The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-02-22

welcome him to their houses and fireSideS :;
and there were several families where he
found society and cheer and sympathy,
and whom he visited often and gladly.
Among these was the lawyer of the vii
lage, for as yet Drayton boasted only one
lawyer and one physician. Mr. Emmit
was a steady, sensible, kindly man of
forty five, and his wife bright, agreea
bic, good Hooking, at1ectionate woman
some ten years younger. They had no
children. They lived in pleasant house,
were well educated, hospitable, and both
of them liked Mr.. Manton much, and
were glad to nave him at their house as
often as he liked to come so be dropped
in there as naturally and as frequently as
if it were his brothers or his sisters home
and found in their uneXacting friendship
much strength and comfort amid the
daily annoyances of his position.
OF course people found fault with this.
A minister in country parish IS the com
mon target on which his flock practice.
There the shepherd does not lead his
sheep, but they hunt their shepherd over
all the stones and through all the brlars
of the Wayside, and lift up their heels
against him as they scorD bis guidance
and viii none Of bis services, with a per-
fee carelessness Of results more Charac
teristic of typic sheep than real ones. He
began to receive notes warming him
against making friends with the Nam
mon Of unrighteousness Mr.. Emmit be
ing a LAWYER, the deacons admOnished
him that it was not we'll to have favOrltes
in the parish that he ought to visit the
poor in preference to the rich that he
visited too much and studied too little,
and every other objection to this friend
ship Of his possible to their jealous mag
nations or eager desire to have him walk
in their paths rather than bis own.
But Mr.. Manton did not mind all this
impatience and interference; he might
have done 50 but for the fact that he had
twice met at Mrs. Emmit's a young lady
who had driven down from Suffolk to
spend the day, as she was spending the
summer there with her aunt, an old
school friend of Mrs. Emmit. Mrs Tink-
ham was very fond of Jenny Emmit, and
Laura Payne loved her aunt's friend al
most as much as her aunt. This is not a
love story SO it is not necessary to describe
Laura. 1t is enough to say that she
pleased Mr.. Manton extremely SO much
that he asked Mrs. Emmit to take him
up to Suffolk some day when she was to
visit her friends, as a call with her would
be less awkward than going alone. SO
one sweet day in June Mrs. Emmit was
driven up to the station opposite Hudah
Parks house and took the noon train =;
but she did not see Mr. Manton, nor did
she know he had to 0tticiate at a wedding
quite Unexpectedly, since the PAIR who
needed his services had come from anoth-
Ell town, but as she was going on her own
account as we'll as his she went her way
c0mposedly.
Miss Huldah saw her, and made her
own comments, talking to herself as lone
ly people will.
"There. there goes Lawyer Emmit's S
wife, A goin to see some of the Suffolk
people s'posc-city boarders Wonder
Parson Manton amt along. Folks say
he's forever a hangin' round them En-
mits: common folks amt good 'nough for
him HIM, set him up for Minister'S
And then she lapsed back to her mend
ing, rocking to and fro, till she heard the
water boiling over from her saucepan on
the stove, and went out in the kitchen to
take off the potatoes and eat her dinner,
But she was back again at her post when
the milk train came in, and laid down
her needle to watch Mr.. Manton. who
came hurrying up the hill to the train at
the last minute.
"Well, there" she exclaimed, hes
gone arter her as sure as live Didn't
think it looked real well to 80 together,
s'pose. They han't pulled the wool over
Huldy Parkses eyes though not mite
Well, well these is pretty COINS on for a
minister"
Nobody happened to come in to see
Miss Parks that afternoon, for a heavy
shower came up, and only cleared off,.
leaving sparkling, shining, fresh world
to glitter in the sunset, just in time for
the six o'clock tram to go out, and for
HuIdah to see Mr.. Emmt running with
all his might to catch the train.
"There! he's heered ont" she ex-
claimed. They'll get come up with =
and shaking her head, solemnly, she sat
herself to consider all the ins and outs of
the question, resolving to sit up and
watch the late milk train come in to be
sure Of her premises.
But nobody came by that train-at
least she saw no one, for Mr.. Manton
wanted to 60 to the post office before it
closed, and so took a short cut down the
embankment and through somebody's
yard into the heart of the town. He
could not be discerned from Miss Parks's
window unless she could have seen
through a train of cars, and she went
placidly to bed, assured that she knew
something pretty bad, which nobody else
knew yet. BY the first train from Suffolk
the next morning, Mr.. and Mrs. Emmit
arrived. Huldah had watched and wait
ed and put off her work to see that train
come in, and there was Mrs. Emmit with
her handkerchief at her eyes, lealing on
her husbands arm, and Mr. Emmit look :
ing cross and dusty.
SO Miss Huldah put on her bonnet and
went after her daily pint Of milk, furn-
ished by one Of her friends, llkeminded
with herself, the Widow Tucker.
"Say" begun Huldah, sitting down in
a rocking chair, regardless of her errand.
"Say there suthin' agoin on now, Sa-
briny Tucker, thatll make talk, now
tell ye"
"The mercys sakes." calculated Mrs.
Tucker; "what upon airth is it, Huldy?'
"Well, Mis- Emmit, Squire Emmt's
wife, she went off on the fust train west,
yesterday, all livin' alone. thought
queer ont; but, 10 an behold. Passon
Manton he folered on the milk train, for
j see him with my own eyes. mistrust-
ed suthn' then
materially, naterally." nodded the
widow
"But don't you think, the squire come
to the six o'clock train a runnin' as
though the old boy was after him, and
put out after 'em. I'm sure ont, for set
up till the last cars come in and there
didn't nobody come on 'em but this
mornin the squire an Mis- Emmit come
back f; she was a cryin' an he looked
| blacker"
"Well, the amt but one thing to say
under them circumstances, Huldy," said
Mrs. Tucker, with sigh. "Mister Man
ton hain't never preached to suit me,
and hain't no confidence in him; not a
grain Besides, he'd ought to have got
married. | don't hold to ministers It
hain't got no wife. There's good enough
i GIRLS in DraVtOn for him ANYWAY and ba