Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-08-20

! Now, Mr. Reynolds had commended
Miss Julia especially to his attention.
with the result that he paid her house
one of his first visits, at $3.50 o'clock. on
Saturday, just as she was sitting down
to tea-a cosey meal which Mr. Revn-
olds often shared with her. But the new
vicar declared that he did not drink tea.
circumstance " hich in itself threatened
TO render impossible all real community
of feeling. After this, she experienced
/ little surprise to see him turn toward the
east during the next mornings service.
and that evening she absente1 herself
from Al Saints Still Miss Julia went
again the next three Sunday mornings,
| by which time the continual innovations
made it impossible to 20 any more with a
/ clear conscience.
She could not understand the ease with
which the members of the congregation
permitted themselves to be led. nor how
they could wax enthusiastic over q vicar
who was in every respect so different
from dear Mr. Reynolds There seemed
1 to be a sudden access of interest among
/ the younger women. one of whom. Il pref
| ty girl OF 10, was appointed to help Miss
julia with her class. \ deaconess, who
also was young, was engaged for the dis
trict visiting, and Miss Julias occupa-
| ton was gone.
| Miss Julia became an altered woman.
| Her face, always thin and pale. grew
| thinner and paler; she seemed to be out
grown by her small world. and people
began to speak OF her as poor Miss
julia
Nobody felt more sincerely sorry for
her than the cause of all her troubles. and
in the goodness of his heart Mr. Wors-
field took a journey TO Casteton express
/ Iy to speak to Mir. Reynolds on her be-
half. 1t happened, however. that the
vicar was in bed with an attack of in
| fluenZa. so that the visitor took Mrs
| Reynolds into his confidence. Now, Mrs
| Reynolds was a sympathetic woman, and
she conceived the bold idea that Miss
Julia should leave the town in which she
had lived so long and take up her abode
III Mr. Reynolds new parish.
Mrs. Reynolds perceived, however. that
such II serious migration would require
great consideration and discussion, and.
without troubling her husband she sat
down after Mr.. Norsfeld's departure and
wrote to Miss Julia long letter BY
/ Saturday week she hoped the vicar
would be perfectly recovered, and would
Miss Julia please him by coming to stay
at the Vicarage for a week from that
day
Miss Julia had probably never felt
more excited than when she read the let
| ;cr the following morning at breakfast
time. The temptation was far too great
to be resisted Miss Julia began already
| to look forward TO return for Il few
days at least to the former state Of af-
| fair The edifice. it was true, would be
| different, but eve, ythng else would be
! the same as that which she had been for
many years accustomed to.
Eleven days would be none too many
! for her Preparations. She determined to
order 4 new dress, to say nothing of
bonnet and a jacket. Moreover, the ae-
tual journey had its necessary perils, and
there was also the momentous question
concerning what should be done Witirh5h
house. On the previous Wednesday she
ordered 4 carriage to take her to the
station, where sAte arrived half an hour
before the departure of the train, with a
trunk, a holdail, and cardboard hat
| box. She gave the guard Il shilling and
asked him to reserve her compartment
for ladies only" and at last she took
her seat and the train started Mrs.
Reynolds met her mt the station, and
nothing could have been more cordial
than the welcome of the five children
But the vicar was much less talkative
than usual; indeed. there was something
in the nature of embarrassment III his
manner With sensations approaching
alarm She perceived that he wore a coat
almost as long as Mr. Worsfeld's.
Nevertheless, she spent Il very ENJOYABLE
evening, playing draughtS. for the most
part, with the two youngest girls. After
they had gone to bed Mrs REYNOLDS ven
turcd to- hint at the possibility of Miss
Julia's removing from her present house
to another in Castleton, and. although
the suggestion naturally filled her with
alarm. i'll her room that night the pros
peet appeared extremely tempting.
On Sunday morning she set forth with
/ the pleasantest anticipations. In cor
ner OF the viearage pew she took her
/ scat with happy serenity but from the
moment the vicar entered. heading a pro.
ceSsion OF two curateS and twelve Choir.
i~ters, Miss Julia's disilusioning began.
Mr. Reynolds, in fact. had. as ON his
first coming to All Saints accepted the
established order OF things. Hc was
man averse to changes of any kind. while
Miss Julia was aghast ut what She
esteemed the immense alteration in him
self This was the depth of her misery.
aud ON the way back To the yjcara9e
She heard little Lucy Reynolds ask he,.
mother why Miss Julia cried whenever
she kuclt
The vicar understood why she had no
appetite and no conversation during din
ner. With perfect truth, She pleaded 4
headache and stayed away from the
evening service. and the next morning
Miss Julia experienced an intense long7
ing to he at home again Her lares and
penates seemed to be the ouly gods which
had not fallen
She did not feel well. She explained
after breakfast. and, although Mrs.
Reynolds opposed her departure. the
vicar remained silent
II am afraid your visit has not proved
an unqualified blessing" he remarked.
when fly mad stopped at the door. But