The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-30
The ReCtOr'S
Enlightenment
BY FANNY FERRY CAY.
0EN. MIR TORRANCE, rector ~
= ilopcworth church, had IA choice
esessosesessessssooes 9

DEN. MIR IuliENNt T., rector ~
r. lopcworrh church, had choice
collection uf iu,us. N"uc of them orig.
mated with him. for ideas were born
with the world aud ARE simply passed
on from az, g. ugr, sometimes lost 4"
view for 70 millennium cor two, and
then brought 'uiilhthy som" vain soul
who imnpiu,, be- has mg"itrH ne"
thought, a fresh dream.
Hut the rector had onr idea which
tho sons Of men huy" never lost sight
o. Il haa never had IL rest, aud it is
very old nrcau." /, has had d." "pp"r.
u'itv to renew i'r you'h The rector
valued II tho more highly h,causc Of
iH apparent age, for Ice believed he
saw therein the approval ~ the cen
turics. Oldl Why Il was old when his
rrunt grandfather Wa "a huld-h'udcd
infant Il wna old when the world was
young,
lut the poor old ldca had spent its
energy II wps. IA IT, present condi.
tirn dcc-cpit. iufrm. very weak on itN
l,u,. ~ uuly for a rNullaUum, whore
& could rrcuprra'r mud rrcIothc itself
in the strength aud garments Uf youth.
This. however. Rev. Mr.. Torrance would
mot allow. He Ind no compassion for
i,.p mo-, hut th, time came for it, drliy.
,rnpcc
Tt, rector had fl very rIcar rnurrp.
tinn othie fuyorit" bat uacd idea. name.
": The Man WIS the sovereign ruler
-, ,b, ,rorld ond tt. fuIlrrss thereof
ir,ll,r,. .Lc ci,lrs ,yariuy tL, ,,nrs
,.,,,r,Iry ~, rofInrs vrithr,, the
nu,I,s copuucr1pp tho hnu.i> Of the
G,DIoud makiugry,u tlr ,,iId,rurs, to
llosson uuhrr his Lort IN "A word.
Man vaa the emh,llm.nt ~ Power;
while Woman. nlhrlt u somewhat nee.
rs,qry appsndngc. was wlthal nm in.
Z, rior hriuy. intended u, the Cr,utor
in submit I'm massive uh,di,Icr "a Man
and do his will.
Whom th,rcforc tL, rector mndc mn
Mt. r,I,, n ia otr.r a urorn,nl ~ mar.
,jpo. 90 AIIss Serena baldwin on. Of
a.. ,y,rtby md lryntrI v,rr,cr Of his
r,rit H.. ,,v,r a., ,r,,,r ,s ir,purd
~ ,nr,sit,o, ar drfrat Neither did
he consider II necessary 10 lead M to
tbr pnint cautiously and with due mod.
GRAFTON nc many lovers do. # was In
c,rIv summer a limo hn,c Inv In mr.
nj. ,h,cn rnon m. Mills thc mir was
yrIvct nerf,,me II. vo. SITTING In Miss
ecror,,. r,rlor ,hr ulctrrr ~ minis.
tcriol fipnIty his hands resting on his
cu,sipr the ofTnirs Of the church. when.
spdd.nlr ,nprrntjyrh. hut yithnl he.
ncyn1nrtIv M II with ul,a,urs a, con.
frrrinl, high honor. he said. I'm cul
tur,d accents:
"NHss Sarcro I,hirL wou,d
better u. married"
Now Mis-. S.r.no vos nossc.scd M
id,os oIso Sam, ~ tber, ,yorc ,;I.c
his and Some were mot She wos n
woman Of great discernm,pt- sh,
could see thirrs. For some time she
had known that the rector WINS going
10 propose To- her. In fact, she had
known II before he did: and she MISC
knew her own mind. She know she
loved him for his many cxcrllcnt nuoI;.
ties, she intended to marry him, hut
she was convinced TINT the old worn.
out idea which he cherished ,o fondlv
should have n good long rest.
Accordingly when the Roy, The.
ophilus Torrance In such summary
terms acquainted her with his mr..
pose she arose calmly. saving.
"ihere might he n difference of opin.
ion on that subject, Come ont into
the garden, Mr., Torrance, and sec nv