Four Girls at Chautauqua

or of the Fourth, and some of the sheep belonging to these respective flocks supposed the two churches to be rivals, but the pastors thereof never thought of such a thing. On the contr

said Mr. Harrison, as they shook hands in that hearty way whi

shrugged hi

nvassed, it would have been impossible to have made more curious selectio

't a member of th

ave they an atom of interest in any such matters

back with a wholesome interest aroused in Sunday-schoo

y are an injury to the cause. I want Sunday-school workers who have a personal, vital sense of the wor

on looked

ou in thinking that they should at least be Christians. Still, I suppose

hat we would be refreshed, bodily and mentally, and, for that matter, spiritually. If the whole world were converted I should vote for Chautauqua with a loud voice; but I am more than fearful as to the influence of such meetings on the masses-the unconverted world. They will go ther

influences. It makes me gloomy to think of the fruitful field such a place will be for the fertile brain of that little Eurie Mitchell. She is too wild now for civilized life The four walls of the church and the sacred associations connected with the building serve to keep her only half controlled

ne of them credit for honesty or genuine interest. He says it is a running away from work, a regular shirking of what they ought to b

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to his dull brain, that thinks itself such a sharp one, that the leaders thereof are men responsible to no one save God and their own consciences for

o make money; a grand speculation, whereby the fortunes of these same leaders

s went upward in that pecu

ow! Shouldn't you suppose people with common sense would have some faint idea of the immense expenses to be involved in such an undertak

hen the meeting closed; though, as you say, I doubt the probability. But they force no one to come; it is a matter for individual decision, and they render a fair equivalent for every c

Dennis, heartily; "they ought to; non

ed as holding these views as to forget all about him, else they certainly would not have been gui

ne. Take it in my own church. We are so situated, or we think ourselves so situated, that not a single one of the earnest, hearty workers who would come back to us with a blessing for thems

o the party. I imagine a bevy of them being entertained by Eurie Mitchell. She can do it, and she is looking forward to just that sort of thing, for I heard her rejoicing over it. That girl will be injured by Chautauqua; I kn

Perhaps relief will come

houlder

patience that the wind shall blow in the exact direction where it can do her the most harm. Going to Chautauqua with the influences that will surround her, with Mi

lbur at all. Is she al

face was d

ike to be known as such, because it would be likely to affect her position in the school

been half inclined to be envious of you because you were to hear so directly from the meeting, but

the whole thing. It will result disastr

, apparently beyond all repeal, the brethren

drop of oil. It was trimmed with a contrasting shade of silk, and trimmed profusely; yards of gathered trimming, headed by yards of flat pleating, and that in turn headed by yards of folds. The dainty sack and hat, and the four-buttoned gloves, were as faultless as to fit and as delicate in color as the dress. In short, Miss Flossy looked as though she might be ready for an evening concert. Moreover, she felt as if she were, or at least she had an uncomfortable consciousness as to clothes. She kept a nervous lookout for the lower flounce whenever the crowd of people surged her way, and brushed vigorously at t

that had passed utterly by her, was Miss Erskine. She looked like one of those ladies whom gentlemen in their wisdom

ire toilet, everything matched, everything was fresh and spotless, and arranged with an eye to remaining so. I am willing to concede that she was faultlessly dressed, and it was a real pleasure to see her thus. But I am also anxious to have the gentlemen understand that that same simple att

al. That was Eurie's dress. Skirt of one kind and overdress of another. A very economical fashion, and one not destined to last long, because of its economy, and the fact that very elegant ladies rather curl their lips at it, and call it the "patchwork style." Eurie from necessity rather than choice adopted it, and it was also her misfortune rather than her taste that the col

n linen polonaise; her black hat with a band of velvet about it, fastened by a single heavy knot, and her somewhat worn black gloves completed her toilet, and she looked ev

ho deserves attention.

nd played with it car

y yourselves in the woods? I don't believe one of you has an idea

handsome head. "We are sick of the season, and want to get away fr

e a disdainful shrug to his shoulders. "Out in the backwo

t our destinies. I have no doubt they are lurking for us behind some of the trees. Just you meet the evening train of Wednesday, two

ore lingering in the case of Miss Erskine than the others, and with that prophetic sentence s