Maryville daily times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1884, 1884-10-11
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Ou4e8cu " Angelina 4elytIIo.
ana ! thought myL.lf tho luckieet mn
living Angelina was 70 handsome that
no Stranger ever j eeSi her without *
pressing admiration, and one yll Slid i6ot
weary with the face after years Of famil-
iarity with it. She was veil bred &C.
complished and great heiress. Ihad
reason to believe that she WAS very fond
OF me. No Ia <cDnlA ~ p 1snteat
than IVES, III 800 ~ = tSa ArSf.
class carriage which took me from Glas-
gov into the country to the Vale Of
Cruix, where ] was to preach I few
Sabbaths. The pulpit was vacant. ana
] was going to try my wings. nv.
pecuniary prospects | scarcely n6ughAf
should care 70 accept 3 call to the Vale
OF Cruix, but had no objection to fll-
ing Its pulpit Tor Z few weeks, especially
as Angelina had gone to tho west coast,
s s,sn; Glasgow " Tr9 ri I'd
Casual remembrance Of elegant par
sonages built In Queen Anne's style;
Of study whore the footballs were soft-
cned by Persian rugs, and the doors
draped in portieres Of yelvcts; chairs
and 4 desk. carved ritAly " saOme s6ld
confessional, fitted through my mind.
And thought also Of table spread
with silver and rare china, with lady
at its head who resembled q queen.
And / AssatAuf 11uzll1 lDug1fei. UnI
awakened from my day-dream to 4
knowledge that the words "Vale Of
Cruix" were being shouted out on the
platform, 1nd thAt thBteainls was con-
ing to a standstill.
l seized ny gfrayeHue,bag from the
rack overhead ana hurried out Of The
carriage. Tho portars. had inst pulled
four or Ave trunks on the platform. Two
old wagons stood In the road, one driven
by an old woman il - sun bonnet, the
other by a red-haired boy With bafe }eSt;
and a queer knock kneed horse, at.
tached to = qucerer old gig, was stand
ing at little distance A young man
bent nlsliahrafI -happl hebs HWJfs
my companions on the platform. Thu
former put his trunks In the first wagon.
kissed the old woman IN tho sun.bonnet,
took the reins and drove away. He wal
evidenuy tne son A. q tne family, come
Of the -,t.Sakssana ~ city fs~ilxv;
mother, father, little boy, nursemaid
and baby-xere p6tfn us kxg6n and
driven OF by aboy, j. II I lyg III.
When the train moved away ] wa
ieft alone on the pias!orm-alone pes5e!
the station-mastef, VINO ~ upon DencI
smoking 9 clay pipe. "a moment NOR
the official, without looking Of me, made
the remark Deacon stevenson ma
come ion 1QaneW o1n1spn lae's Qyyi
IN the notea, ana WIN % pack 10 mA9
ute. ~
Ihank you, said !.
Inc station-master TOOK no notice 9
me, but having climbed up On = stool an
made some changes ~ time register o.
tho wall OF the station iocked the door
put the key In his pocket ana sannteret
away down the railroad 4 took M
place upon, the bench ana waittd. Z In
few minutes q prim little old gentleman
appeared uponrths tdp OF ths hihsHarr
ing In one hand tin eau IN the other
tin pail, ana under either arm . brow!
paper parcel. knew s 9 giance that
was Stevenson. al L.. III
Are you Mr.. Mactaggerts. ne n
quired, mildly, IS he approached. =
want to know. / hadn't any cxpecta
ton OF being kept 50 long; but, you sec
It saves the women folks trouble to fetc
things when ! drive to town. Step in
won't youi ~ Just hang this paFafiin
,le on behind s$% 1s cas.fe sne nell IL
coffee can 60 under the seat as well a
not. How's your health, sir, and hoN
do you like Vale OF Cruixf
! answered that my health was gooc
and that had not, a. yet, seen much
!, the Vale of Cruix. -.
y mo, you haven't, said tho old gentle
nan. "Well, you'll drive through
Ow." And he shook the reins and tn
4 horse began to stumble along. An
We drove past certain rows of brio
buses very much like each other, an
It'll tho same flowers in their troll
Ardens, until, having passed y
hurch, we came to @seaPgny q
bout by old oak trees, Uefcs0th5 81
A girl stood ct the gate..a fair girl
: blue muslin dress and white apron.
4 Take the sugar, Mary, before 1T &c
upset" said the deacon. This is N
Nactaggert, that's going. to preach Il
us. Mr.: Aactaggert, this Is my daught'
Mary"
We both bowed and sheyunisht
with tho parcels. sssI ~ 4
ssWhok a lovAlG NraAfhHant aNid II