Hepsey Burke

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hough heaven knows that is mighty little, to be with you and get you to talk to me, and let me tell you all that has happened since I left you. But instead of that I am alone in my

sity and kindness to each other. I hope to be able to adjust my mental equilibrium to the situation before long and to learn to understand them better; I find that a country parson must be a man of many accomplishments, and that I have to learn my profession all over again. Yesterday I called on a poor shriveled old woman who, I was told, was in trouble. When I asked her wh

ble nights in consequence. Every morning Nickey and I take the milk down to the creamery before breakfast. I am so tanned that you would hardly recognize me; and I must confess with shame that I am never more h

ay life of these people. My friend Mrs. Burke has a fund of common sense and worldly wisdom which is worth more than any Ph.D. or S.T.D. represents, to help a man to meet the hard facts of life successfully; and she has been very nice and considerate in making suggestions to me--always wrapped up in a humor all her own. I have found it p

in milking. Mrs. Burke carefully explained to me the modus operandi I was to pursue; and so, taking the tin pail between my knees, I seated myself on the three-legged stool by the side of Louise, and timidly began operations. She

before she'll give down. She thinks that you are too familiar o

t much in common, and I was at a loss where to begin. But so

nd if it doesn't change, we shall ce

In fact, she ignored my remark in the most c

see you. No lady wants to be talked

some clover, patted her on the neck, rubbed her

ee scholarships in Harvard; and I graduated second in my class at the General Sem. Furthermore,

med operations, the milk poured into the pail, and Mrs. Burke was just congratulating me on my complete success, when, by some accident the stool slipped, and I fell over backwards, and the who

e, I will take you out and introduce you to Louis

"qualify" according to his own expressed notions of what a country parson should be. But I rather suspect th

sometimes. If I had not pledged myself to the Bishop to stay and work the parish together into some

was a po

at the top. She is, naturally, a capable, dominating character; and often I watch how she forces herself to let persuasiveness take precedence of combativeness. Her acquired philosophy, as applied to