The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-31
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BY ANETTE ANGERT.

tW the announcement of his M daughters wedding his broad
 frame shook and his face whitened with rage.
 "She has defied me, disgraced her self and outraged her mothers mem ory! She is no daughter of mine! will not see her, will not forgive her!"
 But Della Plympton did not come to ask forgiveness.
 When Della was nineteen her be- loved mother died.
 When they came home from the funeral her father said, Your moth CTS duties fall to you. trust you will perform them as ably and beauti- fully as she."
 Patiently, submissively as her moth CT before her, Della took up the bur den.. She managed their nome. She taught Sunday school Under her fa- thers direction she grew into church work.
 The Rev. Plympton's dominating force had given him the name of the clergyman militant. Unyielding will had hacked his way to the front of denominational affairs.
 After two years of faithful attention to her duty Della was invited on 8 mountain trip with a party of young people. She went to her father with the matter.
 Let your duty be your. pleasure and recreation" he said. You have mucn to do here to fill your mothers place" Della refused the invitation and re- doubled her efforts in visiting the sick.
 Straight-combed and black-frocked, Della had none the less the pink checked roundness of girlhood. She sang in the choir. The organist liked her singing. He came occasionally to practice with her and then began "see- ing her home" from church.
 Said her father after two months, You are too young to receive mans attention. It will draw you away from the sacred duty entrusted to you" The organist ceased his. calls and Della avoided any more than bare friendli- ness with any young men in the church.
 At twenty-two Della grew bold enough to hint to her father that her life was too serious for a young girl. that she was moulding herself entirely to his ideals.
 Your mothers ideal" he correct ed her. "Gayety you get in church so- cial affairs" Della knew the work and organization of those social affairs left little time for "gayety."
 Della was twenty-six. With her fla ther's guidance, she filled each cay with the activities that had been her mothers. Then came the chance to take a low-rate excursion across the continent with friends.
 "The money and effort you want for selfish pleasure would better be de- voted to the poor" She stayed at home and gave $100 each to the Home and Foreign Missionary Societies.
 Soon after the Rev. Plympton ac- cepted a call to a high position in de- nominational affairs. Many acknowl- edged his fitness for the place. some said he hammered his way to it by per sistent self-seeking. The demure Miss Plympton felt the weight of additional duties in helping her father uphold the responsibility and dignity of his new place.
 A clergyman from distant state was entertained at their home. He cor responded with Della when he went away and then asked her to marry him.
 'tSuch an arrangement would take you out of the sphere of my influence said her father. "You can do more good here." Della remained with her father.
 Della was thirU-fve. Her cheeks