Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-11-09
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A CAMP MEETING STORY.
"Now, Mrs. Wilder, bout them chickens p
:, just letme knit to the middle of my NEE
die, Draxy.a fat5e 'l,',i' ,.
Draxy waited, her busy hands finding some
thing to do ngthe little pause. The things
on the table were Strengthened, the daguer.
reotypes Git was the best room) tilted more
accurately on fheir open covers, minute
speck of dust dislodged from the mantle
piece-all before the gentle "click, click" of
the needles ceasea, and Mrs Wilder laid down
her stocking. ..g@ %.
"The chickens-let me see. 1t was those
six little broilS Of the speckled hens I was
a-thiDking of, and the pepper.and.salt roos-
ters." Mrs. Wilder viewed chickens from a
purely practical standpoint. "That'll be
enough, wort itf'' . is
Il don't know, doubtfully -'"folks eat a
heap at atcampmeeting." .n
$50 they do. "Well, then, kill three of the
black Poiands and bake a pie, That'll make
plenty"
II gdess So" Business thus disposed of,
Draxy, assumed chair and waxed con6den.
tial.s .s -'s,4. q,
sHow many of our folks is a-goin', Mrs.
Wilder ?'' 2.
"You and me, and Nathan and Ellen
that's Eve; and Lucy's Dix :, $50.
g"Yes. Mr.. Wilder said he guessed she'd
better, and brother Parker plead hard about
il. He thinks she is old enough to get reli.
gion, and ought to have it; and her pa says
there's NO harm tryin, only he won't have
her hustered. Idont know what to say bout
it myself but guess pas right" And Mrs.
Wilder ended with little sigh.
"Mr. Parkerw There was concentrated
and conspicuous sniffin Draxy's voice. She
said no more, and in another minute got up
and left the room, her errand accomplished.
There were few waste places in Draxy's life.
Satan might have lodged around her for
months, without finding one idle chink in
which to practice his nefarious arts. -
Pretty soon the door opened and Lucy
came ina girl of seventeen, with the shy
beauty of wild doe in her hazel eyes. The
delicate, cameo-like outline of her face was
of an expression of appeal. Not that there
was anything to appeal against in her life, the
petted only daughter of this honest home.
Some women possess that look naturally, and
before it, when combined with youth and
loveliness, the hearts of men 60 down like
ninepins. Lucy as yet knew not the value
of her dover, but such knowledge never ling.
ers long.
"Where have you been, dear?'
"Over to Esther's, mother. They're be-
ginning the camp.meeting cake, aud stayed
to help beat the eggs"
..Do tell! suppose they're making great
fuss, like all the rest of the folks"
"Oh yes. Mrs. Robbins has killed tur.
key and eight pairs of chickens, and had two
pieces of beef boiled and Esther and Hepsey
were making. gingerbread, and raised, cake
and all sorts of pies that you can think OF
mince and apple and custard and Canada
plum-I can't remember half"
LANDS sakel And who's going, Lucy p
"Mrs. Robbins and the squire aud the girls,
and James and his wife, and aunt Mirey.
and" here the happy, girlish voice sank
little, Just little; only close observer
would have noticed the inhection-"and
Kane.''
"EIkanah? want to know! Well, it's
time he got hold of something good. You'll
have to help Draxy make our pies tomorrow,
dear. The weathers splendid. / guess we're
going to have good week"
This caufp-meeting about which all Ammo
noosuc was in stir, was yearly affair, an
ticipated and planned for with eager and in.
varisble pleasure. Afterthe heat of the sum-
mer, and the toll of the harvest, when the
hay was in, and the potatoes stored, the corn
and the corn shucks safely housed-when the
rye and the wheat had gone to mill, and the
t'boarders" to their city homes-came, in the
beautiful September weather, this holiday
q which, half q picnic, half a religious exercise
brought neighbors together, frightened the
links of church brotherhood and old friend
ships, and gave to soul and body alike. re-
freshment. But, oh what different thing
it was to the different people who were look
ing forward to it. 49,, .7''' ,'.
Mrs. Wilder, and other good matrons of hel
stamp, viewed it as species Of sober jollitica'
tion, combining much good cheer with some
comfortable preaching and praying. Atime
too, for the exhibition of notable housekeep
ing-of pie-crust and fatted fowls, which duly
partaken, Of, might impart to the occasion q
Certain toothsorne solsmnity, ~
Brother Parker, Of the Pemigewasset Con
ference. on the contrary, regarded it as cru
: chile ID which souls should be melted and
chauged-a four, days opportunity, during
which the doors Of heaven should stand open
for. .whomsoever knocked thereat. In hiE
%fhnnSk ts o "a then, enter souls stained anC