The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-04-30


Nov, stretch a ahundred and fifty,
pounds as far as you may, defy you to
make it keep one person in luxury, let
alone two. 1t might keep two, with
painful economy in some remote country
parts but in London
What could do?
The girl had fairly bewitched me yet,
IKE madman, instead of avoiding her
society. l sought 1t. l found out the DAYS
she visited the poor, and not only devoted
those to the same GRAND, but almnst
every ther as we'll, lest might by acct
dent miss one chance of seeing her. Sur
'nngie, the junior curate, said left HIM
nothing to do outside the church. He
was perfectly correct IN his statement.
WouldsI not have walked myself to
death rather than let him incur the dan
GER OF meeting my bOnny Juliet IL the
West ED slums? By degrees 1 grew
thin and haggard, between combating
with my love passion any trying to devise
means to satisfy it-sO haggrrd. indeed,
that sometimes the bright eyes would
look at me compasslopately, and she
would say
"Mr. Chasuble, you look awfulIy i'll.
don't believe you give yourself half
en'ugh food or rest. You ought to lay
up, and have some one to LOOK after
you.
All how gladly would l have laid up
if l had had her to Look after m to ok
IN once week or 80, as she did on Mrs.
Gridlan, and ask me how did with that
frank, inspiring smile of hers:
Another time she hurt me cruelty by
saying, as was opening her umbrella for
her
"One thing like so much in you ritu-
aIistic clergynen, Mr.. Chasuhle, is your
not marrying. 1t makes you so much
more useful among the poor. You couldn't
give all your time to them. as you dol
you had an erigeG2ts wife at bone and 1
always thought it one of the great advan-
tages the Roman clergy possessed over
ours
1t was like knife through my heart
that she should say :his, and be glad of
it and wlth difficulty commanded my
self enough to reply.
"Celibacy, certainly, has its recommen-
datious IN some cases but you must re-
member, Miss Juliet, it is wholly volun-
tary with US, not enforced as with the
Roman priesthood.
"rhen it is all the more right and sen
s:ble of you, she answered warmly and.
shaking my hand, departed.
That night [ felt desperately unhappy.
1t was perfectly true that hitherto / had
regarded cellbacy as my particular voca-
ton {; had extOlled the benefits, mundane
and spiritual, of that state and enlarged,
both at home and abroad, on the draw
backs and general inferiority of mar
ried clergy. Indeed, if ever condescen) J.
ed to admit any dreams in which women
took part, she always appeared as pale,
spiritual creature, with lofty brow. deep
violet eyes, paleIy golden hair banded
Madonna-wise on either side of her trans
parent tempies-some ''rare pale Marga-
ret, or heavenly minded Hilda 0
whose heart. being Inciosed within the
sacred atmosphere of the Church, might
make q worthy helpmate to one of
the pastors of that estab, ishment.
Such was my ideal--an ideal on wbiche
l had more than once expounded in elo-
quent gravity to my admiring mother and
sisters in the cathedral close at Chichester
and 10 which had in my college days in
scribed various sonnets of varying excel
lence-~sonnets in wbichEthe heroine's
slight, rsle fingers, inspired glance, lily
like complexion appeared on every page.
Aud DOW behold me! "fallen, fallen, fallen
from my high estate, ands hungering
for q very hesh-aud- blood dam
sci with saucy eyes and ripe lips--a dam
sci without u trace of either heavenliness
ill-health. or inspiration about her girl
of the period, who talked enjoylngly of
whitehall lunches at Greenwich,
told her poor proteges she had been danc-
ing till morning, that she looked pale of
course at .'such a jolly ball, and insisted
vita honest depreciation of a.higher mo-