The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-04-05
OUR MINISTER'S AARRIAGE.
by MINNIE MARY LEE.

MISS Wilmer was nomnally but sec
ond in position at the M-Ladies
Seminary She was, however, head and
front. Generalissimo in fact. of thai
institution. Not ono Of the dozen taaoi,r
ers and assistants dared make move
without the appreciation of MISS Wilmer
Not that this lady was the superior of
all in years and wisdom. Not that sne
was harsh or tyrunuicul; nor that sh,
was unnecessarily fault finding aud
narosc. Noi at all On the contrary.
she was naturally amiablc and beloved
But she was one of those born to rule
She bore about with her that comman
ding yet winning presence that captivat
! es the heart through Difference of love
She1was good 10 King, if not handsome
iler features were delicate, with n Ger.
tam soitn"ss. may, sweetness of expires
sion, that utterly failed however, in the
mastery over certain determined lines
OF contour AMI muscle, that sail very
! plainly upon that usually placid f.ce =
! -Son Dfru, rt n,on tlroit
Her perceptions we're intuitively quick
Keen her sense of right aud wrong. aud
/ her regard for justice infcxibi,. Thes
| qualities rendered her peculiarly fitted
Tor the Office she held th.t of Mentor to
the hundred young ladies, which she
/ h'd naturally fallen into aside fro II her
| original dignity of Professor nt Higher
Mathematics
Were there an Infringement of rules.
the whole uurully aggregation oil GIRL
were summoned To Tire Hal. and Miss
Wilmer appointed to lecture them. Had,
nightly rclec ius by hook or by
Q Uok, bceu sn,ig@lc.l into the model
instituticn. t o happened that Mis-
Wilmer d Q vered tho law breakers, aud
Miss Wilmer ndninistrared rebukcs and
punishment. II ones light at ten o'clock
had been hidden temporarily und r Il
ushel, iuStcad of b.in. snu1ud into tn
arkncss ufpbcdiencc the spi it rap pings
on the door were at once known to be
the kiiusklss ofESliss Wilmer, and her
+nnrnffied voice wsafd t:;urmuT ii?mIy
Young dies, lights.out instantly. You
will be reported IN the morning. before
the whole schel. { ma sc.onh reaur
renee. yourparcnts miltrcceivc notice to
rcn"ve You from tl,is Institution Had
/ any other Of tiic twelve teacher, sp, ~
this roptima,id, it WI uld ha, C gone into
one car and out Of the utlcr. But Miss
" liner having spoken it. made it quite
different. She at least, was rot in the
habit of eating her own words.
The M-Ladies Seminary was a
Baptist school Everybody that h,d
anyth NJ to do with it must be BAPTIST
even the mutrcn and stcwa,Ir>s. H.
though necessity Catholic Irish girl,
were employed in the kitchen theil
places were filled soon as possible by
meml ers of the essential faith
The First Baptist Church of tho city
var next door to the Seminary buildings.
1t Nas cause otgreat grief when or l,rs
we're left for amy particular student TO
attend any other pla' e Of worship Such
a one was looked upon as hcrctical and
heat henish.
Hr Edward Cilcy WAS the pastor o!
this Baptist church. He WAS regarded
with considerable interest by the girls
Of tho Seminary nasmuch as it was
| known that he WAS cngA.ol to marry
Miss Wilmer. Every new girl iha'
came to achool, after having been to hcar
l,s termon of Mr ri!lry unon her first
| s Il bath, would be surround I'd b. brvy
OF yong Sunday d srs, all eager tu tell
her that she need not S1t her cap for the
handsome young minister, for he is en-
gagged to marry Miss Wilmer, older thu
hin self. Then he st"ry would 60 on.
ow Mr.. Cil!ey and Miss Wilmer bal
grown up oaether from chiIdhool---hc
q poor boy, and she the daughter of
dressmakcr-how they had struggled for
an education She by her mothers as>is-
tancc having far outstriPpcd him, und
gone to teaching, while he was put in
tile preparatory; how she had d.cs cd
poorly and llvei chsaply giving her
1 eal nings to help Edward through h $
div ming course and how he mad been
settled down two years over this church