The state herald., 1901-12-20

WORK together. They all labored ha
enough, but independently, and ca
aish view to inducing the minist
To marry a different woman.
IT had been going on thus for son
months when Christmas approache
Now OF course there isn't much v,
can give any man for Christmas-sli
pers and pipes and shot-guns and sill
pers. And in the case OF a parson II
still worse-youve got to drop of II
pipes and shotguns, leaving only Sill
pers-and slippers. OF course there al
book-marks and easy chairs, but Il
first are trivial and the latter expeI
sive; besides, II he is unmarried an
you are OF the opposite sex. and In Il
same state, you will see that you ougl
to give him something made with yor
own fair hands. and you can't make a
easy chair. So slippers 1t had to
for the Rev. NJ. Stanwix, especiall
after his landlady had been soundj
on the subject and reported that II
poor man didn't have a slipper to 1
name. II
Well, the result was. of course, u
the whole hundred and thirty-six n
riageable ladies at Appleburg wenf
work on slippers: and few off
flock who already had husbandsko
began slippers, out Of the goodntoi
their hearts. probably, or maybe k-
Ing that they might be widowsIm Ime
day and might as well have a to
their credit. The slaughter OF Push
and embroidery materials waJ Jbme-
thing cyclonic. and the locfshoe-
maker had to sit up nights pe6hg on
soles. Even unfortunate litu Jane
Wilkinson went at pair haIer and
tongs, though everybody pa she
hadn't ghost of show. I5he first
place Jane was too young r older
sister Katharine was oonceb to have
a right to enter for the coytt. but 1t
was universally held that N had no |
right to compete at all tpdes be- |
ing too youBg-she was req nineteen |
or twen:y-she was alsothin. She
might have a certain girl( prettiness.
but not the beauty whi3 the wife OF
SO handsome a shephe3as the Rev.
Mr.. Stanwix should Ne. Further
more. Jane was In no a5er way adapt
ed for the position-3 had been a
good deal OF n tomboy(nd was yet. for
that matter: she WI frivolous and
careless. and was akiys putting her
foot In 1t. The frf ftime the pastor
had called at the Wilkinson house.
and while Kathcrlf vas entertaining
him in the parlo1in the most ap-
proved and circurfp,ct manner. Jane
had blunderei irlapd inside OF Ave
minutes asked I'D Thy he didn't get
the fgifls said he ought
10. Jane had oulained to everybody
that she meant % Joke. but II haa
generally been pronounced ill-timed
md in bad tastf
But poor Janf kept working away on
Ter slippers f,gardless OF the talk
satl that James slippers
wouldn't nt. tr that they would both
,e for ono loot. or that she would get
he heels sswei on the toe end. or
omethlng. Jane finally put on the
IhlAhlis tDucnca anu tntH phckcu tnem
n n pasteboard box ard tied 1t with
ink ribbon.
Then she got her other Christmas
ready. She had a lot Of hand
orchiefs for an aunt. and n shopping
az for n married sister. and n little
nit shawl for her grandmother. and
pair OF skates for boy cousin. and
arious other things for divers other
ersons. including u fine meersohaum
ipe and u pound OF his fnvorite smok-
ig tobacco for her brother who was
I college. and who wouldn't be homo
III New Years. Each thing she care
lilly put up In a box or bundle and
I'D II away.
The day before Chrintmas was
cvcr-to-bc-forrotion time for the
.cv. Mr.. stnnwix. slippers Just came
own on him like nm Egyptian plague.
Along about four o'clock Stanwix
OF crowded out OF his room-sllppers
lied half way to the ceiling-and had