The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-03-01

thc situation. and the eggs. with that
cold indifference and want of crati-
tudc 80 typical of the deserving, poor.
S'il, the philanthrouistS perseverad,
and. of course. were much in the So
cictv cf Rev. Wilfrcd Fraser That
The crash would come, | had no doubt
So ! waited ana watched.
About three weeks after tho philan-
thgopiSts had begun their noble work.
tho Curata was called away To Q. neigh
Lor-nc parish. lie left on the Mon
day morning and would rot return for
> fortnight. ON the Following Satur-
day morning Emily Informed mo th2t
,hr was to conduct the Sunday school
IN his absence. ana that snc was rrc-
pairing a lesson which would trans
form tho village children into angels
with the utmost dispatch. ,Shr re-
iect,d my offers Of assistance Win
sCOrn).
In the afternoon, Emily, Miss Fen
ton ard | wore sitting round the Tin"
discussing the best way of teaching
the Noung idea 10 shoot ana {" shoot
straight when, to our surprise, f"N'
Wilrrci was announced.
This surprise was NOT diminished hr
his behavior when he appeared. Total
t. ignoring Miss F'cnton ana myself,
hc walked straight to Emily ana held
h,r hand much longer than was noces-
aarN. Then ho said ia her. in low.
rrrN"nt ton,,
"Thank You, thank YOU, From my
heart ! thank Nou."
After which extraordinary speech,
4 a..
himself a. close to ltEiIy as possible.
There was silence for q moment.
Emily looked at thn FIRE; Rev WI
fred looked at Emily: Miss Fcrton ana
/ looked at each other
"Oh, Ny. fraser, l'm 50 glad $"u'N"
come back" burs, in Miss Fe"t"n,
lust when the silence grew cppr"S-
ei\r. "N" wanted your advice sadly
about the mothers working meeting
next Monday. They all want to make
autimaCaSsarS."
lut antimacassars failed 10 rouse
enthusiasm in the brcas' of the curatc,
II" drawl"d out:
'Is that so? But ( am very glad 10
know that / was wanted
You have such influence With the
mothers" said Emily, turning toward
him lie had never taken his eyes off
her face. and something i'm them made
her turn to the fire again. ! began To
realize that il would ne necessary tuI
Emily to nip the little man in the bud,
ne always reminded me Of Il bud: he
was So small. ana his checks were 50
pink.
Then the Hev. Wilrrcd hurled a thun-
derbolt among us.
only with mothers. Emily he
asked, i'm u whisper. which, however |
heard distinctly, Emily started, and
gave him Il look calculated TO With"r
an ordinary man. But the curatc only
smiled at her. There was an air of
possession about him; he might have
hecu Emiiys accepted lover / shud-
derrd to think what might be in store
for him when Emily had him alone.
Tnat Miss renton grasped the siu,-
alton was apparent, for she promptly
turned the conversation 10 safe topics.
She rose aud looked out Of the window
"Thc rain win make the roads bad
for cycling" she said. But then YOU
disupproyc of that exercise, / believe
Nj, Fraser
For women, yes The advent ui the
'cyclo has revolutionizcd tn" world.
When a woman first mounts IL bicycle
she fan from her high estate
"Yc-es," said /. She does a bit of
falling about that time"
The Rev WiIfred glared at me Em-
ily said;
you mustn't mind nay brother, Mr.
Fraser