The Worthington advance., 1901-01-04

III d SAu8 uA0IIy oOAV dAu &CAlAS sOACcs
II suppose tat this il Sister Todd?
I am Mr.. Matthew Rolfe, one of the
deacons in the church over in Hebron.
1Hhave been sent as delegate to the
association and the committee have
sent me here for entertainment"
Sister Todd said afterward that she
had It "on the tip of her tongue" to
say that she did not expect to enter
tain a man, but she checked this in
hospitable remark and said, in somo
confusion:
''Welt, come in and set down. T.
IL have friends in the Hebron
church-the Tylers. Mebbe you know
them?"
"Oh, yes, indeed. They are among
our most useful and active members.
I have known them for years." >:
That "broke the ice,' and Sister
Todd soon found herself chatting
freely and easily with her delegate.
When. he had gone to his room her
mental comment was:
well, he's real pleasant person,
and if he knows the Tylers so we'll
he must be a real nice, man. I'D no
idee the committee would send me q
man delegate, but I cant turn him
out now that he's here, and I'm too
well known in this town for anyone
to pass any remarks about me enter
1ainin' gentleman delegate si..glo
or married. I wonder which he is?"
She found out at the dinner table,
for when she referred to her "trouble"
and explained the nature Of the
trouble the delegate said with real
kindliness and sympathy:
II know just how to feel for you,
Sister Todd. lost my own dear
companion three years ago. I broke
up housekeeping and went tc live
with a sister of mine, but she died in
the spring and have boarded since
then, but boarding is mighty unsat-
isfactory to a man who has always
had a home of his own. am a real
home body and I'll never be satisfied
until I have a home my own once
more"
II shouldn't think you would be. I
should fly if I had to go to boarding.
There's nothing like home of ones
own"
II feel just that way. I'm sorry I
sold off my things. / planned to have
a niece Of mine come and keep house
for me, but she died suddenly three
months ago. I feel like fish out of
water without home. And I amt
been able to find q good boarding
place in Hebron. Hardly any ono
takes boarders there. Fact is I've
been thinking of leaving Hebron and
coming over this way to live. I have
heard of a chance to buy half inter-
est in q shoe store over here, and
know all about the shoe business. If
things are favorable I think I'll buy
end settle here"
you'd find this real pleasant
place to live, and you'd like our min
lister and all our church people here"
II know I would. I don't know
when I have been so taken with a
place as am with this place. What
a pleasant little home you have here.
Eyes, it is real pleasant, but have
spent many lonely hour in it since
my trouble"
II amt a doubt of it. know just
choweyou have felt. But I have come
to the conclusion that the Lord don't
want us to dwell too long on any
kind of trouble:
mo, suppose He DON'T"
It was two weeks later when Sister
Phelps hurried over to the home OF
Sister Brush in state of manifest
excitement and said almost as soon
as the door was opened:
"What do you think, Sister Brush ?
I have been over to Sister Todd's to
carry, back q waist pattern she loaned
me, and you'd never guess what she
told mel She's engaged"
''You don't mean it!'' ;..
'It's> sol And to that delegate we
sent. her! Did you ever! I guess she
'is' going to do. real we'll! Didn't tell
you that the wimmen that talked most
about such trouble as Sister Todd
i has had was the first to up and marry
the isoonest2 Not that blame Sis
ter Todd none! I'm just glad she is
to marry such a nice man! I reckon
she didn't ca1late on takin' dele.
gate to entertain for life, but that =
just what she's done. Don't it beat
all?"