Morning journal and courier., 1893-11-24
No. 2Si

ously inclined young man and once, In the
course of q casual conversation upon the
subject of love, be was heard TO say that
he himself should never be attracted by
mere beauty and charm. What would ap-
peal to him, be said, would be q wonkn's
goodness-heE charity and hndlIness 10 the
poor.
Well, that set the petticosts all thinking.
They saw that In studying fashion plates
and practicing expressions they had been
going upon the wrong tack. The card for
them 20 pley was''ths poor" But here q
serious difficulty arose. There was only
one poor person In ths whole parish,
csntsnkerous old fellew who lived In
tumble down cottage At the back of the
church and fifteen able bodied women
eleven girls. three old mAids and widowD
wanted to be ''good" 90 him MiEa Sim
monde, one of the old maids. got hold of
him frst and commenced feeding him
twice day with beef tes; and then the
widow boarded him with port wine aud
oysters. Later In the week Others Of the
party drifted in upon him and wanted 10
cram him with Jelly and chickens. The old
man couldn't understand IL. he was nc-
/ customed to Q small sack CT Goals now and
then accompanied by long lecture on his
| sins and an occasional bottle Of dkndeliun
tea This sudden Epurt on the part Of
Providence puzzled him BE said nothing,
however, but oontrived 70 take In As much
Of everything As be could hold. At the end
OF month be was TO fat 10 set through
bis own bsok door
The composition among the wonsn-tolk
grew keener every dKy. and 81 last the old
man began to give himself airs, and 20
make the place hard for them He made
them clean his cottage out and cook hss
meals and when he was tired of having
them about the house be Het them to work
In the garden. They grumbled good deal,
and their wEs talk at one time Of q Horf
Of g strike but what could they DOT BE
WAS the only pEuper for miles round snd
knew IL. BE had the monopoly. and, like
all monopolists, be abused his position
BE made them run errsnds. He sent them
ont TO buy bis ''bsccy" 81 their own ex-
pens~. On one occasion he sent Miss Sim
monds ont with = jug TO get his supper
beer. She indignantly refused 81 hrst, but
be told her that If she gave him any Of her
stuck up AirE out she would go and never
come into his house again. II she wouldn't
do IL there were plenty Of others who
would. She knsw'it and went.
They had been the habit Of reading to
him-yood books with Sn slsvsfing tsndsn-
that sort of thing He ssid he didn't want
Sunday school rubbish At his time of life
What be liked was something spicy. And
he made them read him French novels and
sssfsring tales containing realistic Ian
gusge. And they didn't have to chip any
thing either. or he'd know the reason why.
he said he liked music, 90 q few of them
clnbbed together and bought him 8 bKr-
monium. Their idea was that they would
sing hymns and play high class melodies,
but Il wasn't his. His idea was * esping
up the old girl's birthday" and 'tShe
winked the other eye" with chorus and
skirt dance. and that's what they sang.
To what lengths his tyranny would have
gone IL Is difaicnlt TO say bad not Kn event
happened that brought bis power 10 q pre-
mature collapse This wEs the carEteIs
sudden and somewhat unexpectsd marriage
with q very beautiful burlesgue actress
who had lately been performing In q neigh
boring town. BE gave up the church On
his ebgEgsment In consequences Of HE Gan
oeeis objection TO becoming Q ministers
wife. She said che could never tumble
10" the disiricting visiting. With the Gu
rates wedding the old pEuper's brief cs-
resr of prosperity ended. They packed
him off TO the uorkhouss after thst and
made him break stones.