The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-15

-.en 10 li,iAa tat. GET 49, easy 10 pTie-
lite after i've days, when iii ONE Juige
HerIick's wife alterssoruev curtin calico.
| had . lan'some piece, all done off
with roses and things, but there vas q
iault in the weayin', every nov II then
a thin streak She didn't notice 70, bus
she was pleased with the figures ont
and ssid she'd take the whole piece.
Well, just as he WAS wrappln' Oft up,
tryin' to act just as the Lord would in
our place to come me. Why, | turned as
red as a beet, | about snew did. It
made me ali OF a trembles There was I,
a doorkeeper in the tents of my God. NJ
David says, really clieatin1, and cheatin'
a woman. / tell ye, breihrin, | was all q
sweat. Mis- Herrick, says T. .Idon'tb be-
lieve you've looked real close ut this
goods; faint thorough wove," says 1. So
she didn't take it; but what fetched me
was to think how many times before I
had done such mean, Unreliable little
th1ngs to turn a penny, n then all the
time sayin' and prayin' that / wanted to
be like Christ. ] KEEP q trippin' of N.Y.
self upiail day jes in tue ordinary bug
mess, and ] was y peg lOwef down when
night come than ] was a Thursday. I'D,
rather, as far as hard work IS concerned
lay a mile of four-foot stone wall than
undertake to do d mans livin' Christian
duty twelve hours and the heit or that
Is, its because amt used to it and I
ought to be.
$50 this mornin' come round, and i
felt 81 mite more cheek. Twas mission
airy mornin', and seemed as If twas q
sight easier to preaefs thsu to practice,
thought I'd begin tt cid Mis- yedder's.
SO | put a Testament In my pocket
and Knocked to; her door, Says /.
"Good mornin', ma'aan.' aud thenI
stopped. Words seemed to stop some-,
how. l didn't want to pop right out
that ! d come to try'n, convert her folks.
| hemmed and swallowed a little, and
in'ly L said, SAYS /, we don't see YOU
out to meetin' very frequent, Mis- We'd
der"
emo, you don'u' ses size, as quick as
q wink, Il stay at home and mind my
business
"sWell, we should like to hev you
come along with lie and do ye good
says l, sort Of ccncliatory.
Look a here. deaconR she sn pped,
and you know !. never wentfto meetin';
we amt q pious lot. and youfknowed it;
We're poorer'n death and uslier'n sin
Jim he drinks and swears and Malviny
dono her letters. She knows q heap
she hadn't ought to besides. Now what
are you comm here to day for, I'd like
to know, and talking s % glib about
meetinY Go to ,meetin'l I'll 90
and come just when Iidarn please, for
all YOU. Now get out o. thisy Why, che
come at me with a broomstick, There
wasn't nc need ont; what she said was
enough. / hadn't never asked her nor
her'n toiso, much as think OF goodness
before. Then l went TO another place
Just like that won't call no more
names; and sure enough there was ten
children in rags, the hull Of .em and the
man half drunk. He give it to me, too,
and I don'twonder. I'd said consldera-
BILE about the hearhen IN foreign parts,
and give some little Tor to convert tem,
and l had looked right over the heads
of them that YVES next door. Seemed rs
if | could hear him say, THESE ye ought
to have done, and not have lett the .,oth-
er undone,' l couidn'tface another soul
to-day, my brethren; + come, and here Il
be. ! have been searching through and
through and found wantin'. God be mer-
ciful to me a sinneri"-Examiner.