Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-26

Il" oh0h yOu MdElOu.J-A Won saw |
40 something, but don't let your inclination
to do something interfere with your CON
xictions;-.uf you were to shorten the string !
it might be better.)-why not become q q
"a doctorl" CIRCULATED she, dazedly.
Yes" he continued, working with the
string OF the picture in an distracted
fashion, a lawyer; there would be .
step into your uncle Matthew'S practice.
!! dare-say there will be lady barristers and
lady ministers by and by. Why, my dear,
ema's pictures detail, and detail alone"
Bishop" interrupted Miss Jollibert, in
q Internationally calm tone; my convic-
tions interfere in no way with my desire to
do something. MY convictions are, Of
course, the result of conversion"
who converted your' inquired he. still
another. picture. "Was it the ancient
theologians or the prophetsa Well, Marion,
you rave asked my advice. Shall 1 tell
you, then, what I think you ought to do
old man, and I am a very old friend, SO l
may be privileged to say what l choose.
think you ought to marry"
She answered nothing for a moment;
then, IN. moving slowly low beside him, began to
Gus merits and dement's, in an easy, con-
versational manner which was surprising
in itself, considering the suppressed emo
ton of her voice hardly a minute ago. The
his eye-glass with a sharp click, stood look,
ing at her. just as she was beginning to
enlarge upon the beauties of a certain
Holy Family she had seen at st. Peters,
burgh, he walked straight back to the man
tel-piece, and leaning his face on his hand
again, interrupted her without ceremony.
Marion" he said, gravely, II thought
you wanted me to help you"
Her eyes lit up, and she answered quickly
with all the emotion in her voice again:
"Yes, and when I ask you to do SO, when I
tell you seriously that I have made up my
mind to go into a convent andtake the veil,
you reply by treating the whole thing as a
joke, n advising me-to marlyl This is
not what / expected from you"
He stood beside her in II moment, his
posed that it was,H he said. II never SUP SUP
posed that it was what you expected.
Nevertheless, Marion, it is my advice and I
repeat it to you. I think you ought to
marry"
She looked at him for a minute longer,
her, expression varying betwixt surprise
and impatience. What do you mean!"
she asked. ~ repeat that You are treating
Harry! that is a proof in itself that you ).
are laughing at me. Marry whom!"
turn r%' up and IG doMs th hSa fgo% me- tSen s ha 1lssRie
beside the tea-table, began to finger nerv-
ously with the dainty tea-service.
I'm sure I don't know how to say it to
you" he hesitated almost tearfully. IT
know so we'll that you ave never suspected
anything; n l have been SO afraid of
startling you; andI have been so ridiculous.
But If I might dare; that is-if you wonld
allow me-Marion, /" he cried, with a sud
sugar-basin and sent a shower of knots pat
tering over the floor, II would say-Marry
Me.n
AS for the people Of Manchester, they de-
Of Miss Jollibert or the Bishop: Half Of
them said especially OF Miss Jollibert; and
the other half particularly of the Bishop.
There were no very definite rumors afoat
until one evening when the Bishop went
out to dine with a friend, and after dinner
morous way.
Two days later there were upwards Of
ninety distinct reports of this story, the
least wild of which was that the Bishop had
herself in a convent, but that she had re-
piled: "No, she would sooner marry him
than that;;'' and so. from one thing to
another, they were to be married. As to
the name Of wonder the Bishop could want
Miss Jollibert to imprison herself in a con-
vent; a lady of the Baptist persuasion soon
filled that up. She discovered that the
Bishop and Miss Jollibert were in the habit
Of playing cards together of an evening
playing cards-Bezique, or some such game;
that was to say, OF course, equivalent to
gambling. So by the end of the week it was
widely current throughout Manchester that
the Bishop was encountered with heavy
gambling debts, which were about to be
l~iquidated by Miss Jollibert.
At the very height of all this, the Bishops
fair head, and shiny black coat, appeared
Avis tn Misc .Jn1lihort IT, woo q CunchSup
day., and the Bishop was noticed to be
laughing. It very often requires only a
straw, or q pin;point, to change insanity. to
s q %ziid Inpap'lih In sh t. p eass sasy b6s;E sSSs'yz
laugh was the symbolical pin-point. Next
morning the heavy clouds of suspicion had
rolled away, and the blue sky shone again.
Next morning all Manchester was laughing
There was one great mercy, and Miss
Jollibert remarked it herself, Putting the
fiction Of gambling, and other ridiculous
debts aside, no one could say she wa being
purple brougham was fully a match for
Miss Jollibert's barouche; and his high
stepping bays would have kept pace any
day with the blue-gray horses. The palace
it is true but it was a grand old brown
building with long terraced gardens, sloping
away down to the river; aged trees, and
huge clusters of scarlet geran;um, turning
unOAA III III AlAUO q paradise 4
Sometimes Miss Jollibert would go out to
drive with the Bishop and the Bishops
sister. Miss Hammersley, a tiny, silver
haired lady; and on such evenings the
curious passers-by on the river would catch
a glimpse of rose-colored velvet, and a
black-coat here; and a glimmer of gray
satin, and silver hair, and k~nitting-pins up
there under h portico. On such evenings
Miss Jollibert was very happy.
Once or twice before the wedding 6here
older Bishops, grave Deans, ambitious
Can Gano .na and ind many a,ya other err mighty men paced
birds, az : the red sunsets, and the distant
sound Of splashing oars on the river. Miss
Jollibert had great waves of trouble
doubts as to her convictions and conversions
sweep over her then; and she half re-
convent. And when such phrases as 1.-THE
Ancient Traditions Of the Church p as 1.-THE
sion,' came upon her unawares round
the dropping laburnum, she was often upon
the point Of declaring boldly and outright,
that they had nothing to dc With the An
Gent Traditions, or the Apostolic Success