The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1876-11-16

Sweet, musty smells filled the nir
from the hay-covercd floor. The
struggling moon-ruys, the Tapping
curtain, the chewing and champing
of the horses tethcred close by-all
was odd and novel. She could not
sleep.
By-and-by the men came in, spread
their quilts and blankets, and subsi-
ded into repose. Good Elder
Adams occupied tho end Of the table
nearest to Lucy's couch. His
righteous slumbers quickly became
audible, and peeping round to look
ut him, Lucy saw pair Of eyes in
tently fixed upon her. A strange
thrill came over her brain as she
met them. Only the width Of the
narrow table and the elders boots
separated her from Kane She
blushed mcomfortably, and dropped
her eyelids not to open them again +;
but, for long after, fairy lights and
visions seemed to dance before her
and trouble her repose.
At dawn the camp awoke. Small
chance was there for sleeping. Thin
blue smoke began to curl from early
fires. Horses whinneyed for their
corn. Impatient hands waited to
pack away the beds and restore the
tent to daytime order. by eight
o'clock breakfast was eaten and
dishes washed: and white-huired
Elder Adams took his place, Bible
in hand, at the head of the long
table, to lead in prayer. Lucy sat
just Wi ,hout the door. The stiffness,
the beautiful peace of the newborn
day, seemed reflected in her face
One golden beech leaf huttcred down
and lay upon her fair braids. Kane
wasn't given to poetry, but somehow
a line came INTO his head as he
looked
"Oh my love is like the morning!"
He had seen it somewhere and he
thought it was truc-abouG Lucy.
At ten o'clock the changing bell
announced general service, and the
crowd assembled. Truth, to tell. it
WIS not u picturesque crowd. The
American of the rural districts is
rarely ~ handsome animal He is
lean. He is brown. He loses teeth
rlv. Hard work md soda socn
Transform the lovelness Of youth
into palor and sharp outline. Sale
ratus claims it's own. Here and
there one sees sweet, young face,
or an old one with tinc strong lines
deep cut and inscrutablc, like cary
ing in stone but personal beauty is
tho exception. Beauty apart, how
ever, we may be proud Of our null
titudos. For dccorum. for good
humor, for general neatncss of ap-
! pearance, for civ'lity to strangers,
for a sense of propricty which almost
INKS as dignity, it would be hard to
find their parallel in any other coun-
try. At this Cadiz camp-meeting,
even the babies caught the siprit of
the occasion, and sucked their
thumbs contentcdly throughout the
service without cry. Thirteen
ministers occupied the platform.
With able generalship the lesser
lights were first brought forward,
leaving the greater for the third day,
when the excitement was expected
! to eliminate. The sermon was a
quiet one tie wild and beau
tiful songs of the Methodist
hymnal blended with the soft rust
ling Of the tiees above, and the
morning sped quickly away
! Great cheer was held in all the
tents ut noon, and unlimited guam
titles Of pic were eatcn-ft prcpara-
ton for the after services. Pic usu-
ally prccedes repentance, as pie
caters know. In the evening. under
the blaze of the harvest-moon, ,,Erotll-
CT Parker arose for the first time.
a. TIL, thin man, with a sallow, ten
der face, and emotional nature. His
sermon was unusually fcrvid. y
certain thrill moved over the assem-
bly,, and, Mt it's close, II number OF
persons passed quietly and without
excitement into the anxious sc It. -
as candidates for the prayers of tbs
congregation Some were parebt,
who carried their children thither
some members Of the church, who
\ felt that their faith had suffered IL
! dccadcncc. All were welcomed and
| rcjoiced over by the good brethren
and mention was made of the fact
that still there was room for others,
further urgency being held in re-
serve for thc next day.
1t was then, after two long and
''scarching discourscs, that Brother
Parker had fixed to have Lucv
succ,mb. He came to her among
the throng and pleaded earnestly.
He even took her hand and strovc,
with gentle foi &C, to draw her to the
front. TO his surprise, she resisted.
The girl had her own reserve of
character, her own thoughts as to
spiritual things. Tho small inclc-
sure of rongh boards, within which
it seemed to him SO important that
she should kncel. was to her no
sacred place. 10 her, God had ap-
peared often nearer-in tho woods,