this little western village
might have been called almost a little
world OF itself Estimates of men and
anairs were such only as might grow
out oil the soil. The great world be-
yond was thing but vaguely sensed
OF any who dwelt here.
lhe family was its own world In
large part 1t titled its own fields and
ran It's own factories. Mrs. Rawn
nodded the candles which made the
bedroom lights and those by which
she se"ed-though not that by which
her husband read and wrote--tn a
Kettle in the back yard at butcherine
times. when suet came the parsons
way She made her husbands long
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