Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-04-29
The Big Church Over the Chapel.

The Big Church Over the Chapel.
"What do you expect to make ?" said
Millie, curiously, continuing the drift OF
the previous conversation.
told Mrs. SaHderson, when 1 was a
little fellow, that expected to make a
man." answered; land now please tell
what you expect to make?n
"a woman, suppose, she replied, with
little sigh.
it," responded.
fiecting upon the bitter prospect.
why"
ooh, men and women are so different
from Children she said. Zone of these
years you will come back with grand airs,
and whiskers on your face, and you will
find me grown up, with long dress on
and I'm afraid / shan't like you as well as
1 do now, and that you will like somebody
a great deal better than you do me-"
Perhaps we shall like one another a
great deal better than we do now" said.
Its only perhaps" she responded.
=" No, we shall be new people then. Just
think of my father being a little boy once
1 presume [ shouldn't have liked him half
be was a plague and and poster :, = ~
"But we are growing into new people all
the time,", / said, .'Your father was a
young man when he was married, and
now he is another man but your mother is
just as fond of him as she ever was, isn't
she ?u at4-sb
Why, yes, that's fact I guess she
is indeed! She just adores him, out and
'Swell, then, whats to hinder other PEG,
pie from liking one another right along,
even if they are changing all the time ?'
Nothing she replied quickly. g see
it; I understand: There's something that
doesn't change, isn't there or something
"Whatever it IS, Millie," I answered,
eve will not let it change. Well make
up our minds about it right here. When
1 come back to stay, will be Arthur Bon
nicastle and you shall be Mile Bradford,
just the same as now, and we'll sit and
talk in this corner just as we do now, and
there shall be no Mister and Miss between
us.n
Mile made no immediate response, but
looked on again in her wise way, as il
searching for something that eIuded and
puzzled her. 1 watched her admiringly
while she paused. At last sudden flash
and said oh, Arthur !! I've found it
AS true as you live, I've found it!
"Found what, Mile ?'' s...-.-,,r
"The thing that doesn't change, OIL
needn't change" she replied.
"Well, what is it ?p 9-VNna
"Why, it's everything. When used to
dress up my little doll and make a grand
lady of her there was the same doll, in
side, after all Don't you see ?n'f' 4lg
eyes, 4 see.n 'i' q - r. eaa fsai -
"And you know how they are building
a great church right over the little one
down on the corner, without moving a
single stone of the chapel. The people GO
to the big church every Sunday, but all
the preaching and singing are in the
chapel. Don't you see 2" IA r sasnn
eyes, see, Millie," L answered : s'but
don't think should see it without your
eyes to help me. L am to build man and
you are to built a woman right over the
boy and girl, without touching the boy al
all and SO, when we come together again,
we can walk right into the little chapel
and find ourselves at home" r,rg
"Isn't thatloyely," exclaimed Mile. 81
can see things, and you can make things
couldn't have said that-about eur going
into the little chapel you know"
"And / couldn't have said it if you
hadn't found the chapel for me-" re-
sponded. -s ne $1,000
"Why, doesn't it seem as if we belonged
together, and had been separated in some
way ?"
At this moment Mr.. Bradford rose anG
came near us to get book. He smiled
pleasantly upon us while we looked up tt
him, pausing in our conversation. When
he had gone back and resumed his seat
Mile said:
"There's big church over two chapels
He has young man in him and boy be
sides. The boy plays with me and under
stands me, and the young man is dead in
love with mamma, and the old man take.
care of US both, and does everything. ISM
it splendid ?'
"Ah, Millie have heard many wise
men and wise women talk philosophy, bu
never one so wise as you and have never
seen young man whose growth ilaG
| choked and destroyed his childhood, or al
old man whose youth had died out of him
without thinking of our conversation that
| night. The dolls are smothered in thei
clothes, and the little chapels are fated t.
| fall when the great cathedral walls arr
| finished. The one thing that need no
| change, the one thing that should no
| change, the one thing which has the power
to preserve the sweetness of all youthful
relations up to the change of death, and
doubtless, beyond it, is childhoOd-the in
nocent, playful, trusting, loyal, loving
hopeful childhood of the soul, with all it.
| illusions and romances and enjoyment O
pure and simple delights.-Frons DIR. HoJ
lands "Arthur Bonnicdstle".. ,Scribner'
for May.