The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-04-27
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7 Ours vas ! ! qaiet alt .old eh ureh, h built If
rough stone, with a peaked roof, and an
odd little steeple,, where q set Of sweet
bel Is hung. '1 t bad: bad The queerest organ
gallery, with carved balustredes, about
which cheernbimss seemed to autter,. and
bitdI,a Is nsea!t: ~ :qf;jp q pulpit bu,ps in mid
air. osoncetthe French Huguenots who
setttsd NAY + Rochelle. had l,1'11shh lw,1'o11rsshhipiped
there, but twas san !; Episoeral church
= 10Y ! ], ady most Of .the Fesidsht,belongea
to it, Not that they: salvay1sI .,atteuded ls
for once is~ss. said, driven
toImadbess the .srrss 4,
empty oews, the Reva sEliasss D.nburys
had 4 begeeI his i. IselneanI Ithius: i "DeaIriy
believed Mi and Mis-! sNoraway and
Nj: RgRsslysa. s.. ad}l addressing the only i!
members present who we're wide awake.
BatnthatRasof,s5 e '. I q 4 r,ainy sday;4 and BE-.
fore she e;o1ga ;o1Eggapf ficamee7the new organ
bright and .loqd dsoof vsoice, wh,ch wicked:
people, pet q e be t8Apttsa; out: by sur
monsp came uhearg When this, be-.
an attraction, did good Afr. Hess
our Gesmaa 9}rgaiaiiEItf, }riiI e. had formed z q
choir, there was, ,;on pleasant mornings,
quite display Of best sbonnets within:
and Of wagons; gigs .1and saddle. horses
without. Then WORLD huucb backed
Timothy =Browo-parish olsrk and
;cordwainer-tip toe out during service
time, and save trouble BY putting boots
and shoes, made or mended during the
week, under the seats oe his customers, aE,,,
wagons. that they might take them
home themselves !; and returning, drop
asleep until charitably awakened by
the head Of the house Of Adair, oc-
cupyiog the front pew, who poked at
him across pexs with sumb brella Or walk
ing.stick; and caused him; to start, to
Consciousness with a sonorous ...Amen,'''
generally absurdiy out : OF place, but
sometimes. as .ridiculously in the nick
Of time: < -. ass1s' : --ss7>:; i i r.,
I sang in the church choir, and when
It was formed, I.may have been seven.
teen.. s''% ~ .,|'s' - u -: '':> i@%si'
!. One October day, the last Of j. the
month, which Glanced to fall on
Thursday; We went, according to: Gus.
tom, T. practice eone new music at: the
chareb' Early as it wasIsitwas Christ
! mas SINUS music, for ~ u intended =
grand display ofour requirements oon:
that gay, when the cb u2ehe i xas alvfays=
full :of.strangers. !. And Il suppose: 20
one had = though but that. on Christ
. ts.tIy
mas day old Nj. Hess would sit at The
organ, and We 6ll each a place behind
the red curtain ofthe choir. That af.
ternoon T Istopped for AbbyyzAdalr, and:
We walked oyer together. She hal the
soprano voice. .1saug scontralto.3 There
were maple ! leaves thick about the
church, and quite . red carpet of them
rustled under our feet: Some bad
blown in the: church itself, and the
hunchbaeked clerk was hobbling about
picking them up. "You are the first
this time ladies he said.
"The|ar. 1 .t' Then !1sl'. MI Hes$1 has MT
cpme yet? ?' ''
rAh! 4t4'', he's come, e,,s Miss, ! sophy, war,
rant him tor thst. s The first ludiss L I,
h BIT hes RGt P1ayibg.'fs'' =, 'eSs ~
We ran up the steps the. organ
gallery. Abby first. At the Head IT.
: hem she paused, aud I-1neither q Of ms
! new why-stood still also The loft,
Just coming from such ! brigbt octobe:rr
sunlight, was dark, and We could not
quite make 'tu out what Mr. Hess was do
ing. He v.s 81 % big 't1,. knees; = his bis head
bent down. *s 's@'~>4*
! "ls he prayiog?" whispered ABBY.
| We creptrferward;. step.,g .sss
/ I said, "Mr. Hess.,.,.s. 49,
Fhcre Wis 10 'dansVer. Il said it
louder. sNo.Dswer stilI.as Then Abby
anda1, ,sinstead Of gong, forward, FFraot
back and screamed together, and
brought Old. notify ffom,she aisles.bc.s
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Our poor organist lay there,eeadi 8 !.
Weafancied he must have felt dsatl4
stealing over him, and knelt down there !.
to pray. There was sueet,smilo on.
his face, and one habd was ID bis 10:
SON. clutobiug q elooket infiwhichs l.p
coilsdssa .tyess 81 t1axen hair. Wesbdricdd:
il rlth him, for..e: I'll. .felt 1 & lnast IA s bes
somsa relic of the psst life 81 xhiob xsss !:
knew nothing. Alter he, %, organ: d =
stood dumb, aud We missed ,hes:5ear
I'D German. lace, and the Indy 8 voice 81 q
with sits foreign eccentsva,e Nc knew
50 we'll and without which w we had q, 1o.. !.
heartto sing. Not wen at sghfistmas
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