Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-11-11

used to laugh at Jones for putting his
trust in Providence as he called il. when
he used to 20 in for tlukeYn
81 am thankful to say that | have for.
gotten these matters" said he, taking
sip Of port. What noble character is
your dear auntw
'Yes, she's jolly good woman" said
| cheeriully. II hope you are not think.
ing OF marrying her|
az My good friend" he answered,
smiingly, Il have q wife already"
The deuce you have" exclaimed |,
with establishment That's not generally
known, is itY"
You mistake me-" said he. Il mean
that am already welded to the church"
"oh, see, you so in for celibacy of
the clergy ~
Most certainly l do. A priest should
be vowed to heaven. Perhaps YOU have
not read my little work upon that sub
ject?"
mo; but should like to read it i'm.
mensely hope it has a portrait of the
author tor It's frontispiecen
Wen, yes, it has said he, with an
imperturb ,ble gravity; "it was ly de
sire of my congregation that il was in.
sertedn
Ii he had not been sitting at my own
table, | think must have burst out laugh,
ing; as it was / only said, "Well, that
was rather hard upon the ladies', pyN Ill
sppears to me that they adore you -- as
indeed they always did,
4 roslate flush spread over my com
paulOn's features. Let US recall, my
friend, no humiliating antecedcnts."
He was thinking, | knew Of the milf
ner in the High street whom he certainly
would have married at college, only, as
he had frankly owned, he had not the
money to pay for special license, and 10
have put up the banns would have been
ruin.
felt that though Pyx was a humbug,
ii would still be inhospitable to roast him
further, SO | FASTENED to assure him that
nothing | had known to his disadvantage
in his salad days would ever pass my lips,
and then turned the conversation to his
parish.
And so we parted good friends
,SiX months after my return to town
had letter from my aunt which contain,
ed the following postscript: I'VE have all
been greatly distressed here bv the con.
duct of your friend, Mr. Theodore PyX
it will be sad blow, | fear, to the cause
with which he has been SO unhappily
identified. You doubtless saw yesterdays
Post"
| had seen nothing about PyX in the
paper in question, and rushed down to the
club at once to look at it, There was
nothing about him in the police report, !
nor yet in the proceedings of the divorce
court, which my eye naturally sought in
the first instance. What could he have
done? AT last found it under a special |
heading, Marriage in High Life" The |
Reverend Theodore lyX had been united !
in wedlock with fall choral service TO |
Emily, relic of the late Sir Anthony Ger |
goyle, h. G. b., formerly governor of Pata- !
gonia.
twas not without some difficulty, for
was interrupted by several paroXysms OF
laughter, that | could write the required
letter of sympathy and condolement to
my aunt upon the backslding of her fay.
orte divine. | blushed for him as though
| were the painted window put up by
Lady GergOyle to the memory Of her late
husband; a metaphor which pleased my
respected relative very much, by the way,
and gave her a higher opinion Of my in
tcIligence than she had hitherto been
pleased to entertain.
! neither saw nor heard anything Of
PyX again till last Derby day which
found me for the second time in my life,
upon EPSON Downs, 1t is no matter
why | thus revisited scene of pleasure
SO unsuited to my own respectable habits,
| disdain to protest that ! patroDilcd it
because the institution tends 10 improve
the breed of horses; suffice il 20 LAY that
! was there, and that there | met Theo
dore PyX-Once more upon a drag-his
own urag 49, and in very pleasant com
pany. He had a red silk tie, which con
lrasted with well-cut white waistcoat
that set of his appearance to great advan
tage, bat certainly oetra ted from 1t IN an
ecclesiastical point Of view.
In answer, however, to my astOnished
stare, he at once informed me that he had
"cut the church" to the health Of which
nevertheless, and to show that there was
no ill-teeliugs, he would be very happy to
drink a glass of champagne with me-
But where is Mrs Pyx?'' said ].
Hushi She retains her maiden -
mean her courtesy title; Lady Gcrgoyle
is inside" And he introduced me to her
through an open window accordingly.
She was a fine woman, bat Older than
her present husband; | should say five
anu twenty years oldeT QUO had SUM-
cold chicken und salad on her lap and
a tankard or claret cup in. her hand and
seemed to be enjoying herself exceed
lngly
"You must come down to our house in
the country" she said, "and stay week
with your old college friend"
There's q pital billiard table, added
Pyx, "and you will find me in pretty
good practice again"
And he wInked mutt rablc things. !
felt myself in quite false position, Tor IT
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