Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1852-01-22

~ Rll about q, Y slsi q q Il
Good moynin. Nj. Stevens" " says
the old hypocrit. with : face as hong aa
! yard Of pump water. M
~ said nOshin' but kept on whittlin.
- come down Is see you ihis mofn-
inR, !, says be. 3Iss s
'.WeIt, says how do ron like my
..Oh, !, says be, .swhat | mean il thaiI
come down to labor with sou. 4
Work away ,hen, Why don't youi''|
was all ,hat he got out q me.
.sBut, Ar. Stevens. said he, very col
Iennly. the chnrclf sent me down here 70
slalk with you i minute. =
!. Welt youxs been talkin' for more'n
five minutes, Deacon Peabody " ssys ],
and you've said nu.hinQ yes, now when
are you goin' 70 begin! 7
ss'The old IsraeIiie looked mad enouf1T
% bite my head Of, al I snap. but he
thought il bes, % keep cool, 80 he drew
along breath and went on:
NOBODY wants 10 hurs your feelings
or make any trouble, Mr.. Stevens. but
The church have come 10 ;she concluaion.
that perhaps, on the whole. under the
circumstances. and in view ofeverything
it might possibly be bestall around and
taking NIL things into consideration, for
ye mol 10 be hassy in applyin' jist al
present.. They think on mature reflec-
sion that i might be 40 well If you'd con.
clude 20 postpone il = liitIe while. say for
d year or eighteen months. !"
.They dew! Wall. now. Deacon what
make 'em think 50. The church amt
foil is ii!"
..rhis was hard question. The old
saspint knew very well that il wonldnst
answer.,o say he didn'.. know-for he
knew fast enuf knew that ! knew
he did. So says her
"Mr. Stevens, I'm sorry you're 50
rilec about it---you've no occasion-I
didn't CONE 10 offend yon, but you know
as well as | do why The church don's ac.i
cspt you."
III knew, | wouldn't ask you TO tell
me. Deacon Peabody
"Wal. .''says he. .scan'tyou know what
large stories your in the habis Of tel
linz
.Who says | tell large stnries!" says
L I'll ainlnntiuth, and you cant prove
II aln't. Now amt it shame, Deacon;
ior . man like you to 60 round scandel-
izia' a neighbor stlas way : what story Of
mine did you ever hear that wasn't lruel
Come lay your finger on the 6rss story,
and l won'tsay another word.
.Why there's so many on EN-" an-l
swered the Deacon, s.thalil's a. most inn
possible 10 specify any one in particular
Bus now think on il; don't you remem-
Der lha: story you told about your ia
TIERS bein' Killed BY q bearl"
.sGy fathers bein' killed by beari"
says |, ..there il is now! Tha, is jistihea
way folks lie about me. It's an untruth
like the rest Ga ,ss::. &C.. and you ought 10 be
ashamed, Deacon Peabody, 10 be runnin'
round town tellin things that amt so!''
.Wcll said he pretty short. you've
made that are observation about often
enough;sif il you didnt say your father
was Killed by bear, what was il you
did says''
,.I'iliell you l said. that father was one
ofshe FIRST men 70 bring sheep into this
ere town and that 10 no story Is it!''
.Ne." said he, "is ain't."
And one day said that he lost ono
OF them are sheep inthe wood; and that
IL likely if il ain't irue--and when he
wns lookih Cor II, l said he come across
bear. The bear growled a. dad, and
dad he hollered al the bear, and finally
The beastcame al him, and lore all his
insides out. and then your father, Dest
con Peabody who was = respectable
man sir and neser would iagons about
sowE scapdaiixin' lis reiehb2rs your
father heard myfather holler, and came
up. and sering how matsers ssood, ran
fos Tie doctor. When the docsor come
the fusl ding lhst lie did was 10 catch i
sheep snd cuI il insides out, and putl
slsenl in the place q dad's and I never
saia dsd Nas killed by : bear! no sir!l
1 told lhA naked truth II said he grew a.
wen A. ever he 1sss excspt tl,at he hank 4
end 1ifef ha9 sll iho winssr and had
wool enough ID max u him IN oyercoat M
she Sprins. Yuu dopsf cal thar large
story. | hops Ii yoA Won,tls : fellet'
line The church because be lells The truth
you won 6nd many decens membsEs. /
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