A Changed Man and Other Tales

the pulpit one Sunday an unknown face. This was the face of a new curate.

to his congregation; a mixed one always, for though the Hussars occupied the body of the building, its nooks and corners were crammed with civili

gentle eloquence of Mr. Sainway operated like a charm upon those accustomed only to the higher and dr

court of assize, had to be got through before the real interest began; and on reaching home the question was simply: Who preached, and how did he handle his subject? Even had an archbishop officiated in the

furniture, she thought he was somebody else, for he had not come upstairs humm

she said without looking up

much, th

s,' she murmure

mean the new parson! He wants us to sto

ooked u

s the few rational beings hereabouts

at the pieces played are profane, or mundane, or inane, or something-not what

was the b

ny even of those who attended in the morning at Mr. Sainway's service; and little boys who ought to have been listening to t

or three weeks, when suddenly remembering it she aske

l you. I've made his acquaintan

f the officers did not give the presumptuous c

that. He's a stunning

, 'There's a good deal in Sainway's argument about having no band on Sunday afternoo

ed to hear yo

e naturally don't wish to offend the inha

the

but so it was that, to the disappointment of musicians, the grief of out-walking lovers, and the regret of the junior

others for respectability's sake. None so orthodox as your unmitigated worldling. A more remarkable event was the sight to the man in the window of Captain Maumbry and Mr. Sainw

p between the two men went on for nearly a year, when Mr. Sainway was presented to a living in a densely-populated town in the midland counties. He bade the parishioners of his old place a reluctant farewell and departed, the touching sermon he preached on the occasion being published by th

never greatly sympathized with the impressive parson; indeed, she had been secretly glad that he had gone away to better himself. He had considerably diminished the pleasures of a woman by w

ou lately, dear,' he said one morning at breakfa

guessed

of retiring

ha

sed to say to me so earnestly. And I feel certain I shall be right in obey

be a p

es

at shou

arson's

' she a

can you

rather!' she

get accustomed to the idea, for I am constrained to carry it out, though it is against my

yes; 'do you mean to say seriously that you are

church militant; but I don't want to offen

dim firelight in her room. She did not know he had entered; and he

have told me!' The Captain grew ve

Captain Maumbry had retired from the ---th Hussars and gone