The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-05-09


HH$&N the rector OF the,parcilar parish Tor, N
t~4a Al these days OF bis eninence the Bishop
&smlnm1e rarsly delivered an address upon 50 in
<ztoa consequential an occasion Bur commit
W tee If the ladies Of the faslse through
whose mrenlHg and ia.iraS lahorS me
new charity had been made eo@if', had peitioncd
the Bishop to make this addra his especial aliar'
adding the further request thai ~ test lie prayeih
best who loych best be chosen; and IN view OF all
.he,commttee Of ladies had done 10 furhc what was
reRiy his own pet project he could not decen'ly re-
ftyr the request
The text was particularly dispeasne % the Bishop
M sentimental SIDE Of religion had never appealed
erongy 10 him lie WAS moi a hard-heartcd nan by
nlS means for his charities were many and eel or
,sarli1ed and distncty practical and the entire prot
t,rS, The dogs which he bred on his NODE ann was
samaaJly turned over TO the home orpanass. Bu he
regarded all this in he light OF mere duty and he felt
very particD,sr 4 very vehement an almost IN
dcmtabe detesta.o1 Of the emotional side Of charity
This, patrician that he vas, sayored to him OF the
iflaodran4tc and lay too dangerously near those
tebSils rsndencies which by relaxing the vigilance
sg.inst undue scntmentaly, tend TO cheaper and de
base he
Hs was con,er native diarchman rigid adherent
of the ,sthoAox, AID a.a furnished further reason
Tor dsapp;ora Of tie suggested text. nasmuch as i
@as no. Scripe,ral However, there sas no help for
h. The serEou nust be written
So Ls,4,sfu ~aa ;hc tasl, that the Bishop essayed
1t on The eve OF MS departure ior his arm 50 that no
dsccrd koud mar his projected weeks rest.
Yet! try as he would. the requisite thoughts tlnded
hrn ard he pfessr.ly became aware lt ther elusive
ness vas ben. augmented by shtlll peculiarly
jerky sound amos. like the crying 81 q baby The
BiiAct te-me rsstye annoyed and finally with a
litsls rart Of aggreyed surgra ac ealized that the
irrjairg sound existed arj trounel The quiet OF the
nstA tsczuse mandate Of hi. hal b;ta dsobeyed
Tie .ossched an electric bell aud his man came hur-
giug srsp the room.
-Jsnys, to my surprise | perc We 'sss you have
ksErd 10 obey my implicit n-tIuc M he puppy is
ssill n the hou:c"
rnr man suffered ov, hn spnsos> As they were
going 10 the farm the 4af te in.ended taking
fhs Puppy with him and eayia. him there, where there
Srss 50 u.ny ihs: one more woull matter,
The Bsaop became indignant "a ordinary street
ds<. cianninsisG Of Heaven know: many different
srceds on his node iarm Of horom nbred dogs It
was not to ts though, Of
arDi.pSse oi him io-moroa nos1as without fall
James he commanded
ssBut how sir, Nobody wants him.
f@Ihen drown him
ayery good SIR And the man d, d,ierentially With
drew
s.And the coed mi wise Bishop with little sigh
hall of content tha. he was free scc bis bed hall of
ANNOYANCE that the unNelcoue text ll which Tie adj
dres. must be bu,. sill oomed heire im--retired
to his sceangaparrent
He was ridiculous, small-so The hoy realized the
moment he saw him in Of those binding flashes
OF vision which, in few precious aeaen,s ot liie
transform the face Of the earth or e heoldtr rdit-
uously small and decou,ly .ofi i,r 81 his qa~li%
also the aoys kindling eyes in some my''e'iou @aS
took no.s And then before ae bay could dc,ide
whether Of ad he Mas udueing If tremendous
sudaci;y IN view OF the gorgeous creature 10 gonpiS-
uc,,s livery upon whose arm the puppy lay Graded his
hneers drawn toward the tiny creature as by mag
net had catessiney touched tie huhG huncltd 'iule
ball and had discovered t, warmth Il, quite ANA ing
s,attrng warmth which, indeed seemed the puppys
.al,ent and ultimate quality in addition to t,a he
io4es thai painted aud ,ibraled and tseinblsd lf'
the iendet little body
Then suddenly tie boy became aware that a terri
he a snoo,ng thing had been communicated 70 him
ins.sd 20 .mpressiou on his mind that il would have
been .possih, for him TO repeat The exact words that
bore the message his earsth that indeed, tie mes
sass seemed 10 have come 10 him through some other
than the ordinar, channel Of speech, as Il picure
had been aashed to his BRAN aud etcl ed into it, The
puppy waa 70 be drowned drowned in the river
The boy shyercd uneouseiously; unconsciousy also,
he bussed hi. threadbare thin oyereoat more closely
about ms own irail body The air Of the early spring
morning was raw and keen He remembered the btinp
breathess shng of the water upon his lace and hands
that morning whet he had washed in unhested room
preparatory 10 ashyerng the morning newspapers II
seemed to hm the height Of merciess cruelty that
this delicate whining liuls creature with is luxu.
rous. dowl-iss Goa. and the SOFT peous brown eyes
which were almost more human thsa,a baby's tC
have this warmth wiped AWAY his liis eAtmgaished b,
Being plunged bodily into the icy waterssoi The river
Tt, dog So the man was informing him, was mere
|, common dog and for that reason his master
desired to be rid OF him, and tie boy with an ncreas
s feeling OF almost physical nausea at the idea,
~ ssammered out the one word common. theTeb,
schoing that which to hn was the most inconguou
sbirs oi all IL this wholly inconeruous affair III
felt dimly vaguely that there was something rad
cally anis in applying tnat term 70 the puppy Nitl
his inconceiyablc his miraculous warmth For tn