The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-07-16

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she was good girl, and she is good
woman"
"No doubt Of that, ma, am" replied
Mrs. Swillin. "Nothing more could
have been expected Of her, from what
I've heard. Her father was i plumber
and joined the Baptist Church just be
cause he wanted the job to build pa
pistry for the hard-shells in the city,
OF all people do think the Baptists i.
the most bigoted. | know one man
that belongs to that church that is web
fo.stcd and forces bis family to sleep in
his bathroom, and he won't allow then
any pleasure only at water-cure "
'Have you heard Brother Snuffin,
Mrs. Swillin ?" asked Miss Bare, i
maiden woman Of about fifty.
"lndeed ! have, Miss Bane, and he's
splendid" replied Mrs. Swillin.
"lie does me more good" said Miss
Bane, 'than any preacher ever did
hear, and then when he brushes his long
hair back and commences his paroya.
tions in the first part of his sermons. |
always think that he's speakin' righ, at
my poor heart, and | take so much COM
fort"
Inasmuch rs Miss Bane had waited
patiently for thirty years for some one
to speak to her poor heart, Brother
Snufiin's sermons were comforting, no
doubt.
Now, during all this chat the mimic
was outside the tent listening to it with
much relish. He cleared his throat,
and then, initiating the voice OF Brother
Team most wonderfully, he said 81
say Snuffin, is Crumbs willing? ?" "Cer-
tainly," said he, initiating Snuffin' S
voice. "but don't talk so loud ; some
of these people may be awake" "Oh,
awake, the devil" said he in Team $
voice; "there amt light in tent but
this old gals, Mrs. Swillin. But she's
abed and asleep; she always keeps her
light aburning. l tell you, Snuffin, that
we've got just as much right to have a
little pleasure rs other people. You
beat me last night and won my money
fair. but I'll bet you that I'll wax you
before morning. It's awfully monoton-
Gus up here, and we would have died il
hadn't brought my cards along. "To
be sure" continued he, in marvellous
imitation Of Snuffin's voice, "and the
Presiding Elder is coming up and then
we can make il four-handed d-n 4
three.handed game, anyhow, and amt
going to play with joker, either
"Certainly not" he said in Team $
! voice, "and when will this Internal old
camp break up9"
"Not till next week." he said in
Snuffin's voice, "and that's just our luck
we'll miss the races in town" And
he moved away.
To say that the ladies in the tent were
thunderstruck when they heard their
beloved brothers talk thus, would cx-
press it but tamely. They were par
alyzed with indignation and wonder
They would fain believe it dream or
themselves mistaken, but they could not.
They could not shake off the hideous
reality. Every one OF them had heard
every word distinctly, and they were
perfectly familiar with the voices of
Brothers Snuffin and Team. While they
looked at each other, completely dazcd,
and fast losing all faith in human nature,
the mimic came behind the tent again,
and, in the voice Of Brother Crumbs, as
though talking to himself. said -
"Brothcrs Team and Snufiin have gone
ahead. They're a bloody pair OF sons
Of guns, and swindled me last night, but
I'll get even with them yet !" And he
moved away again.
Mrs. Swillin at last recovered sutfi-
ciently to speak "Merciful Fathers |!
Did you hear that p
"Indeed | did, Mrs. Swillin," said
Miss Bane, "but men are all alike, Just
to think that them men could preach
and pray SO fine, and roll up their eyes
and fool us wimin, and then gamble at
night What ought we to do3'
ado !" said Mrs. Bows; "do why
we ought to report il to the Presiding
Elder"
"What good would that do ?" asked
Mrs. Swillin, she's wuss than any Of
them. Didn't you hear that owdacious
wretch say that the Presiding Elder was
to make il our-handed p
| LOTS mercy, yes.
"And that miserable monster say
was an old gal Old gal, am | 4. Oh,
the hippercrit Many's the good din
ner he's cat at my house, and whenever
he wanted little sumthing for the origin
or the kirc or anything like that, he'd
come round Mr.. Smillin in the softest
kind Of way and say it was for the Lord.
The Lord, indeed How do we know
but what he wanted il to play cards
with? He's been mighty kind to me
since Mr.. Swillin died, too, but my eyes
is opened now, he wants my money"
Mrs. Todd. who had sat spcechless
with amazemen; during this time, here
found her tongue "lf | hadn't aheard
il from their own lips, an angel right
down couldn't have made me believe it.
It's the most dreadful thing ever found
out yet-perfectly dreadful, and don,
care who il hurts, I'm just going to tell
everybody all about it,"
$50 am l." said Mrs. Swillin. "And
l, too," said all the rest.
"Certainly," said Mrs. Swillin. "It's
a duty we owes to the church and Ia
ourselves. Don't let's have any wolves
in sleeps clothing"
| And the good women spread it most
industriously to the tremendous damage
Of the Presiding Elder, and Brothers
Team, Snuffin, and Crumbs, and retri-
button has not overtaken the mimic yet
but he'll receive his punishment in
time.
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