Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-05-19

present. They think on mature reaec-
! ton that it might be as well if you'd con.
clude to postpone it little While nav
a year or eighteen months 'aaa,' ''2I'
They dew? Wal now, Deacon, what
makes 'em think so? The church amt
full is it p .-....... Ri -s~,r.N1'r -
This was hard question, tie ola sar-
pent knew very we'll that it wouldn't an
swer to say be, didn't know-for he knew
fast enough and knew that knew he
did, So says he go stlTl, / i III
Mr.. Stevens, Pm sorry you're 50 r;lesd
about it you've no occasion. i didn't
come to offend ; you know az well as i
do why the church don't accept you.,.7la
If | knew wouldn't ask YOU to tell
me, Deacon Peabody Il .s#a9.. 4 1s}','
We'll, says he' don't you know what
large stories you're in the habit Of tell.
ing ? '''' ~
;. Who says tell large stories rsays 1;
It's an ontruth and you can't prove it
at all. Now, amt it shame for man
like you to go round scandalizing neigh
bour that way What story of mine
did you ever hear that wasn't true p
Come lay your finger on the first story
and | won't say another word. 9 'di 'fa@
Why, there's SO many on EN-, EN-, s1l answer. 8
ed the Deacon, that it's almost onpossi-
bic to specify any one in. particular. But
now think ont don't, You remember
that atory you told about your father
being killed BY a bear r 2''.i'aaf E'a1'l
s. NY. father being Killed BY a bear psays
l :; there it is now That's just the way
folks lie about me It's an ondtrutb, like
the rest on 'em, and you ought to Be
ashamed, Deacon Peabody, to Be runnin'
round telling things, that amt so.' la2a
WELL said he, pretty, shost, you've
made that 'ere observation about enough.
if you didn't say your father was killed
by bear4what was it you did isay?.
III tell you. !; said father was one of
the irst men to bring sheep in this. town.
aud that's no story, is it p eS'''' 8 'E''s'-
. No; said 'he,,'it amt. t.'oa'J 80 fia'o"
And l said that one day be lost one If
them ere sheep in the Woodland that's
likely, it it amt ,true-and lwheu he was
looking for it, I said be came, across 4
bear. The bear growled at dad, "a and he
hollered at the bear, and finally the beast
came at him, and tore all his ;insides out.
and then your father, Deacon Peabody
who was a respectable man, sir. and
would never a'gone about town scandal
zing his neigbbor-your father heard my
father holler, and came up, and seeing
how matters stood, ran for, the doctor-
When the doctor came ..the first thing he
did was to catch sheep and cut his in
sides out and put them in the place Of
dads, and / never said dad was killed
by that bear 7 ono bio 5s.1 h,
No sir told the naked truth. said
that he grew as we'll as ever he was, ex.
cept than he hankered after hay Ill the
winter, and had wool enough grown to
make him an overcoat in the spring p
You don't call that a large story / hope.
If you won't let fellow jine the church
because be tells the truth, you won't
find many decent. members I guess spnosE
The old man riz right straight up and
walked away without saying . word.
What he thought / never could find out
for the old christian hasn't3 opened his
mouth to me since.-C Carpet Bag. toHaaa
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