American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-07-10
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Seur i'll such matters, did not wait toI
his adversary to rise, but mounted
him with the quicIlness of cot, and
as he bestowed his blows with a
bOunteous hand on the stomach and
face of the blacksmith, contirrtt-,t his
song where he had left Off on his az
rival at the smith:
Tongue cannot express the sweet cumfurt and
peace
Of a soul in its earliest l,ive.''
Until NIr. Fogeron, from having ex-
perienced, first love-" or other seIf-
sation equally new to him, responded
Justify, Nough /. nough take him
offw But, unfortunately, there was
no one by to perform that kind office,
except the old roam, and he munched
a bunch of grass and looked as quiet
ly as if his master was happy at a
camp-meeting.
Now said MF. Stubbleworth.
"there are three things you must
promise me before | LET you up."
"What are they F. asked FogeFon
eagerly.
"The first is, that YOU never molest
a Methodist preacher again. Here
Ned's pride rose, and he hesitated,
and the reverend gentleman, with
his usual benign smile on his face,
renewed his blows and song
g I rode un the ky, freely just lied l.
And the moon it was under my 'ect.
This oriental language cvercame
the blacksmith such bold figures, or
something else, causing him TO sing
out, "Well, III do it! I'll do it !"
You are getting on very welI.''
said Stubbleworth. IL tlfink I can
make decent man out of you vet,
and perhaps Christi M Ned
groancd.
"The second thing | require OF
you is to go to pumpl:invine creei;
meeting house, and hear me preach
tomorrow.
Ned attempted to stammer out
some -"-I-that is
When the divine resumed his de,
votional hymn and kept time with
the music by striking him over the
face with the fieshy part of his hand
"My soul mounted higher chariot of fire.
Nor did envy Elijah his seat.
Ned's promise of punctuality caus
ed the parsons exercise to cease, ant
the words redolent Of gorgeous i'm
agary died away in echoes from th'
adjacent crags.
"Now the third and last demand
[ make of you is peremptory." Nee
was all attention to know what wa
to come next. "You are to promis,
!, to seek religion day and night, ant
never rest until you obtain it at thu
hands of Il mercifill Redeemcr." The
! fallen man looked at the declining
= sun, and then at the parson, ant
: knew not what to say, when the lat
!. ter individual began to raise in son:
once more, and Ned knew wha
: would come next.
"I'll do my best" he said in a
; humbled voice.
! well, that's Il man. Mr.. Stub
:, bleworth said. Now get up an
Il go down to the branch and was
= your face, and dust your clothes, an
l tear up Mir. Paine'S testament, an
turn your thoughts on high"
Ned arose with feelings he ha
never experienced before, and weI
II to obey the livatory Injunction ,
a the preacher when the gentlema
l. mounted his horse. t0Gk Ned by til
hand, and said, = Keep your promis
It and Eli keep your counsel. Goo
o. evening, Mr.. Forgtron. Ill look #
You tomorrow" and off he rode wit
4 the same imperturbable countenan'
It singing so loud as to scare the ga gl,
:" from their eyries iii the oEcrhangiu
id rocks
is "Well," thought Ned, :! this is MI
business! What would people S;
he if they knew that Ned Forgeron w
whipped before his own door in Il
as gap, and by a Methodist preach
10 too p But his musings were more
at sorrow than anger.
I'd The disfigmed countenance
Nv Forgeron was Of course the subie
of numerous questions that mig
Id among his friends, to which he /
e piled with a stern look they well IL
I'll derst0od, and the vague remark tn
he had met Uith an accident ,
0! course they never dreamed Of Il
us true cause. FOrgeron looked in t
er glass, and perhaps compared t
IL, changing hue of his . black eye fro
ou a recent scut1le," to the rainbow
le, the shipwreck scene. blendil
every color into one" Or perha
lis he had never read that story, al
Die only muttered to himself: :. \
Foregon whipped by a Method
on preacher
Il His dreams that night We're OF
nit confused and diSagrceable natI
lSt and waking in the morning, he Ii
OF an lndlStlnct memory, of SOmethi
TT, unpleasant having occurred.
,ry first lie could not recollect the car
on Of his feelings; but the bruises Oh
,ry face and body soon called them
mind, ;s well as the promise.
ng mounted his horse III silence Il
ii went t. / deem it.
at From t,.ut time his Whole cOndl
ere manifested change of feeling. I
Gb- gosSips Of the neighborhood obserN
it, and whispered that Ned was
to lent, serious, and had gone to me
lto ing every Sunday since the accide
yn, They wuu,tc.t't 1t his burning I
books h on, r2ad so much. StraI
out StUl!c$ W rc circulated as to t
md mctHnurii,t,,,S of the jovial bIa
did S nlth lI.1 Il gloomy and taciti
-hV man.
tY, Some supposed, very sagely, Il
a spirit had enticed him into
Ike mountains, and after giving hin
hat G!impS into the future. had mis-
oat him to acrag, where he had fallen {
lies bruised his face. Others gave
iSh Prince of Darkness the credit of
change; bat none suspected
-cn- Methodist preacher, aud as the lat
had no vanity TO CRAFTY. the So,
wiy remained with Ned. This yloc
lcS- state of mind continued lntil Fo
use ron visited Il camp meeting. !
he Mr. StHhbiewouh preached Il srri
lNc, that seemed to p'.trr his Sgui