The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-06-12
THE PACIFIC
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SATURDAY. JUNE u.
IFfoa the BrunsEieksEl
A Missouri Clergyman A~ccused-But His
Offence is Not Off Very Serious Nature.

OutACe ID AOt u very ScLAOus NdtuiC-
IN old lady cam up to the Office on Wednes-
day. She was worn and tired from climbing the
winding stairs. and she sank almost breathless
into the waste-basket, putting the poems and
stories IL contained 10 the only press they will
ever know. There was a troubled, ANXIOUS look
on her face, a pair Of green spectacles on her
nose, aud a general air Of sorrow and exhaustion
about her that appealed at once TO our tenderest
feelings. The feelings answered the appeal and
stepped respectfully forward. After the aged
female had recovered Der breath she asked
" Is there a ~loryer's Office in this buildin'?'
We answered in the affirmative, but were sorry
to say that the legal gentleman was out of town.
"'Out of town, Ell? Well, | s'pose III have to
find some other lOTyer. | KEN in town a purpose
to have this thing fixed up, an amt agoin' back
ontil / know whether there is any law an
ekeity in this country"
We Ventured TO remind the dame that lawing
was a losing business in the end, and should be
resOrted b only in the most aggravated cases.
Aggregated cases J" she screeched, and the
manuscripts in the basket ratified violently.
: Young man it is the most aggregated case you
ever heard of. You ken never know the anguish
Of a mothers heart when her only dorter goes
astray an follers after false idols"
Your daughter has had trouble, then ?"
"No, it's me what's havin' the trouble but
she's a causin' it-she an that tarnal sheep-faced
preacher >"
A a minister in the case 1 think l un-
derstand. Such things are becoming too com
mon alas, too frequent The cloth is brought
into d~isrepute by such scoundrels, who steal the
livery of Heaven to serve the devil in Poor
girl J"
'sPoor nothin'! She's a brazen huzzy to 90
back on her mothers teachin'. Lord knows I've
allus tried TO raise her right"
"But you must consider, my good woman,
that your daughter had peculiar temptations.
You must make allowance for the fact that the
tempter came to her in holy garb, imposing upon
her confidence in the assumed character Of a
spiritual adviser, silencing the voice of her con-
science with cunningly chosen scriptural quota
tions. You must not be severe on her.
We'll, Hammer was a 'bedient girl till he ken
foolin' round. He KEN to the house pretty often
but | didn't s'pose nothin' was wrong till a week
ago, when Hammer role me, Then 1 guy him a
mighty big piece Of my mind
He denied it, OF course?"
"No, he didn't. He said he had his dooty as
a Christian. An his congregation are all tickled
over it, an that's what makes me bile"
Why, that is an aggravated case. That he
should be guilty Of such a thiIig is bad enough
that he should call it the performance of a duty
is worse. and that all his congregation should up
hold him in such vile practices is beyond belief. >
Well, it's so, and L want to get q loryer to
issoo n conjunction or Indictment or somethin' to
stop it."
matter Of very recent occurrence. a bill has
passed the Legislature governing such cases, but
it won't work backward"
What is in that bill ?" asked the old lady,
her face lighting up with a new hope.
"It makes it obligatory upon the man to either
marry the woman or support the Chi"
What shrieked the woman, springing UP
with n suddenness that sent the basket of unac-
knowledged genius half way across the room.
:. You barril-headed idyotI My girl amt no such
a fool Us that! You editors think you're mighty
smart, an you're allus s'posen things wusser'n
they are. I've been a lifelong Methodist, and
I've tried to raise my dorter in the came faith,
but that 'tarnal Piscopalyun preacher has got her
to gree to jine his church. I'm her material
garjeen, and L amt a goin' to low her to do it.
Eff she can't get along with the same religion heI
mothers got she shan't have any. That's the
whole case. an there amt no naarryin', noI
s'portin', nor Beecherin' in it."
From the way the old lady bumped along down
the stairs we fear she was unduly agitated.
We shall never jump to another conclusion
no, not if it should lie within an inch of ouI
nose, and pointed proofs were pressing on each
side and behind.