Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 48, Number 26, Jasper, Dubois County, 9 March 1906 — Page 3
IbeUnworthiness
of John Hy J. J. BELL
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1 m going out.'' said John Langlands. shortly, rising from the tea table and Uag 1' P'P from a tobacco jar on tbe mantelpiece. He bent down aa be I poke and kissed bright curia of bin little daughter, I jiy . Where jou goln'T" abe Inquired. !. I lag od to a button of bia Jacket. t that moment it w as on Jobn Langtands" tonga to say: "To tbe devil." be clear eyes of bis child checked Le bitter reply, and he simply anred : "tiolng out, dearie." Santa Claua com In' to-night. Daddy," '.t. formed him. Irrelevantly, her eyes . :.ulng to dance and sparkle Is he really. Paiay?"aald her father r want of a better remark. !.- Is Not kLow if.;:, po.r Paddy?" Well I hop he'll bring you al! you i . pet." aald John, unloosening tbe t:.p hand from his coat and ing hi r cheek. I r ight, Daisy. " - M iiTver, too! " cried the cherub. John's face went fern and white. He perl round tbe table to where hia ft eat. ' r.ight, Katie." he aald. softly u humbly. Then he stooped as -her. But her face was hard and fj-f repellent, and without another :, John straightened himself and left room. A moment later Daisy slipped B her chair and sought her mother's n Want to be cuddled feel bad." she h but you shouldn't feel bad. dear, t C laus Is comiug to-night, you N t care feel bad.'' And so there i- - m weeping and much fetttaftal ' rting. till presently Daisy, who oaM not put her trouble In worda. sat M her mother's knee and expressed 14 rself as being "Kite better tow." And then followed a glorious hunt - ich the house, with the object of findiaf a stocking large enough to ao 1 rrmodste all that Daisy expected from (hi Saint. With ecstatic shrinks she at ilscorered In a cupboard a pair of her father's waterproof "waders," Which he used on his fishing excursions j One Of these being promptly annexed, it a trailed to her room and suspended Ii -.-naph at the foot of her crib. K ate put her cherub to bed. and. aftrr watching beside her for halfen hour ' k herself downstairs to the parlor.
The n roan, with its Blowing fire, fr.msonba le i lamp and cozy hangings. looked lei) c hamber of comfort, and Kate tat -Iowa in one of the big chairs whh-h I oe either side of the Iright lire a: I opened her workbag. was an injur d woman injured ami her forgivetvss by the man MHM she bore. And yet. John l.ar.slands had never proved aught but : il and loving and terder to his HS bin bad been committed long re he met Kate for the first time, but it ii concealed from her all through five years of her wedded life. Inbawlag buffered for and rerenteJ : his misdeed at the time. John's conand memory had troubled him
la afterward Six months ago, ; however, some one a "friend" had
Lfht fit to open the cupboard of his past, and disclose the ugly skeleton to ale wife. Kate, whom everyday people I l "a dreadfully good woman," the I appeared magnified by its eon- !' r . and she was quite blind to the l - :ng circumstances, of which there were not a few. She was poof : he feeling tfcnt she had a right .- ha iid s past, and the argued rather unfairly that now there could L- further trust on her side. Jarhl :red indescribable shame sorrcw in confessing the truth to eife, but he never doubted her w orn rent lencss and forgiveness. When withheld, and when she refuse ! him her hands and lips In token I and pardon, the man felt, . asonably. that his wife's love beaa a poor affection from the very t iinnlnjr. Vo, are unjust. Kate." he said. "God Himself does not refuse a man a second chance. I never pretended to be a saint. I ra tried to keep a straight course Ince the day I saw you first. I have a straight course." Me waited in vain for her to speak. UsM he went on: " Why can't you - ' I tell you I love you more than r even though I have been shamed It row slant. Good God! rould I bear to .tan.i before you If love did not hold Think' Can't my lore be my sal- ' a':on? Kate!" was as stone to his pleading. : so it came to pass that John. too. grew cold and proud, secretly rebellious, r showing the passion in bis heart h sometimes. In his lonely hours. itned to overcome him altogether re was no charge made In the ernt of the household, save that husband went out every evening to wane the torment of locking at hi fe across the impassable gulf which r- r pride set between them. n this Christmas eve Kate sat lonely by the parlor fire, brooding over i aH Hr husband, she fati H I nas at the club, enjoying himself after ' hion of mankind. As a matter e f Joi r. was doing nothing of the kind. I II walking slowly up and down a r i'h boring street, careless of cold. 1 ikia up bis mind to plead with his I ce more. And. resides, there w as
npe thi haauuüty tnm rro aad Nil as at ike root of Lt i hrd. unforgiMug nature bhc- was smiled by the toat opening. A tiny, vhite-robed llsiu e stood gazing at her. ' M sera Daddy?" Htrejrl Buisy. Have you nver been Pi ou ll cat. h yoar death ol old!" cried Kate, haatenmg to pica her up. "Where; Daddy?" she asked againas her moihf-i wrapped her In the sofa rug and tarried her to the big asy hair. "Never mind, dearie." said Kate, kissing her. "Want to be cuddles-feel bad," sighed the little one, her mouth quivering "Now. now, mother's wee girl mustn't cry when Hanta Claus s coming." "Not want Santa Claus want Daddy." "But you've got mother, darling." "Want Daddy 0V Daddy." sobbed Dtiey, childishly ignorant of hercruelty. Kate turtud pale as if suddenly stabbed. Was she not sufficient for her child? Five minutes parsed, and then Daisy sat up. "You cryln'," she said with terrible directness. Kate smiled a ghost of a smile. "No, no. dearie."
"You cryln," insisted the cherub "Delay cuddle muvver now. Muvver feel bad-want Daddy." she whispered, clasping her mother's neck. And Kate burst Into tears. She had not cried since she had known John. Daisy was put to bed again, and fell asleep after being repeatedly and solemnly assured that she would find her father in th morning. Kate returned to tbe parlor, but could not partake of the supper which the maid brought In. Bat mind was in a turmoil. In the last
üour the aspect of everything had changed. Six months ago, she had compelled herself to believe that she no longer cared for her husband; somehow, she had never thought thi ha might no longer -rare for her. To night that possibility was forced upon, her. and under lta weight her prldt crumbled into ruins, and she beheld her heart in all its coldness and cruelty. What made Daisy love her father as she did? Was there any doubt about John s affccMon for his wee daughter? Had6bs herself not loved, or. at any rate, reverenced the man for years; and had she not been bis heart's desire? Wherein, then, lay the unworthlr.esi of John Englands? And Kate's soul was dumb becarsfj her pride was gone. It se.med to hef, as she dried her eyes at last, that she had never really loved her husband till now. It was as If all his past loving
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SEARCH
WORLD FOR MISSING MINISTER
GIRLS WHIM DELAYS WEDDING OF A YOUNG COUPLE.
AFFIANCED HUSBAND IS SENT TO AFRICA
Southern Miss Insists That None But Preacher Who Performed Marriage Ceremony for Her Parents Can Tie Knot for Them Lover Now Seeking Him.
Just because the bride insists on being married by the- , ;n;i- neuster who prfrrmed her mother's wedding ceremony, the Kreut event has leeu postponed :ind a world-wide search is ut
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Rev. John V. Miley If the gffn1 preacher. Nineteen years ago he resided at Crowley, a hamlet near Wilmington, N. C. The I nlted States has been searc hed from end to end and tho frantic lover Is now preparing for a trip to the Onn m search of him. The trail of the satalatei at I sea followed to In- 1 dia and now to Africa--with faint hopes. Four Rev. Mr Miloys luve been assooearad, bell Rav. Mr. Miley who uniteil Mason Hin.-haw and Miss Fred- i
eriek Willis in n-...:riago 19 years ago is l0M. And heran.' c K v. Mr. Miley cannot be found the sssurrlafa af Daeia pkheaa to IBM Lkn Hinshaw cSJUsOt be celebi ted So Di. kens, dseeartlaf hH plantation and i urn ing his business over to his
who knew and liked the handsome sog of bis old friend.
About e year ago the young lover asked bis flancoe to ba the du'e. And right there the trouble c omment ed. She c onsented to ho married en May H, but tli'ulated that Kev. Mr. Miley must ierfor m the ceremony. l'l kens, who did not care who performed the c eremony, laughingly a.ked why he wanted that particular minister Instead of the homo preacher. And nhe told him the story of her mother's romance aud of the childish vow she had made that Kbe would be married by the sutne mau. So he told her that be would make tbe arrangement. "By the way," he said, "where does Mr. Miley live?" "I don't know. I never thought of that," replied the girl. "He lived over at Crowley then." "I'll drive over to Crowley to morrow and find him," uaid the lover. Begin Search for Minister. That was the beginning of the world search for the missing minister. Pickens went to Crowley and found that the minister hud moved away from there lb years ago, less than a year after he performed the ceremony. He hunted among the old Inhabitants until he found one who remembered that Miley had gone dowu somewhere near Spartanburg, S. C, to pi eac h. i'lckeus went there and learned that the church had seat Miley as a missionary minister into the hill country of the western end of the stale. By that time it wan April, and tbe date set for the wedding was approaching rapidly. Pickens wrote, appealing to the church authorities to give him some trace of the man. The latest record they had of him was 1W6, when an entry In the books showed that he had resigned a charge near Murphy, and no further trace of him was found. Pickens hurried to Murphy. The parishioners remembered that Rev. Mr. Miley had been offered a missionary po
sitionthey thought in some northern, state and had accepted. Then Pfc kens, getting panic stricken, placed advertisements in scores of newspapers, asking for information regarding the minister. The advertisements brought results. He found four ministers named J. W. Miley and nine ministers named Miley whose first names were not definite. The week before tbe date set for the wedding he received a telegram saying that the man he sought was preaching near Belfast, 0. He wrote and telegraphed, hoping to the last minute that he might !e able to get the minister there, and then received a reply from the Belfast Miley stating that he never had lived In tho south at all, but would be proud and glad
They were engaged secretly for months, and, although there were no objections to the match except on account of youth, they ran away. They did not elope exactly, but one beautiful evening while driving through the wooded country they came to Crowley, and there
the young man proposed that they stop to n ine on and perform the ceremony
and get married. They inquired the
way to the home of the minister, and were directed to the house In whic h Rae John V Miley then lived, ami they were married and returned home to receive the forgiveness of their parents and the ronrrrat illations of their friends. Miley. it seems, was a district preacher and was riding circuit through the hamlets in that distric t, having no regular thatch, but preaching in the schoolhouses and In the homes of his followers Be - ive tho young couple his tllee aim. Mtaahatr gave him a generous fee. and they parted. Use llin-haw knew the story of her mother's romantic wodding, and when lie rirst began to lengthen he.- Fklrts
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overwhelming .lebt of love for him. It torture 1 hl r to re mem U r how that very evening she Lad sent him away rebuffed. His SiU was a little thing compared w ith hers. And then the fear that she had lost bis love and regard for ever took I Id oa hef. Thus the u:ght woreon. About 11 o'clock she went upstairs to nistain the role of Santa Ciaus. By the glimmer of the night-light burning in Daisy's room ll net a ived that her little one was sound asleep; and so she entered, nr.d, with all manner of childish delights, filled up the mighty "wader'' that geped greedily at the foot of the dainty bed. A great sadness was In her heart, anil tears blinded her In her labor of love. When the toys and good things were all safely stowed in their proper place, she leant over the crib, smoothing the pillow and tucking the bed-clothes round ths cherub. A movement behind her caused her to turn. It was John, with a brown paper parcel. 'Some thing for Paisy." he whispered, shyly, and uneasily "Would youwould you mind if it were put beside your presents?" She took the package from him In silence, and found room for it In the "wader." A faint smile crossed his face. "Palsy hs great expectations." he tii, r ih r tl an v ' ered, rending clown to kiss her curls. Daisy Is so wise," said Kste under her breath She was stnndlng very near to him and there was a look In her fare that he had never seen before, not eren on their marrligc day. Now. these two dear people had both preps-red long p''öe: but they were never delivered. "Oh. Katie!" whispered John Oh John'" whispered Kate And then they fell Into one ano'her' arms
r known a severe trouble end per I spirit
Dr. Maurice F. Hgan. profess r of Kncllsh language and literature at the Catholic Cnlverslty of America, who Is regarded an one of three representatives of the truly best In American literature, thtlhl American poetry lacking because not Amtrun is
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foreman, has left Carolina and Btarted to search the world to find the mlssln;; minister, bring him back if he is alive, or to produce absolute proof of his death. All this trouble, and travel, and HafOh results from the tact that Miss Hinshaw refuses to beoi nie Mrs. Pickens unless the minister who married her father and mother also can ierform the ceremony for her. Miss Hlnshaw Is a handsome, win some, clever and witty girl, the daughter of a well-to-do planter; and her mother, who was known through all th P.oanoke red ion 20 years ago as "the beautiful Miss Willis," left n heritage of haaaty to th girl. The mother died when Miss Hlnshaw was 11 years ,ild. and the girl remembered the tall. cUrkhnlrel. dark-eyed . mother, whom sh had loved so passionately, and oen after years . bo remembered her mother's romance as her mother had told it to her. Mother' Romantic KarriAffc. Hlnshaw and his wife IkhI he n marrlU ualr romantic tircum'tiu es.
i ! be vowed that she wna going to be mar- ! ried by the same minister who married i her father and mother. She remem- ' bere.l her mother's story of how the , kindly preacher extended his hand in I hies.' in and the Words of advice ho gave I them. Daughter FaUs in Love. Nearly two years ago, when Miss Hin--liaw was but 1Ü years old. Davis Plckns came a courting. He bad grown up I on tbe neighboring plantation, but in the fox hunting, the riding, the shoot -j ing nu 1 bis going away to school at ! Charlottesville he had paid but little attent Ion to Miss Hlnshaw, err, Indeed, to : any other girl. She had seen him when ! he tame home at vacation times attired in his gray uniform, with tbe quadruple j rows of brass buttons, and had fallen In 1 '.ovo with the uniform. Sc when they
m.'- it Wa.- a ".a " from the t.t . t ! they were engaged before he went bad. to school to finish his career. They did not keep their engagement I secret, and they had no truihle In Eetlna the consent of "hfasa" Hln-haw,
For a time Pickens hesitated whether or not to bring on the Belfast minister and pass him off as the Miley who was wanted. Then, realizing that discovery of sue h a trick might wreck the life happiness of brth, he abandoned the Idea, and. going to Miss Hlnshaw. he pleaded with her to give up her plan, and to let the home minister perform the ceremony. Wedding- Is Postponed. Her trousseau was all prepared, the preparations maJe, the negroes all excited over the coming marriage of "Missie" Liza, but the girl refused, and the wedding was iostponed. No definite date was set then, as she promised to marry him as soou as be found the minister. Pickens then sent an appeal to the officers of every church organization in the country asking for information. Ii advertised again. Finally he learned that a Rev. Mr. Miley had served as a missionary in India and then bad been sent to Africa. Whether it is the same minister or not Pickens could not learn. He had, according to the c hurch authorities, inherited quite a sum of money and had volunteered for the work, paying hi own expenses and n. ling as u sort of free law e missionary. Pickens cabled American and English consuls, wrote to resident missionaries, trie d in every means to get Into communication with his man. or the one be supposed to be his man, but never could hear directly. He finally learned that the minister was among the natives in the French Congo region. Now he Is preparing to start for the Congo. But there are those who declare Miss Hlnshaw is beginning to waver, and that che will decide at the last miaute that any minister will do.
Hunters' Thrilling- Experience. Loyal. Wis. Harry Riddel and James Cook, both prominent citizens of Jackscn county, Wis., described s narrow escape they had from being devoured by wolves one evenlns recently. They had been hunting the beasts all lay with a party of hunters from neighboring towns and farms. Becoming separated from the main party they lost their. way. At night thy gathered Rome dry branches and lullt a fire. They had no sooner kindled the fire than the howling of wolves was heard In the distance, and with their backs to a largo rock the men prepared for battle. In ten minutes the forest seemed allv with das; y forms, and soon the battle was raging. Tho rest of the par y had gone In search of the missIns men and came upon them nfter they had exhausted their ammunition and were fighting with firebrands as a last resort. The wolves dispersed at the appreach of the larger party, 1ft of 'he brutes having ben killed.
Enough. Knicker Pld they probe for the bullet? Bocker- No; tho victim was a financier who said In was sick of investigat i n Ü Y. Sun.
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