Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-01-31

4 self in Suc'i offerings ;iS were within
his rcacl---bouquctS of wild flow
rrs, clusters of delicate ferns hs
knew she loved, baskets OF wi 81
cherries OF nuts, and an eager Q3aea
to lift anxsobstacle from her w.
And the good-natured, ic1sffhgs
country folks called poorJoe SuSv's
admlrcr.
But While the winter SHOWS were
yet upon The ground there came to
Brent IIil5 IL new Clergyman, one
Cyrus Poltman, who had been q
pupil of SilSy'S father when he was
IL youth oflineteen, she y child of
twelve. raving fitted himself for
college under Rev: Stephen Coyle's
Instructions, he had gone to Har-
ward, had studied for the pulpit,
and, having preached i'll Boston,
had accer4ed u call to Brent Hill.
ItwaSqilite natural thathe should
seek Susy ,&and the old SERVANT ut
the pars .l,.,@r WAS warm IN her
praises. wasa wealthy man.
having injected a 1ortnN'efixiHT'Iris
father, AMI he was eagar to help the
poor in his parish. Susy, having
the clllIlrell%Rnder her control. was
able to poiu.tsout to him many NV,
cnucs for his CHARITY, and thus
added ano,liesssss5tssssfk to the assoGi;l.
lions that bound them together.
So, in the winterevenings, i'll the
spring walks, he let his heart go out
To Susy and gather her image into
it's deepest recesSeS, while she, un
conscious Ofherown secret, felt that
there WAS no happiness so pro'ound
IA. Cyrus brought by his mere pres
ence. 1t sras a, quiet uncvcntful
counting Of six long months, but it
bound two hearts firmly together
for life. Aud Joe, looking on, I'M
derstood vaguely that SnSy was
near, that IA service performed for
Cyrus pleased SuSy as. we'll. And
AS events progressed he understood
that Cyrus wonld one day take Sill
~ to the parsonage rs his wife, and
Susy would be happy there. All
this WAS firmly rooted in poor Joe'S
rloudcd brain, ana he knew that
trouble TO Cyrus would be sore
grief also to SCsy.
So, with an allegiance that was
touching. joe transferred some of
his devotion 70 the young clergy
man. and wheli.tlie was nj the farm
would mutfer often:
"SrSy likes him; Joe mnst be
good to him because Susy likes
him.
Summer sunshine was ripening
the grain and the berries were. in
ripest cluster when SuSy had an ell
tire month of leisure for the school
holiday, and Cyrus wnn from her
prilniSe to Gesign her place and be
his wife in September. Her sim
pie outfit became her daily task,
and tue CoIlingwoo Is lent willing
hands tosprepare for the wedding.
'Jna was made entirely happy by
the prom Use OF home at the par.
Snllage, hnd the lon. summer days
seemed too short for the happiness
that filed them.
1t was nearly two miles from the
parsonage to the Coli gwood farm,
but there were few evenings wien
Cyrus failed to walk from his home
to Su>y'S for the sweet companions
ship he loved. And his way led
him through stretch Of lonely
country, where the farms were
scattered far apart. for Mr.. Col
lingwood had bought IL farm at
some distance from the village.
BY what instinct Joe knew that
there might be- danger lurking in
the road, cannot explain, but it
brcame his habit, solely Of his own
will, to follow Cyrus Portman out
of his sight himself, till he saw
him safely within his house, and
then limp back again to his own
barn chamber. 1t may have been
that the talk of the farm hands
about some Of the crimes prrpe-
tratcd by tramps conveyed il warn
ing to his weakened mind. But,
whatever the motive, lie wls CON
slant in his unsupported atten
dance.
Rev. Cyrus Portman, secure of
his place in the love Of his congre-
Cation, thinking his village home
ever secure from dangeroi' robbery,
or even the fear Of theft, was care
less of the fact that it WIS known
he carried about him large sums of
money.
lie drew his income quarterly
from Il Boston bank, and was apt
to carry large rolls of bank NOES
in his pockct-book, ready for his
own expenses AMI charities. He
wore diamond studs aud finger
ring and = heavy gold watch and
Chain.
All these facts becoming known
to Bob Garter, Joe'S tormentor led
to the act that proved the idof'S
deepest devotion to Su>y. One of
the trampS seeking employment al
Brent Hill. proving a congenlal
companion for Bob Carter in his
drinking frolics and idle life, be
came his guest, and the two, un
der tile influence Of liquor, resolved
to rob the parson.
Giles bound to have pocketlul
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