The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1897-07-30

horses and a desire 10 set the wortby's
opinion on a dappled mare teibered Ia
the thioket hard IS. Il vas clearly
put-up job 20 get the clergyman out Of
the house, SO chat the feast might be
prepared and the publication renewed
but tho dominic did not bulge. To
knew that If ho went from the house
no would never be able to re-cutefand
make his claims, so he stayed right
there till things grew very embaras-
sing
AT last, when tho diplomaiist shook
his head az the groom as much as TO
announce that il was emo 60, the
Benedict of tho hour appealed 20
others. and one and al took "a turn IN
trying 20 get the dominic ont Of the
house. lie was nuecessity before, but
now that his work was done and his
mission performed, he was distinctly
in the way. and IL did not require n
very wise mar 10 discover IT, But the
Methodist reverend had not travelled
all that way without insuring his re-
wards, If rewards there were, and the
thought of returning 10 Beverly and
his wife without that dollar made the
cold chills creep over him. He thought
Of that silk dress which the poor wo-
man had saved up and gone without
MANY a necessity 10 attain, and there
il lay in the express Office for lack Of a
paltry silverpiece. No, he would stick
TO tho last.
Soon the groom perceived that I'M
less the shiny, black broadeloth hoodoo
was hustled away the wedding iollii-
cation would be a faseo. He hesitated
between throwing the dominic out
bodily and compromising, A hasty
conference with the bride followed, and
evidently her better sense ruled Up
to the reverend the fellow staggered
and said. "Nister, what's the damages
fer this yere splice?n
The reverend would have taken the
man to task humorously for his flip
pancy and irreverenee had it been an
other place and time, but now he
merely smiled suavely and said: cts
usually 50 when / have to travel so
far, but seeing it's you, my dear
young brother, I'll call it 81, and God
bless you?"
The groom scratched his head
thoughtfully, then went back to his
bride. He soon returned with a
grimy silver dollar, which he gave up
with more reluctance than anything
he had parted with in all his life
"God bless your repeated the ole
man, with his heart beating high il
} triumph. Then, with visions of tn,
silk dress, the happy wife and of the
satisfied demands Of the express com
panies, he followed. "And may al
worldly happiness and prosperity at
, tend your Then he went to thu
l bride, who wore a somewhat discon
3 tented look, poured more sunshine in
t to her heart, shook hands with al
] within reach and joined the diploma
Q fist at the door, expressing now will
ingness to pass upon the dapple,
q mare. But the diplomatist had los
0 oil interest now in the mare, but h
e sided along half heartedly in hi
Il defeat, for he had seen that dolla
y passed over, and the clergyman wa
= well out of the house. The two in
g spected the mare, the reverend rathe
!, long drawn in his remarks, particu
n larly as the demijohns had evidentl
d been restored to the hut, and tn
is sound of reveuy fell bitterly upon tn
diplomatist's ears to think that any
,e body was getting one drink the bes
8, of him. He left the man of the clot
h rather abruptly, and the latter wa
IS compelled to prepare for his departul
L without a parting salutation.
D The reverend was happy, however
l. for the shiny silver dollar burned i
if his inside pocket, warming him. II
IL seemed to feel its argent glow throug
s. all his frame, and it pleased hi
v nightly At last Basheba, the b.
e. loved of his house and heart, coul
I'd have the dearest wish of all these lat,
Up years-the privilege of appearing
g. church in a gown quite as good
y that of the wife of the leading groc,
IN and postmaster, and almost as good
n. that of the foremost saloon keeper
h, daughter. OF course, it was vanity
ut all Vanity-but in life of humdru
SO monotony, of slayish penury al
,ir patient resignation through many bi
ter years, God himself could find ]
an wrong in the poor martyrs one lit
he desire to be dressed as decently as h
nd neighbors, and the dominic felt
n, secret joy in returning to her with t
ho means to that end.
of The two-wheeler had no more tn
i'll started over the brow of the hill wit
?" in hailing distance Of the hut, howeyo
when an unearthly yell caused him
.er look back. Then he beheld the Bird
ad groom running toward him with no
he too steady steps.
ne "say, mister, he cried out thick
- ct want that yere dollar backp
'as The dominie's heartleaped. "Wha+
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