Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-19
A NOVEL REVIEW.

How an Old Gentleman Formed the Ac-
quaintance of Marriaseable Ladies.
boston Journal
The following appeared in the advert1s-
ing columns of Boston newspaper few
days ago:
"ANTED-A LADY, CULTURED, RE
w fined and educated, and of genial dis
position. Such a person will ind good wages
and a pleasant home. Address -, fremont
street, two o'clock Saturday AFTERNOON.
A reporter happened to meet a lady who
answered the advertisement in person, call
ing at the time appointed. The door was
opened by gray-haired man, who asked
at once:
''You want to see the ministera''
'Well, +" replied the lady, Il don't know
any thing about the minister, but came in
answer to the notice in the paper"
"All right" was the answer. ''I'm not
the man. l am doorkeeper in the house
of our Lord. Walk in"
"What have got into nowl" thought the
lady, as she entered. When the parlor
door was opened, however, and disclosed
large number of other women on the same
errand, she gained courage and took seat
at one end of the room. There were old,
gray-haired and young ladies, teachers,
nurse girls and chambermaids, all uncer-
tain what was required of the refined and
educated lady. Finally, seeing an empty
chair beside good, motherly-looking
woman, the lady went up to her and asked:
''Do you know what this meanssn
''Well, no, l don't, and / presume ISIS
nothing l want, but l thought they might
be looking for a nurse in a family, or per-
haps some one to travel with an invalid.
Now, I've travelled everywhere, with diff
ferent people, and SO thought I'd come
overn
All around was dead silence, save for the
repeated answer in the hall to every new
conner: I'm not the man I'm a door
keeper in the house of our Lord Walk in,
At last, as the clock struck the hour, the
door opened and in walked tall, elderly
gentleman, dressed in black, and with
couple of books under his arm Walking
to a table he seated himself, coughed,
cleared his throat, and gave out hymn to
be sung. Then he quietly placed his spec
tacles on the top of his forehead and looked
the ladies over first one and then another
while they did their best to keep sober
enough to sing according to the pro-
gramme. After this a passage in the
Bible was read and the gentleman arose
and offered a prayer, and now the business
of the afternoon was about to commence.
The man again arose, and his auditors
were all attention. He said he was one Of
the descendants of Quaker family, and
the letters which he would read to them
about himself would show that he was al
ways known as kind, sympathetic and
good-hearted: that he gave large sums of
money to the poor, and that he was great
reader and possessed a large library. He
owned large farm in the South, he said,
and wanted to take a wife back with him,
and he had taken this method of assem-
bling all these beautiful ladies together,
and he was glad so many had replied. He
would now dismiss them. after they had
sung another of Moody's hymns, but he
wished every one who was not already
married to remain and he would tell them
more about himself. The others could
pass out
The sequel is unknown, for the young
lady who gave the information to the re-
porter made the mistake of not staying to
the protracted meeting.