Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1857-02-12
BOARDING THE MINISTER
BY sYLvANUs COBB, JR.


ter in the house AL the timer
And why not?'
because it'll just keep US in starch and
buckram foreverl You shan't do it,
L have given my word
Then I'll make this house too hot to
hold him. Mark my words!'
This conversation occurred between Mr..
Thomas Proctor, master carpenter, and
his daughter Kate Kate Proctor was
light-hearted, joyous, laughter-loving glrl'
of eighteen cr nineteen; plump and rosy;
her bright face all smiles and dimplcs, and
her heart as pure and tender rs could be-
Ever since she could remember, she had
se! in her fathers pew every Sunday, and
listened to the dark ard gloomy preaching
of Rev Calvin Leader. She could remem-
Der how he had frowned upon her from
that Ligh pulpit, when she was a little girl,
and how he had chiled her in her own
house for being 50 rude. The only thought
she had of the minister was of a white
neck -handkel chief, very starch and prim
Il face long and stern, and a frown al
ways ready for smile or jest, like as a
cloud sweeps over the sunny landscape
He shan't GOMEZ she repeated, and Ter
sunny cIrlS shook aga.n, as she brought
him find Il place somewhere else. There
are the Moregood family, they are just the
ones 20 board him. They can be as gloomy
as lie can How l should love to see them
at tie table together. The old lady would
! draw down her f,ce--sc--' and Kate gave
an imitation Of the imaginary facial elon-
gation.f And then tie minister would
draw down his longer still; and then Miss
Prudence would ou.lraw them both; and
by and BY somebody's JAZZ would become
disloca.cI.'
Andlcrcupon Kate burst into a fit Of
laugh;cr Her father shook his head, and
WIKI some light remark turned away
\ few evenings aftcr this, Kate had IN
invitation 10 spend the evenings with Mrs.
Dunklee, f.ienA Of the family. She went
with her father and mother Quite little
company was present, and the evening
promised 10 pass pleasantly. Among the
visitors was a young man who was intro
duce,l as Mr. Charles Lindsay. lie was
somewhere about four and twenty, and not
ONLY man Of superior intellectual appear
ancc, but also Of much personal beauty
lie seemed to take quite fancy for Kate,
aud ere long the feeling was reciprocated
The lisht-hea girl had never before met
with one who so completely pleased her
Sail, and over modest people she did not
like, nor did she like such wild, reckless
men as she had often seen An ignorant
man she could not endure; and a man who
assumed airs on the strength of his knowl-
edge size abomina.ed.
Bnt Charles Lindsay was not like any
Of these. lie displayed deep knowledge
wi houi seeming to know it; and he was as
gay and happy as could be, without the
least coarsencss or loss of dignity. The
fact was just here: he engaged her heart
ani at the same time kept, a firm hold upol
her respect. There was peculiar air O
Ia
fcs;ed itself to her, and commanded he
admira ion, aud she admired il becaus,
she discovered it without his trying t,
, show l.. And then she had found such
fund Of Wit and humor in him, which
while it capiivaiei her with It's brlIliancy
did not FIJI to entertain her with its pon
and sound sense.
Kate was chess player. and at lengtl
she discovered that Mr.. Lindsay understood
the game. She proposed a trial to whicl
he gladly acceded. The first game sh'
won. The next he won; and the third wa
a drawn game.
wife had 10 go home, but Kate could no
think of leaving SO carly.
we will see hcl safely home, said th'
host. Mr.. Dunklee; and thereupon her pa
rents went without her.
Only think. cried Kate, after laugl
had passed upon some joke Of her own
Pa says he is going to board the minister
Did you ever hear Of such thing?'
'oh, have heard of things worse than
that, returned Lindsey. smiling. He sat
by her side, and gazed into her face as he
spoke. Suppose your father should take a
tiger into the house, for instance?'
'Ho--you can chain tiger the girl re-
turned, but you can't do that to minis
ter. He will carry his long face just where
he pleases, and you can't help it. But
won't have it; and | told Pa so. Why
only think; minister IN the house all
the time!'