The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-11-15

alfiias uecna as a mght as welleas others to
ENJOY is4s the beautiful creatures, with
which his gsod' paaster> has filed the
sstYes, certainly replied Deacon
Fibbs.: ssI only spoke of it because our
| last minister used to ride considerable,
rathers ihore'thah was befittihg a minis
ter, utR AleritDnfolks thought!''io 4,
wsMr. ;Fairweather had no aiiswer ready
to his remark, which had brought him
back to his Grst question, Was he fitted
t0 be q spiritual adviser ,tothe Merton
pebple9F On the e've very. first subject men
toned, fief hid differed from i one r Of the
deac6ifs-aad that.to' Him an important
sabJeo ct, sderahs owed his hearth in no
small e,easureto his saddle exercise.
gvIhess ssteady7sWinging .trot quickened
pereeptiblE,+as +as large, white house ap-
peaHed in, . .sightrpntil theseelt game to
'stand-stil1 in front Of the wistaria-co4-
cred door. Deacon Tibbs sprang out;s
Offered his hand toHMr!." Fairwyeather,
aad then, ,acatehing sight Of a light-blue
dress, he called; out:@ q 3isil4 fais
s'Here, Melindy, come here and take
care OF the parson, while Innhiteh Paul.
My,..darter, Mr. Fairweather.''r'g .ts,n .
At the same time that Mr., Fairweath-
er is shaking the small red hand in his
Fl hin white one, : [ will Introduce Miss
Melinda Ebbs tom yreaders. ''-''''s' n
| isSf1e Is b fair specimen of a'smart New
England girLI y She has not naturally
large frame, ,-hat asusAs has never been
pineheApr ,stnnted, she has grown to a
full size. Her face is plump without be
ing fat, her cheeks rosy. and her eyes
bright and fdll 6f mischief. She seems
a personifeations of soio5d nature, Aas. The
younga n1ihister theaghts ssher, though
lihad Ne peeped into the Kitchen window
that mOrningye AS tshetssats by'the' little
| cherry; table pairing apples, he, would
have Known that even: her brightness
was eclipsed by clouds. There seemed
to me just one quality lacking in. her,
and that not unimp portant- depth. Her
irosylips were lightly pressed together,
her brown; eyes rovedi carelessly from
thingltos thing; she roamed from one
subject to another, never stopping to
think on any one Of them. Evidently, if
Miss Melinda had any. strength of mind
7 OF. character, She, as. well as others, had
yet to find It out Sa.' F'@s
Itwas avery quiet evening the young
minister spent, and feeling tired and
embarrassed -has went early to bed, to
gain what rest he could for the next
DAYS duties. After he had closed his
doorgiie was attracted by Melinda's S
voice, aud unwillingly. he; was made a
| confidant in what seemed then to be her
greatest trial. q . ''''- 't'''
ssIt,s too bad,zpa, but. ma wouldn' It
get any thing but baked beans and john
ny-eake for breakfast, and l don't sup
pose Mr. Fairweatherever heard ofbaked
beans before'' >:
Mrs. Tibbs's voice chinned q in, 4 It's
time he did, then. MelindasS but Eagree
with you, don't b'lieve he feEer did
hear of 'em before; most like he's been
brought up on cake and custard."
."Well, I don't know, Jenny said
Deaeen- Tibbs, 4" about the cake and
custards ds@buSiSas ~nutiYfY1gs agen him if he
is not o. 'er strong.'s /; sSoGnsSl 2ssS
He isn't strong broke in Melinda,
az could beat him easy in good race,
and that's Just the reason why | say he
shouldn'tsbe made to eat baked beans.''
"Just the reason why he should, Me-
linda, "-rejoined Mrs. Tibbs, a..;,. .,s
ssstWell, that's kind, y soliloquized Mr..
Fairweather.r "I'm glad toiknow what
I'm going to have for breakfast, and as
have heard Of baked beans, Ill do-my
best to prepare for them"
But that proved hard work, for if there
was one article of diet he detested more
than another, it was baked beans-t. And
the amount he ate of this New England
dish was evidently to- be the standard by
which his abilities as aIman and as a
preacher were tssee Judged.
Mr, ilsseathsrs sswe ksiaasthe morn,
ing with Q weight OF scarcely defined
trouble apon him, which for a moment
he conlth nN assigpID apJ eEeut past or
to come But when-his breakfast, con-
sistiag entirely of baked beans, flashed
into his head,-77metaphorieally speaking
-he laughed and said TO himself: 80. ,..,-
,ss"The johnny cake will be'a comfort
that's one goodsthing.s az :'of'i''s''si'i
As he, entered ,thq dining -repm, he
glanced toward the large black pot in
front of Deacon Tibbs, but could not
see any thing beyond a. sefierous slice
of pork, nicely drowned. sIhe ~beans
were evidently baked, by q good cook, a
little moist to suit my taste, I should
i Judge from Mr.. Fairweathe her'sslescrip-
tion,, but not beyond the point to which
! many good housekeepers aim to briln1g bring
them = ff3 3}'ss ssiA' sAf+s
] The young ministersdid his best, but
he. found his, second ,pieee.of, johnny.
4 cake-for he took . mouthful of this
with'eperyy inoiithf,lf Of beans-rapidly
Disappearing while the generons' supply
OF beans on his plate was not pereepti'
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