The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-04-16
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Boarding , the Minister: r:
BY sYLyAEVs COBB, JR.

'tBut you meah to say you are going to
board him!", " arr f,ys. . -.,.,,f.r u.r n. ,-
II have told him that We would"
gBpt.it mustn't be. What! have a min.
istefinthe house all the timeW arsya- nd
"Andqwhy notl', 81
"Because il will just keep us. In starch
and .tdckrom forever! You, ,shun'l do it,"
81 have given my word"
''Then, I'll make the house too hot for
him! Mark my word ."H'", " .t .er,.eg
This conversations WIS between Mr
Thethas Proctor, u mnster carpenter, and
his dabgiiter Kate. Kate Proctor was q
lighted hearted, joyous, Laughter loving girl
Of eighteen or nineteen; plump and rosy
Her bright face all smiles and ni;nplcs, und
Shd her bright hssart as pure aud tender as
coGld be-. Ever since the could remember,
she had sat in her father s pew every Sun,
day, and listened to the dark and gloomy
preaching OF Rev. Calvin 1eador She
could remember how lie had frowned upon
her lrom that high pulpit when she was u
little girl, and how he had cbided her at her
own house for being SO rude. The only
thought che held Of 1.-The minister" was e
white neck kerchief, very starch aid Pffn,
face long and stern, and frown always
ready. for a smile or jest, like US cloud
that sweeps over the sunny landscape. .,
"He shanr Gomez she repeated; and her
sunny ,cutis shook again as she brought her
head back with determination. "Let him
find place somev here else. There are the
Moregood family; they are just the ones to
board him. They can be as gloomy as he
con. How should love to see them at the
table together. The old lady wculd draw
down her face-eo;-," and Kate gave on
imitation OF the imaginary faced elongation.
"And then the minister would draw down
his longer still; and then Miss Prudence
would try to outdraw them both; and by and
by somebody's jaw would become dslo.
Gated"
And hcreupon, Kate burst into fit OF
laughter. Her father shook his head, and
with some light re mark turned away. rs !.
a few evenings after this Kate had an
invitation to spend the evening with Mrs.
Dunklee,. a friend Of the family. She wen,
with her father and mother. Quite little
company was present, and the evening pro-
missed 10 pass pleasantly. Among the visi-
tors was o young man who was introduced
as Mr.. Charles Lindsay. He was some.
where about four and twenty, and mot only
aamon Of superior intellectual appearance.
but olso Of much personal beauty. He seem
ed to take quite fancy to Kate, and ere
Tong the feeling was reciprocated. The
light.hearted girl had never before met with
one who 50 completely pleased her. Staid
aud over-modest people she did not like; nor
did she like such wild, reckless men as she
had often seen. An ignorant man she
Gould not endure; and man who assumed
dirs on the strength Of his knowled edge, she
aboininated. But Charles Lindsay was
Aothing like any Of these. Hc displayed
deep knowledge without seeming to. know
it, and he was as gay and happy ascould
be-, without the least coarseness,or loss Of
dignity. The fact was just here. though
Kate did not see it ut the time: He engaged
her heart, and at the same time kept firm
hold upon her respect. There was,an air
Of elevated refinement which Vt once mani
fested itself TO her, and commanded her ad.
miration, and she admired It because she
discovered itwithout tlistryins 70 show y.
And then she had found such fund of.wit
and 'humor inshim, which, while il captvat-
ed her wiihits. stilllancy, did not fail to en-
4sr,sid, be, with its' point and sound sense.
! SisK6te was chess, player, and at length
sho discoyerA8 thai Aif. 'Iindaay understood
ths gaps. ,she sDpossd a,tiiaL TO which
he gladly yaccsdsd. The first game she won.
The next he won, the third zwsss ) dawn
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