The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-03-03

along with Deacon Twist for to help him
load up, was gawpin' round, a-lookin'
aud a-hearin'.
And, as twas berry time, lot of
the Elwell tribe was near by in the bush
es, and hearin' noise, they came. too
crows 70 carkiss, they alwayswas.
Sons of Belial,' Deacon Tanner used to
call EN-. But they want; they was old
Jake Elwelrs sons, goddess fellows
enough, half-lniin, and they was a-grin-
MN an a-chuckliu' to see the row.
Well, Deacon Tanner he growed
whiter'n whittier.
cal late to do what | will with my
own, Mister Twist ses he, and | deao
as anybody made youa Judge and divid-
er over me. If you'd hear to reason,
without flynn off the handle
The amt no reason to hear tor
roared Twist. It's palmer n the nose
on your face; YOU promised to saw my
logs this identikle mornin', an now your
mills full of another feller's. an if that
ain cheatin' and lynn | dono what It's!
! won't never bring no more logs to your
mill whilst time ENDORSE
Nor | won't never saw 'em if you
don snapped Tanner, his eyes a-blazin'.
.Hel he, her squealed one o. tn
Elwell fellers, 'pooty good spunky dea-
cons now, them be-
deacon Twist heered him, and his
jaw kinder dropped. He gin a look at
Tanner and stepped right up to him and
ses:
"' Brother Tanner; I've did wrong:
I've give occasion for the enemy to re-
vile, and them Sons o. Belial is a-makin'
us their music. We've shamed the Lord.
Forgive me, Brother Tannerr
Tanner he stood a minnit Jest as
though somebody'd up and struck him.
Then he reached out his hand, and ses
he:
"Brother Twist, we have both sinned.
Let us ask forgiveness from on high
"And so savin', he led Deacon Twist 8
little piece offinter the shoemake bushes.
and Rod Garrett said he never in this
mortal world heered such dredful affectin'
prayers as they made, both on EN-
They didn't seem to think, he said, as
though the was anybody round a-hearin'
of EN-, only jest the Lord; but all the
men heered EN-.
THE Elwells they stole away kinder
dumfoundered, but the rest stayed by.
When the deacons come out after spell,
a-holdin' hands jest like two youngsters,
they see they had been a-cryin'; and
when they shook hands right there, and
said as they'd quarrelled before folks.
they would make up before 'em, and
tell We it done them fellows good.
'Rod Garrett he said he b'lieved the
was suthin' in religion when he see
Deacon Twist a-loadin' of his boards for
him, and fairly forcin' Tanner to saw
the rest of Garrett logs afore he touched
his'n. And Hiram Platt he was kinder
on the fence before, but he came square
out and lined Chester meetin next
sacrament day, and was real close
walker afterwards.
''As for the deacons, it seemed as
though they couldn't be good enough to
each other after all this And it Game
about that the was quite a wakenin' in
Chester that winter; seemed as though
it took a start to tn old saw-mill tell
you what, Joshuay, practice is wu' tn all
the preachin' you can skeer up, now
amt itpf
s'Well, mebbe," said the considerable
Joshuay; ''but arter all, Amasy, how
upon airth is folks a-goin' to know how
to practice without some preachinp"
"There, you hit the nail on the head,n
said Aunt Desire, wiping her spectacles.
Rose Terry Cooke, IN Detroit Free
Press.