The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-03-19
4 eAp CASE or DISCIPLINE.


paris NUu lr Ia'
a. I have-;bough allow a married man
! more .,upn, aftsr--thsn - JOIN hun
se.fto n person like Mrs. Mckinley, VINO
will cast a slur upon his profession i
And Mr.. waIniesly, presiding elder o.
the Three Mile district, nimbly pushed
hack into his corner Of the sodns stage
thinking that ifil must tip over as seem
"a imminent. he wonld keep out ot the
mpa as much as possible, sunday clothes
heinz properties difhcultio replace out oi
minute sslary. vet rs necessary TO ms
condition ~ exemplary behavior
Figah Cory, ID. d leaned back IN MS
CORNER aud closed his large black eyes.
ue hal the name Of being one OF the |
s,r;ct..zt bishops in his denomination ana |
wss supposed to have the nerves OF
,ucumh.r. Nevertheless his flesh was
foll of dull disc linfori, caused by the an
wing storm Of rain and sleet that had ma
aen an the world between Little YORK
and Sodus for ten hours. and be shrank
from the presiding elders worcs as from
a hot iron. Al Little York he had been
,,la tba. John puckett was not liked at
,;oose Greek because be was not sooiS oie
..non,h for that locality, and at ooose
Greek he had heard that Thomas Cutier'
whom be knew to be a good preacher
and rising youne man, was not ScceP,1-
al to naxter's -Four Corners because ne
,.onls not plav the reed organ and so iead
the praises. as well as the prayers bu'
the gossip about Mark Mcknieys we
was The worst. He had been told every
..hore that she danced-an incredible
s,o,v about a minister's vile b'shop
corv had never seen any one dance but
be believed il a horrible Periorn ahoe'
and his soul shiyered.
lam afraid ifall have been I I'D 's s
,ru, !, will be bal case Of discipline
he said eloomily, and feeling that be
was suffering from sort Of intellectual
neuralgia. However, there may be a
mistake"
Il don't believe that can be, y said Mr..
vsimslev. with vindictive snap OF ms
lean laws II have heard the story from
a per-on vino saw her, and hope y u
viii not finch" -.
A pious man and faithful in the nj
teenth century. Elder Walmsley W uld
have given himself to the fire for con
science sake. with almost the satisfaction
hero,,la have felt in burning OF saving
aspnder a sinner whose faith be dad no
anprove Of. - We ust cut TO the line
brother. every time. Because persor
isin a prominent position is no plea 10
merry neither is youth and mere iieshll
attractions"
MIR. Mckinley is Young then p
"Yes I should say she is too younI
for ihe poanon.
The Bishops lips twitched under hl
thick beard. Il Mas an old-fafhion'
stage. a "a swung over the rivers OF nut
and slush that quilted The road in wa.
that gave him deadly qualms-a goo
aealtoe endure patiently in brother Vain
siev's company.
THE young people Of the Three Mil
district do not need 10 be egged on {
worldliness. went on Mr. Walmsiel
"suppose all our preachers wive
dance ~"
The hisLop shook his head as if h
gave up that conundrnm. DO you mea
10 tell me- he said. after a little, ths
Mrs. Mckinley has attended a publ
ball2'
al can't say exactly as to that, an
NJ. walmsley pulled at the carroty siu'
lie IN his sharp chin but | unde
stand something TO that effect from Mr.
Stevens. who told me she saw her 81
said. Brother walmsiey, she danced
ifshe had done ii f,r a living.
Mrs. Stevens was then at the ball ~
"whv, suppose not, for she's an oI
church member. OF clune the matte
must be SIZED.
Again the Bishop closed his eyes, an
10 relieve his impaiience for Mrs. NJ
Kinlev's condemnation, M. Walmslt
hummed. Good campmeeting tun
they were, like I'm going home to d
no more and a. I'm bound for the kin
dom hut the Bishop disliked hun
ming with all buzzing noises, and he toe
the only way 10 stop it by asking wi
Mr.. walmsley had not attended TO Nj
McKinley's case himself
Elder walmsley tnrned a dusky re
Mckinley is peculiar man, with
most unsanciified temper at times"
said. "IIe is capable Of telling me
mind my own business, and ! know II
The presiding elder felt he had stated
damaging fact. Il did speak word
her about her apparel when / saw her
scarlet dress fit for the woman of Bah
lon. I told her that such dress, al
curled hair. and gold ornaments are co
trary 10 scripture, and. sir, she told n
she thought was mistaken, and so lo
as the maples put on red leaves
the fall. she should continue to have
red gown
Officially the Bishop held that pasio'
wives should do all in III .ir power to 4
sist their husbands in their peculi
work but this dreary DAY was the am
v.rsary ,f the death Of Mary, little Maj
he called her in his thoughts, his b
wife. Only a year had She stayed vi
him on earth. but after thirty years, 5
was still IN the centre Of his heart Ma
had worn flowers on her bonnet. TO I
astonlshment Of the church and pres
ingelder. Somehow il was difficult
him to think Of Mrs Mckinley with s.
ficient severity, 30 he iemporized.
think" he said, that she was probat
brought up in the world, or in a chur
with laxer views. We must not fors
charity"
There's such thing as too mu
charity began Mr.. Walmsley, but j
then the stage lurched forward at an a
gle Of fony-fve degrees, and a deluge
mud covered the windows. Then
lurched backward, ard as it rose out
this new slough dinner bell clang
sOmeW here. the driver shouted who
IN a tremendous voice, and some o
opened the door with all the clatter p
sible, while he shouted Mi-neetor vi
the vim Cf hrsksman who knows til,
isa deaf old lady In his car.