The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-03-18
AR. TIMOTHY BURGE always came

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lW up from the city to the church
teas given in Ingleside. He was a
lavish patron of the booths and tents,
took a polite and remunerative inter-
est in the raffles, and was an apprecia-
tive auditor at the musical and liter
airy exercises. The ladies under
whose auspices" the affairs were gen.
orally given, and who naturally never
failed to notify Mr.. Burge beforehand,
thought he liked society in Ingleside,
and enjoyed their free and informal
mode of entertainment Such a re
lief from the monotony of society in
the city," they would explain to one
another. But workers in the church
are too absorbed to be students of hui
man nature.
lilly was not a worker in the church.
She was devout worshiper on Sum
days, and Jealous enthusiast on Mon
days and other days, but while the
brilliancy of her enthusiasm blinded
her toiling comrades to the fact that
she lacked practical application, her
perceptive faculties remained unim-
paired.
Tilly, therefore. knew that Mr.. Burge
disliked church teas. She knew also
that he would accept the invitation Of
the president of the guild and come to
the May day fete. He had come to that
annual festival three years before, in
vited by the rector and urged by his
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classmate in his new surroundings.
Mr.. Burge, surveying the situation,
found his friend occupying the usual
exalted position of the eligible divine
and enjoying life to the fullest as arbi-
ter to parochial society. There was
the inevitable feminine circle for which
he must be the hub, the oft-recurring
discussions which he must endeavor to
smOoth-gameS of battledore and shut
tIecock which, but for his existence,
would never have arisen. Mr.. Burge
noted the implacability of the women,
and the pertinacity of the maids. He
gave sigh for his friend future, won
dered at his own curiosity in coming
here, and began to wish himself out
of this turmoil of striving Christianity.
But at this point his fancy was ar
rested by a mote in the celestial ray.
lilly fitted before the two men, and
she had on a blue gown. Mr.. Burge
was found of blue, and his eyes bright
eDed at the sight of the pretty pic
ture. He looked at the rector. That
worthy man was gazing ardently in
the same direction, his heaven-accus-
toned orbs also seeming to take de-
light in the azure radiance of the gown.
Mr.. Burge looked again at the depart
ing maiden and then at the scene
around him with new interest. 1t
was, after all, pretty bit of life.
In the summer Mr.. Burge again
visited his clerical friend, and after
this his visits became more frequent
Village life is undoubtedly interest
ing" he would say to the rector, land
affords glimpses of human nature I'M
noticed in the busy whirl of the town"
Yes; one can often get a more con-
else impression of view with the eye
pressed to crack in well than when
standing in the open," was the rec
tors philosophical rejoinder.
So Mr.. Burge came to the tea. He
saw Tilly, received smile and bow
from her in passing, and felt thankful
for the same. He had not been in
lngleside for several weeks, it is true,
but then he did not expect the lapse
OF time to be noticed by young person
whose whole life is like a summer day.
So he permitted group of excited ma
irons to annex him and lead him off
to their respective centers of attrac-
ton. He took the time to observe,
however, that Tilly had on a gown of
pink description. Though not close
observer of feminine apparel by ma
ture, experience had taught him that
1t was a wise plan on occasions of this
kind to determine the exact bar in
the rainbow in which lilly moved.
During his rounds of obedience to
the demands of charity Timothy fire.
quently noticed the rector standing
aloof and detected, or with cheerful
ness too apparently forced participating
in the amusements of the fete. Tim
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