Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-19
BuriedA1ive
]. D. GILLIAN

10 have funded her. high qualities in
him His success softened her other
wise stony pillow and the reports OF
his advancement provided restful
slumbers for her.
So DESTROYS was she OF atoning for
the spent life and the besmirched name
OF her lost husband whom she contin-
ually mourned. and restoring some
thing OF his loss to society, she con-
ecived the idea of training The son for
the office and work of a clergyman.
BY dint of continual hard labor and
wemanlike dizziness Of management he
was sent 10 the seminary. where in
due course Of time the curriculum of
the school was finished and he gradu-
ated honorahly She saw him receive
his diploma, the cost Of which was so
much greater to her than to him. She
measured his honors and her JOY by
the votages Of pain and the torturing
aches that filled her physical system.
Her nerves were the harpstrings to the
Tyre of life, but they We're Keyed SO
taut that when the perfect achieve
ment came they broke under the strain
She did not long survive the honor
when the shouts and the applause Of
the multitude proclaimed her son a
victor. She died in great peace of mind
and sweet happiness,
Like Abel Of old. being dead she vet
spoke. 50 inspiring had her presence
been that its power fingered on. Like
her he had admired his father and
given him perfect filial affection He
must now choose his field Of labor
OF IL least indicate his preference.
He declared he wished to spend his
| life as q missionary among sailors in
\ foreign ports No wonder! His one
hope and dream was that he might
4 find q trace OF his father who, with
out doubt had been dead for Years.
His first assignment was Singapore.
What scenes he viewed, what char
acters he met, what experiences he had
are not part of this narrative. Enough
to know that after four years of anx
/ iety and careful inquiry at Singapore
/ Hong Kong and other world harbors
/ where human shouls prey inhumanly
upon the ncdutious, or where force is
used il other means fail, he got track
4 Of the besotted father He had been
captured. Gagged and enslaved in dia
mond mine in South Africa. Varied
and painful were the experiences OF
the young minister While toiling pa
tiently from camp to camp over Veldt
through jungle and across deserts fol
months to find him at last prematurely
aged With the enslaving labor, expos
ure and heartless cruelty added to his
already ruined condition that had beer
brought about by his own reckless
manner of living. Only his Celtic con.
stitution saved his life for further SUI
fering, while he toiled, an nnrequitet
slave under brutal guards. Here h,
was known as Number 1896, his nam,
not appearing anywhere.
4 such kindly work as the young min.
lister was permitted to do endeareS
him to the men to whom his word O
kindness and touch Of tenderness wer,
4 as strange and soulful music. He woi
their sympathy and their confidence
He was known To them all as Mr.
Roderick, one day he saw his fathel
egeing him more carefully than was hi
custom. for the depraved man hat
been among the leaders of the hard fel
lows in giving the cold shoulder to tn,
minister and continued TO do so lonl
I after the most OF the others had beer
q drawn 10 love and confide in him. H.
stared al him across the supper tabit
and went off to his bunk muttering
The next evening the trick was repeat
ed, and he said:
Are ye no Scotch Mester Roderlck 2
~. that | am
TIA ye been up Glaskie way ?"
"Ay"
Did We aye Ken MeMurtaugf
there ~
II knew the name very we'll" sait
the young man. nov choking back hi
pent up feelings. II knew Il man b,
the name of Rodcriek McMurtaugh
but he went away to sea years ago
Did sc ken the wumman and TIN
bairna"
'Ay. father and I'm the BARN
1t is not for words to depict the mex
film Of this now very rapidly moving
picture. How he helped his father anl
others; how by SO doing he incurred
the sharp and determined enmity Q
tie gfasping cor ipany, whose cupid
NY forbade their seeing In the men IN
der thoir care anything but money
producing units They sought % hay'
him removed. and almost succeeded.
Not long after his arrival AZ th
camp he was attacked BY d sort OF dlz