Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-12-01

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| Mrs. .Walcott ran to her champion :
assistance, aud Offered him his glass
!, without which he was almost
lind. He had already scrambled t,
ais feet, aud was dusting his knees
With lis pocket handkerchief. While
omething like blush mounted 1,
,is sallow cheeks.
1 II am very sorry you should have
net with such an accident" said the
'idow, in soft voice, and looking
'p Mt him with large pair of gray
yes. r..E...4 ~. ..a...a- ....... ....
20, l don't mind being fioored.'
teplied the parson, while quiver OF
sumor passed over his plain features
I 4 have suffered i'm that way from
ny doctrinal opponents good many
lines, and generally by some sucl
scurvy trick rs that beast played
ipon me but surely it is perni.
'ious thing to let pigs run loose il,
he street. There ought to be fin,
or such offenses; and | am afraiu
four garden has been seriously dam
,ged.n
The offending pig, a long, viciou,
cooking "sh"te," had begun to feeu
quietly on weeds by the roadside
when Sally Reynolds dashed out o
ner kitchen door, waving her broom
stick and Tapping her apron "Shoo!
shoe! get along! Oh! Mr.. Bruce, "
cried she, spy ing the minister in tn,
tue widows garden, "our pig ha.
got out. He's mean creeter; ant
lately has took the trick of lifting
the pen door with his NOZZLE
Our pig!n repeated the minister
letting his arms drop and his jaw fall
and looking helpiessly through hi.
glasses. Way, Sally, WASH,
aware We had a pig. AT least, thai
IS, if l did know it, it must have
slipped my mind. Really, Mrs,
Walcott, am mortified. I'll do my
self the pleasure of .calling in sUuu
and seeing about the damage" And
he walked away hurriedly, in a stat.
OF mental confusion impossible Il
describe.
Land alive!.. cried Sally, with
her arms resting on the broom han
die, mot know that we'd got a pig !
Why, Miss Waicott, that man ain I
no more tit to take care of himseii
than baby"
There Were many stories current
c0ncerning tic parsons absence Ot
mind. IL Was affirmed that on one
occasIon he had driven u distance ol
some miles To attend u meeting OF
his clericai breLhren, aud leaving his
horse tied To post, bad walked
home, aud had not thought OF the
nag again until the next afternoon.
Now, after taking "a little time 10 re-
cover from the shock lie had endured
the elder directed Sally to send Wild
ow Walcott q basket of vegetables
out of his own garden whenever she
might deem such gift appropriate !;
and he himself, he said, would cali
In and make a more fitting apology.
A little later, Mrs. Spangler, in the
glory Of black silk visite aud
fringed parasoI, came through the
parsonaee gate and gave loud ana
positive ring of the door bell.
IL want 10 see the elder" said she,
rs the door opened, and Sally Rey-
nolds appeared in her tidy afternoon
calico, with tie cleanest of checked
aprons, having the ironed folds still
visible. The words were uttered in
tone of authority highly offensive
to the minister's domestic.
He's busy, mum, and can't be dis
turbed.n
"Then I'll just step up stairs to his
study myself i Know he will see
me.n u
This little skirmish always took
place between Sally Reynolds aud
Mrs. SpangIer; aud, as usual, Sally
bounded up the staircase. aud Ief.
the visitor to open the parlor. door
for herself. she wasn't agoing to
let that Miss Spangler poke round
and pry into cubbys. she knew
that woman was conjuring to git her
daughter into the parsonage. Rut
she would never stay there to take
Minervy Spang 'er's sass; no. not
she !" And there dawned upon
Sally dim notion that she had Geen
divinely appointed to save the min.
lister from the machinations of the
Mrs. Spanglers of his flock.
When the elder came down stairs,
with his eyes blinking, very much
as IL he hwi walked away from
shady world OF his own. Mrs. Span
gler had drawn up The shade, and
seated herself in a haircloth covered
rocker, that gave a jerk back ward
whenever the occupant was off
guard. she had brushed off one or
two tides, and spilled some water
out of u hobby vase which sally had
filled with pinks and bachelor but.
tons, according to her own ideas of
floral arrangement-libsrti which
Sally would certainly resent
AS she sat there waiting. she had
pictured to herself how the prim.
formal room would look when Mi.
nerva came TO rule in the parsonage,
as she hoped she would some day. =
Minerva would bring ner girondoies
for the manteb piece, and put mirror
between the windows. There would
be nice place against the chimney
for her picture and Hiram's. She
would have the largest sized photos
graph, and be taken with all her
jewelry. There was aiittle stack or
daguerreotypes on the table. flank.
ing the astral lamp. They were
pictures -ofy ti,e .fisst Mrss Brace'sre
laticns. Minerva wouid rrobabIy
pack 'thens away In .. trunk ifa ths
attie; far ydrFuerreetypes~s>1al eens,
outef fnshioE. Hsad 10 woustt8't be "
good ataste DO have the fiHs wifs,s
things lying around.
You're such q stranger, folks have
to come and look you up" said Mrs.
SpangIer rs the parson entered the
room. Hiram and me. we don't
mean to complain, or to hint that We
have any more claims than other
folks. That asn,t our wav W.