Smyrna times., 1902-03-19

1t was the Rev. George Gasket who
irst nicknamed Tommy '"The Whelp."
The Rev. George began fairly enough
with the lads of his new parish. He
got them together within a fortnight
Df his arrival and talked football and
baseball to them until they We're as
wax in his hands. Tommy, who was
fifteen and overgrown to hulkiness,
hung upon his words and thought it
would be fine to die for him. And then
the very next week. when Tommy
stumbled over his own feet and fell
down with the ball, thereby letting the
minister's side get a whitewash. that
gentleman said irritably, Il knew The
Whelp would b"at us, but really it
didn't seem fair to shunt him off on the
Othnr eleven"
Tie field rang with laughter as later
the school and playground rang with
it when somebody called: 'Whelp!
|Whelp-ee! Are you goin' to eat us all
yhen you grow up?'
MI Children reflect wonderfully the So
al color of their homes. For awhile
the parish was entranced with the
/ W pastor-so much so indeed that a
! fisper against him would have been
l feived as something between high
y lson and the objectionable sin. The
iH. George was youngish, fair look
N quick and deft in phrasemaking
Ee. He admitted in his private
IS a temper, but said, with eyes up
that he kept it under by help OF
9Th beyond his own. He was sin
That of course set all the mothers
e church to work mating hin
ply. He saved them the trouble
posing for him by devoting him
! Alison Prior from the day sht
Pome.
ly she bad been home from til,
'Ommy .ould never have beel
help. Tommy was Alison
and in many ways her chum
only smiled when he explained
ster's sin and said at last:
3, Tommy. | don't know jus
vhelp is like. but you do loo
h what | fancy it is-all leg
[, so much too big that the
teir own way and everybod
! is
opmmy had gone away. how
Ig to stand very stiff an
nOlbows primly beside hin
u Ooed after him lovingly, the
wll.shook her fist at the rectC
N copls visible across half a mil
'umy had known that; bu
Rec? He was a very huma
knerl d Alison so well he woul
Rarra her to any fellow.
wan: je to think of her MARI.
fher and sitting perke
eaoo pews, never daring I
John VIZ Besides there W,
y. WrlGnmy flung himself II
Edward It in the pasture, dJ
elders by urf and thought vel
afternoonng upon his freckl(
Rev. E. -,
foruI- hething came with
- sounding thwack {
Hoi ono Shim rolling over al
Siue III the eiup he felt a hard
ReVs. V.bled all in a hea
@. W. Prettrambled up, leapil
ence trusteein up a convene
the big Cotswo
''a"S'Sa tree foot, shakil
The seereta,n, evidently inv
and Observation-Disclosures again
Conference Nj lol tn'''
as follows: SUI aUder +hor ~,
263 scholars, 5,{Iod iovfnl1v f
ia senior EpWed apples a
Junior Chapterswest fork of t
ship of 13,O29. i'm in a minu
There was Civ Tommy toss
the followino am6 as he had {
682; Church Ext at = y
day Schools, 1888; P'"ei' 'euN
mans Aid, 81, 1888; Anmv mass
emy, $26, 4S9; Childsture. w
9493; Bible Society pattern
Foreign Missionary next 70
Woman's Home Missples. tu
$12,0S0; Domestic Misss OF &C
pital, $211; Conferensu, reu :
So, 1873; Episcopal Fund, nc y, -
Nearly Five Thousand P nun
gener
Number of probationers
is an increase of 300 ovely Il
Full members, 81, $40; locaeorg
1O9; deaths. 4O4; children b v
1853; adults baptized, POI; LIE
churches in the Conference, 8 :
at $1,673, 900; 147 parsonages
at $275,650 There was paid J
provements $50, ,239; paid on
debtedness, s17, ,s95, leaving a
Indebtedness on the church !
amounting to $4,000
q There has been paid for
8 support, $123, OS2; for house re-
393; for presiding elders, 81,
bishops, 81, ,4s4; making a
Sl51,2 for ministerial suppo
Tor sections, lights, etc., S35, 81
for Sunday School expenses.