The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-10-02
AnEmOarfQSSIng
Mistake
Consequent on a Foot
ball Game
By OSCAR cox
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right tackle with his team in cham
pionship game Of football the day 0e-
fore and was ready for a t~entg-touI
hour sleep. He had taken six OF the
twenty-four when his sister entered Ms
room and tried to awaken him
"Cuthbert, get up. You're wanted
10 go on an eTrand.
whats the Natter
our next door neishbor Is dying
Thew want yen to 20 for clergyman
There was something sufficiently i'm
n-essive in this 10 awaken CntAoert
He Ia7 for 4 momeut gathering his FAC
uIues, then sprang out Of bed. pat Oh
his clothes and while passing oat
asked:
What clergyman shall ! 90 fort
ANY one. Make haste
Cuthbert Brown. now thoroughly In
possession Of his faculties, hurried
along the street till he came 10 -
Marks church. with the name Of Da
vfi Hathaway, pastor. on & board On
~ uzl - stopped at the rectory
beside il. rag the doorbeIl aud was
immediately admitted by some one
Eh,ssa hsu.e lie could barely distin
guisb 70 ~ mat Of a woman, for the
Egbt VAS turned low. He vas usher
g il. : se:lor without an inquiry al
70 y s,,a7; wished to see or any other
question for that matter and was lefi
alone IN room still darker than the
hall
That's queer" he remarked to him
self. Il suppose she's the maid anc
knows that 10 one would call at
clergyman's house at this tine Of night
unless he wanted to see the parsor
himself"
The maid went upstairs and in
few moments came down again anl
said that the doctor would be dowr
soon
Cuthbert settled himself IN an cas-!
chair and sat wondering what 1t al
meant Presently he fell asleep
Then be dreamed that some on'
shook him: that be stood upon his feet
He heard words mumbIed that sound
ed Ike parts Of the marriage service
be felt a delicate hand in his: some ont
thrust g ring upon him and a inge
vas slipped into it; he dimiy saw tbt
figure OF a woman leaving the room
Was this a dream or reality? 81
remembered nothing more Of it Or how
he got out Of the house. home and iE''
his bed. He did not awaken till noel
the next day. when the events Of Ii
night were much blurred in his mind
His sister awaking him. the walk &
the ractory and his admission to th
house he remembered with t0lefabl
distfnctness. but the rest Of II va
very misty.
! He called his sister. took round
about course 10 find out from her wha
be had done aud discovered that som
one else had procured q minister 70
the dying man The rector of s.
Marks church hsd not responded
There remained that singular dream
| Of marriage. or whatever II nigh
be. OF which bis sister was not sup
/ posed to b. r0gHiZant. and CuthbeT
/ said nothing to her about It IF b
/ had been sure that It was q dreaE
/ be might have told her OF it, but b
| had q feeling that it was not dream
| that while sitting in the rectory some
thing Ike it had happened. that some
body had been married. and he coul
not divest himself Of CONSCIOUSNESS
that he had been mixed Up In it.
! That day was Sunday. and Cuthber
having nothing TO do, thought continJ
ously Of bis singular experience
dozen times be resolved TO put il on
Of bis mind. II would not stay on
Then be thought that he would go {
| Dr. Hathaway and ask him for an g.
PLANTATION BUT the matter seemed TO
warrant an inquiry As
clergyman If he had taken part in
/ marriage when half asleep? Absurd,
! There IS nothing 50 worrying as tbs
which needs an explanation Cnthbel
Brown. fretred over the matter fc
! three DAYS: then one afternoon be Gale
on Dr Hathaway He was receive
10 rhs 1ortor's study and. being ~
KNOW 10 the clergyman the latte
woItnd for him to sneak
Doctor ~ began L have come |
ask he STOPPED short He was 2
Ing "a AK If the doctor had Marie
aim hHt not .aung TO bq tskeu for
Innate he dr~iSted He began ag,,iI
LAST SATURDAYS night about 10 o'eloc
I came here Ia ask sou to 90 to Ii
house NJ dying man was eft
your nartor NJ maid and. being 7er
tired fell asleep"
From the start the doctor prfcked Z
his ears When Cuthbert got this Il
be interrupted him:
SO. you are the paTtyg'
Party What partyF'
why the party that came instea
Of the right party What object ha
you in stepping in between brio