The Sunday morning news., 1891-09-20
CHAPTER VII.

CHATTER VII
You missed visitors, Katie, said Mrs,
Bertra1n to her daughter when she came
in not five minutes after the wagonette
drove eff.
Did I? Whos Nobody to be sorry
about, llopes
Well, the people who are coming to
The Hawthorns for the summer; they
were through the works, and VIII
brought them in.
And what kind Of people are theys'
aOh, well enough, dare say"
..Will, what do you say? Are they
people that won't know you again when
they see your
Il don't know; / shall know them
again at least"
rs it family"
ssOnly father, mother and daughter, 2
SAID Mrs. Bertram; 'tney mad a young
gentleman with them whom took to be
the daughters betrothed.n
What made you think that, mother
asked VIII.
They were young and on very init
mate terms apparently"
That's rather vague reason to go
upon. Well, she is remarkably pretty
girl and was not ashamed to ask for in
formation about what she did not know,
and looked very interested when she
got it.
In short, she liked to hear sensible
man speak. VIII. did she?'
1t was great pity she had not an op-
portunity Of hearing a sensible woman
speak, said he.
"she may have that yet-who knows:s''
said Katie.
In July the Wrights arrived and set
tied thenselves at The Hawthorns.
The church at Oxhaugh there was
& only one, not common circumstance in
Scc1tish villages, but there were others
1t the distance Of two miles, to which
strict sectarians went undeterreti bv
length Of way the church IN the village
had in the front of one of its galleries a
pew appartaining TO The Hawthorns--
Tho Hawthorns had a right to it. as it
had TO the fishing in the Oxhaugh water
and in this pew the family deposited
themselves on the first Sunday after their
coming. People see each other in church;
this is q good thing; in truth, it is the
end Of going to church to worship in the
company Of our fellow creatures; but,
like every other good thing, it can be
put to bad uses, such as criticising
gIances, uncharitable thoughts, etc The
minister, but more especially the minis
ters wife, is apt to think it an exceed
mgly wicked thing ia any one to sleep
4 il church, and it would not be good to
advertise prize for the best essay in de-
Tense Of the weakness, although great
preacher was not offended, nor did he
seem to consider it deadly sin, when a
young man fell into dead sleep as he
was long preaching. Self made men are
probably not such humble worshipers as
men who have not been made at all; still,
Mr.. and Mrs Wright, with the perpetual
Consciousness of intensely comfortable
circumstances, all owing to their own
good guidance, were religious people,
/ aud they went to church from the best
Of motives. Partly owing to this, and
partly to the fact that their powers of
obser vation were not quite in their first
jeunesse, they did not see every one that
was IN ii; but Miss Wright listened at
tentiyeIy to the services, and could not
help mastering the population Of the
district at the same time. In particular,
iii pew on the other side Of the church,
below q gallery and Immediately under
Cher eyes, she saw the manager OF the
mill, his mother and what she knew
must be his sister; and in this girl she
Instantly recognized the distressed dam
sci to whose appeal for the loan Of q
shilling she had not only refused to listen,
but whom she had told that she did not
ia the least believe her story. Their eyes
met, and the recognition was mutual.
Katie withdrew hers with an unpleasant
scnaation, and Sarah felt her face grow
red and warm.
Next day Miss Wright wrote to her
cousin thus:
DEAR JAMES Do come here irnrne-
diately; I want to show you something
you would like to see.
"Yours, S. WRIGHT.
ssThe Hawthorne, July 20, 1S-.n
To which he rejoined:
DEAR SARAH can't come; am
busy among my turnips, and unless it is
&omething Of great Importance you must
exclse me- Truly yours,
~. JAMESON.
.Justinlee, July 20, 18-."
DEAE JANEs-It is very important.
po you personally hoe turnips2 Do
eo1ue. S. WRIGHT.
The Hawthorns, July 81, 1e--.''
DEAR SAHAH--At times personally
zoe tufnips. and the eye Of a master is
worth much Tell me what am to see,
1z1d 1'l judge if can come.
Yours, J. JAMESON.
fJnstinlee. July 81, I8-"
DEAR JAnEs-I won't tell you what
1sf are to see, but please don't neglect
66r tlunips on any account lam yours
'ectionateIy, S. WRIGHT
Rhe Hawthorns, July 22. 1s--D