The sun., 1897-08-22
CLERICAL ERROR.
Boy Father Penburton " AS.
sisted in a Race for a Wife.
ny pRANCIs LYNDK.

NJ way OF prologue, let mo say thnC paNo
/ Gar been quite able TO understand why my
..,s.eues in this far Western diocese call mo
s,ho p,drc," coupling the innuondo with an In
,n.tion that should have bcon priost OF the
n'. ,,i,h rather than poor clergyman Of our
0a In nv own looking glass find nothing to
VII, tho inference. Tho quicksilver images
us', of mi aged person, whose sedent-
hshI, has sicklicd n face never ruddy; whose
~ ~. ,ri,h tho students lamp have begun to
s.a,natc the stoop In rather ungainly pair
s.,a,ldcrs. whose attire Is not, and has never
" ,r,st moro than decontly ecclesiastical
!, cut and ensemble.
", s,rccritv compels tho admission that in
...ro,l,np am not infrequently taken for
es,,ish nrlcst, and that oven here In my own
~. n,r,sb Of Carbonoro tho coal miners call
~" r.,h.r penburton. 1t was this absurd mis-
1.s.an,,on heightened. possibly, by tho fact
~, vas reading a small black-bound book,
-h,oh NAV have been mistaken for breviary,
,,,, led TO my entanglement In romantic
ct an the railway-an ENHANCEMENT which
a. aimee cost me many disquieting moments
A., that hold myself In any way accountable
~ N.mevorthy, be It understood, but merely
h,c.u,o Il has given my clerical associates q
sr..h ocoasion for other OF their ill-choson and
meaningless gioes
Th. boeinning Of It was in this wise: I had
A..n m visit to tho Bishop. and had boarded
A.. train to return to my parish. Having taken
a sest in tho parlor car, was reading In tho
small. black. bound book-which, beg to pro-
t,.t. was not breviary-whon two young per
sons entered tho car and established themselves
In the section next to my own. AT their inoom-
ing fancicd they were the iheVitaoie ne"y
married couple whose presence seems nova
..1... N-AAI
days to bo Q necessary complement toathe pas
rsnger list OF any pubic conveyance. Inc young
nan was clerk Of some sort. one would say;
snd his face was vaguely familiar. ~ was clean
cut smooth-shaven. and OF tho aiert type, wnioh
marks the younger men OF ouninesa In this
progressrdden region. Inc young woman was
petite and distinetively handsome. her face
vas most agreeable study In youtniul beauty.
and her flashing brown eyee, aiEht with re-
pressed excitement had look IN them which
carried me swiftly back to my-but pardon me;
Mis- IL not the story Of my own youthful follies.
perceived a. once that the two were labor
Ing under some stress Of emotion which took
10 bo very natural embarrassment; and a. they
rat facing mo I thought to relieve them In some
measure By taking the opposite seat, with my
back toward them. desire 10 emphasiHo this
point because one Of my colleagues 10 unohari.
table enough to insinuato that tho change was
made In order that their conversation might be
the better overheard, . charge which wish to
Tepel with proper scorn. That their talk was
overheard 10 Q matter OF no moment. Every
hght-minded person viii agree with me that
motives and not incidents are the cosmio princi-
ples underlying any code Of ethics.
Great Jehoashi You say he did como homo
b dinner, after all r.
The speaker was the young man, and there
was very emphatic note Of uncasiness In his
voice.
Eyes, he did," answered the young woman.
and that isn't all; I'm almost sure he sus-
Dected something"
"You arei Whyi What makes you think
Sor'
"The way he acted. He was short as piecrus,
all through dinner; and when left the table he
asked II you had called; said no had seen you in
the carriage driving down Alameda street"
Tho young man groaned quite audibly. "of
sor A fnrn,turs van lust an ve wore meeting
Mn M .nS , arnS. y, to 10 N. v.-v curh Imads NV.
~. ~1 I.,s ~ ~ 49, =. ...,s... 49, -.
SELF as small as could, but no couidn : heip 500
ing me. What did you tell himf'
At aajd WHY ronns-Nr Rodsri,k, Af,.r
popr ~.
The young man chuckled as If tho sinful
eouivocation were commendable rather than a
thing to be sorrowfully deprecated.
Good! What did he say to thatf'
He was anRry-as he always "a vhsn vopr
,.a "eo % No a'"o'e - ""on 'ouf
name Is mentioned he said you were unscrupu-
lous enough to do anything Then he asked mo
BI couId he readv N .t.rt ,o- Amt Io..rhi,..,
, " Ao"N' W ''a' A't A"ns 'ooopnine
to'morrowT
And you told him you could I"
"Idid inst that. but d;dn,t tall hin, Yvor,5
n, -, ou' N-.A o' ~. " "ouiu'
on' "hy doeen tho train startT
heard the click of the young man'n watch
sase
Chleny because 1t isn't time. We have hvo
minutes yet"
"Obr-,b. .x.,or,..to, -. .,,,...
o oA.t".no.ion "os eiinoes BOO.
ne catches tho o'clock car downtown he
can overtake us here, can't her
The 1ratcn casa oIicLad oaain
's'o .iieAeu again.
ne mlRht, Out IL unlikely. The car IL d uo
at the corner Just at our leaving time and he
would have n bloc, to ,va,k-o- run p,,I
"a r w ION VI run nut ""s
sninnhg OF something else. II he has his wits
With him We ahan't be safe till we pass the ward
limits"
Tho yard limits don't understand"
We have to stop to register at the linits.
nhe Just misses US here he can take a carria9e.
run the legs Off the horses, and fntercept us Al
the yard station. It can be done I've done is
myself moro than once with q beiated passen.
ger
oh. horrors! Alan, II you let me be taken
back now I'll never speak to you again as long
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