The Jasper weekly courier., 1875-10-22


GilderslecVe cast glance into the sun
derland pew. and Miss sally WAS smiling
saucily. Going ont of church he made
haste 70 reach that young lady.
"Nhy did you not Join ~ "a our ai-
tempt this morning, Miss Sunderland"
he asked, quite pleasantly
=. Because had been given 10 glpder-
stand that my singing was not accepta-
bic. a" lottily. s
ARE you quite SINCERE Misssnnder-
land. in believing that your singing has
not been acceptable? Doesn & your con-
science tell yOu that your singing Was
all right. Was iis iar the angelic choir.
but that Your conduct -ahem. beg
pardon. was aboutto speak toofrank-
. N. A. you might think.
MY conducl. Mr.. GildersleeYe. " said
Miss sally. is private affair, subject
10 40 ones dictation."
=. ..ENcuse me il say thar You have
made il quite pub,ic'' Mr.. Gildersleeye
was beginning 10 feel nettled this pref
ty piece OF temper held neither him nor
his cloth in much reverence or regard,
certainly. Il do not presume 10 dictate.
he pursued, "but let me ask You. in al
friendlincss, IL YOU think the house of
prayer suitable place for triiling and
flirtationf''
:. Mr.. Gildersleeve, said Sally, emo
body ever dared speak 81 10 me in all
my life, Our dear old rector. Mr. Ia
bernacle. used To kiss my hand when
we met. and thank me for sitting in the
choir. and say that it did his old eyes
good 20 see me there. wish he was
alive,'
AIr. Cndcrsleeve smiled. Who knows
but he would have liked 10 follow the
example Of Mr.. Tabernacle? But he
said. Instead II am afraid that Mr.
Tabernacle was both blind and deaf. :"
which had a much more ungracious
sound in the ears Of a pretty woman
I than he intended.
Miss Sunderland rewarded him by
opening her fine eyes very wide, and
looking a. Il he were the first specimen
Df his kind that had ever come within
her ken. .'You have taught me, Mr..
Gildersleeve. said she, "that your re-
ligion is not inconsistent with nldeness
| wish you good-morning, and she
swept past him. shaking out IN odor Of
sandal-wood from her silken fallals, and
.
tonished in the pathway.
What panied Mr. Gildersleeve more
than any thing was the simple fact that
Miss Sunderland was not in her pew on
the following sunday: in truth, il seem
ed 10 him as II the church were quite
empty without her. He hoped that at
the last moment, Just before the organ
ist should cease his voluntary, she
would come softly stepping up the
broad aisle in her India muslins and
rose-colors; but not she. lie could not
prevent his mind from wandering now
and then away from the text now and
again-for the man was mortal, like the
rest Of us-nor help that she might be
absent from town, or a trihing under
the weather. any thing rather than that
Z his foolish words should be capable Of
driving a Young soul from the mercy
seat. from all the holy influences that 10
his mind resided in the service and ritu-
al, turning the earthly eyes heavenward;
from the inspiring presence Of invisible
saints. apostles, martyrs, and all the
\ heavenly host. He felt disheartened
when the day was ended. lie had come
to Eagethorpe with all his spiritual en-
thusiasm kindling for the work before
him, and here his most deliberate act
had resulted in shutting cut this sweet
woman from the illustrations Of the
temple He made il his business to
call up To Sunderland Hall that week
and try 20 remedy his mistake He
found Miss Sally at the piano, the room
still echoing with her voice; but she
left II directly. in spite Of his earnest re-
+. quest that she should proceed with the
passage from Mozart's Twelfth Mass.
81 came,m he said presently, TO
make sure that no one was i'll at the
Hall. Not seeing any Of the family At
J. church. had fears
You are very good to trouble YOUR
self so far about your neighbors' souls,
frigidly. as If she had said. " You are
the most meddlesome man alive,'
=. Nay. but that is the duty have
made my choice and my pleasure" he
said
Il will call grandrSamma,r she in
terposed. And presently the quaint lit
tie old lady came hobbling down stairs
on her cane. But Miss Sally failed to
return.
Mr. Gilderslecve went home with a
heavy heart. He had meant to do 80
much good in the parish--to battle 80
bravely with wrong, 10 restore harmony
and goodwill toward men; while here
he was creating discord and ill-feeling
with every word, and perhaps becoming
the means Of closing heaven against the
girl whose spiritually, let Us
hope-had suddenly become dearer to
him than his ownl
Old Mrs Sunderland, Miss Sally, and
Mr.. Tom, rather fast young man.
were all that was left of the family at
the Hail. Perhaps, if there had been
father or mother, Mr.. Gilderslceve
would have felt himself relieved Of re-
sponsibility in manner; but when Sun
I.v altar Sunday u-ont hv and M hiua