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- Chapter 1: Monday Morning
-
- Framed in the multipane window of Dr. Fenwick's study,
- the view is prettier than a painting. Indiana farms framed
- by split rail fences built by God-fearing people certify the
- order of Jefferson County and Middleburg's First Baptist
- Church is the benchmark.
-
- Monday morning is a quiet time in a pastor's office. A
- day alone, no secretary, he can reflect on the week that was
- and the one to be, but wonders why young Mrs. Brown wanted
- to see him privately? The strain in her voice was clear.
- His favorite parishioner; he married the young beauty to
- Gordon Brown III, second son of a landed squire. Teaching
- Sunday School brilliantly to teenagers, who love her dearly,
- youthful, beautiful and poised; she is perfect.
-
- Cloaked by farms guarded by Sycamore sentries, Middle-
- burg is served by covered bridges. But, on this day in 1957
- things look very modern through the window of Dr. Fenwick's
- office when young Mrs. Brown's new Chevrolet Bel Air pulls
- into the parking lot.
-
- She emerges from the car a vision of loveliness in a
- full skirt and white blouse. The cute rounded collar makes
- her look more like an English school girl than a middlewest-
- ern matron. She wears a broad white hat that all but covers
- her lovely face. Elizabeth is never without a pair of
- fashionable pumps with high heels clicking curtly on the
- curved walk, she struts to his office in a cadence of seem-
- ing confidence. He opens the carved wooden door.
-
- "Good morning my dear." he says with more than perfunc-
- tory politeness. She flashes a smile, but on her face are
- lines of concern only a pastor can see. "Please, come in
- and sit down, my dear." Wordless, she enters the office
- alighting on a chair before his desk. Crossing her lovely
- legs and twirling one pump restlessly, she perches pensive-
- ly. He closes the door and takes his seat.
-
- "How is marriage my dear?" he asks brightly. Her
- cheeks flush; she responds, "It's not quite what I imagined,
- but..." She draws a deep breath and stares at the his old
- fraternity paddle hanging on the wall.
-
- More a trophy of college days than a tool of his trade,
- he has put it to use but a few times and most recently when
- one of Elizabeth's students uttered the "F" word in her
- class. Had something of this sort happened again?
-
- Dr. Fenwick let the moment fix. The paneled office,
- graced with cases of religious and philosophical tomes fea-
- turs an alter with Jesus on the cross starring down in his
- death agony. With bronze blood oozing from carved wounds,
- he documents the Christian passion for pain. As music is
- the arrangement of sound to produce an emotional response,
- then religious sculpture is the creation of symbols for
- power.
-
- She looks down for a moment, then up at Dr. Fenwick,
- "I hope you won't think me inappropriately curious, but I
- wonder of the way you paddled Donney Miller, the day he,
- well..."
-
- "Oh yes." he interrupts to avoid direct reference to
- Donney's sinful utterance. Mrs. Brown brought him directly
- to the sanctuary office and on her complaint alone, Dr.
- Fenwick inflicted severe corporal punishment.
-
- "Do you have doubt, Elizabeth?"
-
- "Oh no! It happened! And, you were right, but why did
- you ask me to leave the room?"
-
- He blushes. Surprised to feel warm cheeks at 40, but
- courage carries him through. Struck with the bloom of
- Elizabeth's youthful womanhood, he can only roam over the
- curves of her cheeks, chin and it's dimple. Her's is the
- loveliest face in the county and here she is in the morning
- light of a new day, in a new week, asking a question he
- strains to answer.
-
- "Elizabeth," he begins with difficulty, "we do that
- sort of thing... uh, bareback..." He is clearly embar-
- rassed to say the paddle is applied to naked flesh. "This
- is really not a discussion on which we have to delve, Mrs.
- Brown. Is it?" he says reminding her of her position. She
- drops her gaze to her foot and draws a breath as she twirls
- her pointy pump, directing him away from his point, but Dr.
- Fenwick savors the seconds when he can stare at her fine,
- long leg, perfect ankle and artfully curved shoe.
-
- The moment freezes until leaves flutter in a rush of
- spring air telling of a coming storm. Hanging from a single
- peg, emblazoned with the symbols "TKE," the old paddle hangs
- in repose tellin of wood grain memorialized in stain and
- shellac. How could anything so beautiful have as it's only
- purpose the delivery of pain?
-
- "Tau Kappa Epsilon" she proclaims, breaking the moment.
- Her mind has been as busy as his has been blank. While he
- ponders the space where his feelings founder, she gathers
- strength in the darkness she seeks to illuminate.
-
- "Yes," he responds with a smile, "my old fraternity.
- Probably the greatest days of my life." He grins only for a
- moment, but quickly adds, "Save those of my marriage. Poor
- Mildred..." His eyes drop.
-
- "We all miss her so..." consoles Elizabeth. "She was
- such a fine woman. And, to go that way..."
-
- "She is with God..." intones Dr. Fenwick.
-
- "Could I hold it?" she asks.
-
- Dr. Fenwick is surprised, but without question rises to
- take the board from the wall and hands it to the fair Eliza-
- beth.
-
- "This will be the first time I've taken it from the
- wall without using it. Perhaps I shouldn't break tradition."
- Her eyebrows rise. Then she smiles slightly and blinks,
- but says nothing, clearing her throat.
-
- "What is your interest, Elizabeth?" he asks.
-
- "Dr. Fenwick," she begins. "When Donney uttered that
- word in my Sunday school class, I thought I would die!" She
- pets the paddle as if it were a cat and continues, "But
- then, with one spanking you made him a new person. He's
- been wonderful since. Is it a miracle?"
-
- "That is a good question, Elizabeth. A fair question
- indeed." Dr. Fenwick sits back in his armchair to ponder,
- putting his fingers together not in prayer but in thought,
- defining a sphere in space as if he were holding a crystal
- ball.
-
- "Is it a miracle? I can only say if spanking is suffi-
- ciently severe, they seem... Yes, they see the light of
- God!" He looks up in revelation as the young woman contin-
- ues to pet the paddle.
-
- "Of what is it made?" she asked pleasantly.
-
- "Oh this is ash. A very tough wood."
-
- "Its so smooth..." she coos.
-
- "Not on the receiving end."
-
- "What does it feel like?"
-
- Well, it's difficult to explain, easy to demonstrate,
- but painful to appreciate." he smiles, but now his curiosi-
- ty is rising, along with a new warmth in his genitals.
-
- "What do you really seek?" he asks.
-
- She runs her long fingers over the paddle and says, "I
- think it is here, Dr. Fenwick." she sucks a deep breath. "I
- believe it is right here... The miracle you achieved in
- paddling Donney Miller is one I need now."
-
- "You have another candidate for spanking?"
-
- "Yes." she looks down for a moment.
-
- "And who would that be? Someone who has been bad in Sunday
- School?"
-
- "Not someone who has been bad, but someone taken by the
- Devil."
-
- "The Devil?"
-
- "Dr. Fenwick," she blurts, "it's me! I need this!
- Please rid me of Satan!" She looks down and covers her face
- with both hands, but then as she starts to cry, the paddle
- falls to the floor. Dr. Fenwick rises from his chair to
- pick it up and as he holds it in his right hand, touches her
- on the shoulder with his left.
-
- "Tell me what you mean, my dear." he orders.
-
- She lifts her blushing face and begins to explain.
-
- "When Gordon fell in love with me I knew I didn't
- really love him. I liked him a lot, but he is such a boy
- and..."
-
- "Are you going to tell that you favor his older brother
- Tod?"
-
- "Oh Dr. Fenwick!" she exclaimed, "Does it show?"
-
- "Not really my dear, but old preachers are intuitive
- and..."
-
- "You're not an old preacher, Dr. Fenwick."
-
- "Well, I'm 40 and I'm a widower. I feel old, but we're
- not discussing me."
-
- "I love Tod, but he has never married, and I don't
- think he ever will. He's, well, different."
-
- "Tod is very sophisticated."
-
- "Yes, he wants to go to New York to become a hairdress-
- er, but his father won't hear of it. He wants Tod to learn
- the family business, swine husbandry."
-
- "So you thought you would eventually fall in love with
- Gordon?"
-
- "Oh yes, I did and I will, but I have to get Tod out of
- my system. The Devil is in me. Please Dr. Fenwick, help
- me! Spank the devil out of me!"
-
- "Elizabeth, my dear, you've done no wrong and I don't
- think the paddle will solve your problem." he says as he
- places it on the desk and returns to his seat.
-
- "Let some time pass. Have a baby with Gordon, then
- you'll turn to him with all the love God will give you."
-
- "Pastor," she sobs, "Gordon is sterile. He had mumps
- as a child and perhaps that is why I want Tod so much. He
- could give me a baby!"
-
- Dr. Fenwick sees the young woman's dilemma. She has
- become obsessed with Tod sinfully.
-
- "My dear," he begins, "I think we should go to God for
- guidance. Let us retire to the sanctuary and kneel before
- the alter."
-
- The rectory office had been an architectural after-
- thought and the hall to the main sanctuary is narrow,long
- and winding to a door just behind the pulpit. He opens the
- door and leads the way to the altar where they kneel before
- white shrine featuring Jesus on the Cross.
-
- "Dear God give us direction. Elizabeth is deeply trou-
- bled and has asked for a way to deal with her problems.
- Please God, give us a sign." He is silent and Elizabeth
- closes her eyes. Then he looks on her loveliness. There on
- her knees, her head bowed and eyes closed, her long hair
- flowing over her shoulders, he can only wonder what could be
- troubling this incredible creature of God's creation. The
- collar gracing her long neck and cravat give her a school
- girls aura, but she is a woman. Her skirt is full, virtual-
- ly in bloom, and from it jut her long legs and pure white
- pumps with slim high heels. Dr. Fenwick is very erect.
-
- In the distance a thunderstorm blasts a lightning bolt
- to earth and they feel it in their stomachs and knees.
-
- "Oh God!" she exclaims, "I that's it!" Her voice is
- like a bell ringing in his brain.
-
- "Yes!" he agrees. Now he will oblige her. Elizabeth
- will be paddled! Paddled severely. The Devil be damned!
-
- Elizabeth opens her eyes and turns to Pastor Fenwick.
- "Please Dr. Fenwick, help me."
-
- "God has spoken, Elizabeth, and I will..."
-
- "Oh thank you." she exclaims with great warmth.
-
- Somewhat surprised by the quick resolution of the
- issue, Dr. Fenwick finds it necessary to remain on his knees
- for a while so he chatters while he tries to gain control of
- his genitalia.
-
- "Elizabeth," he begins, "we have to proceed carefully
- as we want to be discreet and serve God."
-
- "Oh yes, Dr. Fenwick." she says with great reverence.
- Her relief and anticipation are clear. "I feel better
- already..."
-
- He has administered a few paddlings to miscreant boys
- in the congregation, but this would be his first female and
- he has to think it through.
-
- "When do you want to do this?" he asks gingerly, biding
- for time.
-
- "Now." she replies without hesitation. "Gordon is gone
- for a few days and I'll be alone."
-
- "All right." he gulps, rising and giving her his hand.
-
- In silence they return down the dark hall to his of-
- fice, closing the doors behind them. He locks the reception
- room door and says, "Wait out here, Elizabeth. I want you
- to pray and I need to prepare." She smiles and sits.
-
- Back in his office Dr. Fenwick improvises preparations
- for an exorcistic paddling as the thunderstorm builds. He
- places a heavy straight-backed chair in front of the wall
- facing Jesus on the Cross. Christ would look down on the
- proceedings. Then he ties two purple sash cords to the side
- arms just below the seat. He retires to his desk where he
- makes notes and rehearses what he will say during the ritu-
- al. It is all very important if it is going to be effective
- and have the proper prayerful tone.
-
- Meanwhile back in the reception room Elizabeth watches
- the old church clock click off the seconds and minutes while
- lightning blasts outside. The anticipation is almost more
- than she can bear. She thinks of poor Donney Miller scream-
- ing and wondering if it will really hurt that much. Still,
- she wants the devil out of her and it worked so well with
- Donney, but now she is scared and feels like running!
-
- If she left he would not think ill of her. "He'll never
- mention it." she whispers. But her purse is in the office!
- Was this God's way of seeing to it that she would be pad-
- dled? Surely, it is a sign. She wants to rid herself of
- the Devil's urge to have sex with her brother-in-law Tod.
- But then she remembers the way Donney Miller sounded when he
- got ten swats. "Oh my!" she says aloud. The pleading and
- moaning, but Donney changed from the town bad boy to one of
- the best boys and found freedom in discipline. "Praise the
- Lord." she whispers.
-
- Her eyes rise to the cross on the wall where Christ
- hangs on nails. "He died on the cross for me." she intones.
- Pain is part of Christianity and hers will be tiny compared
- to His. She will be better for it. She will be released.
-
- "How long will he be?" she wonders as the thunder and
- lightning continue.
-
- "Thinking about it is worse than getting it." she
- remembers having heard and now she's having an anxiety
- attack. She can't run. Her legs are like rubber and she
- wonders if she can even walk. Her heart is pounding.
-
- The wall clock in Pastor Fenwick's office shows 9:30
- AM. The chime makes one "bong" and the doorknob begins to
- turn. Elizabeth feels the terror of every junior high school
- bad boy about to "to get it." She cannot stand, but he
- offers his hand and as she rises says, "Pastor Fenwick, I
- want to apologize for having made this necessary."
-
- "Thank you my dear." He responds. "Come inside." She
- enters the office and looks at the paddle, now waiting on
- the chair. Her eyes are like saucers. She is virtually
- limp and he leads her to the chair, putting her hands on the
- top. She is trembling.
-
- "Let us pray." he intones. "Jesus, guide us and help
- us rid our beloved Elizabeth of the devil within. Let her
- see the light. The light of your love." With that he turns
- to her and says, "Elizabeth, bend over the chair and grab
- the sides just above the seat." Without a word she bends
- over it, grabbing the sidearms and in a moment he ties her
- wrists with the improvized sash cords.
-
- "Pastor," she asks, "may I kiss the paddle." He lifts
- the board to her lips, she leaves a greasy imprint on the
- shellacked surface. "Oh Jesus," she said, "drive this devil
- from me."
-
- Without a word Reverend Fenwick raises her skirt and
- throws it up and over her buttocks. She draws a deep breath
- and utters "Oh!"
-
- "Take ten deep breaths, my dear." he orders in a firm
- voice. She gulps and takes two, saying, "Oh Pastor, I..."
-
- "Continue. Don't look back." he orders as he touches
- the blade to her buttocks to take aim. There will be no
- backing out now and she pants in anticipation as the sky
- rumbles as rain begins to fall in sheets. Suddenly another
- bolt of lightning crashes to earth.
-
- As she draws a breath he admires her long legs graced
- by garter straps and seamed nylons. The tall pumps give her
- legs perfect curves. She is magnificent and he feels great
- forces rising within. She takes the tenth breath and he
- raises the board from her buttocks.
-
- "Don't look." he orders, "Straight down and think
- about why you are here. Now you want Tod and that is a
- sin." He swings the paddle back and quickly it flashes
- through the air on its way to:
-
- "SPLAT!"
-
- It strikes and Elizabeth is surprised to feel only
- great pressure, no pain! Then her stunned buttocks rebound
- and overwhelmed nerves come to life. The stinging starts.
- "Oh!" she draws a breath. "Jesus is the Lord!" he yells and
- draws back.
-
- "SPLAT!"
-
- Now there is no wait for stinging. Her heels leave the
- floor as she rises on her toes and cries, "Ahooooo....."
- "Out Satan, out from this good Christian!" as lightning
- crashes near the church.
-
- "SPLAT!"
-
- "Ahhhhhh!...." she wails as the third blow lands.
- "Praise the Lord!" he sings and pulls back again.
-
- "SPLAT!"
-
- "Ahhooo..." she screams and chokes, but no one hears
- her in the roar of the storm. She gasps and sobs as he
- pauses for a moment, yelling, "Go down the path to judge-
- ment. Go to the Lord, he sees you and all your sins. Pray
- to him!" and he takes a mighty backswing.
-
- "Oh God, please stop!" she yells, but...
-
- "SPLAT!"
-
- The fifth blow lands squarely on her flaming fanny and
- she can only moan, "Ohhh..." as tears gush from her face and
- mucous runs from her nose as she gags. "Come to Jesus!" he
- intones.
-
- "SPLAT!"
-
- The sixth swat strikes her now brilliant red buttocks
- and she once again rises on her toes, lifting her heels up
- and outward. "Ahooo..." she moans like a copulating cat.
- Reverend Fenwick is silent. Now he only wants to finish the
- job as thunder continues and lightning crashes ever closer.
-
- "SPLAT!"
-
- The seventh swat brings only a moan and a great quiver-
- ing. Elizabeth is incoherent, crying and drooling. "God
- will forgive you, Elizabeth." he says solemnly.
-
- "SPLAT!"
-
- The eighth swat lands squarely on her buttocks, but now
- they are beginning to undulate strangely and she yells
- another "Ahooo..." He pauses and she manages to yell, "I
- see it... I see it..."
-
- "SPLAT!"
-
- The paddle strikes for the ninth time and she can only
- utter "Ahhhh...." "Praise the Lord!" he yells as he draws
- back for what would be the last time and...
-
- "SPLAT!"
-
- "Come to Jesus!" he yells, but Elizabeth jerks upward
- and shits. Excrement lands with a great "plop" on the
- hardwood floor and she cries, "Oh God. I see the light! I
- see Him..." Pastor Fenwick is astounded and kneels down to
- untie her, taking her in his arms. She is quivering.
-
- "Use my bathroom." he orders and she wobbles to the
- door sobbing. She goes behind it and her crying continues
- as Dr. Fenwick scrapes the turd from the floor with a dust-
- pan.
-
- In ten minutes she emerges fairly well composed, but
- when she returns to the office wearing sunglasses and her
- hat.
-
- "Pastor, I don't know how to thank you, but it stings
- so much I think I'll feel it forever."
-
- "I'll walk you to the car." he offers, grabbing an
- umbrella from the rack.
-
- They leave the office between showers and she "clops"
- down the stairs and the arched walkway to the parking lot.
-
- "Oh God," she exclaims, "it hurts! Pastor, you have no
- idea."
-
- He opens her car door and she sits very gingerly, then
- drives away slowly.
-
- Mortimer Fenwick returns to the office, drops into his
- chair, sits for a long time, not thinking, but wondering
- what is all means. He knows his world has changed, and
- changed profoundly as the storm thunders on. After an hour
- of listening to nature he wanders to the parsonage, exhaust-
- ed as only a man can be having done God's work.
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