Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1895-04-13
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the approaching festival.
There were some young men In the
little church with the girls helping
them about the heavier part of their
pleasant and congenial tasks, and In
the chatter, among the young folks
there arose some good-natured banter
ing concerning UNCONVENTIONAL faiths.
One of the other girls remarked that
there was really only one Christian
church, ''the Holy Catholic" meaning,
of course, its Protestant side, and that
such denominations as Methodists, Re
formers, Baptists and the like were
only societies"
| The "insane impulse" Is something to
which nearly all intelligent persons are
more or less exposed, at some time In
some way. The inclination to spring
from high place to the depths below;
to throw ones self under rapidly pass
ing railway train; to say harsh thing
at the wrong time, are, perhaps, some
of the more violent phases of this elm
| pulse" and it was that kind Of an in
sane impulse that led Joe Thompson On
that Saturday afternoon to say:
more religion and less ceremony Is
good to have in church. But that
can't be expected in the Episcopal
said is that IL doesn't bother with re-
Hgion or politics."
Young Mr.. Thompson may have been
! urged to this under the delusion that
he was saying something very humor-
Gus, secondhand though he knew Il to
be.
He had barely uttered the words
when he caught look from Julie that
made him feel just as If he had struck
her a violent blow in the face with his
clenched fist. 1t was the same look OF
the hunted fawn that has been men,
toned before in this true tale. He was
heartily ashamed Of it, but did not go
to Julie with humble apologies and con-
tritely beg her pardon as he should
have done.
When the work in the church was
completed Julie accompanied a school
time friend and cham to her home In
the village and remained until time for
services the following day, Easter Sun
day. Then she went home with the
others, in the family carriage, 10
Chinquapin Hill.
Sometimes when things start the
wrong way IL seems that the track rs
fabricated to facilitate swiftness.
II had been arranged that Joe Thomp-
son was to go TO a distant city, in due
time, to take place In business with
maternal uncle who was the head OF q
great manufacturing establishment A
contingency had arisen In the estab-
hshment that made it necessary for him
to start on the Monday morning, sue
ceeding Easter Sunday, in obedience
to q sudden message.
On his way, in the early morning, to
the village where he was to take pas
sage, Joe called at Chinguapin Hill 70
say ''good-by," and also, let us hope, 70
apologize 10 Julie for his almost brutal
words of the Saturday before.
Julie was Ill and not knowing that he
was going so far away so suddenly did
not see him.
Love is exceedingly sensitive and is
eminently powerful in constructing
mountains from mole hills.
Joseph Thompson, as he pursued his
way, Illuminating upon the subject,
concluded, of course, that Julie was
angry with him, when, indeed. she had
never been angry in her life, though,
truth 10 tell, she was still suffering
from the blow he had given. He made
some poor excuses for himself 70 him
self, but the foundation that upheld him
in 1t all was that he would smooth
matters over, if necessary, in his let
tiers, and he would see her in the sum
mer. Besides, Mr.. Joseph Thompson
felt very much elated, somewhat con-
ceited and altogether self-satisAed, as
rural young men nearly always do
under anything like similar circum-
stances. He felt proud, indeed, to think
that the city could not, very well, get
along without him.
1t transpired that the inexperienced
Joseph fitted the city too well, but his
uncle's business not closely enough.
The story is so old that TO repeat it
would seem TO be a waste of time, not
TO speak of its commonplaceness. Joes
letters were just like all such letters
for time, and then they fell off just
as letters do when young men from
the country start in the city on the
pace that kills Joe's dismissal from
his uncle's service brought him a con-
seriousness of disgrace. He went else
far off into the west
to accept situation obtained under
the influence of boon companion.
Ugly habits brought more bad results
and thus the years went on. Home and {
Julie had become befogged memory.
But Julie herself kept on in her devo-
ton to the little chapel, and with Joe
beside it in her heart, while the hunted
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