Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-01-25
Hepsey Burke
A Sister to David Haru171
By F. N. Westcott
SYNOPSIS
BY F. N. Westcott

SYNOPSIS
Chapter 1. Rev. Donald Maxwell. a
his first charge in the decadent noun
tain village of Durford. He Is met by
Hepsey Burke. a large woman, with Ita
Is accompanied BY her 14-year-old son
Nicolas and junior ,rde warden Of ontne the
church, Jonathan an Jackson tesa dss1in Hepseg
with senior warden Bascom, who is &C.
customed to run parish affairs. They
cfIr. efE5y' at her home named Thunder
Chapter 2. While Maxwell is un-
packing, he is visited by Hepsey, who
tells him Of his predecessor, Rev. Whit
under under his 81 surpiice was accused by the
congregation of going without trousers.
Virginia Bascom, daughter, of the SEN
back, but she afterward confessed she
did not know what celibacy meant.
Chapter 3. Maxwell gets. first i'm
preesions of Durford on drive with
and aspisk his Episeopal church the smallest
of all. The rectory is badly. in need of
repair. Maxwell meets senior warden
Maxwell also meets Virginia Bascom,
an old maid, who advises Maxwell to
70 In best social set, and invites him to
the Bascom home.
Chapter 4. Maxwell writes long
letter to his sweetheart about his ex-
periences. He finds the people narrow,
aS aSe mas asose He IS one and
II he had not promised the bishop to
stay he would quickly return to her.
he feels he must organize the congre-
Chapter s. Hepsey Burke going into
discovers picture Of Maxwelrs sweet
sss heaven PetSsy Ssd on left the M mans asfs
Erasping the situation Hepsey decides
TO consult her next door neighbor jon
orlr fhn ittn Nyn nr1a yyh hn
is widower. She finds Jackson mend
ing his trousers. He invites Hepsey in
And the two sit in the parhlGr
early marriage to the girl whose pic
ture Hepsey Burke had seen. 1t is de-
that the be- be pns In
for the bride. Jackson agrees to assist
Hepsey in -remodeling the rectory. AS
her. but Hepsey appears not to hear
him and hurries away.
Chapter 6: Hepsey Burke proposes
that missionary tea be held at her
reads ne papsr on
She is Interrupted by Nicholas Burke
and a playmate who disrupt the meet
storg %ndow fSRs Miss fFS
does not get to finish her paper. Max
well takes, Miss Bascom home. Miss
Bascom tells Maxwell that his SER
mons and presence are an inspiration
to her and that she has taken a diff
ferent view of life.
Chapter z. Thinking that Maxwell
looks distressed Hepsey Burke seeks
to draw him out. She asks him wheth-
er he is considering getting married.
Maxwell is non-committaL Hepsey
Burke tells him that If he does get
married she will see him through, but
advises him to consider %. g,
Chapter 8. With the cooperation of
the entire parish with the exception
OF tn. senior warden, Sylvester Bas-
com, Maxwell begins to feel more at
home. Miss Virginia Bascom becomes
an ardent church worker. She organ
iEes a Browning Club to keep girls off
the streets at night and launches a
Mothers Meeting and an Ectical Gull
ture Society. Miss Bascom is, however,
domed to failure in her various enter
prises, particularly when she endeavors
to open a Day, Nursery. Several babies
are secured, but an epidemic of measles
develops and the nursery is compelled
to close its DOORS