The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-06-23

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by span of noble greys stopped in iron,
of her dwellihg ahl a Gne looking mar
apparently about Fifty years Of age, With
his wife aud two children, were seer to
alight and enter the house. AABhe day
and thnpgbthe evening, there was heard
the sound Of ,mqny voices mingled with
tic riRplmg 1augbter-of joSnus~ hearts,,
TtTntSE d0yITO3s6a,lQG hut this
time the widow did not sit alone. Strange
looks And g9yS1nggpWedwqFI sE2qthgT9Aael'
1'ttc con ntet Won, aiitt the .niiHist6r scch-
cd to sharctEs sabFpTso aofi his audience,
aud'l5elFeA iaAd preached as though uude 7
painful embarrassment. He reeogAlEed
| in the sirangera minister whose Tenuta'
tiQn was world wide7-no other, than the
rich and. Distinguished President Of 80
| College, froni Which he was a graduates
I-1ilrofessor G. remembered his former
lphpil, but'lttnustibeeo confessed ha was bath
Iaurprised and disappointed. He had, giY-
en- the young man credit for individual
talent, but this sermon was a mere repeti-
ttioh Of bbor tlattdde and a trbckling 10
publicsopiiiou,i (which showed weak apd
little mind. . smt, elam ,asm
After service the President stoPpedia
momous until the preacher came forward,
and when the greetings we're over lie sad
kindly "Nly sister wrote me that Rich-
ardForbes was preaching hereI but / did
not connect the namo with the memory,of
ny former Pppil,11 j ys Ier js as1o,
T ''Your siyterp' said the embarrassed
| voting man. " ''You DO not mean 70 'say
that the woman With whom you entered
the churehsisyour sisterlp 37ni s'siiim
l. tTARd why not ri Itwas now ProfqssT
| Us turn to, look surprised .a;.,a- go,
Sure enough, why not What did he
know against the woman Of whom all haH
Ebodn %spoaking eyil,n foro'theo last three
tmpntbs lAas .bo7g gi ylisaIg 3la .sssUoH
"There is somathing about this gattsr
that cannot understand, said Professor
re-. ''"Fou DO hot mean to say that my SIS
ter has been resident of your place, and
listened TO yourp preaching for threemontLs,
without year calling upon herr iThe dl,-
ties Of preacher are surely better de6p.
| ed"
z9"But T did not dare |" and here tic
poor man istamsnered and stopped. raslg
i!iNDidz dznotrdare to'calb onmy sister, tls
widow Of General fIpehln and the tingh
of contempt mingled with the look of sun
prise. and indgpation4with, which he son
templated The ahashed and crestfallcn.
young preacher, l p b5mHa 2Gh iasS
houAfterg geaehing bis sistep's residence qlt6
| questioned her ip regard to- theb lnatiasfs.
but she could only tell him that since isr
residence in The place She had been "iet
alonc," in full acceptance Of the 'tdfIiI
Deternined to understand the wherefore
Of such a proceeding, be again demandej
an explanation Of the minister who was iin-
ally compelled to admit that he had shhlpi- shhlpi-
posed from the gossip Of church m6nBefI,
that the woman was avery otitcast afroni
society, and that there had been talk Of
driving her from the place t...t. arr
""Shc viii not care to remain," said the
Professor but before she goes I viii aift
this matter thoroughly ;"uand SO he air,
gathering up link by link, the whole chain.
Of scandal untilhe cameto Mrs. Lawrence.
But this she utterly denied, and Mrs.
Thomas was at'last obliged 10 confess that
Mrs. Lawrence had merely shrugged her
shoulders and curled her lip, when asked
her opinion Of her new neighhor. ii al
"Ah, indeed P'jwas Mrs. Lawrence's re-,
joipdcr. 81 remombor of thinking she.
could not be much Of lady, as She wore
faded dolaineand did her own washington
The Professor preached the following
Sunday, and at the conclusion Of the dis
course, repeated the tale of wrong, adding,
"Had this woman really been poor and
friendless, as supposed, what would the
end have been 2-aDeprived of her good
name, and ieeppsequehce, Of all means ,f
earning q livelihood, she would doubtless
have been discouraged and dosponded, and,
stink do@n to the grave T. victim Of tho
scandal oftlioso ftlsel ycSIIing themselves &
] Chiistiqns; and who, in the sishmoH
4 Gqd, w9pldmot only have been classedG
among liars, but murderers." ~ M ,.r