The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1879-12-04
Stories and Sketches.
OVERWHELMING 4 PARsON.


"Tm real glad you've como, Miss
Purdyp' exclaimed Miss Betsey Marvin,
opening the door to the village dress,
maker, GIVE been expecting you fur
this three weeks My ALPACA is gcttin'
50 rusty I'm most ashamed to wear it
Whcn'd you git home?
Last night answered The little
woman, shaking out tic folds of Che
largg figured delaino before her. q @
Then you haven't heard the news,
maybe--about Parson WORCESTERSHIRE I,
hev your asked Miss Betsey, with an
air Of mysterious importance. 'aaf
Not word exceptwhat | saw in the
newspapers. You see Pvo been over 10
Florence, sewing, for three months;
Cousin Marias youngest daughter was
married last Tuesday. How will you
have your dress cut, Miss MurvinT'
You don tsayI Well Inever! What
luck she d0es hev marrying off her rirlsl
Out II polnase, liss Puqdy, and fdoG't
get liter long belind--it's d dreadful
au tu Yaste cloth so, Itthink. EAV6tl.
I'm glad you didn' hear IT from Sophia
ing things 50. Now 1 ai'ays tell
Straightforward story, and lot folks touch
itup 10 guit themselves. How did Won
like Parson Noble, what yon'ye heard of
him, Miss PurdyF
" He always put ma in mind Of those
nen that 81. Paul tells about of whom
the world Is not werthy,'0 answered
the dressmaker measuring Miss Mawi1i's
plump waist with her tape-measure.
oh welll / s'pose most people was
pleased with him at first; maybe you'll
change your mind wlen you hear about
tho donation. g l cau't say butwIat he
has q pleasing way with him, but
always thought he was a little louse In.
bis doctrine. mistrusted from the first
that like as not he wouldn't stay long.
Somehow bis preaching vans strong
eniongh-there want theology enough
about it,
Possibly not" remarked Miss Purdy,
basting up tho lining, but ii seemed 10
mo he preached the gospel apd that was
good enough for me2t 8
" Do you think he was very spiritualP'
asked Miss Betsey, waYing theio3n tested
point. He's been seen moresn a.dozen
times sliding down Dragon hill with the
boys on their double ripp6fs-4 as they
call 'em. What do you think of thatT'
q think most likely he enjoyed it,
and I'm sure the boys did. ] never saw
9 man haYo such q faculty for making
everybody. happy around him - it was
really wonderful Y
Miss Marvin laughed a low, laugh
which had in IL tneither mirth nor music.
lfs a real pity to spoil your good |
opinion Of him, she said, and 4 hate
to % II, but | s'pose somebody else viii
tall you if don't. When JIG came
hero, you know, they promised him 500
salary but the times is hard and every
thing ii cheap, and they thought, mebba,
Tbs year he'd be satisfied With six. !
Nobody but him and his wife, yon tRes
Seems to mo 500 and the parsonage ssa
honstfous price-what do you thinkf
suppose they have 10 have food
ana clothes, Miss Marvin ia fact, had |
~ idea that ministers were human"
begin 20 think 20 myself, Miss
!, lr,ufdyi dreadfally human" j" sighed Miss
hetsey, /" Well, as ] was saying, they |
vent 10 him the committee Bdid-sand /
slndly asked hhnif he'd takd aiX hulls
aFea this year, rs money was 10 scarce, |
And what do you think he saidT' 4
i haven't the slightest idea, unless |
~ said he would preach for nothing. VA
40, indeed he @id llhlednldn' q lslt
last live on 800, aud thought 'ife ought |
? ee making some provision for the
tature now, IL ever. Mrs. Chaplin said |
she thought that was distrustin' provi- |
l.sence, and that's the way / look at ib.>
sassil.t the Lord promised to provide? /
l3iahat he feed Elijah and the children /
II /, F. Israeli And / calculate il ministers
L iaitifal the Lord'wili take care of 'efn 4
wien they're tooold TO prcach32'' II
Wen, what dill thc eooir8i tee ao
saen inquired the dressmaker. Z
II made d sightof talk, i can tell
1oa some was fur lettin' dc parson 10,
0at Beacon Siaions trb reaIsriied iii; ho
~ he didn't blame the minister one
la,tei he Thought thcy ought To raise bis
5saaFT s3li instead Of lowerini III. and he'd bo
M, mailn e give $50 The Neacon meant
8eil' Oat he's dreadful unreasonable
alan when he gifts his dauderup; bot
" Wy Lyman ae pnt him down at enee; /
is WV u vas o poor plan to lot miRis
aeF their way, and if they should
s.s afs0n Noble seven hundred this
..l "a ae aakini for eight hundred
saay oa Then the deacon got up
es no. ID like 70 asS Squire i4y-
s I ~ could live On six hnndredg
slss - real tender pint, and tho
AileW y, tef Sue Lyman told
bssa 5,s'la that her father gave her fiye
ssss year fur hrr clothes and te
ss, y ssiis and they kept two girls ana I
y gge care VI the horses. but the