Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-10-23

consent
in the
.I.scoR Tltry to the
crrix.R ~ to preach d
asa.bs ait was vacant,
~ goiug TO sry Igy wings. With
s~miary respects 1 ocarcaly
shosh care to accept q call
va Oh nix. but ] had no OBJ
i dlliaS IS pulpit for a few
~ssnecaliy as Angelina had gone
ssst coast, and Glasgow was
mi stuffy and stupid.
al remembrances of elegant par
bn;lt in Queen Anne's style, of
where the footballs were soft
~ Persian rugs, and the doors
m portieres OF velyets; chairs
ASH carved richly as some old
Is;onal. fitted through my mind.
Thought also of a table spread
liver an re china, with a lady
hsaa resembled q queen.
Lreatl luxurious sigh as I
no. Fl, ny day dream TO a
49, "A he wordF yale Of
vefel og s. on the plat
and tha coming to
e Il n, raw ing bag from tho
.vsrhead a hurried out Of the
:. The rters had Just pulled
~ FIVE IT, - on .she platform.
IA wagons stood III the road, one
by an old woman, in a sun bon
he other 10y a red haired boy
hare feet, and queer knoca -kneed
attached to a queer6r old gig, was
ina At a little distance, A young
a light summer suit and a city
bent on rural happiness were my
b%snious on the platform. The
a nut his trunks on the first wag-
;ssed the cid woman in the sun
took the reins and drove away.
Is evidently the son of the family,
home 10 spend his vacation. The
fthe trunks and the city family
Ler. father, little boy, nursemaid
haby-yerc put in the wagon and
III or by the boy.
ben Tie train moved away ] was
kslone on the platform -alone but fol-
kiationmaster, who sat upon bench
king q clay pipe. In q moment
the official, without looking at
/ made the remark: Deacon Ste
|On, has come for the new minister.
4 over in the hotel, and will be back
minute"
Thank YOU, said /.
Restationmaster took no notice OF
but having climbed up on a. stool
made some changes in q timeregis-
b the wall of the station, locked
Iloor, put the key in his pocket and
away down the railroad. I
! bis place upon the bench and
|sd. In u few minutes a prim lit
Va gentleman appeared upon the
h the ILL, carrying in one hand a
20, in the other a tin pail, and un-
arm a brown paper parcel. l
i at a glance that il was Stevenson.
r. YOU Mr.. Mactaggerty" he in
Cd mildly, al he approached. 81
/ 10 know. / hadn't any expecta-
Of being kept so long; but, you see,
YES the women folks trouble to fetch
. when / drive to town. Step in,
! youg I'll just hang this paraffine
behind. Some dislike the smell
SHE you 10. The sugar 1sAA tea
eau go under the seat ~ well
n How's your health, sir, and
do you like Vale of Cruix?"
nsvered that my health was good,
had not, as yet, seen much of
'sle Of Cruix.
b, you haven't, said the old gen.
an. We'll, we'll drive through it
d he shook the reins and the old
began to stumble along. And on
past certain rows Of brick
$ very much like each other, and
the same flowers in their front gar
until, having passed the church,
to one happily set about by old
I 3 before the gate Of which we
up.
yirl stood at the gate--a fair girl
blue muslin dress and white
Ike The sugar, Mary, before it gets
!, said the deacon. "This is Mr..
lggert, that's going TO preach for
ia, Mactaggert, this is my daugh-
both bowed. and she vanished with
reels.
a lovely creatnrei" said I to
! Nothing lihe Angelina, but so
n And ! found myself thinking
as l washed and brushed my hair
blue- walled bedroom on the see
Dor, with white-fringed counter
and curtains, and two black sill
ts over the mantel piece, on either
the china vases OF roses.
re were only four of us ut the
deacon, his wife IA stout
who never said more than she
Mary and myself. Mary
ent the last winter at Glasgow,
Q talked about all she had seen.
as self-possessed without being
d, and oh, so pretty Now, An
was splendid and queenly; so
Is mild praise that she could not
to, only | said it very
] preached on the next Sunday.
settled that / should spend the
II there. Iwrote this to Angeli-
ce you connot be with me it does
after where i am-this stupid
= we'll as any other. Address TO
e Of Deacon Stevenson. l shall
with hEm while / preach here"
rs apleasant summer despite the
= OF the place. How good the
old deacon was. when one really (
How motherly was Mrs. ]
sonl As for Mary, she grew f;
: every day, / often won
What Angelina would have said
he have seen me helping her to
aeEberries, TO find the runaway
carry home the milk-pail, driv-
over to the country grocery ,
turning with a freight Of grocer
lgelina, who knew nothing of {
details, and whose monogram- .
perfumed letters were often