The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1883-01-13
SpeiiaNs . cssp ~ Praying sos Rain.
lOpis p. Read, New Verb Mercuye

lopts p. Read, New Verb Mereus,
Two colored preachers, Parsons CAhe
and M.las. ~ere Afraigned before Justice
Corr, eclored gentleman whose ahals-
ties as Jur,s, placed h.n on the bench
Of high esteem.
"tfudeN 90 de char h. SGt violaiorS
Oh de Erea, Law oh de state oh Atkansaw.
said the Justice, You is placed under my
+ judicial iro~n dis day. charged w,d
! hghnn' IN de house ob de Lord, II j.
bad enough for preachers ter light any.
how, ha, when dA rises up outen psar an
cufs each adder ~,d dc hans ~ka, de
la~d tended should be used in lie grip
oh good fellowship an uplifiin' OBJ dc
cup coptaln,n' dc vine % dc sacrament,
II u a insult tel dc Cross an tfampin' an-
der foo, Oh de CROWN what's got a thous-
an diamonds, de smallc>, sb which Is
bigger den de ak oh guinea eh,eken,
hroddef Milus. make yer statement
eonsarn,n' dis physical u,bala,ica ,n'
painful trouble oh de Aesh."
farsoa Milus arose. and with gravity
IN teef,as With his d.sa.hed calling. said !:
"Rsades ledge. ds Is might, bad
charge unsses which, aid dc sanction oh
Satan Is tasslln. An. as he lord Is my
ledge. III s,n yer de Jacks. | Was IN my
church yistidy prrash,n' Christ. an Him
crueihed. an had tu>t finished pfat.
when Hfudet Gabe he steps IN an lung
bench lex at INC. ben happed oatcn
dc pulpit an mixed wld lie reverend gen
leman IN a scan lous soiief Nay. We ~
all sioun lie house. uamped on Sister
S,pd an hsrked dc Sims oh dc si,i,n
elders an de white lhat,ses an repuhi,.
Cans AN sinners ~ha, MAS IN dc church.
an finally lindci t.ahe got ahnld oh dc
same bench lex MIA, lac had hung at me
an ha me ehei lie head. all lie time ny.
IN ter make me promise dat wouldn't
ptay NO more. Now, hudet ledge. dat
was lie tight. b,adet t,she he com
menced dc light an Tended myself
! When G.ahr was called upon To give
his version. he replied;
In otdei ter fully he, Al dis business.
I'll he ne, essary ter go GU, lntei world,
ahaus. i'@ got cotton patch. an
iirader Milus Is also lie p'rieiot oh a 1T
tic held oh de same staple. Long IA "A
Spting one oh de.c eu,, ta,ns come long
nm VIC, itrudes M,lass i.eli Aa lei m,ns
dry Dis tackled dc ole man an a,
church dr na,M sunday he prayed tur
ut1 Ntdutt, khaNtu cat ne u uhh hAu
ram nongh. aud dat lie condensation oil
dyness would rum my .rop spoke
te, HIM boa, dc untairness oh lie oe,a.
sian. but hr grinnrd n, me an tolc me
,e, pop my religious Whip an 40 ahead,
ed sec Who had dc mos 'huenee ~isl
lie i.a@d. Wall. when dc ,eiton opened
out iifude, Minus burned an rot through
~ kin an den gun ,e, play fur tain Ter
.pde my crop m"ns,tated ~,d hun.
hut he aouldn quit, sa tic addef day.
when kct. he'd hun p'a,In' tu, lie sp,lin
! uh my cotton. vent Iutrr dc vhuu h an
II, he lcs' like he tells YET | come la sic
'cluaion dat ef dc AVID WAS a g~in ter
listen ter dat man all ,lc tune. ID cali ~
dc help oh dc dehil bats lie N,ac ala lie
sn1k Sln 'als. an hopes da, Nc,
has heath an hafkened inter de ho,n
wha, sc dun bowed T"
"iafson M,lus. sad de Justice, dis Is
a mighty serious Inflammation IN tic
iatuta oh lie Law |, am eb,dsm DAT You
santsd tct ,utfup, dc AVID inter >pilin
.l,A '.,..as etut, an u -naN betom.s -i1y
duty ,e, hhc ,on.cff an dc AVID ten dol
lais !, pte,r ~ de AVID amt hesh ,tt
ans~ei dc lfafTes. All ~ yer ,lafn ,es
he de assat ah lie t.teaE Master. III
make yei pay de twenty dollars aud
h.uge de s=d 81, wlsl de ,os, -