Sweet_Secrets
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Number One with a Bullet. (With Polycoms.)
"... If there's any reason for those not to be married, please approach my wife or I to let us know the reasons the nuptials of the announced couples," Arthur Jane, the priest of the St. Ursala's Virgins Church, said into the microphone to the small but attentive crowd before him. "I bless you all in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Go in peace to serve the Lord."
"Thanks be to God," they all replied but many of them, if not all, stayed to sing the final song as Elizabeth Jane -- The wife of Arthur and the mother of Margaret Jane, their only child -- began to play the small organ they had installed in their humble church. Their daughter, a beauty known for her large, blue eyes, sang the loudest and certainly the most beautiful.
Though the people who came were quite polite, some of the boys and even men sneaked looks at the young woman and admired her beauty. One could not blame them, for she was full in figure but graceful in her poise and manners. Her chocolate brown hair pulled back in a French braid to show her clear skin, the rosy complexion complimenting the simple white dress, stockings and shoes she wore for this Sunday Mass. Yes, she was the pride and joy for both the parents and those who knew her.
She was a rare girl, someone who kept her word and her values at the same time, refusing to give into temptation though she lived in none other than New York City.
The type of place that New York City was was the whole reason why she and her parents were here. With the mafia taking over the streets of the people, Prohibition in full swing, crime rates going up; it looked like the City That Never Sleeps was plagued endlessly with troubles and vices.
Her parents, good natured souls and admittedly ones for adventures deep in their wanderlust hearts, wanted to spread the word of the Lord further beyond their small town in Vermont. So when they heard of the crime rates, issues and situations that befell New York daily, they thought it would be the perfect place to start. So they moved there, uprooting everything they have and know, to help battle against the corruption and sin that was all but encouraged there in the Big Apple. It was, at first, scary, especially when some mafia people threatened her parents to get them to pay a 'protection fee, but it has been okay ever since.
So far, their battle has been going well with new people coming to the church almost everyday thanks to Arthur's encouragement that all people of faiths and pasts come here to see the 'basic message of God'.
After the people had finally left, and when Arthur was finished being respected by the people who approached him or blessed all the children and babies that were handed to him, the Jane family stayed behind to clean the small church and help prepare for tomorrow morning's Mass once again.
"How are we tonight, Elizabeth?" Arthur asked as he helped Margaret mop the wooden floors. He was referring to the church donations they gave out every night, both their incomes and their fundings and budget for the church.
Elizabeth sighed as she set down the last donation basket she was checking, her dark hair pulled back into a tightly pulled back bun. It gave her a sharp look, only made sharper by the frown she wore on her pretty face. "Only a hundred dollars in total," Elizabeth said when she finished the calculations. "We have enough to pay for Maggie's schooling and for half the rent here... But that's it. Even I can't stretch the money enough to support our bills, supplies and such."
"Hmmm," Arthur said thoughtfully, not seemingly troubled. "The Lord shall provide for us, Elizabeth. Do not worry. At least little Maggie--" At this point, a large smile blossoms onto his handsome, tanned face and he reaches over to pink the blushing cheek of his daughter. "-- shall have her education! A girl must have brains and beauty, love."
"But Papa," Margaret protested, looking worried for the fate of her small church and her parents, "how will we ever get by then? We must pay by next month or we'll lose the church! How can we help people during these dark days of the Prohibition if we cannot help ourselves."
"Fear not, Maggie," he assured his sweet dear. "Nothing shall happen to us. The Lord sends only obstacles we can overcome. What is the worst that can happen, after all? Everything shall be fine. Do not worry about it. Your mother and I shall take care of it."
"Of course, Papa," Margaret said. Her father was right. What's the worse that could happen?
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We're going down, down in an earlier round
And Sugar, we're going down swinging
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it
-- "Sugar, We're Going Down Swinging" by Fall Out Boy
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We're going down, down in an earlier round
And Sugar, we're going down swinging
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it
-- "Sugar, We're Going Down Swinging" by Fall Out Boy
______________________________________________
"... If there's any reason for those not to be married, please approach my wife or I to let us know the reasons the nuptials of the announced couples," Arthur Jane, the priest of the St. Ursala's Virgins Church, said into the microphone to the small but attentive crowd before him. "I bless you all in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Go in peace to serve the Lord."
"Thanks be to God," they all replied but many of them, if not all, stayed to sing the final song as Elizabeth Jane -- The wife of Arthur and the mother of Margaret Jane, their only child -- began to play the small organ they had installed in their humble church. Their daughter, a beauty known for her large, blue eyes, sang the loudest and certainly the most beautiful.
Though the people who came were quite polite, some of the boys and even men sneaked looks at the young woman and admired her beauty. One could not blame them, for she was full in figure but graceful in her poise and manners. Her chocolate brown hair pulled back in a French braid to show her clear skin, the rosy complexion complimenting the simple white dress, stockings and shoes she wore for this Sunday Mass. Yes, she was the pride and joy for both the parents and those who knew her.
She was a rare girl, someone who kept her word and her values at the same time, refusing to give into temptation though she lived in none other than New York City.
The type of place that New York City was was the whole reason why she and her parents were here. With the mafia taking over the streets of the people, Prohibition in full swing, crime rates going up; it looked like the City That Never Sleeps was plagued endlessly with troubles and vices.
Her parents, good natured souls and admittedly ones for adventures deep in their wanderlust hearts, wanted to spread the word of the Lord further beyond their small town in Vermont. So when they heard of the crime rates, issues and situations that befell New York daily, they thought it would be the perfect place to start. So they moved there, uprooting everything they have and know, to help battle against the corruption and sin that was all but encouraged there in the Big Apple. It was, at first, scary, especially when some mafia people threatened her parents to get them to pay a 'protection fee, but it has been okay ever since.
So far, their battle has been going well with new people coming to the church almost everyday thanks to Arthur's encouragement that all people of faiths and pasts come here to see the 'basic message of God'.
After the people had finally left, and when Arthur was finished being respected by the people who approached him or blessed all the children and babies that were handed to him, the Jane family stayed behind to clean the small church and help prepare for tomorrow morning's Mass once again.
"How are we tonight, Elizabeth?" Arthur asked as he helped Margaret mop the wooden floors. He was referring to the church donations they gave out every night, both their incomes and their fundings and budget for the church.
Elizabeth sighed as she set down the last donation basket she was checking, her dark hair pulled back into a tightly pulled back bun. It gave her a sharp look, only made sharper by the frown she wore on her pretty face. "Only a hundred dollars in total," Elizabeth said when she finished the calculations. "We have enough to pay for Maggie's schooling and for half the rent here... But that's it. Even I can't stretch the money enough to support our bills, supplies and such."
"Hmmm," Arthur said thoughtfully, not seemingly troubled. "The Lord shall provide for us, Elizabeth. Do not worry. At least little Maggie--" At this point, a large smile blossoms onto his handsome, tanned face and he reaches over to pink the blushing cheek of his daughter. "-- shall have her education! A girl must have brains and beauty, love."
"But Papa," Margaret protested, looking worried for the fate of her small church and her parents, "how will we ever get by then? We must pay by next month or we'll lose the church! How can we help people during these dark days of the Prohibition if we cannot help ourselves."
"Fear not, Maggie," he assured his sweet dear. "Nothing shall happen to us. The Lord sends only obstacles we can overcome. What is the worst that can happen, after all? Everything shall be fine. Do not worry about it. Your mother and I shall take care of it."
"Of course, Papa," Margaret said. Her father was right. What's the worse that could happen?
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