San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-30
Skeleton in the Closet,
TCHAPTER NO. III

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Written for the LIGHT.
II The story related in previous ar
Hole, must do duty as my text in the
|IIresent one.
II Has not every adult man and
Roman, in every station of life, a
keleton in the closet? A secret, the
judgement of which, would mortify
heir selt-love, cruelty wound
|eheir pride and wiring their
Hearts with pincers? What q fearful
|IIoad to have to bear for years in
|IliIence. That is bad enough, in all
onscience. But, when you are forced
B keep watch over this secret
/ sest it shall be penetrated
|,y some prying person, or slip
4 rom you, unawares, in conversation,
|tihe burthen grows almost too heavy
or endurance. All men and women
|-vear masks. Not always to conceal
L rimes, but to hide old scars in the
teart, to conceal disappointment,
|somethlng that, If known, would cover
|Them with ridicule. Most women
$4re NOR tally afraid of ridicule.
|sf Mrs. Allclapper is now wealthy.
Elves in fine house, with splendid
Furniture, and is one of the leaders of
4 fashionable, and is kind and good
|tyoman. But she has q skeleton in
|Eer Closet" which worries and an
|C,oys her exceedingly. Years ago,
|99yhen knew her In B she was
|ccfiss Mahala Sniffies, trim and
EGidy young woman, with natural
c}Oses blooming on her cheeks,
|e5ut she was servant girl. Job all
|d.lapper, q widower, with no children,
|s5ut an ample supply of money, fell
Edn love with her and married her,
|syith the understanding that they
E|!NShould quit L. and come to San
where she fancied no one
ECrho had known her, as q servant
I.,irl, would ever be able to identify
Eoler. The first time Imet her on the
Street and spoke to her, her confusion
md dismay were painful-she feared
Ia. would ruthlessly drag the skeleton
lon the closet into daylight and cause
E1er fashionable friends to push her
40 the wall. 1t was pitable. 1 d.
|rined what was giving her so much
Trouble, and took occasion
60 assure her, / was glad
Fortune had showed her favors upon
4 ,ier, that she graced and adorned her
|rsresent station in life, and
hat, as many persons enter
Gained the idea that none
lick, could be fit for gentel society,
Il never would make the slightest
|frllusion to the station she occupied
pm 1.-The good soul thanked me,
with effusion, the cloud passed. away
|arom her face, and / have since had
3 he pleasure of eating many good
'plinners at Job All Clappers table.
afhe skeleton in the closet has never
q )een discovered and never will be,
hope.
Parson Muflier is highly regarded
land esteemed. True, his manners are
|fsadly, wanting in dignity and cleri.
DIAL reserve, and are too free and easy
For parson, and white, outwardly,
tdecorous and moral, he is not con-
|nnspicuous for piety, still, many other
sn2arsons are in the same predicament.
MANY men become parsons, for the
Reconsideration accorded to their cloth
land for the salary, and because they
|csecoil from appearing as blacksliders,
9and it is hard to deal harshly with
Them for being worldly and loving
|hSheir ease, when we are all worldly
land fond of ease. 1t Is great mis-
fake to set parsons down as saints,
|tjust ready to plume their opinions for
.tsheir ascent to heaven, vet women
Iare sure to make this mistake and to
|.yush over about the parson of their
particular church. Enpassent, some
tof the most immoral and scottish men
cwhom / have ever known, were par
nsons who had been unfrOcked, or had
.ebackslided. An ex-parson makes a
I4tiptop infidel. Well, Parson Mufiler
|Ihas a skeleton in his closet, too. Sew
seral times he has stolen printed SER
Ibmons and preached them, as his own,
and he came within an ace of being
found out. He is ambitious and very
|sgreedy of praise and flattery, so he
1stole some sermons from volume of
.sermons and preached them from
|7nis pulpit, with great JUNCTION, and
Admirable delivery. There is skel-
.teton locked up IN his closet.
II Mrs. Ludgate is tidy, plump, rosy
4 faced little woman, with a springy
walk, a graceful carriage, trimming
over with kindness, full of that and
vivacity, and endowed with a large
fund of romantic feeling. She is a
universal favorite, young and old
greet her with hearty welcome.
She is full of good humor and seems
to be perfectly happy, but she, too,
has skeleton in her closet. In her
native state, at the age of sixteen,
when she was chock full of inexperi.
ence and romance, she eloped with
her dancing master, but, fortunately
for her, she was pursued and
overtaken by her father be-
fore she married the fellow