Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-20
CHAPTER X-(Continuedl

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$50 I shall obey conscience" he de
clared: "I shall ask h good GOD 10
,toften tho heart of my bishop
.sThat is a noble stand, father said
the old man in the chair. He wagged
his head doubtfully. "But 1t Is an
almighty bold one"
IT shall write my bishop. l shali
tell him all the truth. shall entreat
Him. I shall make him understand
81 met him once down at the Legis'
i~ature-your bishop. l was on the
committee of education. He came to
ask that State mone be given to the
parochial schools. Ask? No, heIde-
manded. He said that the people or
his Church paid many thousands OF
dollars In taxes, and that this money
goes for Yankee schools. There is
some Justice in his stand. I'm a FAIR
man. I admit it. But l believe there
IA another place for religious teach
ing besides the schools. l told him
80. / spoke of u plans for the Dig
school at Attegat. He shook his g
at me and was bitter. 1 want to adj
wise you as a friend, father; be care
ful what YOU write to your bishop. Be
careful what stand you take In this
matter. There are enemies who may
distort."
"r hall demand that he listen to
the truth"
"You have been here a great many
wears, father. Your people need you
1t Is your home - this house. your
harm YOUR garden. [ could never for
give myself il you got into trouble
through me. Think well before you
start TO disobey the bishop.
But shall I allow a man like BIAS
TO force me to tell the boys and girls
TO leave the new school? Sooner VIII
7 tear W my tongue."
He came back to his chair II
picked up his broad hat. He rugged II
against his breast, and the two oIo
men were silent, looking away into the
summer night.
Norman Aldrich found them there
He came walking down through the
orchard leading his horse. He u
news from the south.
"It's sorrowful business. The Off
GERS are putting the squatters out OF
their homes in h clearings. The
owners nave been waiting until the
summer days are long and warm, the
oficers tell me. They hin that their
delay till now is showing consideration
for the settlers. But l do not see n
consideration in this business. They
are driving the poor people away from
the little crops they have put in
the people have nothing but the soil
TO feed them. The houses along the
river are crowded. The men who
are responsible for this do not under
tand the situation up here, Represent
alive Clifford. Let them go here
let them go there they say. But the
Acadians are not nomads.' It's like
tearing trees up by Ii roots
"I have tried to tell them down
there at the Legislature, Friend AID
rich. 1 have begged for money until
they have pointed their fingers at me
Educate 'em-make something out of
EN- besides farmers I have pleaded
Notwithstanding in trades Will
give the BOYS courage to start out into
the world of the Yankees. That's
WIN 1 toiled early and late until / got
the biz school up there. With a little
patience we could have worked the
thing out. / hoped that the owners
OF the tim~ber.lands understood. ] eX'
plained il all as best l could"
"Ah, Monsieur, you could not talk
social evolution to the men Of a log
cutting syndicate and have them UNI
derstand," said the priest.
"They understood better what theil
timber cruisers told them" stated the
customs man. THAT report showed
that every clearing was a menace &c
atanding timber. That's the proper
business view 10 take of 1t. Up hert
We see and understand the human
aide of this thing. The managers of e
timber syndicate dow there in thu
city reckon these Acadian squatters il
4he same class with porcupines. Tit
p~orcupines damage standing timber
20 do the squstters. OF they mus
"a, The timber cruisers recommend
it,"
AZ ought to have understood.
nu~ht TO have remembered that dollars
.rs impatient" mourned the patri
arch. "Doliars will not pause and re
1ect that human natures are not re
modelled overnight. The BIG school
INIT I realize that the school mus
- slowly and surely. 1t will prevai
a. IN. end-it will redeem Acadia
mt I ought to ave foreseen thes'
,xnubles. 1 have been moving aoou
NV district, Friend Aldrich. Tfe mel
~~~~a at me. ! know I should nav
,..3s more attention to the CUISINES
80. i am at fault. Dollars VIII no
<vnst In these days"
s-rhs state ought to intervene &c
clnrsd Aidrich.
.srhs landowners are moving strict!
usthin thsir rights"
= mean that this great State can
l0brd 10 lose these people a
$500 mining fhf