The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-10-25

Goodnight.
1t was the custom at the parsonage, at
morning prayers, for each one present
to repeat a text of Scripture. Tuesday
morning the Rev. Amos Dale repeated
and his voice was trifle husky
" BE not forgetful to entertain stran-
gers for there by some have entertained
angels unawares.''
Hannah followed with " Commit thy
way unto the Lord trust also in him,
and he shall bring II to pass"
Then Mrs. Payne said, The grace Of
our Lord Jesus Christ be with you ALL"
There followed moment in which
none of them cared to speak, and then
Mrs. Payne left the room without
word and went upstairs. When she
came down she was equipped for her
journey, and 1t was time to start for the
station.
When the Rev. Amos Dale, having
put Mrs. Payne on board the train, with
many little cares for her comfort, stood
watching 1t speeding on out of sight, all
the will within him rose and said, "She
shall come back"
And for Emily Payne, all day her
thoughts travelled back to Fairfield, and
she kept wondering il there were ever
a man SO pure in heart, so single in pur-
pose, as the lonely man whom she never
expected to meet again.
1t was on wet afternoon of August
that Hannah Breeze, having been on an
errand to Deacon Bushes, stopped In at
the post office for a pound OF green tea
Joel Bean weighed 1t out for her, and
as he made up the parcel he said, glanc-
ing shrewdly at Hannah through his
glasses, " 1t takes the Elder a mighty
sight OF letter. writin' to finish up that
there Commintery business, don't it ~
"Spose likely" said Hannah shortly.
Yes" said Joel slowly, the twine be-
tween his teeth, "about two letters more
or less a week, ON an everidge, allowin'
me to be the judge"
"Well )" returned Hannah, who would
not for worlds have betrayed that this
was news TO her, 81 shouldn't wonder If
the Elder was capable of tending up to
it without none of my help nor your'n,
Mr.. Bean :" and the discreet Hannah
took her green tea, raised her umbrella,
gathered up her calico skirt, and went
on her way.
One day in October the Rev. Amos
Dale informed Hannah that il was ne
cessary for him to go that week to Bur-
lington, the city forty miles distant, to
see about the new hymn-books.
"Umph ~ said Hannah to herself,
''There'll be sumpthin' seen about be-
sides new hymn-books, guess"
But she made everything ready for
him, and he went, and was gone two
days.
After that, according to Joel Bean, the
"everidge" of letters on the Commen-
tary business was sustained.
Il y
June again in Fairfield, ''tossing the
fields full o. blossoms, leaves an birds"
The parsonage is bright and fresh with
new paper, paint and carpets. In the
sitting-room the tea.table, for 1t Is even
ing, is sumptuously set forth, and about
it three women lowering, Hannah
Breeze, Mrs. Bush, and Mrs. Robbins,
looking with critical eyes at the array Of
cakes, tarts, biscuits, preserves and cold
meats, to see if anything has been for
gotten.
Mrs. Robbins being satisfied with her
inspection, returns to the subject they
have been discussing with ever new
/ interest
Where is it you say she's been teach
ing, Hannah 7"
50 AT Ashton, little ways out of Bur-
lington; her daughter was there to
school last year when she come to Fair
field"
"She didn't canvass for that Commin-
teray only few months, anyway, did
she 2" asks Mrs. Bush.
"No," Hannah replies, rather con-
temptuously, /" 'twan't no business for
her, mo way. She done pretty well at it,
though, for all''-and she goes out to the
front doorstep, the others following,
"How awful rusty them laylocks
does look" Hannah remarks, looking
disapprovingly up at the bushes.
IS Yes but the syringas have blowed
out jest in time" says Mrs. Bush.
"And them red pinies, too,n adds
Hannah, ''they're handsome now"
At that moment they heard shrill,