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THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1899.
WHY ROBERTS MUST
WALK THE PLANK
The following reasons why I. II.
Itoberts of Utuh should be expelled
from the house of representatives of
the Fifty-sixth congress arc presented
In a pamphlet Issued by the league
for Social Service, of which Dr. Josluh
Strong Is president:
1. The said H. II. Hubert Is an
avowed polygamlst, having ut least
three wives.
2. The said B. II. Hoberts has married
nil his polygamous wives since the Ed
munds Anti-polygamy law of 18S-. or
since the Congressional Anti-polygamy
law of 1SC2. nnd henco his marriages
have all been consummated In open and
willful dellaiifp of law, us wpII us in
willful defiance of the sense of mor
ality of the American people.
3. The said IJ. If. Hoberts was con
vieted of living with plural wives prior
to the amnesty proclamation of Presi
dent Henjamln Harrison, January 4th.
1S93, and of President drover Cleve
land, September 2."itli, IS!)!, for which
offense ho served a term of imprison
ment, to which ho was sentenced on
May 1st, 18S9.
4. Part of the penalty for living with
plural wives, as prescribed by the Ed
munds law of 1SS2 (see Sth section of
paid law) nnd reaffirmed by the Kd-wunds-Tucker
law of 1887, Is disquali
fication to vote or to hold ollice as an
American citizen.
"i. The said B. H. Hoberts has con
fessedly lived with plural wives and
has begotten polygamous children since
November 1st. 1890, and has therefore
not compiled with the conditions of
either of the said amnesty proclama
tions, which shows hi m to be as defiant
a.i ever.
6, In order to secure amnesty for the
Mormon polygnmlsts and to secure the
passage of an Enabling Act, authoriz
ing I'tah to form a State government
the leaders of the Mormon church, In
cluding the president of the said
church, who is to the Mormon people
"the mouthpiece of God," did in De
cember, 1891, make a most solemn
promise pledging their "faith nnd hon
or" that old polygamous relations
should cease, and that no new polyga
mous marriages should be consum
mated. 7. The rank nnd (lie of the Mormon
people In two different annual confer
ences, representing all wards of the
enurch, unanimously endorsed the
above named action of their leaders,
before It had been Incorporated In the
petition to President Harrison, pledging
themselves to make the said action the
rule of their future conduct. (See pro
ceedings of said Conference, October,
1S90, and October. 1S91.)
8. In order to get back the property
which had been escheated by the.
Tutted States Government In the Act
of Congress, March, 1SS7, the Mormon
church pledged Itself that "the right
fulness of the practice of polygamy
shall not be Inculcated.' (See Joint
Resolution Xo, n of the 1st Session of
the Fifty-third Congress.) This, of
course, was a pledge on the part of the
Mormon church to cease even the
teaching of polygamy.
9. The Honorable J. I,. Rawlins, In
the capacity of delegate from the Ter
ritory of I'tah to the House of Repre
sentatives of the Fifty-third Congress,
did, on the floor of the House of rep
resentatives of the said Fifty-third
congress, on the 12th day of December,
1S93, in behalf of the Mormon people,
make the most solemn pledge that !n
case I'tah was admitted as a State,
polygamy should be forever abolished
by the people of said State.
10, In view of all the foregoing solemn
pledges, Congress passed the Enabling
Act. Including In the same, as a condi
tion precedent to admission, that Utah
forever abolish polygamy by Constitu
tional enactment.
11. The Constitutional Convention of
I'tah, In accordance with the condition
of said Enabling Act, did Incorporate
Into the Constitution a clause forever
prohlb!tingi the practice of polygamy
within the" bounds of that State, Mr.
Roberts being a prominent member of
this convention.
12. As an evidence that this was un
derstood to Include the severance of
the polygamous relntlons already
formed, the same Constitutional con
vention provided that all laws of the
Territory in force at the time of Its
adoption should remain In force until
they expired by their own limitations
or were altered or repealed by the leg
islature. Among those laws we find
the following law against "unluwful
cohabitation": "If any male person
hereafter cohabits with more than one
woman, he shall be guilty of a mis
demeanor, and on conviction thereof,
fchnll be punished by a line of not more
than $300, or by Imprisonment in the
county Jail for not more than six
mouths, or by both said punishments
in the discretion of the court"; and the
Vtah legislature, while the matter was
still fresh In the minds of all the
people, did incorporate In the code of
the State the said Territorial law
against "unlawful cohabitation" (the
technical term for living In pnlygo
mous relations already formed), which
provided severe penalties for the vio
lation of said law.
13. As soon after the above action as
the people had settled down to the be
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lief that at last the vexed Mormon
question had been happily settled, the
Mormon church began to teach polyg
amy nil over tho State, thus violating
one of Its solemn pledges to the Gov
ernment, 14. Simultaneously with the renewal
of such teaching, the leaders of tho
Mormon church renewed their polyga
mous relations, and I ho polygnmlsts
among the common people fo.'owed the
example of their lead?!", tmt:i nil pre
tense of keeping tho said law had been
given up. thus violating another of Us
solemn pledges to the Oto .eminent.
1C. When attention was called to thin
lawless condition of Clings, too Desert
News, of Salt Lake City, oihclal conn
City.
of tho Mormon chuioii, gave lengtbv
editorial space to n defense of such
lawless course, claiming that there was
at the time of admission "a tacit un
derstanding, not to say contract, that
the dead strife (prosecution for polyg
amy) should be burled; that family ob
ligations (meaning lHilygamous mar
riages) already entered Into nnd main
tained for years should not be dU
rupted." Upon th" f.n.i.e subject tlij
said H. II. Robvts said: "Technically
a law (against cohabitation wltn
plural wives) eiopt int'J our statute
books. That law has not been
executed, and, like some of the bluo
laws of Connecticut, which exist on the
statute books under similar circum
stances, it has not been enforced."
(See Salt Lake Herald, Nov. Cth, 189S.)
All this Is, of course, In effect admit
ting that both the pretended Constitu
tional and tho legal prohibition of
polygamy were a mere farce to deceive
the nation nnd secure statehood fo."
Utah.
10. During tho campaign which re
sulted In the election of the said 15. H.
Roberts, polygamy was the most prom
inent Issue raised against Mr. Roberts;
and this Issue made very clear Indeed,
as witness the discussions of the cam
paign, both In the press and upon the
platform.
17. During the same campaign, Gov
ernor Wells, of Utah, himself a Mor
mon, referred toMr. Roberts' polygamy,
nnd raised a question as to the ex
pediency of sending Mr. Roberts to
congress, and thus renewing the dis
cussion concerning polygamy. Mr.
Roberts replied, charging the governor
with "fouling his own nest" and rais
ing an Issue which would "put his own
sisters beyond the pale of tho law," to
which charge Governor Wells respond
ed: "I would rather my tongue were
torn from Its roots than that I should
utter a word against tho divinity of th
system which gave me birth," thus
showing that even the Governor of the
State of I'tah dare not stand out
against polygamy as a principle, or
make ar.y move toward the enforce
ment of the anti-polygamy laws.
IS. The said H. II. Roberts has been
a leader in the movement to repudlata
the solemn coverant which Utah made
with our government In order to secure
statehood, as witness his positive
teachings in "New Witness for God"
(pp. 4CO-4CC), first published by lilin
since the Enabling Act for Utah's
statehood was passed by the Congress
of tho United States. Witness also his
defense of polygamy In the Improve
ment Era, of which he is the editor, his
own self-confessed polygamy slncrt
statehood, and even tho tacitly ad
mitted charge that he has taken a new
polygamous wife since statehood, one
Dr. Maggie C. Shlpp, of Salt Lake Cltv,
who has recently chnnged her name to
Mrs. Roberts, and his defense durlnsj
his campaign of his own polygamous
course. (See Salt Lake Herald, No
vember fith, 1S9S.)
19. The said H. H. Roberts has tho
support of the Mormon church In his
course of repudiating the said solemn
covenant which Utah made with our
government, as witness the fact that
he could not even be a candidate for
otllce without the consent of the Church
leaders. (See manifesto upon the sub
ject Issued by the Mormon church In
April, 1S96, and signed by the said H.
H. Roberts himself.) Witness the fuct
of his own former defeat for daring to
be a candidate without tho consent of
the leaders. Witness also the follow
ing words from a defense of such
covenant-breaking, made by a repre
sentative of the Mormon church,
Nathan Tanner, Jr., during the cam
paign of Mr. Roberts: "I had no Idea
of writing you (Salt Lake Tribune) in
justification of the breaking of the
covenant of those who were parties to
the manifesto, to which I understood
you to allude: but believing that It is
Justifiable, I accent your offer. to pub
lish my communication upon the sub
ject. "I base my justification of It upon the
grounds that Utah was entitled as of
right, to admission Into tho Union
without making such a covenant; that
the United States had no right, there
fore, to insist unon It ns a condition
precedent to admission: that It was ob
tained by duress, and, therefore, not
binding upon those who made It.
Like the promise of a man who
is seized by a powerful foe and com
pelled, in order to gain his freedom, to
make some promise which the other has
no right to demand, tho obligation Is
jof no moral or legal effect, but may be
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repudiated, and the parties stand with
reference to each other the same ns If
no promlso had been made." (Seo Salt
Lake, Tribune, Nov. 6th, 1S9S). The
Issue Is thus squarely Joined. By the
election of the said II. II, Roberts, Utah
serves a notice upon tho nation that
she repudiates her solemn covenant
which she mndo In order to securi
statehood,
20. To permit tho said II. H. Robert
to remain In tho House of Representa
tives would, therefore, bo an endorse
ment on tho part of the House of Rep
resentatives of such covenant-breaking;
and the Issue cannot be evaded, It
must bo squarely met and disposed of
In the only honorable way possible, by
expelling Mr. Roberts, nnd thus serv
ing a notice upon Utah that tho House
of Representatives does not propose to
endorse covennnt-brcaklng, or even
permit Utnh to break her solemn cov
enant with the nation.
21. To pe-mlt the said H. II. Roberts
to remain In the House of Representa
tives In face of the fact that ho Is x
polygamlst would bo to reverse a well-
settled national policy, nccordlng to
which tho House of Representatives re
fused to seat George Q. Cannon, a
polygamlst, as Delegate from Utah In
Hen
22! To permit tho said H. II. Roberts
to remain In tho House of Representa
tives after he has been elected upon
such an Issue would be understood by
the Mormon people ns nn endorsement
of polygamy by the House of Represen
tatives of the National Congress; and
It would give polygamy such an Im
petus as It has never had before In all
the history of tho Mormon church. It
would establish polygamy as a legiti
mate system of marriage, and make It
at once a menace to the American
home, which Is tho corner-stone of our
Christian civilization. It would nt
once greatly strengthen Mormonlsm,
which Is really an Imperlum In imperlo
(see Pratt's Key to Theology, pp. CS,
C9 nnd 73) In the midst of our nation,
so as to make It a menace to the very
life of tho Republic.
Upon such a grave issue as Is herein
Involved every true American citizen
will expect the House of Representa- 1
tlves to stand uncompromisingly for 1
honesty, for morality, for the Christian ,
home, nnd for our rreo institution, uj
seeing to it that B. 11. Roberts Is not
permitted to hnve a voice In our na
tional legislation for a single dav, or
even for an hour.
INDIAN CUBED LOCKJAW.
Man, Saved From Death by n Simple
Bean Poultice.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
Doctors everywhere have a horror of I
lockjaw. They realize that once a pa
tient Is atacked by that disease his
life is sure to fade rapidly away. Had
thty known of tho remedy an old In
dian squaw possessed when the epidem
ic or the disease struck the community
as the result of last Fourth of July
celebrations they would have had little
fear. An old resident of Long Island
to'.tl of the cure to a friend In thU city.
-The newspapers ain't telling no He."
he said, "when they say there's moro
danger of lockjaw on Long Island than
there Is in ntcst other places. I don't
understand none of this newfangled
tall: about microbes nnd such, but I
know for a fact that there's a lot more
ibir.rer In cuts and brulse3 in the east
ern part of the Island, where my father
used to live wnen no vub a ouj . ui.m
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nir.ica. where my folks live now
"I never heard of but one casi where
the ratlent was cured after his face
was set, and that wasn't by a doctor,
but by an old Indian squaw. That pa
tent was my father, and It was away
back In the twenties, when there was
lots of Indians left on Long Island. He
was nearly grown up at the time, but
still going barefooted In summer, and
nut his foot very badly by stepping on
a broken bottle. He did not pay much
attention to It, being pretty tough
and hardy. It wasn't long, though,
before symptoms of lockjaw cet l.
The nearest doctor lived a dozen miles
away, nnd If my father's face wasn't
exactlv set it was next door to It, when
his mother thought of an old squaw
who lived only a little way down the
road, nnd who had qulto a name as
a herb doctor.
"She came ns soon as sho was sent
for, and the fust thing sho done was to
make a bear, poultice, nprinUla It with
i.odo and clap It on the cut. It kept
the wound open, and I suppose it killed
the microbes. I know father said It
nearly killed him, and If tho old squaw
hadn't stood by and prevented it he
would have had It oft In no time. But
it cured him all right, ard afterward
I when he heard of doctors losing their
mckjaw cases hu used to say that It
was because they didn't know beans."
TYPICAL BOER, COURTSHIP.
Bustle Conventionality Marked by
Jeffersonian Simplicity.
Interview In Wnshlrgton Star.
"While In tho Transvaal I saw how
the Boers come courting. Tho girl was
the daughter of my employer. The
young man dashed up to the house on
horseback, wearing new clothes with
an ostrich feather in his hat. He made
his fine horse prnnco and caper before
the house ero he descended. Then he
gave the lines to one of the Hottentots
standing near, and walked up and
down In front of the windows of the
house, well knowing that the eyes of
his sweetheart were peeping through
the blinds nt him. Then he strutted
into the house and first shook hands
with 'Tante,' the mother, and said
'Guten tag.' (Good day.) The same
he did with "oom," the father, and then
at last spoke to the girl nnd her sis
ters and brothers.
"Oom said only 'sltz' (tako a seat),
and then there was complete silence,
which lasted until the bowl of coffea
was brought In. Then each In turn
spoke a few words. Oom asked how
everything was at the 'hula (home),
and then we heard all about the health
of each one In tho family, how the cat
tle and the crops were doing, etc. All
tho time they were drinking coffee. At
last tht suitor rose and handed his
chosen bride the 'lachergoot' (confec
tionery), which she, blushing and
laughing, accepted.
"This was the critical moment, for
If she had refused the gift that would
have ended the courtship, .Now there
was gayer talk, until all but tho two
left the room, for It was tho right of
the suitor to remain In the front room
alono with her of his choice. Rut so
that he should not stay too long, 'tante,'
according to custom, stepped up to tho
wax candle, and made a mark on it
with a needle, saying that, tho visit
might last until the candle burnt thus
far. This was a command that tho
most lovesick swain dare not disre
gard." A Poser.
He Art can never Imitate nature.
She How nbout artificial lee?--lmllana.
polls Sentinel.
Cretia's Mission
"Most then now!"
A girl who had been traveling wear
ily down tho road paused us a square,
many-windowed building stood reveal
ed In the noon sunlight. Sim was dusty
and travel-worn, but her dull faco
brightened ns she caught sight of tho
mission school which was her goal,
She shdok tho dust from her faded
dress, straightened tho sunbonnot upon
her head, nnd sat down upon n stone
by the wnyslde to put upon her baro
feet n pair of well-worn shoes, which
sho had prudently carried In her bun
dle lest tho Journey should provo tOD
much for their endurance.
"I'm most there now," pho repeated,
ns If there were many things in tho
past -which that comforting nssuranco
atoned for. Then, her efforts ut mak
ing herself presentable being complet
ed, she hastened forward r.galn.
Her pleasure, unfortunately, was not
shared by those In the building. A
teacher standing at nn upper window
watched tho approaching tlguro curi
ously nt first, then with a growing reo
ognltion that brought a look of trouble,
Into her eyes. She hurriedly railed to
a lady who was passing through tho
hall:
"Miss Grey, will you come hero a
moment, please? I believe that Is
'Cretla."
"Oh, I hope not," wag answered earn
estly, but after a moment's careful
scrutiny the added words came slowly:
"Yes It Is."
The two teachers looked at each
other in dismay, nnd the eyes of tho
first speaker filled with tears.
"She Is coming back, poor child! And
we can do nothing for her now. Wo
are crowded almost beyend endurance,
and we cannot tako another."
'Cretla had been with them tho pre
vious year, painstaking but dull a
slow, plodding girl, who could not bo
considered 11 very promising pupil. She
was nennlless. with no friends to aid
lier. and as It must be all charity, the
teacllerg ),ad sometimes questioned
anxollsij. whether they were juistlflo:!
m USnR lne cnurch's money upon one
from whom 'they could expect no higher
return of usefulness. Such questions
of economy seem awful when they re
late to souls, but funds and rooms arts
limited, and even mission teachers can
not compass the impossible. So it had
been In some measure a relief that
Cretla did not return after the sum
mer vacation.
Three weeks of tho term had passed
and she had almost diopped out of
mind. Now here sho was again, bun
dle In hand.
"I , done 1 hev come back, Mis-
Mary." sho said, making a sudden ef
fort to correct her language as tho
familiar atmosphere of tho school
brought back a remembrance of Its
teachings "I didn't git yere ut first,
cause because I staid to earn some
more money. Laws, but 1 worked hard
nil vacation ! Yore 'tis, Miss Mary
twelve dollars."
She was untying a. knot In an old
handkerchief to exhibit her little hoard,
and her fingers trembled with excite
ment. " 'Taint nowadays right to have
all you'ns you gimme everything, an'
I arned this."
The teacher's eyes had grown misty
again. Well she knew how few chancer
()I UII1
of employment these girls nau anu now
sma1 a pIUance tno most toilsome laj
bor would bring. She Knew, too, tne
pressing needs of the dally lite, and
all tho hardship and self-denial these
savings represented. Her voice trem
bled ns sho spoke.
"Hut, 'Cretla, dear girl, we didn't
know you were coming, we haven't
any room for you now. I can't tell
you how sorry I am to say It, but wa
have no place left."
Cretla smiled contentedly.
"Oh, 'twont take much room for me,
I reckoned you'd be about full. Any
wheres Ml do."
"But, child, there Is no 'anywhere'
no place at nil where I can put you.
Wo are more than full," urged Miss
Mary reluctantly. The at'mlsslon of
the last two pupils had been n ease of
l.n... nnnlnet ItlflfTTIlont fl tl 1 1 IllO VllllUl.
R 1 b crowded to Its utmost
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limit.
Still 'Cretla smiled her slow smllo.
She had learned to look upon Miss
Mary as a being who could plan a way
out of any dilemma one to whom
everything was possible. But, when at
last she understood, the light vanished
from her eyes. She did not cry, nor
utter any rrotest. A gray pallor crept
over her face, sho nervously lingered
tho faded folds of her dress, and then
In a dazed bewildered way tied up the
! earnings that had so fulled of their
purpose, and gathered up her bundle.
"Do not go yit, 'Cretla, stop nnd rest
awhile nnd have some dinner," urged
the teacher kindly.
Rut the girl shook her head.
"'Pears like I alnt hungry, Miss
Mary; I kin get back to Ma'am Swan
zys by night. I reckon I'll stay there
till mornin,' it's nearder home."
She did not say she could not bear
the pain of seeing otheis In the placo
she thought was hers; that tho merry
voices that reached her from tho halls
and stairways were Intolerable. Sho
did not oven consciously think it; sha
only knew that she wanted to get
nway and be alone.
Tho teacher dimly comprehended,
and, remorseful for the grief she could
not prevent, again explained how
powerless she was to do otherwise,
and once more expressed her own keen
regret.
"I cannot tell you how sorry I am,
Cretla, but you seo I cannot help It."
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Be Strong in the
Battle of Life.
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Happy is the person thor
oughly prepared, by perfect
good health, to win life's
battle. This condition comes
only with absolutely pure
blood. Over 90 per cent, of
humanity are troubled with a
taint, impurity or humor of
some kind in the blood, which
should be removed by Hood's
Sarsaparilla, the best specific
for both sexes and all ages.
A Good Tonic " On general prin
ciples I have taken Hood's Sarsaparilla as
a needed spring ionic. It is a most
excellent medicine." Hakon Hammer,
Engineer, Tottstvwn, Pa.
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garments is now
(No two alike),
much under the
the same basis,
127 and
"I ain't noways blamln' nobody. Miss
Mary. I 'low I'd better be goln'; It's
mighty fur tc walk."
The unconscious dropping Into old ex
pressions told how completely she felt
herself barred out from new hopes and
aspirations. Miss Grey watched the
drooping young figure trudged away
down the lonelv road away from the
help and hope for which it had striven
so bravely. Then she saw Miss Mary
with tearful eyes pass silently to her
own room. Miss Grey's black eyes were
not tearful, they were flashing.
"How I wish," she said, emphatically,
"I could transport those two big heart
aches Into tho middle of some great,
rich church at the north. Yes; I do."
'Cretla walked steadily on until a
turn In the road had hidden her from
observation and a strip of desolate
woodland shut her In. Then sho threw
herself down beside a great tree and
bowed her head on her folded arms
against Its gnarled roots. It was late
In the afternoon of the following day
when, with weary, lagging footsteps,
she reached her home a little cabin In
the valley. The door stood open, re
vealing the dancing flames In a wide
fireplace and the figure of a woman's
silhouetted against it as she gazed at
something on tho hearth. Sho turned
at the sound of 'Creta's step, but
though she must have felt surprise at
the girl's unexpected appearance, she
did not express It.
"Yer back ag'n, 'Creshy?"
"Mammy, they couldn't take me. The
school was plumb full."
There was a little catch In 'Cretia's
breath as she spoke. Her eyes were
sad and heavy.her whole bearing weary
and dejected. The mother's eyes saw
It all in one quick, scrutinizing glance,
but she made no comment. Language,
like everything else In their lives, was
scant and poor. She had never been
able, Indeed, fully to understand her
laughter's awakening aspirations. Af
ter one year at the school' Cretla had
seemed to her a marvel whose ac
quirements sho viewed with mingled
pride and awe, and she could not In the
least comprehend whnt the girl wnnted
of "more lurnin'." She had not op
posed her wishing and working, how
ever, had even helped her after a
fashion, but she did not know how to
offer sympathy now.
"'Twas a powerful long tramp for
nothln'," she said. Then after n mo
ment, with a little motherly resentment
against something or somebody she
added: "'Pears like they might 'a'
waited fur ye."
That was all. She busied herself
with stirring up a cake of cornmeal
and water, putting It on a board, and
setting It up. In front of tho fire to
bake. Then sho fried a bit of bacon,
and the evening meal was complete.
It was eaten almost In silence, but af
terward, sitting in the firelight with
her Bible on her knee, 'Cretla found
comfort. She came In her slow read
ing to the account of the beautiful city
with Its welcoming gates that are 1106
shut at all by day; Its life-giving
waters of which whosoever will may
drink.
"Nobody'll hev lo bo crowded out
there; It'll never be too full for them
that wants to come," she said, "an
everybody that's heard Is to tell 'em
to come. I reckon I might do that
yet."
To learn enough to help others had
been the object of her newly awakened
ambition, and tho thought that suc.il
help might still In some small way bo
In her power came with wondrous heal
ing to tho sore young heart. Through
much of the night she lay open-eyed,
her slow brain graduully shaping Us
desire Into a plan.
The money she had so tollfully earn
ed seemed too precious for any com
mon use. Sho looked at it wistfully
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" 'Pears like I want to get some-1
thing like school out'n it somewnys
for somebody," she said.
The mother could not understand thrf ,
feeling, but despite all limitations the i
germ of truo niotbt-rhood was hidden ,
somewhero In her silent nature, for she j
said not one woul of pressing needs, ;
she only answered briefly: !
"I 'low ye can do what ye life, j
Creshy." j
A small, half-ruined cabin was se-
cured, some rude bom-hen put up by
the unskilled hands of a half-grown
boy, a few children of widely varying
ages were gathered In, and so the lit
tle school began. But even with such
primitive arrangements $12 could not
last always, and Miss Mary, at the
mission school, was ono day surprised
by a letter a letter pathetlo in its
very meagerness, that r.Imply told what
'Cretla was trying to do, and the need
all about her. Could Mary spare a few
books and some Bibles" There wero
only two Bibles, 'Crotla'e own nnd one
other, In all the place.
The reply was a box of supplies, fol
lowed u little later by Miss .Mary her
self. The day of her arrival was warm
and pleasunt, nnd the school, which hnd
outgrown Its narrow quarters, was
holding its afternoon session outdoors
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Children of all sizes wero seated on the
gras.s or on convenient stumps, whllo
the young teacher, slow, still, und very
unassuming. In her simple earnestness,
was patiently trying to teach what sh
herself had been tuught. It seemed
to Miss Mary, In a few minutes that
she stood there unobserved and unwill
ing to Interrupt, that the hungry heart
must have treasured nil it had ever
heard. Then 'Cretla turned and saw
her, and caught both her hands with
a glad cry.
"Oh, Miss .Mary: Now my poor schol
ars will have somebody to tell 'em,"
The same thought was In her face a'
little later, when as the sun drew near
Its setting the circle of hearers Increas
ed. Men nnd boys returning from tho
fields stopped to listen, and a few wo
men came from tho cabins and joined
the group. That this was the usual
custom tho visitor soon learned from
tho comments of those newcomers on
the Bible lesson she was teaching.
"Yes'm, we'uns heard 'Creshy say
that."
"Reckon that's what 'Creshy waa
tellln" las' week; It's powerful true.'
Miss Mary looked upon them with
eyes that saw through a mist. Tho
story of their hard, Im-ren lives was
written in the faces turned toward her,
and ns she turned from them to 'Cretla
so unconscious of self, of toll, and pri
vation, so anxious only that thel Ight
should fall on these sho seemed to
hear a voice, not of earth, saying:
"These are last that shall be first."
Kate Vf. Hamilton In Farmer's Voice.
On the Safe Side.
Mrs. A. 1 always clip out the stock
yard news ami tho weather feport befora
Wlllto sees tho paper.
Mrs. S5.-Vliy. dour?
Mrs. A. Ilecauso I don't wish him to
rcud blood-nnd-thundiT trash. ChlcnRO
News.
A Strong Recommendation.
"But. sir. what hna your caiulldato over
done to deserve tho support of tha iwn
pio?" , ,
"Well, for ono thing, this Ik tho first
time ho has ever run for ofhee." India
napolis Sentinel. '
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