The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-11-22

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out clothes in your front yard, and you a
deacon of good standing in the church !
dear dear! what do you suppose the Lord
will do TO me for thinking it was washing
day? | don't think" she added, "hell be
very hard with me. because yesterday was
my Sunday, though had such sick head
ache. it seems | didn't know much about
the day. I'll tell you what. Samuel, I'll
stay at home with the babies tonight, and
you can go to meeting, and then piece out
your Sunday tomorrow won't that do?"
But the deacon couldn't get over it; his
heart was heavy; and while his wife was
busy in the kitchen lie put on his hat, and
with his hands clasped rcvercntly behind
him dis Sunday way slowly and soemnly
he walked out to the clothes lines. Most
of the clothes were dry, for the sun was
very hot, and one by one he dropped the
snowy things into the basket, unconscious
ly humming to himself, "IIave pity, Lord !!
o Lord, forgive
Mrs. Flint was washing dishes and near
~ dropped her best glass dish, when the
deacon walked in with the clean clothes
II could not stand it. MARTHA" he said in
explanation.
Guess must sprinkle ana iron them,
to-day Samuel, would your she said
archly.
The deacon merely calculated u disap-
proving "My dear" and went into the 9TH
cr room to read his Sunday paper.
by and by the people began to come from
church. What Il sudden, surprised inter
est they seemed to have taken in his first
household premises; they gazed, and stared
and looked back, and gazed again but the
deacon was Il humble man, it did not fatter
his rihIo to rnad and si"hoI o%a; up' nud
thcn fnll IN ,hinking A littIc v7;la of,or
two arms stoln soffIv around his nocl, and
a doo, ,.o;co soiJ str".yot ~, ,I,. ~ l INV
apI TllE"o knock at tho door ;ntorru utoi
and she wont to omen il.
She had brushed her brown wavv hair
and dressed in - cool white mrsl;r dross
with f,r hctwoon iot,ings If n;nlr and IooL'
oil NOT n bit Iil,c Tho GniItv Ii,tic wosbnr-
woman she was She onanod tho dnor
and Deacon Frost and ElIrr Crmmins in
trodncod themselves and walked in with
stately bows Deacon Flint rosa from HE
OMEN piblc and moro introduc,;ops foiIow'
ed wbnreunon. Elder Cumm;ns cleared bis
throat. and in n pining voice said.
ssYou must excuse, Deacon Flint orr
coming on such a dav. but we thought if
host that soma evnlanotions shonld no made
before our pcoule arain Gather for evening
service !"
con. I know what Won NOM guoss
Elder Cummins. Won want to know whv I
Lout Yesterday far Sunday instead of to.
d,v don't vou2 We'll tbc f,ct woe tbo
deacon WINS away. and made n discount n
tho 1ove somehow and I was ca busv cot.
Zinc and So Yesterday was nv Snrdav
thongh was in he'd all dav with n sick
headache. and SO didn't find ont nv mis-.
tol,o ot all Thcn WASN'T II f,nry5 90,
nm ot 4 This morning and wont IN yosb;nc
and 7 GOT all ,hronoh hefnro tho doacon
came b9mc. declare I'VE laughed so abon,
if that I fairly ache" and thc little feminine
ofInnder lnuGhnd AGAIN and so contog;onsiv
that tbc three LAUGHED with her.
.I,,D, loa,, SO ,reod ,I,o,,cl, al,or ,i,, ,
| of tho dov TIM surn Tho Lard has for,;vor
mo for ;t% and she smiled so s,vootIv t,,o,
both wnro comnIetnIv won Wbo1 t thoy
rosn 70 Dcocon Trost said to Deocnn Rim
.Jt i our nissionarv mootinn tn.r;nht
brotLor and Iittlo cvrlon,tion fro,n 7,o,'
thoro viii sot tho matter ;,ht anoss :,
~ s,,ol,o ,ho feminine o7,ain s.oI'
Dooron Trost samuel ,vas ;nton,;n,, -. , Nv
,lo;n ,o-ni,,ht orl,, VII 7 na,iJ L.,
iri' . 49,. N'"'" ~
az ,,o,, hn,o no obion,;ons A., I,,;,, ,
no,l;lj H. Iaoon,, -. CT IN, '
an rs stav viii thor an1 ~, vow va, sh,
,roi1 az ho sn Ioiirbtod 49, ''' ~" eo' '"'
"V .'ni, tto, I0 ,,an ,I,. o,,,, a;ao
vou orn vnrv kind and she howod thon' on,
oF thn dnor '' '''> @''N '0"e W '''N"' 0'
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AN YOU gay you n,arrieo me- pam
uei' ii''e"u y, nolsal move salu 'h'
si',ti' WIN" SnilinS up 10 nun no mat
Ter "''"' ''e ''"oo" S"'u ana u'u'
As she was setting the tea table that nigh
| she broke out into another merry laugh