Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-02-15
a PAROCHIAL MATTER.
How Church Warden Herdraan's
Grievance Was Settled.

HOW Cuurcn warden ht,rGL22D 8
Grievance Was Settled.
Mr.. ClaXton, accompanied by Mrs.
Claxton and the three children, came
out of the ClaXtons private door in TO
tho gaslit street on his way to even
ing service. He glanced at the
shop door; that was all right. He
worked the handle of the private door;
that also was securely fastened. He
was always careful, otherwise he, to-
gether with his family, would not have
been able to live in that condition of
material comfort and fatal elegance
which so well satisfied them.
AS Mr.. Claxton turned away from
the door he saw Mr. Hardman standing
under the gas lamp, evidently waiting
to speak to him. lardlnan recognized
the presence of lady by fitting the
back of his silk hat upwards and rub
bing the front of it nervously across
his forehead. Claxton recognized the
courtesy by exactly repeating it.
Hardman spoke:
So Evenin', Mrs. Claxton; 'evenin',
Claxton; | wanted 'alf word with
YOU"
WELL l neverv' exclaimed Mrs
Claxton, land you waitun' outside!
Why didn't you take and ring the
bell?"
81 thought 1 wouldn't fetch the girl
up just for that"
And what's she paid for if it's not
to answer doors? Why, I've no
;,rl,A
want to speak to 'Ector just you ring
and come into the drorin'room. That's
what it S there for Now I'll be NOV
n on, because of the children. You'll
latch us up, 'Ector. Come alor g, Gertie;
your fathers legs are langer than
yours"
She went on with the children, large,
hospitable, and slightly irri lated.
Hardnan assumed an important and
determined expression, and tapped
Claxton on the arm.
well, it's come to it at last; told
gou it would and now it as. don't
set foot in that church tonight"
Come now, 'Ardman; this is really
serious, you know You'll think about
it?'
"Oh, no, l won't | thought I'd look
round, because-me bein away-youH
be called upon to take plate round.
know from cspcryunce that for
warned is 'alf the battle on such oc-
.asions. Otherwise you may ave
pair of gloves on as you wouldn't mind
ave made prominunt--or you raay
not"
"Wel, am obliged to you, 'Ardinan,
for that There's nothing l ate more
than q embarrassment Of tEat sort.
Now, these what I'm wearin' are q old
pair, though not noticeable by night in
the ordinary course" One hand dived
liagonally behind him, and came NJ
with the treasure of his coat-tail
pocket. But, as luck " i'll have it, I've
got with me the pair of pale new yell
low kids, that wear Sunday mornings
They're trifle tight, but | can work
en- on slow under cover of the Abso-
luton. And, thank you,' Ardman, for
givin' me the word. Bat is this ncccs-
sary9 Can't persuade you?"
I'm just walk step with you, Clax-
ton, and then you may see how the
land lays. Now, there are some folk as
Gays that parsons should be parsoas,
and not breeders of pigs Well, don't
20 for these fine shades; ii e finds it
consistent with preaching of the C Is
pei to use up his l.itchen refuse profit
able to himself, I'm not one to say i'm
nay As far as charity will take q man
Pm prepared to 90. But 'oles in edges
is different matter Now, Rcycrent
Mister Lacey's pig comes through q ole
in the parsons edge, where's that pig
then?"
In the parsons paddock"
Quite SO; and SO far don't COM
...in. But that pig comes acrost tile
paddock, gets through gap in my
edge, and plays the doose with my
gard'n'in'. And you know thut gard'n-
in's my little 'obby. First it was rows
-'ole rows-of early cabbidge Then
then there was lilium aurrytums. Now
Eve got my dailiers plowcd up like dirt.
| did write once, and your Revc~ent
Mister Lacey writes back that it's my
edge and SO I'd better mend it. Now,
that's all right; so it is my edge. but
it's is pig; and if it wasn't for is pig
my edge would be nothing umiss; and
the outridgc bein' repeated this very
afternoon, it seems to me as I've only
one course-to withdraw my patran-
idge."
Well" said Claxton, rather despond-
emily, Il 'ope it may turn out all right
one can't be too careful about any
thing OF course, it is 'ard-frst the
iiliums and things and then the dali
lers don't garden myself, but can
1eel for them as do. You sec, all you
told me before was that there was
unpleasantness between you and Mr..
Lacey You didn't give no details.
otherwise-sooner than ave 'ad this
'appen-Fve got few feet of barbed
wire' unstable because remnant
and too short-still, enough to ave
served your purpose and not hurt the
pig neither-not to speak Of"