The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-07-07
THE WRONG MAN BAPriSEp.
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leceks Suu
 Siammeuns ot siu,tcting Is one ot tho mesi unpleasant things al times, tha, s man can he afflicted wtth. < man may be troubled ~ith almost any other n,alady and be cured or helped. but a man who shutters, though he may a, times be free from the habit. he never has confidence ,n h,s talking utensils. They may tsn all nght iot t,mc, hu, just as he expects the mos, from hts vocal orgass. and wants to do his best. they go back on him. and he iloundcts around and ant express h,s thoughts lo save himself X stu,,etet is usually the best natuted man ln ihc world, Ii seems as though naiate packed out the lalliest iella~s ss watch ease te put pao, vocal wotAa inta. Sd ,he,c won't bc any lacking. Thete is a gentleman lA4nE m thls ststc who shutters laSt whom h. don | want h, but @ho can talk ieis slene all ughi when there h unthing patti, s.ai ie he said Ii he gcts excited et tnt.,ested and wants ,a ate. hc gets stuNk and has tune ta walk around the hie,k beintc lac can get things Ia working again. lie was in Iowa tce entS, and at d hotel where he was stopping. the travelling tnen were getting up party one sunday so No ia A town icw miles distant. where a camp meeting vas tn pragicsa. and where there were to he number ot,onset,s baptltcd and they invited our i,tcnd. the s,us,ctet. to go along
 " Net m-ni.m much" sad he, as he worked al untangllng fish line. while boy brought tn tomato can full ot angle worms. if l know m-sn my own heart. don | No to no k-k.k-c amp meet ing where they b-b.b-bapsisc. a,-i-t. tended bapiiaing sefape once, and my k.&-k-elothcs have no, got d-d-d.dtS yet
 "Wha, was the matter" said drum. met tot Chicago grocery house. . bidn tall ,n the ~..,ei did you 7"
 ," S-n=n=o. said the s,ui;eres, as he stuffed a Sai ei paper down on tep ef the angle ~otns tn keep, hem from era~l. ing out % didn't tii fsll m, bu, 1 gnt In all the san,e was sna .sna. sn,i, he'd in Ii >oa wont tell any one. l val i-i- elell you ,houi II.
 Inc boys sNafe they soa.d uesei eiVc Il away and the sialietcf ~eai on
 ' Well abou, tsenil scat5 ago l was
 
 and therc VAS trNitd I, ihs town ai ~i iier. atd n shc splng the, aJsei,4ted ,o t-b-b hapsife sli oi the k .k k converts tscis bodi went. and l ~-N w.srnt down Ia The kk-t creek to see them s-s fssoak hey had | presiding elder. | stfanKet "a ulc tu d- -ti do the b,istts. iuR. and when inc, had dipped d f.i.l-iew. nat ,he cldel ss6ted a-a~s.soit of l. l..
 Aslnte, and 1 ,h-ih thought he wanted to como oai ai the w-m-~airf. sa 1 feae he'd ,a' iny l. h hand to help him up the b-hbank Dp bai know, he though, ~as A b-<-kseausi.daic for baptism. and he took hold of my hand and was p.p. pulling me ID. when l sand, elder. don't p-p-p and bciotc could say any in m more he said. Have no ff-iear tny young hfisuan iaend. and he pat h,s aftns around inc and wss pulling tf,- ught 'n. l want as ss-st.stfopg as asa now. and he had g-ggup hke pf,fe hsh,ef, and before kues ~hai he was about, he was saying b-b-baps,fe thee ln the bane nf the | a,hef. Son, and Holy (, g-ehosi and 1 was as weak asa sAseai. ttled to gc, away from hum. ani i1ed to espla.n sha, 1 w-~.Nssni the t.llsf. and that l hadn't n.n@nrv~f beea t"nsetl~si. but the naiufail, t,lous book n fny fs z b-b- -be,fayed me and ,tutfersd so l eoaldni get in 4 wosl in iine, and hc put me under. A sen, iaSn could sec ,he efpsd on the b b-bank laughing be, su f they all knrs l vas b-b bad. and hal Il vas 4 in,st.ke oi ti.c strange preacher | amr ap s'faDgliag, and the hpi iipng sad ~as. elder. yoa have teade thr d.d-siatn. dest mistake oi y9.iI llis. and ! asns out on the bank and shook myself You 'aay talk about ff1n- -9linislefs uas gol lag. but by gfarlouS, l shall aissys ihiak that p'ss,dng elder knew ,ha, 1 vas mo k-k-ehustian. |, was pscn,c fof the crowd, and they iaagh at me to ths day. No. gentlemen, k-k.ean't go ts the camp meeting. for shouldn', feel s-s-safe ihete and the sss;lefing man took hi, fist psle and angle worms. and vent down towards the pond. ~s,Ie the travel ing men sen, to the camp meeting