Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-04-13
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 1a, 1919.

one near TO prtf'rm that kind Office, ex
cept the old roam, and he muncbed
bunch OF grass and looked on as quicil,
as If his master was happy" at camp
meeting.
"Nuw." said Nh. Slub'dewotth, ether,
are three things you must promise me, BE-
fore lei you up"
"Whai are they asked F. eagerly.
"'rhe first is, that you will never mo-
lest Methodist preacher again.
Here Mods pride rose, and he hesi:at
ed and the Reverend gentleman, with
his usual benign smile on bis face, renew
ing his blows and sung
Il rode The sky, freely justified |.
! And The moon ii under my feet"
| This oriental language evercame the
blacksmith. Such bald figures or some
thing lse, caused him to sing out
"Well, III do It'll ,itr
"You are getting on worry well, said
Mr.. S.ubblewortb al think can make
a decent man Of you yet, and perhaps a
christian"
Ned groaned.
The second thing require Of you is,
10 90 10 PumpkinvllIe me, ng-house, aud
hear me- preach TO morrow"
Ned attempted to stammer some excuse
III that is-----"
When tiie divine resumed his devotion.
al hymn, aud kept. time with the music,
striking him over the face with the fieshy
part Of his hand--
My ,eul mounted higher.
III ehatuf af FIRE,
Na' did envy Elijah hs .est,"
Ned's promise al pu1ctualily caused
the parsons exercise TO cease, and the
words. redolen, Of gorgeous imagery,
died away in echoes iiom the adjacent,
crags.
Now the third and las, demand is per-
emp,ory.' Ned was all attention to know
what was to GENE next. You are 10
promise to seek religion day and night,
and never res, until you obtain it at the
hans of a merciiu Redeemer.' The
fallen man looked al the declining sun,
and then III the parson, and knew not
what TO say, when the latter indiYi,inal
raised his voice in song once more, end
Ned knew WIN, would come next.
III do my BEST he said, in an humble
voice.
wei, tha,'s man, said Mr.. Subtle
woi,h-'now &c; up and 20 down to tue
spring aud wash your face, and dust your
clothes, and tear up Tom Pane's TESLA
MnNT, and turn your thoughts on high.
Ned rose with feelings he had never ex-
pererced before. and wen, to obey the
lava,ory injunction Of the preacher, when
that gentleman mounted his horse he took
Ned By the hand, and said Keep your
promises, and III keep your COUNSEL
Good evening, Nj. Forgeron Ill hook
for you Tomorrow aud off he rode. with
the same impertubaLlc countenance, sing
ing 81 loud as to scare the eagles from
their eyre, in the overhangJng rocks.
What would people say if they knew
Edward Forgeron was whips before his
own door in the gap. and that 100 by
METHODIST PREACHER But bis mus
iags were more IN sorrow ,han anger
The disigurcd countenauce of Forge
ron, MAS of course the subj CT Of numcr.
Gus qa siions that night amongst his
friends to which ha replrd with stern
look they well understood, and the vague
remark that he had MET WITH AN Acct
DENT. OF course, they never dreamed Of
the cause. Forgeron locked in the glass;
aud compared tie changing hues of'black
eve froii, n recent scufil - 10 the rainbow
shipwre,:k scope blending every color
rntn one'--or perhaps he had never Rad
that story-and only mot,ered to himself,
Ned Fo,geron whipped by a NJ thodiss
preacher
His dreams tina, night were ofa confus-
ed and dsagteeable nature and waking
in the morning, he had an indls,iuc, mem.
Dry Of something unpleasant having &C.
Cured. Al first he could not recoll, CT
the cause Of his feelings, but the bruises
IN his face and body SION called them to
mind, MS well as the promise. He mount
ed his horse in silence, and wentto re-
d EN- il.
From that time Lis whole con1uc, man.
frsted change Of feeling. Tie gossi2s
oi the neighborhond observed il, and
whispered that Ned was silent and seri
Gus. aud had gone to MEETING every Sur
day since the ACCIDENT. They wonder
I'D n, his burning the books he Used ia
read so much. Strange stories were cir
culated as TO this me.amorph 81 81 this
dare devil blacksmith into glonmy and
,acilurn man. Some supposed, very
sagely that 'srIRir' had enticed him M
To the mountains. aud alter giving hin, a
glimpse into the future, had mIsIed HIN TO
crsg, where he had fall,n and bruised
his face. Others gave the prince OF dark
ness the credit Of the change; but none
suspected the methods, prencher, and ms
the latter gentleman had no vanity to
grsiify, the secret remained with Ned.
This gloomy state OF mind continued
until Forgeron visited a camp meeting.
The Rev. Mr.. Slubbewor.h preached a
sermon that seemed 10 enter his soul, aud
relieve il Of burden, and The song Of,
How happy are sy,
Nho their Saviour obey,"
was only half through, when he fell like
now man. Forgaron was from that
time, "a methodist Alta love feast a
shor, time subsequent. he gave in his Ex-
PEsIrNcR. and revealed the MYSTERY
OF his conviction ani ccnvesion to ms
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