The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-06-10

think now perhaps that I might try to
break II gently TO my mother. as u Il
we're fresh news. and see Possibly :
,a,,on yo, sse now 40 Won not nov
zane she is In many-indeed In most ways
-how sweet and lovabie. even how sensl-
PIE,
suence that has robbed me on both father
and mother and MAIDS mo and mine the
subject OF town and tavern gossip Tor
eS s,I pas =, ~ ns .." Sr,,.en .or yVu 'ao'
mantle story OF a man who swayed IN.
wills Of his fellow creatures in a truly
marvellous manner. some local historian
,,.a. NJ ,.,.s \. ~ 80. ~, smo.,
something more OF the circumstances that
nave made me a prisoner In life instead
.ree man bue PRISONER as am y.
4 nav cour.s. read IN NV copv 81
Ovid last night, "The best OF weapons Is
the undaunted heart This viii help you.
700. III sour nsru ,.e TOT you '"e
IVORY BoYNToN.
The chronicle of Jacob Cocbrane's
csreer In tho Iittie villages near tho
saco river has M sucb interest for the
general reader as IL had for waitstin
Raxter. She hung upon every word
that Ivory had written and realized
more clearly than ever before the
shadow that had followed him since
early boyhood-the same shadow that
had FALLEN across his mothers mind
and left continual twilight there.
No one really knew, IL seemed why
or from whence jacob Cochrane had
come to Edgewood. He simply APP
peared ut the old tavern stranger,
with satchel In hand, TO seek enter
tainment Uncle Bart had orten ue-
scribed THIS scene 10 Waitstili' Tor ne
W. one OF those sitting ABOUT tne
great open nre nt the Time Inc man
easily sipped into the group ana soon
took the lead In conversation, deignt-
ing all with his agreeable personality,
us hi'np'e 'ohs"e anu sraeeiu' speee"'
AT s"pper une tue nos'ess a"u Tue
rest OF tne i"nhiiy 'ook tneir p'aces at
.ne 'ong .aoe' as was 'ne cus'oui. anu
ne astonisneu 'hen' ny nus hnoWneus"
pot ohiy Oh towh history ou. vi '"'asS
matteVs they nau supposeu unkho"h
any on.
"ue" 'ue a"s "au nn'snu ms
'"pPe' """ 'e'"'"e" W '"e '"'''0" "e
had to pass through a long entry. AMI
the landlady. whispering to her daugh
ter, said
Betsy, you go up to the chamber
closet and get the silver and bring II
down. This man Is going to sleeI
there, and l am afraid OF him. H'
must be fortune teller. and the Lord
only knows what else!
IN going 10 the cnamDer the uaugh
Ter had 10 pass through the barroom
AS she was moving quietly through.
hoping 10 escape the notce or the new
gunner ne turned III MS cnair anu
looking her ruIi in the race suddenly
saiu'
MADAM, you needn't touch your Sill
yer. 1 dont want IL. am gentle
man.
Whereupoh tne peWiIuereu BETSY
scuttieu pack 10 her hother ana toid
her the strange guest was ihueeu
iortuhe te'er.
VI Cochranes initial appearance as
preacher ivory had told Waitstill In
their talk In the churchyard early In
the summer. IL was at a child's fu'
neral that tue new prophet created his
nrst sensation. and there, too. that
Aaron and Lois Boynton first came
under his spell. The whole countryside
mad been Just then wrought up to a
state or religious excitement by re-
vival meetings, and Cochrane gained
the beneht or this definite preparation
Tor his WORK. lie claimed that all his
sayings were from diVlne Inspiration
ana that those VINO einpraced MS uoc-
trlhe received dlrect communication
from the Aimishty. lie disdalhed TOT
maj creeds ana all manner OF cnurcn
organizations, declaring that sectarian
names were marks OF the beast ana al
cnurch Hempers 10 DE In BABYLON ne
introduced reoaptlsm as sympohc
cleansing from sectarian STAINS ana
AFTER some months advanced PROPOSE
tion that MS mock hold all Things In
common. lie put sudden END 10 the