The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-08-31

over the same, then is it hazardous to
awaken the slumberer right suddenly,
because he dreameth of divers things
and sayeth TO the tittiing man who shak-
eth him up, Hey? hi hal yes, yes, all
right I'm up" And thus is the eongre-
CATION much scanda.ized. But if he
foldeth his handkerchief over the back
of the pew in front. and boweth his
head devoutly upon the same, even in
| that moment when the text is pro-
nounced, that sleeper will trouble no
one, but Will slumper sweetly on until
the time of the benedictiou; and he will
awaken refreshed and smiling, and will
extol the sermon and magnify the
| the preacher. He is the old timer from
Sleepy Hollow.
II THE LoUNGER.-He falls into the
! pewand slides easily into the most com
| Portable corner. He shakes himself down
into a comfortable attitude. His legs
extend under the pewin front and meet
his hips at the crookedest of obtuse an
giles. He crooks his plant elbow into
the arm of the pew, and drops the side
of his face into the fearful hollow of his
hand, by means of which he pushes his
cheek up into his eye. His shoulders
Every time youlook at him you expect
! to see him slide out of sight. And al
though you are a good man, sometimes
| you wish he would, and never come up
again.
III The FIDGET.-Whether You
look for him or not you know where he is.
He pushes the hassock away with a long
resonant groan of its own. Then he sits
Dol upright, hooks his shoulder blades
over the back of the pew, and hangs
on. He is going to sit still this Sunday if
it kills him. Butthe pew is too high, so
he settles down a little. Then he puts a
hymn-book between his back and the
pew. Then he leans forward and lets
it fall with a crash. Then he folds his
armshe half turns and lays one arm along
down and braces both knees against the
back of the pew in front. All, that's
comfort. 1t lasts ninety seconds, when
he abruptly s%traightens up, e~levates both
arms, and hooks his elbow over the back
of his pew. That isn't what he
wants; his legs are tired; he reaches for
the hassock with both feet, upsets it,
and in a frantic effort to stay it, kicks it
agains it against the pew. Covered with
burning embarrassment he pulls out
his watch twice or thrice without once
looking at it. He folds his arms across
his breast, then he crosses them behind
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! pockets, he drops a Bible on the floor
and puts his feet into his hat, and at
times you look to see him 90 all to
pieces, but he doesn't. He stays togeth-
er and orne back next Sunday. every
limb and joint of him.
~. The WArcHER,-His neck is fitted
on a globe socket and turns clear around.
He sees everything that goes on The
man who comes in late does not escape
him. and it is in vain for tenor to think
he got that little note to the alto con-
veyed between the leaves of the hymn
book unobserved. The watcher saw it.
He sees the hole in the quarter that
Elder Skinner dropped in the plate. He
sees that Deacon Slowboy has put on
one cuff. If the door swings he looks
around; If the window moves noiseiess-
ly lie looks up. He sees the stranger in
his %neighbor's pew, and ne sees
Brother Badman sitting away back I'M
der the gallery, furtively taking a chew
of the inhibited fne-cut. All things
that nobody wants him to see the
watcher sees. He sees so much that
he has no time to listen.-Burdette fin
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