The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-04-07

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70 far as the Sunday went, as follows
Church in the morning and afternoon IL
practicable as much reading as her eyes
not quite what they used to be--could
comfortably manage pudding for dinner,
and tea and gossip in the evening. If fine,
q walk would have come among the days
arrangements but with the rain coming
down as it did, and after having rather
puzzled herself with a sermon upon the
origin of evil, the sudden, and in degree
visit of q strange gentleman
when visitors of any kind were SO rare
became invaluable as a topic of interesting
for aught we know, of proftable--dis-
course. Sam Shears dined with her always
on this day, and was allowed, not without
scruples, to have his pipe in the chimney
corner in consideration of which indul-
gence, he felt it his duty to make himself
as agreeable as possible and inasmuch as
his stock-stories respecting enormous perch
caught, or gifted starlings educated by him
Samuel Shears, had long ceased to interest
indeed had never much interested-his
fair listener here, though they still went
down, with variations, at the Crown and
Thistle, he was reduced very often, in the
absence of anything of modern interest
stirring in the neighboring town Of s.,
to keep up his credit as "a rare good
companion" by entering into politics-for
which study, next to divinity, Molly had
decided taste-talking about reforms and
revolutions in manner that Molly de-
clared made her ''creep," and varying this
pleasurable excitement by gloomy forbod-
ings with regard to Rooshia and Proc
sha."
On this particular evening, however, the
subject of debate was of domestic nature,
and Molly and the clerk had taken oppo-
site sides Binns arriving opportunely to be
appealed to by both, and being man Of
few words, who shook his head with great
gravity, and usually gave nod of encour-
agement to the last speaker Molly, after
her first indignation at the intrusion of
wet stranger, without notice, at ten o'clock
of Saturday night, had been so softened
by the courteous address and bearing of the
enemy, that she had gradually admitted
him at least to neutrality and when Sam
Shears had in confidence limited that he
"hadn't quite made up his mind about un"
her womans Kindness of heart, or her
spirit of contradiction, rushed forth as to
the rescue of a friend.
81 wonder at you, Sam," said she /;
"you've had medication enough to know
a gentleman when you sees him and
you'd ought to have more respect for the
cloth"
"Cloth There now," replied Sam,
" that's just it; amt SO sure about his
cloth, as you call it."
"Why, what ever do you mean, Sam
Shears P''
81 mean," rejoined Sam, boldly, though
he felt that Molly's fiercest glance was
upon him, and almost choked himself in
the endeavor to hide himself in cloud of
his own creating, al don't think he's a
regular parson. If he had been, you see,
he'd have took some of the duty. Besides"
continued the official, reassured by Binns's
respectful attention, " We had a little talk
while we was awaiting for master after
church, offered him humberella, you
see and just asked whereabouts his
church was and he looked queerish at me,
and said he hadn't no church, not exactly
and then l begged his pardon, and said
thought he was clergyman and he said,
so he was, but somehow he seemed to put
me OFF, as it might be-" Binns nodded.
"To be sure" said Molly; and twas
like your manners, Sam, to go questioning
of him in that way"
Bless you, was as civil as could be;
however, / say again, / as my doubts;
he'd a quakerish-looking coat too, such as
never seed on regular college parson.
He's the very moral of a new Irvingite
preacher"
"And what's their doctrines, Sam %
asked Molly, whose theological curiosity
was irresistibly excited.
"Why," said the clerk, after puff or
two to collect his sthoughts, 'they believes
in transmigration. ts- h1
Binns made gesture of awe and adjur-
alton. a',4
"stuffP" said Molly, that's popery; nor
you don't suppose, Sam, that master would
have anybody of that sort in his house
ell, Mr.. Binns 9'
The benefit of that gentleman's opinion