Bent County register., 1888-10-06
PRISCILLA . BEAU.

fhlSCILLA BEAU
Nothing is better settled than that peo-
pie of religious turn of mind should not
allow their affections to centre upon per-
sons who are of the world worldly. More
especially is it that no young woman who
finds delight in attending church meetings,
Sabbath-schools and DOrcas Society as
se.1bles, should select as lover young
man to whom such things are an afiiiction
and bore.
Priscilla Brown was one of the girls in
Pi.intown. Her mother kept boarding
house, and Priscilla helped her i'll that
soul-inspiring occupation. All her spare
time, however, Priscilla devoted to the
church, Sabbath school and sewing socie-
ties In fact, all the enjoyment of her liia
consisted in attending at the performances
given in those places. She was as good as
she was beautiful.
One year McBrien's Megatherian Amphi.
theatre and Mastodon Moral Show, com
monty called circus, wintered at Plain
own. Naturally enough, one of the en-
,loyes found a boarding house at the house
If the mother of Priscilla Brown. His
name was Charles Tor as he was commonly
called Charley Smith. He was first SON.
niersault-uurner, je-rDer and gymnast in
McBrien's NJ A. and NJ. NJ. S. He was
decidedly good looking and was a very fine
young man, having, in fact, only one fault,
he formed adipose tissue with remarkable
facility.
As fat was an article not at all adapted
to his business, he 'Ta3 compelled TO de-
vote all his spare timc in making hand
prings, jumping rnd other gymnastic Oe-
;upations, in order to pr vent himself from
becoiuing too Eat fo- his regular work. In
the winter time, when no regular perform
snces were given, ho was compelled to give
up almost his entire day to such work.
He had not boarded q week at Mrs
Browns house before it was evident to the
casual observer that he was dead gone on
Priscilla
Whether it was tho dainty smile with
which she asked him to help himself to
the bald-headed butter, or the winning
way in which she assured hlm thst the
sausages, though they were very slim, were
country made, which touched him tC the
heart, no boarder knew but everyone who
sat at Mrs. Browns table could see the
tender passion sproutiny in Charley Smith,
b,AOm.
Priscilla knew that Charley Smith was
omewhat intimately connected with the
.ircus, vet, when he fell on mis- knees to
her one evening in the back kitchen aud
nbosomed himself she accepted him as 3
over.
1t should not have been so, yet IS they
sat side by side on the dresser, with his
ar,i around her waist and her l,ead on his
shoulder, she felt ecstatic thrills such as
she had never experienced 3, church or
Sunday school. And when his lips met
hers, all the pleasure Of 1OOOOOO Dorcas
Society meetings rolled into one could not
lave equalled the bliss of that moment.
As soon as Priscilla's friends heard that
she had accepted Charley Smith as her
sweetheart, they called her attention to
his worldly occupation and intimate con-
nection with the sawdust ring.
Priscilla admitted that che would prefer
to have him Of a religious turn Of mind.
but still she refused to give him up.
The truth was that Priscillas home was
in n country village, that the number Of
available young men WAS limited, and that
all the young men in the village had al
ready heen mashed by other young women.
A girl who resides in the rural districts
understands that il n young man once puts
himself within her reach, it is her busi-
ues, to hold onto him like grim death.
Accordingly Priscilla held her lover, and
assured her friends that everything would
-. out all right the spring.
,ourting is md Of business whichi'
e.ieres seriously with u mans rcgr lar occu
patior He falls to wondering how th'
loved one looks, or what she is doing al
some particular mOIlent, anu, IL Te 10 ~
Gated in her rcighb. rhood, he il apt 10
hasten to her and spend an hour ir gazing
into her eyes.
Charley 6 NTH devoted so much Of h'
.imc IL Pr scilla that he found himself
rowing fat, and his limbs growing stid
,-oi1 want of exercise, and knowing that
-'ould never do, he resolved he would Sc
lect every opportunity offered by the alb
sence of the loved one TO go through his
regular performances.
One evening, at the request Of Priscilla,
he c.illct, at the house where the Dorcas So
,ieIy had met, in order to escort his dar-
| lin;, home.
1t happened that he arrived too early,
and as it was q rule that no man should he
.mitted to the society, he WAS compelled
/ wait for Priscilla in The hall.
Presently the members of the society
il the parlor heard a terrible noise in the
hall. and they III rushed out TO ascertai::
The cause.
They found that Charley Smith had tied
one end of a tippet to the lnlnster, had
counted on a post at the foot of the stairs
and had balanced himself there on ono
toe, using the tipPet as rein. When they
entered c.hall he was standing on one toe
OF his right foot with his left leg stretched
out straight behind him, holding himself
up by the tippet ard shouting, Hoop Ia '
Noon Ia - at the tcp of his voice.
The ladies were dlsgusted, but Priscilla
Mervily laughed US she walked home with
her lover.
The old maid who owned the tippet was
rim ST ayipp mad