The Huntington argus. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1872-1905, 1872-06-22
THE DEaCoN,s PLOT.

\ reasonably good man was Deacon
Fiisey, as times went, but ifhe had a weak.
ness twas tor making things m general
20 about as he wanted them 10 20. Not
an overbearing man hv anv nteNus, aud
certainly not violent one. but N.ih won
deriuly cute aui quiet ways at hs own.
10y which he brought natter atogi VITA
out letting other FOLKS know nov the M
was done When 4 man Is accustomed Ia
have his own way, lie makes up Ills mind
pretty esisly, but there was one point Of
all others. upon which Deacon Pil-rv had
been set and fixed for years, aud the care
OF which lay heavily on his mind, for the
time had come when. in his judgment.
something deep required to be planrej and
his skill exercised in Carrying ont. To a
mind like his, that had iaktr perfect
measure OF every body in the village, aud
for miles around it, there could be httle
difficulty in selecting his tools aud assis
tauts, and he had no heel Of counsel ors
That was hcw he came to be talking so
rouiilenuDlly with Joe Gaines, rs the two
stood 10y the varl gate
b Why, Deacon. SAYS Joe IL ALWAYS
: thought You liked Bob Humphrey. lie is
Il tirtop fellow, AMI "A good match for any
girl know OF
80 he $50 lac is,' replied the deacon.
Caht say word agin HIM Know him
I from boy. Can't forbid hm the house
but, then, nr or any OF tints"rt OF non
sense cant have Irene Wyer
"l Ion see how youll help II. deacon
You're only her'guariian, and she Is about
of nge
Not for year yet-that's how the
will reaI~-and she's in my own house,
YOU know. guess can fix some thing.
slecially it You II turn in aud help me -
You are u lawyer, Joe inines, hnt YOU re
young one yet, and ! u give yon the fat.
est Zee you ever dreamed oi il YOU Il only
I hitch teams with NE, aud zee that Bob
Humphrey don't get the upper hand
'Wcll II thIts what Won re afcr. so its
all right and square, Id.a lief earn fee
one way as another What's your pro-
gramme?
j We'll. Won know there is nigh on to
thirty thousand coming to Irene Wyer, in
| her own right, aud I've took the best KIM
ot kicr OF II. Its been mighty sight OF
/ trouble, and all along / have thought Of
my son scott
scott Pil-eyY' interrupted Joe "Why,
hes IN California
"le won be long Hes comm home
inside o SIX months, and | want to keen
Irene safe tor him. They used to be won
ur'." ',H MI "''' u. Wy y" ''e. 'rs"F'',
so did she to him
do they corresp pond uow?' said Joe
NO. not now There's the rub That's
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