Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-11-13
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Mbakcd pancake!"
sWh lt-.Irm Knight has he
Nmarried regular bnilt.pious-go to
schurch and he good woman, and
al,im one of the iolliest. take it-easv-
Eand do as. yon plea e.usses between
There and Chicigng"
.fs ..That'S the talk"
Il .Great .Jec rusalem! a sweet time
ikIe'll have. just fancy her making
Him slick up 10 the music of slow
Ischnrch bells SUNDAY mornings and
!Emarching him of, 'stead of having
IN good time at the gardens, to q
:Estraight backed pew to listen to
Gospel mush!"
Il Thus spoke a couple of Jem
HKnight's familiar chums. amid a
Nknot of the same ilk, who were
sssseatcd in the enjoyment Of their
Bheer and cigars in Bottler'S popular
Esaloon. Tom Winter. q third one
kof the party, seemed 10 he particu-
HlarIy impressed by the CONVERSE
Elton. He was a sharp eyed young
sehap of twcnty-thrce or tlierea-
thouts, who was noted for the al
Em0St reckless manner in which he
Event IN for "havlng Il good time.D
ENot that there WAS anything really
Iwicions about him. He was straight.
kkforv ard, manly and honest, hut full
Iof,leslie TO enjoy life in it's freest-
lgoing aspects.and especially liberal
Fin his-views touching the obServ
vance of Sunday as u religious ordi
Enance. No one had ever heard of
This going 70 church, or that he
Feared q button either one way or
1.-THE other abont church going or
ANY Off straight laced arrange
.ments. Hence it was with more
than common surprise that his
:51;hums heard him saw:
woman otherwise. should say he'd
made Il good strike, getting one
who goes to church. l don't go
uluch on churches myself. l used
to go with the old folks when wis
little shaver about knee high to II
duck. But that was when | had to.
lbs a gooo many years now since |
was inside of one. AS / said. /
don't 20 much Oil it myself. It's
too slow for my taste. At the same
time, [ believe in a woman going to
church. 1've noticed the women
that go to church are generally the
best sort. A man can depend on
lem. They keep things straight at
home and bring the children up
right. A man can feel safe when
he's away having his own fun, that
they won't b. running into any of
the blamed dance hall and beer.
garden foolishness that winds mp so
often in disgrace to mans home.
Oh, yon boys may sheer. | allow
it may be all lumbng. and too slow
for men like us. But it's dead sure;
the women who go to church are
the steadestso sort a man can tie to.
II doD't care how much you hugh
and poke fun. I've seen too many
wrecked homes and ruined lives
grow out of picking wives from free
dancesand Sunday picnics. There's
too much nonsense in it for me. If
Il ever marry L shall do as Jem has
donc-pick IA wife that goes to
church.
And lie did. To the increased
surprise aud astonshment of his
chums, the jovial, rollicking, devil
may care Tom, who had all his life
gone in for every species of free-and
easy enjoyment; made fun of par
SONS and what he called long faced,
church going milk Sops, more reck-
jlessly than any of them, actually
married Il member OF the Rev. Mr.
Gracoly's church, woman who
was noted for he solidly serious as
pect of her face and strict observ-
ance Of the Sabbath.
A nice looking woman, to be
sure, and steady, with not a bit Of
nonsense about her. A rare good
housekeeper, too, who kept herself
and all things about herln the very
best OF "spplr pie order" That
much was conceded; only, MS one Of
the boys put it, too laundering
orderlyl a nice time poor TOm'll
have now. We shall see him creep
ing about with face as long as a
fiddle"
This proved a mistake. So far as
outer appearance was concerned,
Tom lost none of his old time jolllty
OF speech and delneanor, and he
seemed to retain all his old pleas
ure loving disposition. Whenever
lie met the boys lie was as keen
AS ever 10 have a good tiIne;neltller
did he fall into going o church. On
the latter point he remarked once
in strict confidence that 1t was all
right, and a mighty good thing for
a woman to go to church, bnl too
slow and lium-drun for a mans en-
ljoyment.
Still. it came to be noted after
awhile that he was not exactly the
old Tom. As the years rolled by
and three handsome children began
TO accompany their mother to Sun