The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-06-08
|. "A STORY OF
REAL LIFE
BY WARRINGTON ALERT
Copyright 1910. BY American Press
Association

Strange incidents have brought about
marriages bat the strangesf Of all was
that which served 70 unite me and my
wife. II ] hadn't opened a certain
book on certain day ! should either
have remained bachelor or married
some one else Had opened that
same hook a day earlier there would
have been no such effect. / could not
have opened Il day later, for [ have
never since been 81 the room whera It
was kept.
was al the time curate Of church
ia small but aristoeFatic town. My
salary was $500 a year I had heard
stories 81 girls setting their caps FOR
unmarried clergymen. but saw no
evidence Of the truth Of these stories
ia my own case. Most of the girls OF
the congregation were daughters OF
well 70 DO. some Of them rich, parents.
Whether the girls ala NOT encourage
me because they were aware that
had nothing but my salary or because
/ was not especially attractive 70
them / don't know The fact remains
that WAS not encouraged.
/ thought al the time that my ser
mons were a triae toe heavy for their
inteliects. ! was given 70 phllosophic
thought and my thoughts found a
vent Ia my homilies. 1 could see
from the want Of attention Of these
girls when / was preaching that they
were thinking u The set 81 their gar
ments. the appearances Of their hats
and such matters rather than Of the
IDEAS / was endeaYoring to convey TO
them.
But there was one young lady whom
noticed Fixed her attention upon me
from the time / began to speak until I
had finished would have been az q
loss 70 know whether her interest was
n my remarks Or me had she not the
moment ] had concluded my sermon
turned e her hymn book or her pocket
book for tho collection. seeming 70 for.
get an about me As she was the only
young lady in the church with q for
tune Ia her own right / never dreamed
OF marrying her, though she was rath-
er good looking and very estimahle
person.
OF course I had the entree TO her
home, and many pleasant evening OF
afternoon 7 spent with her chatting
upon subjects that were agreeable 70
me and seemed to be agreeable to her,
she appeared 70 be pleased to start me
talking and sat with some fancy work
III Der hands listening At that time
supposed man entertaining to women
to DO one who could talk well. / have
since learned that a good listener
would be his most dangerous rival.
BUT the lady did not seem to care to
talk herself, leaving me to do it All.
This kind Of chat about ideas IS a
very poor conductor for any warming
of the heart Love IS not Intellectual
A rhinoceros may love. bat rhlnoc-
eros IS not q thinker Birds love. but
they don't reason as to where they viii
build their nest Instinct tells them
how and where 70 do that. never
made a start On saying anything ten
der TO DO SO dld not occur To me A
ourate with nothing but q petty salary
to make love to a girl with fortune tn
her own right! ] should expect to be
turned out Of the house and probably
my nastorate at such presumption.
T received q eall that would give me
no more salary, but / considered the
field d better one than the one / occu.
pied I wished to be a worker as well
as q preacher In the parish where
was there were few poor people and
consequently little good TO be done
among those who most need, to my
a clergyman. l accepted the
call and the evening before my de-
parture for my new field called upon
the young lady who had shown SO
much appreciation Of my intellectual /
bad some new ana.
as | thought, original points 70 8rine
up BY which hoped 70 leave q fnal
impression
IN the midst OF my presentation OF T
my views my friend rose and asked to
be excused for a few moments. was
a trihe put out. for ! had reached an
important turn 10 what / was saying,
Since she did not return. al. once + cast