Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-17

IL III nrr pocket. InrrrIpon the illS-
ticc tool; leave
On his next meeting with The widow
she treated him with Il great deaf of
courtesy and also With wine ANA mar
malndc. She told him HAT nr In
crease Mathcr visited her That day in
Mr.. llUtchinsonS coach. He save her
a copy of the Nrws Letter with
verses In /, and took leave This WAS
the day after DR. Cotton Ma;hr.'s
chimney fcll aiire so as to interrupt
the assembly II. m"
lie then writ II fcw lines Ia Madam
Winthrop" and sent her MIR Maviirw's
sermons and an account OF the Indians
of Marthas Vineyard. thanking her
for the unmcritcd favOrs" of The wine
and marInulatlr. AMI aSkin. pcrnlS-
sion TO wait OH her again This nntc
he sent by Deacon Green. who drliv-
cred 1t TO Sarah Chickcring the mad
ANS mail the madam herself not
being Mt home
Vt their next meeting hc found her
dark ami lowering. much changed
from what she was before" When ut
last he got his chair into position
close TO lIcrS he asked her leave TO
draw off her glove. and. she being de-
sirolls TO know the reason. he told her
there WIS much difference between
handling n dead goat AMI a living
lady. lie got OFT the glove" and asked
her TO remove the negative She had
laid upon him. She said she would
not. and enlarged upon it, as she
could not leave her house, children.
neishbors. etc. Thcrcupon he gave
her DIR. Preston on the Church Mar.
ringc and Church Carriage" which
cost Him ''siXpcncc ut the sale" She
thanked him for AIayhcw'S sermons.
When she talked Of Canary wine. liz
told her that her kisses were better TO
him than the best Canary. But he
made no further progress that night.
The next time he saw her she treated
him conrtcously, but he noticed. with
pain, that -'slle was not in clrap linen.
rs sometimes" She sail she did mot
know whether lie cou1l come again or
not. On the pryt visit she was cour-
teous. but took occasion TO speak
pretty earnestly" on the question of
whether he would keep coach. lie
said 1t would cost at .lcast elON per.
annnm, while she thought 1t would NOT
cost, more' than f40. This night she
rspakc much against; John WinihropI
because of his false hcartcdness." 'Ihcni
Mr.. Eyre coming ill., Justice Sewan
gave him Or. increase Mathcr's scr
mons. and came away somewhat late.
The mex. occasion Madam Winthrop
took the candle and closed the shut
TORS, sat down OH the couch and snake
something of his need Of wig This
was not to his liking After some con
vcrsation not to the point he asked hcr
II she would be in tomorrow night.
ana took leave. On the evening OF
Oct. -. having made up his mind on
the subject of the coach, he told her
he could not afford to keep it, and
that, rs for wearing pcrlwig, his
''bcst and greatest Friend" had sup
piled him with hair before he was
born. She commended DIR. Prcstons
sermon on the church marriage and
quoted him. saying it was "inconvcn-
lent keeping ont of n fashion common
~ used" Thereafter she gave him n
dram OF black cherry brandy and also
the lump of sugar that was in 1t. lie
prayed God to keep her and came
away
On Nov. .. midwec1, she INQUIRED
concerning his estate as she had heard
he had given it all to his children
which he denied She gave him "a
glass or two of Canary" but not her
hand to hold.
On Nov. Q. being pressed. she said
she could not change her condition
and quoted the Apostle Paul, affirming
that single life was better than mar
ricd. After he had argued to the con-
trary. MS If PAM applied his words only
TO the then present distress" she. said
she had not pleasure I'm such things
as formerly. Though he answered
that she was the filter on this account
TO be his wife and urged her somewhat,
he Still made 10 progress and about
10 o'clock came away, saying he
"wond not further disturb the good
order OF her house"
On Monday. Nov. Z. he read GER
tain of the Psalms and then called up
on Madam Winthrop. giving her some
sugarcd almonds. After their CONVEX
sation, In which she deferred hcrsfa-
vorable answer. she gave him n glass
Of wine. lie said that since he made
the more haste with the less speed he
would go home, which soon after he
did. lie did not on this occasion bid
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