West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-06-05
THE LAWYERS WARD.
Runaway Couple from Phila.
delphia-

Rev. Dr. Melton was just beginning
TO feel at home in his new parsonage
when he was surprised one evening to
receive call from his classmate Harry
Leigh. In college days they had been
friends, and for awhile after their grad
uation they had exchanged letters and
visits but the letters and visits had
come to an end long ago, and it was
many years since they had met As
they sat in the book-lined study, each
eyed the other curiously. Years sat
lightly upon Mr.. Leigh, and he was
dressed fashionably, almost youthfully.
In his dark-red neck-scarf was thrust a
gold dogs head with ruby eyes, and to
the parson the scarf and the dogs head
suggested a sporting character He
knew that MIR. Leigh was not sporting
character, and wondered mildly that a
mighty respectable, prosperous. middle
aged lawyer should thus adorn his per
son. Moreover, Mr.. Leigh had brought
into the study tall silk hat and "A dap
per little walking stick, and these he
held as though they were far too
precious to be laid on an unsympathetic
chair. He chung TO them until the par
son was filled with an unchristan de-
sire TO throw them out of the window;
but instead he broke off in the middle
of n sentence. took hat and stick from
his guest, and carried them to the new
so-called Queen Anne rack i'm the hall.
There he left them, together with the
engraved card that had announced Mr..
Leigh's presence in the house.
Mr.. Leigh, in the minute that he was
alone, smiled, and the smile had in il a
touch of plying condescension, and
when the parson re-entered the study
his guest scanned him leisurely. He
saw tall, loose-limbed, awkward man.
clad in black broadcloth of country cut.
with low vest that displayed liberal
eXpanse of spotless linen. DR. Melton
slippers were little the worse for wear.
but he knew that his daughter would
surprise him at Christmas with a new
pair, and meanwhile the old ones were
comfortable. His collar and cravat
were neat, albeit not fashionable. and
they were well hidden by "A flowing
gray beard that had more white hairs
IN 1T than there were in his mustache.
From under his broad forehead a pair
of contemplative blue eyes looked at
the world with mingled shrewdness and
Kindness, and they rested on his guest
with sort OF comical surprise. He
thought Mr.. Leigh rather foppish in his
dress, and MIR. Leigh hoped that the
country parson would soon be intro
duce1 10 New York tailor, aud taught
town ways by some of the deacons i'm
the church TO which he had been called
upon to minister.
well, he said, ''and how do Won
fancy the idea of becoming a metropol-
itan preacher, and seeing your sermon
garbled in Monday morning parerP''
''Ihe papers didn't garble my sermon
this week. the doctor said. "On the
contrary the reporters picked out the
best and overlooked the worst in the
kindest and most llattering fashion "
Mr.. Leigh laughed You won't be
so amiaOle to reporters when YOU know
them better. This is quite q change
from your old life. and an agreeable
change' no doubt. Or do YOU believe
that God made the country and man
made the town."
IL believe God made them both and
man tries his best to spoil both the
parson answered.
M h4ot n hNAA FfIN Ilf-NIs tpNaNi me-
way. / ought to call YOU doctor read
your book on the Atonement with n
good deal Of pleasure The par-on
WINGED, but Mr. Leigh did not observe
that II don't wonder the cOIlppe
doctOred YOU for it, though your idea.
must seem rather liberal 10 the musfv
old fog.es who peddle ont Latin and
Greek and theology
81 came uaor bafrcr gr. ~ tl.. ...... ..
old fOgie. myself, said DR. Melton.
They wanted me 10 be professor.
but ] prefer 10 be- a parsOn
"A city parson. said his guest
Il am not 80 sure about The CITY
part DR.. Melton said. slowly. 1T
was pleasant up there in the country. /
was attached to my people. I liked f0
potter about in my garden ] was
astOnished when ] received call from
New York. ] don know that ! would
have accepted 10 If one Of my deacons
had not had promising SON readyto
MI my place. and ! think that my con
grcgation rather liked the idea Of a
young dominic. ] had about come fo
the conclusion that / should live and
die q country parsOn; bat here ! am
with six thousand dOIIars year
end q comfortable house added Mr
Leigh.
The par-Ou frowuod "a man with
four children has no right lo l.gff a
chance oi lettering bis fortune uut if
was not Che money that hr0ugh. noe FOO
New York. There i- work here lie
broke oil suddenly. pcrhar. because Boo
saw the shadow ~ q sheer on Sir
Leigh lip. And Won are sulI living
in PhiladelphiaP' he asked
yes, indeed ] would not live any-
where else New Yorkcrs NAV turn up
their noses and call So VILLAGE. bud
Philadelphia suits people who belong ao
the old Quaker stock
Quaker. You haven't turned
friendP The parsOu' oye lif ou ta.
glittering scan-p.n 'Iou used fo b.
40 EPiscopalian WHOM we were BOB col
legen'