Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-11-17

Indeed, we'll do no such thing? We
can't have the likes of him in the house
Enow, Where could he sleep?"
| Not in the best room, even if Mr.. y.
shold not come ,"
"No, indced!"
"But, really | don't see, Jane, how we
can turn him out of doors, lie doesn't
look like a very strong man, and it's dark
and cold, and full three miles to D.
"lts too much he ought to have gone
on while he had daylight, and not fingered
here, as he did, till it got dark"
I'VE can't turn him ou of doors, Jane.
and its no use to think Uf It. He'll have
to stay, somehow"
"But what can we do with Inn ,"
He seems like decent man ut least
and doesn't look as if he had anything bad
about him. We might make him bed
Oh the floor somewhere"
"l wish he had been at Guinea before
he came here ?" said Mrs. w. frctfuly.-
The disappointment the conviction that Mr..
n. would not arrive, occaSioned her to
feel, and the intrusion of so nwelcome a
visitor as the stranger, completely unhing-
ed her mind.
ooh, WE'LL" replied her husband, in
soothing voice, "never mind. We must
make the best of it. He came to us tired
and hungry, and we warmed and fed him.
lie now asks shelter for the night, and we
must not refuse him, nor grant his request
in complaining or reluctant spirit
You know what the Bible says about en-
tert&ining strangers mawareS."
Angels Did you ever see an angel
look like him
Having never seen an angel" said the
farmer smiling, 81 ara unable to speak as
to their appearance"
This had the effect to call an answering
smile from Mrs. W. and better feeling at
her heart. 1t was finally agreed between
them that the man, as he seemed like de-
cent kind of person, shonld be permitted
to occupy the minister's room, if that in
diyidual did not arrive, an event to which
they hoth looked with but little expcctcn-
cy. If he did come, why the man would
have to put up with poor accommodations.
When Mr.. W. returned to the kitchen,
where the stranger had seated himself be-
fore the fire, he informed him that they had
decided to let him stay all night The
man expressed i'll few words his grateful
sense of their kindness, and then became
silent and thoughtful. Soon after the farm
er,s wife, giving up all hope Of Mr.. n. S
arrival, had supper taken up, which con-
sisted of coffee, warmed short cake and
broled chickens. After all was on the
table, short conference was held as to
whether it would do not to invite the
stranger to take supper 1t was true they
had given him as much bread and bacon
as he could eat, but then, as long as he
was going to stay all night, it looked too
inhospitable to set down to the table and
not ask him to join them. SO, making a
virtue of necessity, he was kindly asked to
come to supper--an invitation which he
did not decline Grace was said over the
meal by Mr.. W., and the coffee poured out,
the bread helped, and the meat carved.
There was fine little boy six years old
at the table, who had been frightened up
, and dressed in his best, in order to grace
theTminister' reception. Charles was full
of talk, and the parents felt mutval pride
in showing him Oft even before their hum
HE guest, who noticed him particularly
though he had not much to say. "Comc
= Charley,' said Mr.. W., after the meal
was over, and he sat leaning in his chair,
: "can't you repeat the pretty hymn nam,
ma learned you last sunday?"
Charley started off without further in.
! vitation, and repeated very accurately two
q or three verses of new camp-meetine
: hymn, that was just shen very popular.
A "Now letus hear you say the command
$ mcnts, Charley" spoke up the mother
e well pleased at her child's performance.
l And Charley repeated them with the aic
; Of little prompting.
e Chow many commandments are there?'
asked the father
l The. child hesitated, and then, looking
I up at the stranger, near whom he sat, sale
innocently-
Chow many are there ?"
e The man thought for some moments
1 and said, as ifin doubt
:, eleven, are there not"
e eleven !" calculated Mrs. W., in I'M
feigned surprise.
0 '"Eleven ?" said her husband, will
more rebuke than astonishment in his voice
1 els it possible, sir, that you do not know
t how many commandments there are 2
= How many are there, Charley? Come
S tell mc-you know, of course"
"Ien," replied the child.
it "Right, my son." returned Mr. w.
looking with smile of approval on th'
C child" "Right. There isn't child o
his age in ten miles who can't tell 20,
II there are ten commandmsnts."
: "Did you ever read the Bible, sir?" ad
n dressing the stranger.
e "When l was a little boy I used to reat
n it sometimes. But | am sure | though
there were eleven commandments. Ar
> you not mistaken about there being onl,
1t tcn?"
y Sister w. lifted her hands in unfeigne
astonishment, and exclaimed
l. "Could any one believe it !? such igno
rance of the Bible?"
Mr.. w. did not reply, but rose, and 60
le ing to one corner>0f the room, where til
W good book lay upon the small stand, h
OF put it on the table before him, and opene
ut at that portion in which the command