The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-03-29

tell ye! It's my turn to hev the saw,
an L amt a-goin' to be turned off like
this, Hiram Tannerp
'' jest then the saw stopped aminnit
an Deacon Tanner heerd him.
"' This here is my mill an my saw,
Mr.. Twist! says he, his eyes kinder
shinin' an his face gettin' pale, though
Twists was redder'n winter apple.
don't care a continental if 'tis!'
ses Twist. You said you WAS a -goin to
saw for me this mornin', an there's my
name onto the list right aforc We, an va
ha' N no right to lie an brass it out, il
you be deaconp
g By this time the fellers that come uu
along with Deacon Twist for to help him
load up, was gawpin' round, a-lookin'
and a-hearin'.
"And, as twas berry time, a lot OF
the Elwell tribe was near by in the bush
es, and hearin' a noise, they came. too
crows to a carkiss. they alwayswas.
Sons of Belial,' Deacon Tanner used to
call 'em. But they want; they was old
Jake ElwelPs sons, goddess fellows
enough, half-Iniin, and they was a-grin-
MIN an a-chucklin' to see the row.
Well, Deacon Tanner he erowed
whiter'n whittier.
{" caP late to do what | will with nv
own, Mister Twist, ses he, sand dono
as anybody made you Judge and divid.
er over me. If you'd hear to reason,
without flynn off the handle
1.-The amt no reason to hear tor
roared Twist. It's plainer'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
amt cheatin' and lyin' 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'.
"'He! he! he' squealed one O. tn
Elwell fellers, 'pooty good spunky dea
cons now, them ber
deacon Twist heered him, and his
jaw kinder dropped. He gin d look al
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 Tanner!
Tanner he stood a minnit lest 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 sayin', he led Deacon Twists
little piece offinter the shoemake bushes.
and Rod Garrett said he never in this
mortal world heered such dredful affeetin'
prayers as they made, both on 'em.
They didn't seem to think, he said, as
though the was anybody round a-hearin'
of 'em, only jest the Lord; but all the
men heered 'em.
'The Elwells they stole away kinder
dumfoundeSed, 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 ye it done them fellows good.
tRod Garrett he said he b'lieved the
" do ouClilu III IeHSloH Wnen ne see
Deacon Twist a-loadin' of his boards for
him, and fairly forcin' Tanner to saw
the rest of Garrett's logs afore he touched
his'n. And Hiram Plat he was kinder
on the fence before, but he came square
out and fined Chester meetin' next
sacrament day, and was a real close
walker afterwards.
GAS for the deacons, it seemed as
though they couldn't be good enough to
each other after all this. And it came
about that the was quite a'wakenin' in
Chester that winter; seemed as though
it took start to TIL old saw-mill. Itell
you what, Joshuay, practice is with all
,he preachin' you can skeer up, now
amt tips
swell, mebbe," said the considerate
joshuaY; ''but arter all, Amasy. how
lpon airth is folks a-goin' to know how
o practice without some preachine' e'
"There, you hit the nail on the head"
aid Aunt Desire, wiping her spectacles.
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