Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-07-10
JUMPING AT A CONCLUSION.

from climbing the winding stairs, and
she sank almost breathless into the waste
basket, putting the stories and poems
contained in it to the only press they will
ever know. There was a troubled anx-
ious expression on her face, pair OF
green spectacles on her nose, and gem
eral air of sorrow and exhaustion about
her that appealed at once to our tender
est feelings. The feelings answered the
appeal and stepped respectfully forward.
After the aged female recovered breath,
she asked
"Is there loryer's office in this
buildin ?"
We answered in the affirmative, but
were sorry to say the legal gentleman
was out OF town.
Out of town, eh L? Well, l suppose
I'll have to find some other loryer. l
KEN to town on purpose to have this
thing fixed up, an amt Il goin' back till
know whether there is any law and Elk
ity in the country"
We venturcd to remind the dame that
having was losing business in the end,
and should be resorted to only in the
most aggravated cases.
Aggregated cases !" she screeched,
and the manuscript in the basket ratified
violently. Young man, it is the most
aggregated case you ever heered on. Yo
ken never kno the anguish of mothers
heart when her only dorter goes astray
an follers after false IDOLS"
IL" Your daughter has had trouble 7"
/" No it's me that's havin' the trouble
but she's a-causn' it-she an that tarnal
sheep faced preacher"
"Ah q minister in the case. | think
l understand. Such things are too com
mon, alas, too frequent. The cloth Ii
being brought in disgrace by scoundrel'
who steal the livery of heaven to serve
the devil in.' Poor girl !"
Pore nothin' She's brazen huzzy
to go back on her mothers teachin'.-
Lord knows I've alters tried to raise he
right"
"But you must consider my good wo
man, that your daughter has had pecul
lar temptations. You must make allow
ance for the fact that the tempter came
to her in holy garb, imposing ON her con
fidence in the assumed character OF {
spiritual adviser, silencing the voice o
her conscience with cunningly choser
Scriptura quotations. You must not b.
severe on her."
Well, Hammer was 'bedient gir
till he KEN foolin' round. lie KEN t,
the house purity often, but didn't s'post
nothin' was wrong till week ago wher
Hammer tole me. Then l guv him mi
ty big piece Of my mind"
d" He denied it, of course"
No, he didn't. lie said he did hi:
duty as a Christian. An his congrega-
ton were all tickled over it, an that's
what makes me bile"
why, that is an aggravated case.-
That he should be guilty Of such thing
is bad enough that he should call it thu
performance OF duty is worse and tina
his congregation should uphold him il
such vile practices is beyond belief"
Well, it is So, an l want to get lor
yer to issoo n conjunction or injectmen
, or somethin' to stop it,"
81 fear there is no legal redress unles
it is matter of very recent occurrence
A bill has passed the Legislature gov
erning such cases, but it won't worl
backward" )"
What is that bill," asked the ole
lady, as her face lighted up with nev
hope"
1T makes it obligatory upon the maj
to either marry the woman or supper
= the"
What I" shrieked the woman, spring
ing up with u suddenness, that sent tn
basket of unacknowledged genius halt
way across the room. " You barri-head
ed idiot. My gal is no sech fool as that
You editors think you are nifty smart
an your always s'posin' things worser'i
they are. I've been life long Metho
dist and I've tried TO raise my dorter ir
the same faith, but that tarnal Piscopal
yam preacher got her 20 agree to jine his
church. | amt a-goin to allow her to dc
it. Ef she can't git along with the same
religion her mothers got, she shan't have
any. That's tho whole case, an ther'
amt no marryin', or s'portin, or Beech
erin in it,"
From the way the old lady bumped
along down stairs, we fear she was un
duly agitated.
We shall never jump at another con
clusion-no, not if it should lie within ar
inch Of our nose, and pointed proofs were
pressing against US on each side and be-
hind.