Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-26

spooner had always started from home
four. or five minutes first, and Deacon
take him. In returning. Deacon Hopkins
had taken the lead and Deacon Spooner
lad let him keep it.
Tom Hopkins came home with only a
dim remembrance Of the misunderstand-
ing, and the sight of Kate Spooner in
church on the first Sunday of his ar
rival drove away the last fragments Of
that. 1t was so with Miss Kate. They
greeted each other in the most friendly
and informal way after the close Of the
services. but they were soon to under
stand that there was gulf between
them. On the way home Deacon Hop
kins said to his son:
Thomas, Deacon Spooner insists that
he is right about Jonah, While I, OF
course. refuse to yield one iota. You will,
therefore, realize that there will be no
social intercourse between my son and
his daughter.
I don realize anything of the kind,
dad responded the SON. You and Dea-
con Spooner are the only two people in
all the world who care q continental how
Jonah was swallowed, SO long as the
whale got him down. and I refuse to mix
in. I'm going to call on Kate If he turns
me slap out DOORS.
IN a painful position. but l shall have
good, reason for regarding you as
my wishes in this matter
Tom didn't defy his father, but on the
other hand he wouldn't bind himself by
any promise. Forty rods behind them
were Deacon Spooner and his daughter.
and Deacon Spooner also had something
10 say.
srI he beg began 5hG w sna
manly Tom Hopkins had grown. II saw
you greet Deacon Hopkins son, Thomas.
after church. and was not at all
pleased. The Deacon is still Stitr-neched
about Jonah and the whale
What? Is that old quarrel still alive?"
she s>ed.
VERY much so, and it will never die
error. You must be coldly polite to
young Thomas and no more
But was just hoping he would call
on me tonight
IF he does I shall have to show him
the door. 7 cannot recede. nor seem to
recede. from my position that Jonah was
cast directly, into the whales mouth to
be swallowed"
Il don't see what difference it makes
how the whale got hold of him. petu-
lantly. exclaimed Kate. and she would
have added further protests had not the
father commanded her TO silence.
But the attitude of the deacons did not
keep the young people apart. They We're
bound to meet on the street or at ne
did and fell in love. Ins tact "do uis-
covered in time, and the parental foot
was put down on each case. Indeed, it
came to such 4 pass that Tom Hopkins
was threatened with bsing cut eff with
a Shilling. and Kate was threatened with
a diet of bread and water and the good
Ieacons felicitated themselves that love
however. It was simply rendered more
One afternoon a note was put into the
would be in the lane behind her fathers
house at a certain hour in the evening.
She meant to be on hand at the hour
FAMED, though she could see. MN only
l,IJt { hsa
quarter of an hour over time. The I'M
jatient and incautious Tom climbed the
:ence to see why she did not appear,
and thinking he might be observed he
Sheltered himself in Deacon Spooner's
He had been in hiding
,nly a few minutes when the Deacon
walked down the path to see that all
le would have encountered his daughter
1ad she not lodged into that smae
to avoid the meeting.
.'Sinoke-house door open. EN-? querfsd |
he deacon as ne came to a halt. We'll,
IN no man to put temptation in the way
# others. and I'll shut it and lock it"
An hour late; the good deacon was
loor and permit foolishe looking couple
their liberty. The deacon also looked |
'oo4lsh. He escorted the couple into the !
house and then crossed the road and
lrouscd Deacon Hopkins and related the
Incident, and added:
Deacon Hopkins. about that whale
Ind JOner?
Eyes"
''I,m willing to say may possibly be
If you'll say the same thing"
II think I'll say so, Deacon Spooner."
We'll say that the whale got joiner, t
but not go into particulars.
That's my idea.
'.And about Tom and Kate?'' queried
..Y-e-s.' replied Deacon Hopkins. |
Yes. I-see. Well. Tn willing
Som ]. =
1And-and--.'''.s.# Isl
There's nothing more that Il know of
sxcnpt to shake hands and congratuiate
each other and wish the Young folks |
avery SUCCESS God nlphA,, 1>nace-t Hop
lins-Eood night.