The Penn's Grove record., 1895-09-20

SRA u IA of a girl o
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" MN just Weakening {
<Z the consciousness
49, of a heart to b
Eon and given. She would hav
blushed with indignation and wound
ed feeling, had any n told her sh
was actually in love, and there woul,
have been no falsehood in her denial
Yet, since the Rev. James Castletoi
had come to Rosedale, and taken tn.
church under his care, life had SCENE,
brighter to Susie.
The Rev. James Castleton was
quiet, rather reserved man of thirty
five, not handsome, not especial,
gifted with eloquence. But in his sof
gray eyes, in the curves of his gravely
set mouth lay an expression of good
ness, of unostentatious, true piety.
that made his simple language NOR,
effective than the most elaborate ora
tory. Old women brought their sor
ows to Mr.. Castleton, and went AVA
comforted, blessing him for an unaf
fected sympathy that doubled the
value of his counsels. Children clus
tered about him wherever he called,
and looked eagerly for his coming
into the Sunday-school. The young
people liked him and trusted him,
wondering a little sometimes that one
30 grave and quiet could so thoroughly
understand the troubles and tempta.
tons of youth.
He had shown m interest in Susie
Barclay for many reasons She wa.
an orphan and had lost both parents
and a sister within a fortnight, vic.
tins of a malignant fever raging III
Rosedale, four years before. She wa.
poor, having takena position Of house.
hold teacher i'll Il seminary, and been
household drudge as well, to earn an
education. AT the time Mr.. Castletou
came to Rosednle, Susie WAS teaching
music, was organist at st. Marks, and
In leisure time at homo earned many
an odd dollar by embroidery.
And it was upon embroidery she was
busy on the week preceding Easter
MIR. Castleton's first Easter in Rose
dale. As organist, Susie was com.
PEELED to take part in all the service:
at st. Marks, but beside this regular
attendance, she was a devout, sincere
member of the church, and gave heI
time, little as she could spare it, tc
she work in the missionary society,
sewing circles and festivals OF the
year.
And the work upon which she wal
tewing so steadily Susie called, in hel
her heart, her Easter offering. Mrs
Stacey, the richest woman In Rose
dale, often employed Susie's busy fin.
gers, and it only made the gentle CIR
smile scornfully when she heard Bes
ss Stacey praised for the exquisit,
embroidery her own active finger.
wrought.
Mrs. Stacey intended TO make al
Easter offering, at st. Marks, Of
new set of church linen, and she hac
engaged Susie TO hemstitch and EN-
broider IT, promising her ten dollar.
Tor work she well knew would cost hel
three times TINT sum in any city store
And Susie had already appropriated
that sum, in her mind. She would
buy a large cross Of white flowers
such as she had seen in her visits Il
the city, and present il TO St. Marks
Not n penny Of those ten dollar
would she use Tor her own expenses
and i Bessie Stacey let it be under
stood that she had embroidered tn,
linen her mother presented, why
Susie could give her cross, and 8,
balance matters.
For, somewhere in the depths of he,
heart, so far down she had neye.
called 1t to the surface. Susia kney
that there was rivalry between Bessi
Stacey and herself. She knew tina
MIR. Castleton was frequently at Mrs
Stacey's, to luncheon, to dinner, t,
arrange various church matters il
which Mrs. Stacey suddenly wakene,
10 an interest she had never felt whei
good old Mr.. Murray presided in tht
pulpit.
And Bessie wore the most beoomin,
dresses right under the minister
eyes, while Susie's modest dresses wer
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