| Show CONTINUED from the new york dispatch minister aj w br ny JAMES olare CLAKE miss Span kems zeal is Us wib was to bo be expected exhibited itself in a manner somewhat different she entered upon a regular course of theological reading ta to ah which end she bor borrowed rowed olmo volume 11 after vo volume I 1 the whole of the ministers library placing in each book before returning it iva lva ita a handsome marker ornamented va altone one ono of those didactic sentences with the transcribing of which the most distinguished authors have commenced their literary labors the last of these conven souvenirs irs contained the simple words forget me not worked in blue kiper piper paper and pink ribbon with reddish hair had mr wakefield been as familiar as every bachelor should be with the leading case of bardell vs pickwick he would probably have been more guarded in his conduct lie would have haA known that under ander certain circumstances chops and sauce bauce saucer may become highly inflammatory topics ana and even alley tors and commoners com moneys may loss their innocence As is was he yielded to the demands on his time and patience with a well bred affa ability which its fair recipients were not a ittle little inclined to over interrupt of course it t could not be expected that one of his sacred calline calling would be as forward indis in his advances as is customer cus customary tomar with secular persons andare and are not implied contracts as anding inding binding D in law as those formally entered into inthe in the presence of witnesses besides being much more in harmony with the delicacy of certain situations after exhausting the mi I 1 di library diana dlana introduced into her school a course of catechetical exercises to which she devoted the afternoon of fridays in order to render these occasions more efficiently instructive he deemed it proper to solicit the attendance of the clergyman mr wakefield abo did not feel himself at rd liberty to neglect elect any opportunity of usefulness sefa sefu liess iless yield d his assent As their A paths lay in the ame direction common politeness bequir air d that he should accompany the schoolmistress on her way home at the close ol 01 of I 1 heir mutual labors the school louse tood stood i a short distance dista uee uce from the village tillage fust far enough to render the walk pleasant ant especially ift enlivened ened by agreeable fon ron conversation pon one evel eyel evening jing ous jus as thoy they were returning nd diana was endeavor endeavoring ri n g to elicit ite the Wake fieldon on some ty y cintli s p s age 19 ti abne of her f favorite borit authors liu Ciu thors bill sniffles Spiff aes les yellow 3 liw do dog D suddenly bounded founded into the path before them the animal was certainly uncouth enough but diana should have re y 1 pembe red she had copied the apothegm fren aften enough that evil communications rr apt gob goo good d manners and hence that pill ill lii Spiff ees ies dod dog could scarcely b ba ec acted to be a well mannered brute he fras kias as indeed a cur of low degree as orth less asas agas as as he was ill lii lookingland and armless armless as he was wor worthless As for hydrophobia iro dro ro he half as much dread f water as bill had unaccountable panics will sometimes seize ejze the most intrepid and no sooner id the eyes of diana encounter the beast which she had often before met when jone aone without experiencing the slightest trepidation pi atlon than with a rhes he s maal 1 l hes mad I 1 aishe she i grasped gr asted pm p rm m of her companion and although bill diho was not far off hurried to the spot iud lud ind d protested energetically that the dog do was as sound in mind and body etwas all to would and did faint no ap purpose the lady nd ind their being no other convenient place 3 faint she sh e fainted in mr rm I 1 think tj have already stated she as a person to whom the attribute of ai ivirty in no sense pertained pertain 1 ed a 3 fact of S bich the young cler cier clergyman gyma now experienced mast sensible evid evidence enci t cold water e knew was prescribed in such cases id d there was a branch at hand to carry ie e water to the lady or the lady to the ater that was the for er he knew to be impracticable empra ti cable cabie white ie latter would require him to deposit s burden on the ground which he fit felt be an unpardonable breach of p pro ro lety ety As a last resort he appealed app baled to ill lii who ran to the branch and extern prizing a dipper of his huge wa filled a them with water none of the je leanest anest eanest for in his haste he had taken no lre re to avoid disturbing the tho in mud ud and shing back dashed the contents full fall in ice C e of the unconscious vestal who open her eyes with witha a start which left no abt of her animation being restored lle jie e was not however immediately able to aport port herself and was still sustained by y wakefield when she heard from his big continued on cage page pago 88 ss continued from me page bri ii lips P s with a thrill of ecstatic delight the p precious brecious words my dear miss alisi spanker Sp ankem do endeavor to compose yourself their is really no danger d 1 what more could he have said llad had he not held her in his ids arms and called hen hep his dear and further intimated that she apprehend iio io danger when he was present to protect her with a look of ineffable tenderness she murmured her thanks and feeling herself sufficiently recovered to resume her walk with a little assistance from the arm of her protector 66 residue of the way was soon accomplished when she retired to her apartment to enjoy in secret the prospective disappointment of that insaf insufferable fe hypocritical canting intriguing old maid sophronia headset Dead set but bat the last named damsel felt perfectly secure for all that although she had haq never fainted in mr Wake fields arms if I 1 an anything could have made her faint it would have been the bare thought of such a situation and although he had never called her endearing names or offered her protection their flum numerous erous confidential religious interviews had left no doubt in her mind of his complete sympathy with all her feelings and sentiments then for a clergyman tb remain a bachelor w when h en their are so many duties to be performed in every cofie congregation wre gre gation which appropriately devolve upon the ministers wife was utterly inconsistent with the immutable fitness of things 0 and when she should be called to fill that important and responsible station she felt feit was only a question of time toward the close of his first year mr wakefield announced to his congre congregation atlon that circumstance circumstances s rendered his absence for lor a few fow weeks imperatively necessary and that his pulpit would in tha the meantime be occupied by a young friend who had 6 been een kind enough to pl place ace aee his services at his bis 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