The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-03-18

N4ooS Soi ppI lipu, TIE fTeSpTGNS anG
God.
Just outside the little private fold
We're the Blagdens. After them, thu
congregation of the First Congregations
al church OF Corinth.
1t already has been said that Mr..
Presorey employed himself in the pleas
ant occupation of developing other peo-
pies children. His wife, it may be
added. also o q hand in such affairs.
she a never cared to have children
or her own. This. perhaps, was q for
tunate thing for MIR. Presbrey's peace
or mind. It would have been most dis
trsssins, even dismaytns, if she had
wanted them.
Again. l repeat, MIR. Preshrey was a
very good man, He Will pear watch
ing.
He was tall. spare, so and ascetic.
You could not have mistaken his long,
Thin, aQuiline nose for the property OF
any but s. sanity man, nor could his
closely cropped side whiSkers, extend
ING below the lobes OF the ears, have
belonged TO s. less exalted personality.
SoHHrlmeS We confuse our OWN less care
al ministers with overly importunate
aShsnins-Tod agents or Insurance So
-e2tors-onoe in s. while. 10 our sor-
row, With book agentS-but We would
nos have taken Mr.. P~rssbrey. by n
conceivable chance, for anything but
Waat he q And Vet, despite an out-
WaFS appearance OF rigid SELF govern
-37rc and eSacJiryaie. he possessed a
certain form Of weakness that IS ap-
parent in most OF Us, no matter how
SEcV-S C11aGsd NE pretend 10 be. He
was nor aaevs listening TO the advice
an3 counsel q his wife, ! berr&y q Sc
s-eE- o. coarse, when I say that Mr..
Fresarsy first tool his burdens to ms
wlTs- and then 70 God. ! viii not go
50 Ear as 10 say that Il she had pooh
go21s6 Ehsn IS ~trlFtes, he would not
have IGclCesi them in his prayers. but
& Is quite certain thst ne would have
gore ah'o@g II p-eztonctoriEy.
Il Mrs FrsS6zav had searched the
void 9ys- Tor s. mate. she could not
13Ts sasecse&&sG In finding enc more
~s@-Eaua8s Ih2H he 7 do NOT pretend
ts GnCw sow far atsli she searched.
Dsr e9w bong l. was before she came
% lin s1c It IS reasonable 10 suspect
rrzt she Lad osss zazas enaeayor. she
VS. II -hs- he G1Sr-tsd her and she
ia- Led The Sofs class In his Sunday
s21G2L Es- II lsas- IS years before the
El-scAe cana 70 rasS Co-inth was her
2EEagaaGa. GO : fancy. she did not find
Z asZssszET 10 Tslsnre far from home.
s.ls essTe1 n the etfscacy Of prayer.
E1IE z TI ss rssssvsd the hslasei
1LesEsE-g II ts shape Of Mr. Presbrey.
Fr "a soEg sle had prayed with
1zZ-1-lc.2 10r E-- Gods blessing. as
weA ~ HIS wrath g often DELAYED be-
EgEn- I'll @4s-szz15t1E. but ff we ae-
aEDr Arg- PrssaEsEs spiritual persist
z1Ev 9z III sIzEyEa, ar minds NAV be
&c EssG IL Ia -# virtue % the admoni-
-izn- AGE and re shall receive
L a CU1T natural tn sluposs that the
EEzssLs1E ErEz1rsTs had Eurs into the
Er-Eciem GE tina M~I5tac-u4 children quite
lIfErsEIatT Eet55re presenting them
EHiEH ac --s Ill ssc= L. minutes prior
-z -~z -r--[--F- -[---- -
-zssrHT EsE1G Il Z point reVer TO be
fE9 Er aEEtG Sic avofdsd all pos
Haaalz1T Ct sEeA an 1ccErausce by being
suleEIalIF z1sad 6. tina So. vhen
lTsF SEE DOWN 20 table al : O'clock.
11fsT wEre prepared 20 give all the
ef-tiEElzC za1FIcs that the occasion and
In sE1gsIzefeE demanded
Rr Freszreg Looked assarce at Caet-
wind While tGs dessert wa being
st=rvsi II wss wGzt Es commonly called
za-' Mr. BEaSden. t1~tercspting the
a96E, G1-=IT=s1 4 Questioning glance at
nar zzzear8- Horace looked at the
erTa@aI e1anGeffsr for z moment. and
1-e1 aaBSS
Er along agT. rheswynd."
II rant a5ra< r1ora float" said Chef
] T7r-r wao kEsT they were holding
1 E5gzeGehnE back
Hrs Preaarey sighed Then she asked
eEEaGF enough:
ED
Horace crfnged He aIways cringed
WHEN the4 were spoken of as his sis.
ssrs children. Il never occurred to him
gEat TX would have sounded awkward
u c1e asked How are Mr.. Midthorne's
cnAGren2 or Are n late Mr.. Mid
th0rE@s children coming to Sunday
flEE deny tsat they were his sisters
i children,
NO, Mrg. Preabrey. they have not
NJ REPLIED, He pondered for a moment
THEN be passed his smooth, white hand
across his chin. THAT reminds me I
wans 10 speak 10 you about them. Pres
hrsy< The time nag come-er-ahem!
when II seems advisable for us to ac-
quaint them With the unhappy condi-
tons surrounding their pabyhood. They
sanF1ld not BE- allowed to grow UP in
I utter ignorance of-er-ahem,-certain
hereditary Influences. They must be
PREPARED. IL II is in our power to pre-
pare them. for the perils of that mis-
sEabie heritage, We do not want them
10 go IN uncongciousIy developing the
-the-er,-what shall I say?-the faults
Of their parents"
Mr.. P~reabrey's blue eyes lighted up,
My prayers are never complete
| WITHOUT an earnest plea in behalf of
those dear children" he said. If he
4 AsSRA NS~- ttlC tiOQDlc IL lOOE, he InlEQI
have zen a certain tightening of the
lines about Mrs. Blagden's lips. Mrs,
Presbrey, more observing, saw the
change In her hostess expression. She
FASTENED to apologize for the careless
use OF the adjective.
All children are dears," she ex
planned.
. Suffer little children to come unto
Me, began Mr.. Presbrey absently.
Chetwynd snickered. A warm red
surged to h speakers cheeks and
brow, causing his wife to start with
amazernent. She had not known there
was. SO much blood in him
What we should do" remarked Hor
ace blandly. lis this: we should put
the situation clearly IL Eric. He il
IL years old and bright as q dollar. Nc
one can gainsay that. / daresay MARY
would not be sufficiently Impressed al
her present age. Perhaps we'd bette,
wait in her case
II thought you wanted to save botf
OF en-. put In Chetwynd rashly.
"Chetwyn!" exclaimed his father
and mother In unison.
There Is q saying" added MI. Pres
brey, in whom resentment still ranked
that children should be seen, or some
thing to that effect" 1t was a yer,
daring remark for him to make.
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