452 
MAR 2 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Citrranj. 
THE DRUM LAKE EASTER SERVICE. 
A story of the Michigan Pine Woods. 
BY HERBERT W. COLLINGWOOD. 
Copyrighted by the Rural New-Yorker. 
(ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.) 
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IHE meal came to an end all too soon, and 
with many a sigh of satisfaction,the board¬ 
ers filed out of the room. J im Foster informed 
Mrs. McKelve.y that he was “ getting fat 
enough to kill. ’ He considered this the high¬ 
est compliment he could possibly give to her 
cooking. 
Jack Gray had been remarkably silent dur¬ 
ing the meal. The men had all noticed it. 
After breakfast, be walked slowly down the 
street with his bauds in bis pockets, and baited 
in front of Sarcy Sal’s house, glancing hesitat¬ 
ingly up and down the street There was no 
one in sight, so he walked carelessly through 
t ie yard, and entered the house without cere¬ 
mony, and knocked at the door of the inner 
room. 
The door was opened by little Mamie. She 
looked up at hi m with something of fear in 
her face. 
" VVbar’s your inarm, little gal?” asked Jack 
i n his pleasantest tone. 
“ She’s in here,” said Mamie doubtfully,and 
a weak voice on the inside called, “ Come in, 
Jack ” 
Jack pushed the door open and passed in. 
He did not lake off his hat as he would have 
d one in the presence of Mrs. McKelvey. At a 
gesture from the woman, he brought a chair 
up to the side of the bed, and sat down. 
Little Mamie stood near the foot of the bed, 
with her finger in her mouth, looking at him 
with great distrust. 
Jack sat and looked at the woman in silence 
for a time. *• Wall, Sal, how be ye?” he said 
at last. 
* • I don't know, Jack,” she answered feebly, 
“I don’t think 1 shall ever get well. I wish it 
was all over,” and she turned wearily on the 
pillow. 
Jack could offer no consolation. “Is’pose 
yer right Sal,” was all he could say. 
“ Say, Jack,” she said after a pause, “ Who 
is this new Parson? What’s his name?” 
"The new Parson,” said Jack contemptuous¬ 
ly, "is the biggest fool that ever struck 
Drum Lake. It beats all. He don’t know 
esough to pound sand into a rat-hole. He 
dou’t know nothin’. He’s gut some four- 
story name, jest about three times as big ez 
he is.” 
" It isn’t Grayling, is it?’ whispered the 
trembling woman. 
“ Some sech name ez that—a little bunched- 
up chap—but what’s the matter with yo Sal?’ 
be asked almost kindly as the woman covered 
h a r ta^e with her hands, and burst into tears. 
"Ye aiu’c thinkin’ of goin’ to bis church be 
ye.” 
"Yes, Jack, I think I will go. You won’t 
let them hurt me, will you?” and she held out 
her hands appealingly to the rough man. 
"They won’t hurt ye,” Jack said kindly. 
“ There won’t be nothin’ there ter hurt ye, 
’cept its the Parson’s sermon. I’m sorry ter 
see yer so bad, Sal. Yer way dow n ter the 
end of tne rope, but I wish I could pull ye up. 
I don’t s’pcse I kin though. I don’t s’pose 
nobody kin.” 
The wretched woman buried her face in the 
pillow without a word. Jack tilted back in 
his chair to watch her, while little Mamie 
came and held her mother’s hand. 
"Isay, Sal,” broke in Jack at last, "what 
a terrible pretty woman you might hev 
been. Yes” he added, slowly, “terrible 
pretty, an’ good too.” 
The weeping woman shuddered, yet she did 
not speak, for she was thinking of what 
might have beeD. She might have been a 
good woman. She might have made the 
minister’s life asuccess. She might have made 
this man before her a better man. She might 
have done it, and all three knew it well. 
Jack was talking as he bad not talked for 
years. 1 doubt if he ever spoke in like man¬ 
ner again. 
"It beats all what you wimmeu cud doef 
ye would only be wimmen. Ye cud lead us 
right Dp ter death without winkin’ ef ye only 
wanted ter. But ye don’t want ter, an’ so we 
loses faith in ye. A dry goods clerk wavin’ a 
bottle of perfumery kin draw nine out of 
ten gals away from the men they orter be 
bracin’ up. When a real woman comes along, 
she’s ketched up afore we poor fellers has any 
show. But what be I talking about? Here 
I be goin’ on ter preach a sermon. Guess I’ll 
quit afore 1 gets ter takin’ Parson’s bizness 
away frum him,” and Jack started up asham¬ 
ed to think that he had spoken so freely. 
He stopped at the door. “ I’m sorry for ye, 
Sal, an’ I wist ye could brace up, but I don’t 
s’pose ye ever kin. Yer too low down fer that. 
But ef ye ever wants any kelp, jest let me 
know.” 
The Rev. Mr. Grayling waited long and 
patiently for the comiDg of his choir. The 
organization did not put in an appearance, 
and at last he went down to ask Mrs. McKel- 
vey’s advice. 
The good English woman did not like to tell 
him how r he had been imposed upon, so she 
gave some imaginary reason for the non-ap¬ 
pearance of the singers, and finally gave him 
to understand that they probably would not 
be-able to come at all. 
The minister was very sorry for he had 
hoped to make the musical part of his service 
very attractive. He looked so sorrowful that 
Mrs McKelvey’s heart was touched. 
" I’ll tell ye what I’ll do,” she said. “ Them 
Chase gals is great singers, an’ p’rap3 we kin 
git ’em to come and sing fer ’e. Run down 
an’ see, Bill.” 
Mr. McKelvey gladly started on this errand 
of mercy. He was glad to show Drum Lake 
what he could do m the way of clothes when 
he fairly put his mind to it. For the first 
time in many years, he had resurrected the 
long black coat and high cravat that formed 
part of his Sunday suit in England, years be¬ 
fore. 
Mr. McKelvey felt that he had filled a some¬ 
what inferior position in Drum Lake society 
so far. To-day he proposed to show nis fel¬ 
low-citizens just what his proper sphere was. 
His clothes were not perhaps all they might 
have been, yet they were a step in advance at 
least. The great collar looked out most 
solemnly through his thick beard. Time had 
written deep wrinkles on the long coat, and 
Mr. McKelvey had grown portly of late years. 
By a desperate effort he had succeeded in but¬ 
toning the garment about him, nut the seam 
at the back was put to such tremendous work 
that it seemed gasping for breath. 
The Parson went back to the audience room 
to complete his arrangements. He arranged 
the rude benches, and fastened back a spray 
of evergreens that had fallen down over one 
of the windows. It was not long before a 
curious stumping on the stairs warned him of 
the approach of some visitor. He opened the 
door and peered down the narrow passage. 
Mr. McKelvey and two women stood at 
the entrance. The black coat and collar had 
evidently proved too much for the “ Chase 
gals.” 
"Ere we be, Parson,” announced Mr. Mc¬ 
Kelvey. "Parson; this ’ere is Miss Lucy 
Chase, Parson, Miss Mary Chase.” Mr. McKel¬ 
vey did his best to make the introduction in 
the most approved style. His tight coat was 
against him, but he did his best. 
The Parson bowed gravely to his new 
friends. The outside appearance of the new 
choir was hardly more prepossessing than that 
of the old one. Mis3 Mary was a cripple, and 
walked by the aid of a crutch. Her face was 
thin and sharp, and seemed to give one notice 
that her tongue was as keen as a razor. Miss 
Lucy’s face was disfigured by small-pox. 
They booh wore flaming red hoods on their 
heads and great, cloth mittens on their hands 
But Mr. Grayling was too much of a gentle¬ 
man to let the ladies see that he considered 
them ill-looking. “ I am glad you are come, 
ladies,” he said gravely. “Pei haps it will be 
well for us to look over our music, a little.” 
(TO BE CONTINUED.) 
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