1891 



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I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord. I leseech you 

 that ve walk worthy of the vociition wherewith ye 

 iire called, with all lowliness and meeliiiess, witli 

 long-suffering-, forbearing one another in h)ve; en- 

 deavoring- to keepthe unityof tlie Spirit in the bands 

 of peace.— Eph, 4:1-3. 



This is a wonderfully interesting world to me. 

 I love the plants and the flowers: I love the 

 moon and the stars, especially when the plants 

 and the flowers are held in their icy bondage. 

 During these shortest days, there is a wonder- 

 ful interest to me in marking the course of the 

 shadow, especially as it approaches noontime, 

 and comes to its highest point northward. As 

 the sun slowly comes to its fni-thest passage in 

 its journey .south, and rests awhile, apparently, 

 just before Christmas, then gradually starts 

 northward to bring us a new spring and a new 

 summer, and a new jear, it becomes to me a 



HEXKY WYAND, KEOKITR, lA. 



matter of intense intere.st. I love. also, to see 

 the sun rise and set — to see how it hitches a 

 little further every day northward, and thereby 

 gives us days a minute or two longer. But 

 amid all the studies of the things I see. nothing 

 interests me more than the study of humanity. 

 I especially love to meet with people having 

 peculiar attainments, graces, or individualities. 

 In my recent visit to Keokuk I met many 

 friends I had never seen before. One of them 

 interested me so much that I have asked for his 

 picture. He has granted me ijcnnission. but it 

 was only when 1 explained to him why I want- 

 ed it, and I take pleasuie in intioduciiig to you 

 my good friend Wyand. of whom I have pre- 

 viously spoken. 



Those who have seen friend W.. and talked 

 with him. will agree that the picture is a very 

 faithful one. but still it does not show the pe- 

 culiar vein of pleasantry that he shows when 

 talking; in fact. I feared we should never get 

 that in any picture unless the artist should take 

 him unawares by the instantaneous process. I 



am not going to give friend VVyand's biography, 

 because 1 have not got it to give. He is quite "a 

 modest man, and says that he does not think he 

 would have granted my request had it not been 

 •■for the outside pressure in the family," It 

 was friend Wyand, you may remember, who 

 cai)tured Ernest and myself and several others 

 by promising to show us artesian wells, their at- 

 tendant water-motors, dynamo, etc. I judge he 

 is a man fitll of life and energy; and one thing 

 that interested me in him was that he is, like 

 myself, very much inclined to be impatient 

 \\hen things do not move off in harmony with his 

 stirring nature and disposition. I should not 

 wonder if his wife and children would smile a 

 little when- they read this. He is not only a 

 rapid walker, but he is a rapid talker as well; 

 and if you are not close by him. and listening 

 attentively, you may not catch all he has to say, 

 for he is full of ideas and projects, and especial- 

 ly full of quaint dry jokes that surprise one and 

 get him to laughing until he gets in a mood of 

 being pleased at any thing that may be said. 

 As I was to leave on the 3-o'clock train of the 

 last day, in order to make home before Sunday. 

 I. with several others, made my visit to the 

 Dadants the day before. Then when the con- 

 vention adjourned to go in a body to the 

 Dadants', during the last afternoon, it was ar- 

 ra ng-cd that I should go with friend Wyand to see 

 tlic jjjreenhouses. strawberry-patches, zoological 

 gardens, etc. At the adjournment of the con- 

 vention, the various vehicles drew up and rapid- 

 ly loaded up the members. Friend W. was on 

 hand promptly, according to appointment: but 

 his horse and buggy, for some reason, had not 

 ""materialized." My good friend began to be 

 greatly annoyed, because every minute short- 

 ened the time we should have for visiting the 

 various places that he knew would intei'est me. 

 He had planned a pretty good-sized program for 

 only two or three hours, and it was very desir- 

 able that we get to moving. One of his daugh- 

 ters, so he told me, was to bring the horse and 

 buggy. Ten, fifteen, twenty minutes passed— 

 no daughter came in sight. He went up and 

 down the sidewalk with manifest impatience, 

 and would insist on going to the livery for a rig; 

 but I urged him to be patient, and also assured 

 him there was some excellent reason for the un- 

 explainable delay. While we were waiting I 

 made the acquaintance of another daughter of 

 his who is head saleswoman in a flne drygoods 

 store near by. It always pleases me to be able 

 to take an expert business woman by the hand. 

 The proprietors had tried repeatedly to get a 

 man to take charge of their store. Miss Wyand. 

 however, seems to sell more goods, and to please 

 customers better, than any of the male clerks 

 that can be found around Keokttk. 



Finally the missing vehicle, with its nice- 

 looking young lady driver, makes its appear- 

 ance. Now, it was a very easy thing for me. 

 under the circumstances, to see that my good 

 friend ought not to scold in the presence of 

 company. At the same time, I was well aware 

 that, under the same circumstances, I should 

 have been very likely to scold, even in the pres- 

 ence of company. May God forgive me, and 

 may my good patient friends and relatives for- 

 give me. for the many times I have forgotten, 

 neglected, or i-ef used, to follow the same course 

 which I am trying to teach you. dear friends, 

 as I talk to you this morning. I knew tliat 

 friend VV. felt a good deal like scolding, and I 

 was afraid he would scold before he gave his 

 good daughter time to explain. The reason I 

 was afraid of it is because it would probably 

 have been just like myself to do such a thing. 

 As she drove up, looking bright, ruddy, and 

 happy from her exercise in the cool autumn air, 

 she presented a very pretty picture. Very like- 



