The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-01-15

was! You'll tind 1t in Isaiah, and
it begins: If thou turn ="
"Oh, know" cried Madge,
and springing to her feet and
catching The corners of 9randmam
mt's gray shawl, sh1 slowly
7 repeated:
g.. If thou turn away thy foot
from the Sabbath, from doing thy
pleasure on my holy day: and call
the Sabbath q delight, the hol y of
the Lord, honorable; and shalt
honor lin, not doing thine own
words; then shalt thou delight
thyse'f in the Lord; aud ! will
cause thee to ride upon the high
places of the earth, and feed thee
with the heri age Of Jacob thy IA
therefor the mouth uf The Lord hath
spoken it,
ut was awful hard to learn"
spoke out Mldge, the instant she
ended; "but mamma taught it to
us last summer"
"Yes, dear; ard that wss the
Bible lesson that day, As We
walked along home, | think your
grandfather and | were both glad
thar he hal boon made strong to
do right.
"It was an hour af,erward,
may be, that the hammers mp at
the hall stopped. 'What does that
mean, wonder?' said your grand.
father, AMI he kept on wonder!ng'
but We didn't go up to find an an
swcr. People stayed at home Sun
day, then.
"Well, it was sundown, and
the end of holy time as we thought
for in those days the Sabbath day
was from sunset TO sunset"
"Whv, how funny. Did you
knit Sunday nighl!" asked Phil.
"Ccrtainly did. Smo persons
kept both nights, bur | was brought
up to believe that it was as much
my duty to work six days As It
was to rest the seventh. So laid
away my Biole aud taking down
nv knitting when | heard the
gate click. Wait a moment. One
two three ="
Grandmamma stopped to count
the stitches and set the heel of the
striped stockings, and her work
was running 10 and fro on young
legs from October till June: rs he
sat embracing his knees, ,etnbrac I'd
also pair Of these hose.
'Now, them" whispered Kitty,
the six ycar-old witch who had
occupied the pause in shaking the
red hair over her face. "The
gate clicked. You'd got to there,
gran'mamma."
"Yes dear. | looked ont and
saw Squire Allen. lie WAS our
rich man in Grcendalc, aud my
heart gave a jump, and | whisper
ed, Something's coming now,
Phil
" 'Of course tho 'Sqniro's COM
ing answered my husband.
"'Good evening, Mr.. Mather,'
he began. I've waited for the
end of Sunday, and now I've run
down to tell you that we've got
into dreadful snarl up at the
agricultural hall. / tried to talk
with Sykes about working Sunday
and he took offrnse and packed up
and vert oft, bag and baggage,
mad as a march hare
"'Yon don't.mcan it, si'.'
"Indced | do; aud | mean
something moro Phillip The
Squire was s'rding mp and down,
to much excited to be seated. Il
mean that building shall be finish
oil by this time Tomorrow night.
Tho cattle show is to begin Tues.
day, and the Interests of ovcry far
mer in Wior county arc at stake
Now, then, what it you was to
take command Of that work and
carry it through
l7a Dut 'ne Hien, my Soou slrs
Where are tie mon to come
from!' FGYr HNEtTI
"'lIow many do you wantl'
" To finish the hall tomorrow
| shall need 50.'
Agreed The Squire seized
his hat. You go to bed and get
a good nights sleep, and at sun
rise be at tho hail.
81 remember how | got break
fast by candle light that Mond lay
morning, aud how | heard tho
wagons come rafting into the vii
lage from all the country round.
While we had slept Squire Al
lens two sons had been securing
the country giving the message
at every farm house, and when
Phillip went to tho hall at sunrise
there were fifty men, the est 10