. The Hoosier school-master : a novel . cand Dantean as his unrefined imagination could make it. Ashe rose toward his climax of hideous description, Walter John-son trembled from head to foot and sat clo^.e to Bud. Then, as burly Mr. Soden, with greatgusto, depicted materialistic tor-tures that startled the nerves ofeverybody except Bud, WalterWanted to leave, but Bud wouldnot let him. For some reasonhe wished to keep his compan-ion in the crucible as long aspossible. Young man! cried , and the explosive voiceseemed to come from the hellthat he had created — youngman! you who have foll
. The Hoosier school-master : a novel . cand Dantean as his unrefined imagination could make it. Ashe rose toward his climax of hideous description, Walter John-son trembled from head to foot and sat clo^.e to Bud. Then, as burly Mr. Soden, with greatgusto, depicted materialistic tor-tures that startled the nerves ofeverybody except Bud, WalterWanted to leave, but Bud wouldnot let him. For some reasonhe wished to keep his compan-ion in the crucible as long aspossible. Young man! cried , and the explosive voiceseemed to come from the hellthat he had created — youngman! you who have followed thecounsel of evil companions—here he paused and looked about,as if trying to find the man he wanted, while Walter crept upclose to Bud and shaded his face— I mean you who have chosenevil pursuits, and who can not get free from bad habits and as-sociations that are dragging you down to hell! You are standingon the very crumbling brink of hell to-night. The smell of thebrimstone is on your garments; the hot breath of hell WALTER JOHNSON. * * T» I > /~V11 I I I I i C1 /~KTX A X~» V BROTHER SODOM. 205 in your face! The devils are waiting for you! Delay andyou are damned! You may die before daylight! You maynever get out that door! The awful angel of death is justready to strike you down ! Here some shrieked with terror,others sobbed, and Brother Sodom looked with approval on thestorm he had awakened. The very harshness of his tone, hislofty egotism of manner, that which had roused all Buds com-bativeness, shook poor Walter as a wind would shake a the midst of the general excitement he seized his hat andhastened out the door. Bud followed, while So:le:i shot hislightnings after them, declaring that young men who ranaway from the ^truth would dwell in torments forever. Bud had not counted amiss when he thought that preaching would be likely to arouse so mean-spiriteda fellow as Walter. So vivid was the impression that John-son begged Bud to re
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