The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-07-12
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and industr1oas young man and bad
acquired quite . little property thus
garry In his career. He had Just pur-
chased a cay house. and the next
thing needed was a wife
Sarah Jane Scott. twenty yean odd
was q very nice giri-very nice She
mas good At needievo<k. homework
Id other kinds of WORK which would
have made Der q treasure Of Q VITA
she and Ebcnezer met one day, and
shey hooked good TO each Other. From
thence sprsng q eourtship. and there
was 10 one who tnterfered or objected
Ebenezer could support = wife. and
Sarah Jane could Be Of great help 70
husband
There was only one trait IN the char
acter in either one that could be cr1tL
cised. and that was developed TO each
other Just at the wrong time. Ebene-
ger had come counting. and his mind
was about made up 20 ask Sarah Jane
for her hand when the conversation
happened 10 touch on astronomy.
Isn't II singular how the sun moves
around the earth from east to westT'
queried Ebenezer just as be was ready
70 60 home.
@But the sun does not move around
the earth mildly protested Sarah
Jane The earth moves around the
sun. and It moves from east 10 west
because nature arranged II 10. just as
It did for a tree 10 stand on its roots"
did you ever watch the sun mover
asked Ebenezer. with a very sober
face
aNever. Eben. but / have watched
the earth move. The sun stands as
still as a great rock, while our earth
moves along. Why. Eben, don't you
remember the proof given in geogra-
ply Of the earth's moving round the
sum-
swell, well, Sarah, you are a queer
girl. The sun certainly moves. and II
you have never seen 1t move there IL
something very wrong with your eyes.
It moves from east to west, but don't
see why it can't Just as well move
from north TO south"
Sarah Jane looked at Ebenezer for
q long minute to see II he was Joking.
She found him very earnest In this
belief, and it gave her an unpleasant
shock. She had never found him an
ignorant man In any particular, and
this was ignorance Of the grossest
kind.
"Eben," she quietly said, you are
not wanting me TO understand that
tng1 You cannot believe this against
the known facts. Il has been hun.
dreds OF years since 1t was known
that the earth moved around the sun"
People may think 90, but that
doesn't make 1t So" answered Eben.
ezer as the light Of defiance shone IN
his eyes. Il say the sun moves.
have seen 1t move. / saw II moving
along not 1--WE hours ago Ny eyes are
good eyes. What my eyes see ! am
not going back on. Are you going To
believe that the sun stands still just
because a lot OF nearsighted men claim
Il does soT
''Oh, well, We won't discuss the mat
ter any further" said Sarah Jane, re
alixing that It might lead to unfortu-
nate results.
But we willl' exclaimed Ebenezei
as he set his jaw. You believe one
way and another. Let as decide who
Is right"
But how are we going to decidsf
she protested in tones which betrayed
vexation.
Why you are going to believe as
believe
"But I can't You wont find one in
a million people who believe with you
You can keep on believing 30 II yor
VIII, but can never agree with you
However, II Is a matter that we neet
not get angry about. We have Away
got plenty OF sunshine whether the
sun stands still or moves along. anC
we probably always shall We ar,
having pleasant weather. aren't weT'
Sarah Jane Scott" said Ebeneze
rs he laid his hand on the knob of tn
door to go out, when you have com
to believe as / believe just send m
a little note to. that effect. win your
= And Ebenezer, the very good youn
man. but the very obstinate youn
man. walked out into the darkness. Fl
never received the note referred Il
and the reader viii not wonder why
He expected it for a month, and whe
It never appeared he was more tina
ever determined In his belief that tn
sun moved right along and left every
thing behind It AS for Sarah Jan
Scott. she was astonished. angere
and Inundated, and you can't expeC
that the girl with such feelings Is g
ing TO give up her point Of view.
1t wasn't necessary that either on
should leave the town. Eben lived 3
one end of It and Sarah Jane the othe
and they seldom met When they di
there was cold nod exchanged Sc
eral years passed away, and one da
Sarah was married to a man name
Peters. Before consenting to be b
wife she questioned him about the SUI
He readily answered that tho cart
moved around the sun. and the wee
later they were married.
When the news of her marriag
reached the ears Of Ebenezer he q