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Show If TOSIAH ALLEYS WIFE I jTfte Fashionable Sabbath." I C'Rolley ("Joslah Allen's Wife'). riK'My Wayward Pardncr," "My Jfiand Betsy Bobbett a" Sa-it Sa-it Saratoga, Snmantha at rftlfttila Exposition.". Etc Tells l!lEof a Prodigal Nephew Who IfUtfto tho Fold. iJEUtta, by Joseph - B. Bowles.) frWnephow, John Waddle. Allen. -J Kcnno on a visit, lie Is a -well JThtbung chap, but no's lived In 'Jffand wants to be fashionable. SSnbroiiffht up well.' Karen Hap-WXit Hap-WXit born Waddle. wuz a Chris-ilfwuz Chris-ilfwuz bred on tho altar, us you kWBsunday-school and mectln wuz VKmfin tho Sabbath day, and pood oks and Bible atorl.es his rccrea- 9 fadmiro his up-brlngln'. ho had 3 erestln toys and picture books m St onlv on Sunday, to mnko 'em M rarity. Noah's Ark, tho Tower 3 Pand Bible games. Tic enjoyed S xst rate and wuz kep; In loo -fi ito take him to walk Sundaj fo! ft sometimes. In quiet, pretti M rihe loved fiowera and birds and ffil -ooto. and his ma said she read n 'em 1 havo too. sometimes. 7. t'hlm the greatness and good- 5 6 God she loved in his works IS ill say. he gfew up a Christian. RlYi tho M. E meetln'-house got SJ learnin'. and wur. enpaewl to -5 'Iddocksea Lucy, and his folks rT 'nlcascd. for I.ucy wuz a good SS r pretty one. and a believer and ffl Xrom 14 But Jack went to New V clerk hi his rich uncle s office. Aj fashionable and new-fangled alunclo didn't know what he did 4 I guess he kinder favored tne Kle wuz real took with one of It imers that hold incclln's there. Inder favored the Bnoders . too. 'M atold. H wur.n't really settled IS ng, but very stylish, and .lack s Bfa got kinder loose Jinted. I n iYiP.ro 'tonnrate he got drol ls Inabln Idee.s in his head. -5 t spozed he would como homo 5 ar or so. and settle down. 1 hoy !" ly to glx-e him a good farm and Sec. 'and Deacon Piudock stood 6 furnish It from top to bottom. Si Jolks spozed that he would only ift ew York jest long enough lo git m istock the farm with, that wuz ,fi tlbns when he went, nno year lb ro been enough nnd two a preat tut vears went by and he dldn t ft. tfand he didn't come back, only J'on a lslt, and his folk acted ucv looked peaked. And finally ? jlEummer his folks went off to it of the summer with a married to the west Iealn' the farm to 9 and when Jnck got ready for his liner's acatlon he como to our jur Invitation Jnslah thinks hl3 3 m and I do too. but I don't llko !! and told him so. mwuz sad to see how llvln Cithern genteel people he'd got rjoee ldees. fur different from his 'Iswhcn I reminded him of it he iJuoutgrown 'em." In his ma s good sound beliefs f!f-The idee' The good old M. E. ifflltthe used to lean on for comfort .Sjflidn't seem to support his strong 'vEck no more He didn't seem to fauch in anything, he 'didn't be-ycqepln' be-ycqepln' the Sabbath, ho believed Ifodv's usln' their own Judgment. IP a eight about tho beauties of ,1 (poll tan Sabbath, pleasln every lljknow lettln" everybody do. as 'AK-mlnd to. drink or let It alone, Mrefraiii from It, have, all kinds ment and recreation g'bln' on. Iwtold him that what wuz one 3fatwuz another man's pizon. and Iflhat didn't want to keep Sunday gwhackln' and poundln' round. TO.HB'D "fJTGROWN OL.D-JjFASHIONED OL.D-JjFASHIONED 3DEES. iKmllls a-buzzln'. thrashln' ma-tnrashln', ma-tnrashln', sewln machines nnd lpi;goIn ball games and theaters fcnd the noisy wheel of blzncss rlty a-rollln' and screechln' Ktpok away tho liberty of them JWed peace and quiet on that dav, "Moved It wuz better from a world-;o world-;o view to keep the Lord's day p commanded. Jftfetood firm in his ldees, or as le could on euch a tottlin found-itt found-itt that wuz -where ho had. his rlth Lucy. She'd kep' on straight Ing. pious, beliovln' Jes as Hho Wn God tho Father Almighty , Pfivcn and Earth, and In instills Son, Sho wuz a sweet irally. full 0f Rpcrlt and intolll-u intolll-u run. but doln' her duty every -Peek day nnd Sunday, ,-ind she Ltho Beatitudes and Command-,anKh Command-,anKh as sho could. And tho ; Six days shalt thou labor and ork, and the seventh shalt thou Jz. engraved on' her heart. And IJest as I did that to say nothlu' fous principle folks needed the , oC.,Vf lny ln seven, to wheels of life from wearln' out ,prlsh friction. i If ore Jack went back there wuz a ball game nnd horse race to bo given over ln Scrlbn. on a Sabbath, and it belli' a beautiful day Jack wanted to take his pa's two handsome gray horses and take Lucy there, but she refused to go, pint blank. He wuz mad. nnd told her there wuz a girl in Now York that wuzn't afraid to go with him to ball games Sundays, or to golf games or tho theatre. And then Lucy, whoso wings hadn't started, I spozed Clhough sho wuz as good as gold), advised him to seek the society of that girl, and ho bnnged the door "to. andy come home,- and beln' excited ex-cited ho told me about It, nnd said the SHE HAVIN" CUT LOOSE FROM ALL. PURITAN RESTRAINT. j NcvtfVTork girl liked him well enough to accept his invitation. And I told him that Lucy liked him well enough to not accept it. He wanted to know' what I meant and 1 told him Lucy wuzn't the girl 1 took her for If she would drive to condemnation condemna-tion with him with two gray horses and a top buggy. And he said my idee.s and hers nbout Sunday wuz old-fashioned nnd obsolete. And he Hew round In a hurry gltlln' ready for Seriba, I havin' no right to spank him and shot him up In a dark closet as I wanted to. But while wo wuz eatln" dinner, for I don't want to starve saint or sinner, he and I had a few words Ho repeated agin that my Purl-tan Purl-tan ldees nbout Sunday amusements wuz old-fashioned. And 1 ser.: "I know It. It ha been some years since the Puritans come over and knelt down on Plymouth Rock and asked the blcssln' of God on their new home. It's quite a few years since, them that founded our Republic set the seal of their blood on the document, pronchin' personal liberty- to nil. but put tin' God's laws abovo all. Thov believed In the Christian Sabbath. John Waddle Allen." sez I. "George Washington believed In It and he has passed away a number of years ago. it Is real old-fashioned." He sez: . "Our country is mnde up of different nationalities and their wishes on to be respected." . Sr-z J- "God said let the stranger within our gates conform to our ways In keepln' the commandments, and not we give up to them. If tliey come nnd enjov the blrsslngs of a Christian countrv thev ort to be wlllln' to foller Its customs." Sez Jack: "A good many eminent statesmen and church dignitaries believe ln continental Sabbath, all. kinds of recreations, amusements, open saloons, etc." Sez I: "Saint ami flnners all agree that nrunkennes is evil and only evil, the most fruitful cause of crime, misery and" poverty, pov-erty, and If there Is one day In the seven that it can be controlled a little whv lose that lltle gain?" Sez Jack: "It is sold now more or less, It is better to sell it openlv than to have It sold on tho sly." "Well." sez T. "open liberty ln that re spect will lead us Into strange places If a man hns a right to sell whisky Sunday ho has a right to sell other things. Jt Is surely no worse to Bell dress goods that are needed for comfort, than to sell the stuft" that clothes the body ln rags; to sell food to nourish the body instead of plzen to destroy 11; to sell shoes with good stout soles to protect from sickness Instead In-stead of stuff that destrovs the immortal soul." "But It will be sold anywav," sez Jack; "folks always have had It and always will have It; If you make a law against It It will be evaded and tho law brought Into contempt." "Well." sez I. kinder wore out with his arguments, "let's bo consistent and carry out thl3 belief In full. Murders have always al-ways been done since the first man wuz born Into the world, and so let's abolish the law agin it, ruther than have It brought Into contempt. Let's call tho roll ln.tr. rGuea' gallery and when thev aro all lined up beforo us, ask 'em very polite po-lite how few murders thev could git "along with durln' the comln' year and feel comfortable, com-fortable, and as If their personal llbertv wuzn t tampered with And so with steajf-ln" steajf-ln" and kldnnpin'. Be real peticular about that, find out for sure how many Innocent Inno-cent little children they would feel they must arag on ior ransom. Bo very polite and genteel with 'em, for some on 'em aro pur guests from foreign countries, penal colonics and such, and they might feel real hurt if wo Insisted on fewer murders mur-ders and assassluatlons and kldnnplns than they felt free to ngrco to. For personal per-sonal llborty is precious to 'cm. And they feol that they must shoot and stab and drink and steal and kidnap or they hain't bavin their rights" "Oh. shaw'" cez Jack, "you know, Aunt Samantha, such talk Is absurd." "Indeed it is," sez T, "nnd it Is the logical log-ical effect of what you approve on " But ho kinder shrugged his shoulders as If to throw off rny powerful arguments, argu-ments, and sot off for Scrlba with his head up, but as I found out afterwards with a sad heart, for ho loved Lucy dearly, and I felt bad. for I loved Jack and Lucy, and wanted 'em to 'bo happy and I knowed ho wuz goln' In Jest tho very direction to llnd lnstin' onhapplness, und I hoped he would see where ho wuz and mako a change. And. whilst I wuz washln' up tho dishes entirely onbe-known onbe-known to myself I broke out a-slngln': "Whilst the lamp holds out to bum Tho vllcat sinner may return." And Joslah thought I wuz practlcln' for evenln' mectln'. and ho Jlned in too and eung tho hull him through. Wo sung it to tho tuno of Balcrmy. Well, If you'll believo It, John Waddle Allen como back that Sunday afternoon a changed man, struck to his onl Jost as suro as Paul wuz on tho way to Jent-salem. Jent-salem. He come back a different Jack, Jest as different ns day 18 from night. Ho drlv over lo Lucy's nnd apologized to her, and told her his ldees had changed entirely on tho Christian Sabbath. II0 wuz always enthuslastlck and energetic. Ho took her to moetln' that night, nnd told tho mlnlnter he. wanted to Jinn hla Bible clasB; Lucy was a member of It. "But how can you?"' sez tho astounded pnsturo, "you so far awav?" "I'm comln' homo to live." ecz Jack, "I've had enough of city life." He had to go back to tho city to settle hla affair, so ho went the next day, and he told mo boforo he went how his ldees had changed nbout Sunday amusements, and for pretty nigh a month I went round with rny Inward head held high, mv in-?'aS$ in-?'aS$ nck ?rancd "P stiff with pride, for I felt that it was rny eloquent talk, that had converted Jack, and 1 spozo now that It may have helped. B?t,Iu.guC8S th( mfihi thing that converted con-verted him wuz what look place at that ball game. T know thoy'd had a big row, and more'n a dozen had been dragged drag-ged off to Jail, and ono man shot ln a drunken quarrel nnd disabled for life lcavin" his big helpless family to strug gle on in poverty, and three boys mangled man-gled and broke up In the ball game, and two or three run over by tho trottln' horses, and a general Pandemonium let looso as It usually is when the personal liberty of roughs git their full recognition. recogni-tion. I knowed that, but that wuz so common at such Sunday games where the evil element from all the towns about congregate, and liquor runa free, I didn't pay much attention to It. But after Jack and Lucy was married, which took placQ tho third week after, Jack's pa nnd ma comln' home Joyful to the weddin', Lucy told mo that Jack had met that New York girl that day. She had come "with a big excursion party, nnd she, bavin cut loose from all Puritan Puri-tan restraint, was staggerln -round with a cigarette ln her month. Maudlin and silly, she accosted him, and ho turned his back on her, and he turned the grays round and drlv back. Ho seo what fashionable fash-ionable beliefs and freedom from restraint re-straint might lead to. Ills early tralnln', his loves, his thoughts nnd early aspirations aspira-tions camo rushln' back on his heart as tho waters of a mountain spring that havo been dammed up by dirt and gravel will when sot free gush along and clear tho path before It of mud and weeds. He took Lucy to meetln' that night with the results as stated. They moved into their new house last week. I'm goln there to-morry to a iullt!n'. |