The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-07-04

SHE TOOK OUT A TINY FLAG AND WAVED
1T.
sand, handsome. u clergyman. rich and
with secure position. | told him that
you would consider his offer favor
ably"
We'll, / won't And why did he do
this Just now SO that he could tighten
nay chains before everybody at the pie
nicf won't go"
yes, you will" And she did
An hour later the clergyman In ques
ton came to the house and Margaret
was Obliged to see him. He appeared
to consider the engagement foregone
conclusiou but had the grace to ask
her Ii she would be his helpmeet. Mar
garet listened in silence while the cler-
gyman took her limp hand and placed
tne diamond ring upon II. He bent
and kissed the pale brow. and 1t was
over He never asked Margaret II she
loved him or said that he loved her
His Astounding self esteem never al
lowed him to raise the question. or
course she did How could she help ~
He was pastor Of u large church on
Broad street, and this day of indie
pendence the Sunday school children
were to have grand picnic up the Wis
sahickon, IN l!rmount park. II Is safe
to say that lttI the children had any
voice IN this matter they would have
preferred to spend the day In town, for
firecrackers were forbidden and tor
pedoes were tnbooed and toy pistols re
garded as too dangerous. No amount
of ice cream, lemonade or cakes could
reconcile them for the loss OF a whole
day.
The Rev Azariah LOOMS did not ap-
prove of noise.
The discontented Sunday school chill
dren were dropped from the carriages
into grove Of trees along the bank or
the Wlssahickon In view OF the falls
and turned loose to enjoy themselves.
A few OF the teachers really did try to
make them happy with games and
swings, but it was hot. and far In the
distance they could hear fireworks and
We're correspondingly miserable. Mar
garet alone succeeded In making the
children gay and happy She fairly
wore herself out. but she had the af
lection OF the children. and all went
well until the Clergyman came near
Then all Interest dropped. aud every
piping voice was stllled. He was ex
ceedingly proud OF this mark OF their
reverent esteem, as he understood their
sudden silence
Among the guests at the picnic were
u number of young girls and lads OF
the Bible class. These big boys seemed
to be So out of their element that they
did not know what to do. and Ia their
awkward bashfulness they began to
tease the girls No matter what group
these boys approached, whether chill
dren or grown people. no one appeared
glad to have them, so finally they went
off together and began to pet the
swans and ducks and smoke cigarettes
and act ia most reprehensible man
ner considering that this was church
picnic Margaret noticed them and
thought:
mo one seems to care for those boys
They are too big to play with the chill
dren and too rude to go among the
young girls, and the grown people don't
want them | viii speak to Mr.. LOOMS
about It,"
So when the long day began to de
cline the party prepared to return.
Margaret had come la landau with
two OF her sisters and Mr. LOOMS.
While waiting for the children to be put
into the proper care. Margaret found
that her betrothed was standing by
her The young boys. dissatisfied with
such tame manner OF spending the
glorious Fourth. were INDUCING In
horseplay. Margaret raised her sweet
blue eyes to Mr. LOOMS aud said
When we are settled | should like
10 take up line OF work which | have
often thought of. | think 1t would be
the means or doing real good. You
zee those big boys down there Well,
no one seems to want boys around. |
have noticed il In homes and else
where and here today ! have thought
that much good might be done
In what way may | askf" said he.
his face growing hard and becoming
squarer il outline at once.
Well, | would give little reception
every fortnight to this kind Of boys