The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-12-05

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10 sssrKAte should ak 10 see him.
ooald send 10 Golden Brae, be said
naming aparish eighteen or twsniy mile
away, With which cur little eharch ha'
beld fellowship; bug neither yon nor
know The neW man who IL there, and
AN sure, a, least hope, ,'iba, We do knos
each other.
cannot lhink what came over me
was but weak then, aud just Pot on
my band, aud said fcebly, My Minister
Nothing would please ne better, b
sald, with 4 bright smile, stretching ou
bis hand for the papers; and so = grea
bufden Was lifted from me.
eau never tell what my minister wa
TO me, but think can tell little 0
what he did Tor The people round about
aud how Il came TO pass that, as The year
went on, the chapel was shns up, GU
people came TO church, and eserybod!
seemed bright and happy iu the litll'
place.
stargale was not on The open sea, al
though some thugs have said nigh
lead YOU to think so, The village was oH
the side Of little cove made by the re-
treating shore, Ia such fashion that i
was almost lake, and was safe hsrboS
In any Storm
Between the cove and the shore lher,
rose sharp hill, on which my own ston,
cottage stood, aud had s,oo they toiC
me, for more than two hundred years
From my windows could see the oper
ocean four or i've miles away, but be
tween me aud II there was ihrong o
rocks just tlt TO hide In when the coas
guard came In sight; aud here, too, wa,
fishing village, only Il bad neither
church nor chapel, and LIS people were
the terror Of the whole country side.
The very next day after our talk tbs
rector went over to Floppins --lor thai
was what our people called this village
He bad heard of sick lad there, and nc
one could hold him back. Some Of The
men in town offered to 20 with him, foi
not only had none OF the Floppiug inel
good name, but one OF them, certain
Archie Grant, was counted giant In
those parts, aud was as violent aud
wicked rs be was strong.
No, my men, sm not afraid, said The
rector, aud be stalked away before they
could answer, same oi them came np
the hill, aud loitered near my gate, and
so il was that knew where be had gone
The men watched him until be joined The
guard, aud then strolIed back into town.
II was just after dark when Janet came
in. Pm feared for the minister, she
said. | don't think anything could have
made Janet call him the rector. Then
sue went ON 20 tell me the news the
bakers boy had brough when he came
with tue crumpets for tea. The rector
had stopped TO speak with the guard on
his way, SO he heard IN tune that there
bad been trouble with the smugglers al
Flopping the day before. There had
been a scu file and boy wounded, aud
the guard advised the rector TO turn back
But my minister would uot hear Of IL.
My poor lad might die, he said, so be
kept on till he.wss in the midst Of the
Throng before anybody saw him. lie
could not run among the rocks, whatever
happened, bat be picked his way TO the
dying boy quite safely. When be came
out of the cabin the fisherman's wife ad-
vised him to go another way, for the
boats were just in, aud the men were In
ill.humor. The rector might have done
this, but he had no chance. As be turn
ed from her toward the sands, Archie
rose up from his nets aud asked him with
an oath what business he bad there.
The rector had never seen the man, but
he guessed in moment who il was. Be
fore he could answer Tor thinking, Archie
lifted his hand aud club ia IL, but e
rector was too quick for him. lie warded
OFF The club al The very moment hat he
himself planted a heavy blow IN the Dish.
erman's rib, aud laid him on The beach.
Al Aicuie's first word u dozen neu had
sprung into sight Whl, they were 10 do
no Que could guess, but while they stood
there stricken at The sight OF Archie The
rector turned 10 them.
see there my men, lie said, pointing
to The seuseless figure at his feet; see
there; want you 90 understand that
can do that sort OF thing a. well as any OF
you, aud better; better, because your
man would have killed me, and have
only stunned him; but don't mean to
do Il again; Ii Is bad thing TO do, only
lustifable when mans life il 10 danger,
as mine was just now. II is well, how
ever, for you TO know from the first that
wherever the sick aud dying are there |
mean TO 90, aud 20 alone. My rifle will
be cooked. Next time come we will
shake hands. | have not time To-day,
and before the men had raliisd from their
slupor be was out OF sight.
II wss, ~ be said, just As well that this
happened the very first time be went to
Fiopping, but should never have told
the story, only the rector comes and goes
as be plesses at Fiopping now. There il
Sunday school at the Throng, aud q
saving school. where 20 with the rec
tors vile twice "a the week. Nobody
quicker than Archie Grant 10 touch biz
hat 10 my ministerl
The old rector, who vas always kind
ling fresh qusrreis with The sdissenters
thought II quite enough to preach once a
sunday, but my minister bal not been
long at Stargste before evening prayer
were regularly read BY 3 Jay clerk. Ths