Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-09
TIVE saD BoK

Wednesday night, asked the grocer
OF the bad boy, as he came over after
some cantelopcs for breakfast, and
plugged a couple to see IL they we're
ripe.
Gle wasn't turned out Of prayer
meeting at all. The people all went
away and Pa and me was the last
ones out Of the church. But Pa was
mad, and don't you forget IT,"
E"Well, what seemed to be the
troubled Has your Pa become back
sliderf"
30, no, his flag Is still there. But
something seems 10 60 wrong. You
see. when we got ready to go to'pray'
er-meeling last night, Pa told me TO
20 up stairs and get him handker.
chief. and TO drop little perfumery
on il, and put il in the tail pocket of
his black coat. l did il. but ] guess
got hold Of the wrong bottle Of fu
merry. There was label on the fu.
merry bottle that said Jamaica Rum
and I thought il was the same as Bay
Rum. and put on a whole lot. just
afore put the handkerchief in Pas
pocket ! noticed pack Of cards on
the stand. that Pa used to play hilo-
jack with Ma evenings when he was
so sick he couldn't go down town, be-
fore he got 1igion, and | wrapped the
handkerchief around the pack Of
cards and put them in his pocket. i
don't know what made me do il, and
Pa don't either. guess, cause he told
Ma this morning | was possessed Of
devil. mover owned no devil, but !
had a pair Of pot goats once, and they
played hell all around. Pa said. That's
what the devil does, aint ii9 Well, !
must 20 home with these melons, or
they wont keep"
"But hold on" says the grocery
man, as he gave the boy a few raisins
with worms in, that he couldn't sell,
10 keep him, what about the prayer
meetingS"
40, | like 10 forgot. Well Pa and
me went 10 prayer-meeting, and Ma
came along afterwards with deakin
that is mashed ON her, l guess, cause
he says she is 10 be piiied for havin' to
20 through lie linked to such an old
prize or as Pa. ! heard him tell Ma
that, when he was helping her put on
her rubber water privilege to go home
in the rain the night Of the sociable,
and she looked at him just ms she does
at me when she wants me to go down
TO the hair foundry after her switch,
and said, 20, you dear BROTHER and
all the way homo he kept her water.
privilege on by putting his arm on
the small Of her back. Ma asked Pa
il he didn't think the deakin was real
kind, and Pa said "yez. dam kind,
but that was afore he got 'ligion. We
sat in a pew. at the prayer meeting.
next TO Ma and the deakin, and there
was lots OF pious folks all around
there. After the preacher had gone
to bat, and an old lady had her in
nings. a praying, and the singers had
got out on first base, Pa was on deck,
and the preacher said they would like
TO hear from the recent convert, who
was trying to walk in the straight and
narrow path, but who found it so
hard, owing TO the many crosses he
had to bear. Pa knowed il was him
that had to 20 to bat, and he got up
aud said he felt il was good to be
there. He said he didn't feel that he
was a full sized Christian yet, but he
was getting in his work the best he
could. lie said at times everything
looked dark TO him, and he feared he
should falter by the wayside, but by a
firm resolve he kept his eye sot on the
future, and II he was tempted to do
wrong he said get thee behind me, Sa-
tan, and stuck in his toe-nails for
pull for the right He said he was
thankful to the brothers and sisters,
particularly the sisters, for all they
had done to make bis burden light.
and hoped to meet them all in.
When Pa got as far as that he sort Of
broke down. suppose he was going
to say heaven, though after few
minutes they all thought he wanted to
meet them in a saloon. When his
eyes began 10 leak, Pa put his hand in
his tail pocket for his handkerchief,
and got hold Of il. and gave II jerk,
and out came the handkerchief, and
cards. Well, il he had shuiiled them,
and Ma had cut them, and he had
dealt six hands, they couldn't have