The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-12-17
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CHATTER. VII.

,WHlcn n uVW .1efle2lgeU me O1: my WdHI
Of f@6,,rt5;ttfhonght and Of shat iook.be-
f9re yuueleap. quality Of: mind THAT
had BEEN my great ''misfortune' from
my youth, even until now. -
But twas too late % merely repent.
Repentan1cete1wasswell; but*action wsss
the moreoneededs just now.
Thursday iwore. AWAY; awkwatdly;
asa day always does when one feels
that q sword of: Damlaoeeles is hanging;
over ones heaid and may ~ fall at any
moment. mo- : Meantime; I was ponder
ing the subject deeply, and It trying, y
but III III : vain, to come upon some
method Il :6ff'' f escape from my unpleas7
ant situation. ..... -; = :, =
In the 4ate afternoon; a.tihle The = weather
being very fine, NY friend f. and NY
self strolied towards the post Office,
partly for = walksabd partly 70 :get
the mail. ~ -. -.:.:
=Ayvex xpassed the,storeess; the. mono
,yllabic Miss Pumxolthy was seen
g1.nctng st. ts lesn i 1'sglrecer4 eaerllk
with all i
1.-THE bsshn1 sirs in i .idelons look, Of love"
The green groeer,s clerk was picking
his teeth andl shncingl back With a
silly look. Both seemed satisfied with
the parts they were playing in the
drama Of life, and were evidently too
much, engaged to notice us pass.
Otto the right stood the, cottage
Of the redoubtable Mrs, wilkins. j
Along the streets, in front Of the;
store doors, ranged rows Of barrels
empty: and convenient as seats land
from many of them, with legs dang:
ling, hands in: n:pockets, and puddles Of
tobacco juice in front Of them, .,-
4The village statesmen With looks profoundly
The 6Mce; Visited, We, returning,
met tho / great Doctor PlriimWefthy. a
good 'opinion Doctor p T rim worthy Y had.
Of himself. Heswas evident1ynone Of
! lyour journeytntnslnade . vulgar crea-
lures; not ]: hesE.E, r: !, He 2:t.wasr Doctor
+ Hezekiah Primworthy; the seventh
| SON pfe .1esenth SOM 81 tisaem i ]
gentleman Of forty six, but still in the
market.
! The,Doetorptoppsd; and I dread;
7 cd one Of his semi-official conversa-
lions but his tAihtrohetion to:I Miss
Waddington brought me near the
precipice of greater catastrophe
thml .teelves semi:e1ntial 7scons1easa-
ftions all in one would haye been.
I "Miss Washington" blundered the
stupid Doctor; II hear islau great
Episcopal, and + I'M very glad to hear
it. We aht lid 10 preacherhereselce
I Mr.. Winter left; and things, though
they has gone on pretty smooth in
| the Sunday School, aint progressed
much in the other direction !; but We
hope to have a minister soon. I'm
the Senior Warden, Mis- Miss; and I al
I ways speak in semi-ohicial kind o.
way; and SOL make bold to welcome
you as an Episcopal. Are you a com
municant, Miss Waddington, of the
church 2"
Before poor Miss Waddingtor
could have time to answer q dom
know what she acoatld have answered
l put a few words hastily between tht
question and her, as diversion, ane
turned the channel SO completely
that no answer was made.
i 1t was now Friday, and l had tha
morning determined upon the onl,
!: course chat seemed3to be open to me
i / would tell Miss Waddington tn
whole story, and ask her to 60 on
play the EpiseoPaAan, and help il
school, and if she could learn in time
ldfh ehurcA, ,tdo,.ponthe occasions 0
i Mr.. Caeveia ah as p VISITS: hsit nj I feared t.
= make known the real state of the fact
to.+Ae sehoolsaaitnaa paGiish ;e'The i Intro
}, duction Of q Presbyterianlas a teache
< I would have SO shocked. some of m
8 teachers that I was was afraid the
e would mutiny and desert in q body
Then again, had Of late made
8 fsgularru1e5 that. none but; con
+ municants Of the church should ~
t instructors in the school,. ~.,-----
II 1'efpliasdito. MI. "A Anglesea e m
s pl.psaad be coscsrred with me- ,
i. once, thatsitawas sthe&onlyssleasib
III dne. = ~ ~ T. - **"fs sassa*: ga
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