The Idiot

as his wont on the first day of the week, appear

don't see why it should. The luxury of rest that he allows himself the other six da

otally that which might be expected to come. He had been revolving in his mind for several weeks the question as to whether it was or was not his Christian duty to attempt to influence the lives of these men with whom the chances of life had brought h

s pouring the coffee,

thought to let your minds rest upon the future-the possi

assure you, Mr. Whitechoker, that I often do so. It was only last night, sir, that my genial friend who imbibes and I were discussing the future a

you would not mind opening the door to your mental pantry, and letting us peep within at the stores you k

ometimes ventured to doubt if that flippant-minded young man ever reflected on the serious side of lif

yself because I reflect upon the future and its possibilities. I do not see how any man can fail to be interes

ol-Master, "what the strides o

ned the Idiot, "that I would advise your eyes

Whitechoker, blandly, "that I

cience's connection with th

y the phraseology I should have

a man standing on one side of the street to make himself heard on the other, the acoustic properties of the atmosphere not being what they should be. To-day you can stand in the pulpit of your church, and by means of certain scientific apparatus make yourself heard in Boston, New Orleans, or San Francisco. Has this no bearing on the f

OURSELF HEARD I

rrupted Mr.

rancisco, thousands of miles distant, can be brought within range of the ear, why cannot 1990 be brought before the mind's eye? And if 1990 can be brought before the mind's

ROPHE

hitechoker. "When I speak of the futur

r murder is going to fail to provide himself with an alibi in regard to that particular murder, and must we not admit that having provided himself with that alibi he will of necessity avoid bloodshed, and so avoid the gallows? That's reasonable. So in regard to all the thousand and one other peccadilloes that go to make this life a sinful one. Science, by a pur

mporal," said Mr. Whitechoker. "I hav

hemselves applies here. I believe that if I take care of my temporal future-which, by-the-way, does not exist-my spiritual future will take care of itself; and if scienc

show your fate with perfect accuracy, or it ceases to be science, in which ev

science, which is much more liberal than any other branch of kno

a paradox company,"

" observed the School-Master, viciously. "I never knew a man

ave never known," returned the Idiot. "Stick by

h such manifest impatience that Mr. Whitecho

mbibed and the Idiot withdrew to the la

t, anyhow? Where did yo

ast night, and dreamed '

s companion. "What deuced fi