Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-03-11
DELAWARE, OHIO, FRIDAY, MARCH s41,3l 1870.

per. Here in the Personals. Richard
Standlsh. You see +? No relation Of
: yours. eh p
Z The Major had The paper up before his
i face. He took out his cracked eve
glasses and adjusted them on his nose
took them down and wiped them leisure
ly; read the card once, a second time
mo, ] don't know the man.
. "From Virginia, you see, said With
row, putting the paper in his pocket
again; ''and came here about the same
time you say you did. But your names
Dan. Certainly It looks like trick
of the police to get hold Of a criminal, to
me. -
so it does to me.
| Going, eh Proctor's busy, with a
significant wink. He has no need Of
old fellows hkeus. now.'
! No. The Major stood a moment
| watching Johns eager gestures. and the
bright, blushing face bent over him.
No; he has no more need of me" he
| said quietly, and turned away with a bow
as he passed the carriage, though neither
of them saw him.
! Mr. McMufray, with the young Clergy
man again in his office, safely trapped,
could not let him go without word or
two of .rebuke. Should you accept it
| they were talking of the caIl), you
must be careful, my dear sir, to avoid
even the appearance Of evil. You are
/ young and impulsiye, fond of your
friends. The dignity of your position
would render improper many 2ass0ciates
whom you knew as boy, unless, in
/ deed, you approach them officially, ad-
ministering the Word as the hope Of sal
vation. This Major Standish now. for
example
81 am very uncertain about accepting
this church at all, ," broke out lack.
There's a place in the West that suits
my ways better. But I could not marry
on their salary. It's the nerest pittance.
I could barely live on it.
Mr.. AlcAluTTaY paused and answered
with deiberatIon: tfIn the matter of
carriage, must you consult that point of
salary at all. Mr.. Proctor TheWifeyOh
select ma5FAWill, in all probability
independent. "A woman ought to feel
herself honored in being called to share
the spiritual work of Christian minis
ter, and should FejoieeAif she can bearl
her part in his temporal burdens v i
III never be suPpOFted by a rich /
wife, said John, bluntIY.E nPII be frank |
with you, Mr.. Mc8nrfaY. r There IS a |
woman whom | have loved long and
faithfully. will marry her, if ! can, If /
she has money, well and good !; bit, I |
must be the provider in my own house /
hold. - .. /. ....,sS5 /
- 1t IS a natural feeling and manly /
one, = said McMurray, not Il-pleased. |
5flrf' We differ too, IN this matter of as
sociates5 obstinately resumed Jack. 81 I
have never felt that my cloth, as the i
vulgar phrase hassit, placed me onerwhitl
apart from other men. When / measure
myself with a prince, or eTuff1ah IN the
dock by his courage or good sense or
faithfulness to his friend, touch a broth
erhood between us stronger than any
church bond. We get our naked hands
together. You understand And ofener
then it is he who gives the Word to me
than to him, - he added, under his
breath
Mr.. McMurray checked the angry re-
bul<e on his lips. AL young men were
fighty nowadays, and given to this vis-
ionary talk. He remembered John Proc
tors brilliant reputation in the church,
the crowds that pressed to hear him as he
went from city to city. If Clara were his
wife, no woman in the church would
hold higher rank 81 cannot under
alflANlF A4( SAM EIAAAAts afAArtt DL1l AAAE
this has on your intimacy with Major
Standish, particularly raising his voice
when PnoctOrwouldhave spoken-''when
have every reason to believe the police
are on his track as long-escaped Grim
inal " ;
Johns face burned as though he him /
self had been accused s What proof I
have you of this p he said, rising. y n
s \ There is a New York detective here j
him noWs in a mysterious /,
whisper. Il could learn no more from I
him than that Standish is living under
an assumed name. But I fear the worst, ]
Mr.. Proctor, the. very worst" Is
"Bah!'' muttered John to HIMSELF
se4Vilefe is this fellow z III 90 to him at I
once, putting on his cape75 Y. 485f.assz Ii
3 McA1urray rose and put out his hand h
It was high time that he became the j
of the church and Clara! I
'AIr. Proctor, beg that you will not est
oouse this disreputable old mans cause a
20 Vehemently. His name is public
oy-word Of infaIny among newspaper
mem "A vapering boaster and liar
Newspaper men know but one side
Of, the fellow" retoned John, hotly. rI
could tell you tales of him, of his unset
fshness and his noble charity. that t
would put the lives of many of our pro c
sessors to shame. Besides, he was kind c
o me when l was boy. I'll not turn a
my back on him now" In
-McMurray's sallow cheek began to t
burn. "Then 1 regret to say, Mr.. Proc G
.or, that YOU must make your choice be- S
.ween the church and your very boyisll i
impulse A clergyman who makes an i
associate of SO doubtful a character is S
hardly suited to our society. As for his I
good traits, / know nothing do know z
hat the righteousness of the CANAL flesh S
S filthy rags. .as5saI 4 sssa ba4 a
affAnd Ilnew that courage and self Z
are proofs. of as. good mettle in i
poor old Standish as in a church mem 7
oer, and come as direct from the Master 7
Of both. l must Judge for myself IN Z
Hhese matters 10 etl @ ,lt {
z sAsstredly But if your Judgment in be
points so essential differs 50 widely from t
ours, ! must beg leave, as chairman Of t
lhe committee, to Withdraw the call. Do E6
not be rash, my dear sir, changing his t
voice and laying his hand on Johns Q
shoulder There 4 don't answer me s
now. Think it over, and by evening Il
youllE see, that was right. You are 4
young nd--pardon fne-a little hot t
headed. s-5i 81 f-sls05 SIS = sa.E f
.ff l
laughed. You're right there, anyhow. v
Let the matter go till evening. But / c
will not change my mind. And nod g
ding a hasty good-by, he ran down the. Q
office stairs.
Now the quality Of loyalty to his |
friends was exaggerated in John Proctor. I
But yet he was a young man, with all :
he ambition, tastes, and shrewd knowl- !
edge of the world belonging to young )
men of the present day. When he
reached the pavement he saw the state y
" towers of the church in which he was
called to minister, and beyond, the ex-
1uisite parsonage, its picturesque walls I
draped with ivy. Mr.. McMurray's car
rage rolled by again, and soft, tender
little Clara beckoned smiling to him with 9
her white jewelled hand. It was a high s
path and a fiowery one that opehed it |
self before him. No wonder that the !