Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-27

.N,s.d ,,nx heso,a Up ,,'hnsa t,a,a,,,s
r,,o bod been soberlv II ueripg over. n hold
iii that Riar had over giver ber a n,aid silk
nardLarctiet a .mai, t;n ty,,o of h;,nsaisand
: red csrnaiian hrace,et Sbe mt ihe cover
ON ,he box and dronnod a into ber ian when
tho x,,sitor antarod
S,1 u..,.., ,,,s. o,, ,,,, ,,., p,ar had
,us,aA n1m Nv iup "oia ~ moI nr,,, n' an,ay anJ
IeIJ sss. h,, ,i,a % s,na,,cr charn,s Of another
n;r, n,a ,ha, bn was 1" aSing with, her
s,aaa;i,,. ,has ,hora wos ne bane or regain
inc him. She had settled down into hone
,ass,ass ,.h;oh We ,.orse than The frs,
S. r,, 80, - ,asnair haa ,aye,oraa
sna, Pnns nassi,,it', Sha VS. not tronbiad Inv
Yyman Rararss visits. she had not the
iy,.'sa,, a.. re- ,rar,,,Iaa hnnas nor tha salf
An necesearv for rebelling against him.
as,o,, In ,hnnaI,' She accanted him "a .
papt Of her mis,nrtuno.
fI Iyman brol The LONG onsni,u silenre NV
ro,,arr cnncern;nn re tsoa,hsr lie said
ahay, haa a n,;Jdling ,air avail ua followed
II IN after another panse with a nisce ot in.
formn,,iion f'' "' "
C. Tbav cav ,b,, Riar ail,e,t and ,h,, v,rl
IN Raldwin's- what's her name9''
n MsnS,, S,vrar y sa,a Innisa ra,sirg her
eyas in o;,icl a1nrebension
"a uThax CO.. ,ba,,,ra srn;ns, ,o ha ,,,rriad
They saw BARS been over to the Centre and
,,ot q lica,sa and ,bav,re GOING to be married
Sext SUNDAY night after neetinV.'
uYou on,t Saw sor, said the girl But
she felt NO as,onisbment. The sliddenness
of tho copsu,nna,;np Nassa fit element i'm
Tho crnda ,,onn1r co,rtshin. and she felt il
,.U ,mo uruoe Ious ara IN staasy and She
rnbhed them mn and down the little paste
hoard how Than sbe mt IL on the table and
showed il away. without anger. 1t did not
aaen In beions, 10 her now,
LYMAN Raker looked at her uudisturb-
aai,. lie knew that she and Biar Gillett
b,i hann keeninp com pany. hut he had no
snsnicion that sbe couid have given Biar
Giliett more than passing thought in the
face of his own superior attractions
A sudjan idaa occurre1 to hinl-an idea
which was ENCOURAGED nv recolIec,inns of
Tiliv Dliipuham and the last sociable He
moved about brisklv on his calico cushiou
staring at Joniso THE idea. considered i'm
tha shstract nIaasaa him his small
darl. face reddenad excitedly and his mouth
drew hack in a smile over the promine n [
tooth
II guess Riar ciIlett don't suspicion but
what You're Worrying some about him and
that girl TO B,ldwin's.u he said,
lie was tbinking that perhaps Tilly Dill
inpham flattered herself that he was worry
inc ahout nor.
lt'd be a prettv good one on him if YOU
sb,d~if Won was to he rubbed up his
hair. ami cleared his throat US'posinE
run over TO the Centre and get a license, and
you and me was to get married next SUNDAY
night after meeting, same as him? | guess
he'd be considerable surprised" 1t wa.
Tlly Dnlingham's figure, however, which
Louise stared at him,
81 s'pose it'd be pretty sudden" the
| younp man pursued he was emboldened
| by her evident anna zsment and awe, and ht
| spoke patronizngly. "But I'd Jest as lie
| do II az not He was moved to admiration
| of his own magnanimitv. "l'd Jest as liei
| as not" he repeated.
| His listener heard him dumblv. Her mi I'D
| was confused but il was not with specu la
| tons concerning her own part in the bur
1
| self was a auiet conviction that nothing
would make much difference to her. She
| looked across at this sudden suitor IN un
| resisting silence
| "lll speak to your folks" said Lyman
| He went into the kitchen, and Louise hearC
his voice for n brief space Stephen Pinney
| and his wife and the hired girl did not appeal
| to be saving ANYTHING
| "Wai III 90 over to the Centre to-mor
row." said LYMAN, coming back into the
sitting-room and shutting the kitchen -dooi
after him. "And I'll come around for yoI
SUNDAY night and take Won to meeting.
s'pose every body II think it's pretty sudden
but Tn willing il so YOU be, | s'pose yoy
be? Your pa and ma h'ain't no obiections ,
| "Wal - said Louise, drearilv.
There did not sr;em to be ANYTHING more Il
| saw on the,-ynIbect and LYMAN took nm hi
| hats-~Iie was feeling highly complacent; IA,
l-Tad Thought no further than of Tiily Dillinp
| ham,s astonished rhaorin
| There was an unusual abundance at ssmeet
| inpn sunday evening
| There never had been a church in TN,
| small community. The two Sunday seryice
| and tbe Eridav cyenInu nraver meeting yyer,
| held in the srEool house To-nigbt the rougI
| wooden seats scratched and notched am
| carved with Initials were full : for every
| body had IA, ard that Bior Gillett and th,
| girl at Baldwin's were going 10 be married
| at the close of the service
| LYMAN Raker and I,ouise Piuney sa
| together ON n front bench, The younS mar
| was flushed and fidpety: the girl sat motion
| less. She kent her hands Clasped tOpetbe,
| under her red.and black shawl, and sb,
| Innl,a1 sh,;rLirrt,, ,o,rards tIa -. pia,
| GIllett and Mandy SAWYER had not We
| arrived.
| The table ON the small platform at the an d
| of the room held a lamn and there was ,
| candle on the shelf which contained tn,
| waterpaiI. with iIs long lin dinner a ma,
| of the United States hung ON one of the ding,
| walls, which were scrawled over with chall
| and lea i-pencil, and stuck here and tber,
| with a paper wad The blarkbol aboy,
the plattorm contained a humorous ketch
| whose figures had Graduated circles TO,
| heads and bodies, and Straight lines for legs
| The minister a mild old man with din
| ewes and feeble voice held the Iamn owe
| his Bible while be road his text He ha,
| preached for half a century, bufieted abou
| from post TO post and taking his bulletin o..
| meekly Now he had found a comparati Y,
| calm in the little sparsely attended, unor
| papized church. hs had settled into a nIeas
ant peacefulness, and fallen back into IN,
| yerpacular of his youth
| "IFor he claye 10 the Lord II hsinrt nf
| idea" he said, setting down the lamp and