The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-05-11

| stranger, Dut studied MN as wen dS
they could as his advancing steps favor
cd them with nearer view Of him.
As he approached nearer, and could
obtain tolerably fair view Of his fea'
lures. they discovered nothing in the
OMEN, pleasant, benevolent looking
countenance to cause fear; and when he
approached the door and his purpose of
calling at the house was manifest, they
were rather pleased than otherwise.
lie set his gun against the logs of the
house and lightly raped upon the door
Carrie FASTENED to open 1t, and IN a
pleasant voice babe the venerable Stran-
ger to enter. and offered him a chair.
With a polite recognition of her well
come, and a courtesy of manner that
showed the polish of good breeding be-
meath the rough eXteriorof his battered
and weather-beaten garments, he ac-
cepted the profiered chair and proceed
ed to introduce himself as follows:
This is sister La Vergnc presume"
he said, addressing Mrs. La Nergne,
and turning to Carrie, he added with u
pleasant, fatherly smile which won Car
rie's esteem at once, and this is our
young sister La Vergne."
Both assured him that they We're the
persons named. and he continued:
"My name is Morrison. Xephanah
Morrison. am a Methodist preacher,
who, having taste for backwoOds life,
came into this vicinity several years
ago, as amSsonary among the Indians;
but since the advent here of many fami-
lies of my own color has resulted in the
removal of most of the Indians at pOintS
farther west, ! have remained here, and
on the Sahhaths preach to the settlers
in some one of their houses when the
weather is Indictment, and in the open
forest on thepleaSant summer Sundays.
| learned that brother La Vcrgne had
come among us to live, and ! decided to
call upon him to-day and form his ac-
quaintance, in the hope that a friend
ship might be established between us
which certainly shall look upon as a
valuable acquisition to myself, and
which | humbly indulge the hope may
not be entirely yalueleSS to him, but as
perceive that he is not at home, | VIII
pass on and call at some other time.
when ! hope to have the pleasure Of
meeting him." and he arose to take his
leave, but Mrs, La Vergne invited him
to remain. assuring him that her huS-
band and son would return by twelve
o'clock to partake Of their MONDAY
meal. which time, referring the little
clock that was cheerily ticking away in
its place upon the rude little mantel
which Pats mechanical genius had
built against the wall, was less than an
hour distant: and she stated that she
knew her husband would be pleased to
meet him, and would be disappointed
should he 60 away without giving him
that pleasure.
Thereupon the Rev. Xephaniah Nor
rison thanked her for the kind invita-
ton. and said he would remain and
await the coming Of her husband.
Carrie commenced to busy herself
preparing dinner for the absent ones,
and left her mother to entertain their
guest, who proved to be an interesting
conversationaiSt:a in little whiIeshe
found herself mentally congratulating
herself and the whole family upon the
acquaintance and friendship that was
promising to spring up between them
and the seedy-looking hut really inter
esting and large-hearted backwoOds
Methodist preacher; but she was not a
little amused at hearing her mother adj
dressed as Sister La Ncrgnp. and her
self as young Sister La Nergne.
Mr.. and Mrs. La Nergne were both
members of a Presbyterian church in
Schenectady, and the custom Of apply
ing the appelIations of Brotherand Sis
ter as practiced by ministers and lay
men of the Methodist denomination.
was new TO her.
During the conversation, winch was
carried on in the room where she was
at work. she learned that the preacher
resided about ten miles distant from
them; long distance, we inhabitants
of the city or thickly-settled country
would say; but in this new country as
in all new countries, a ncighborhood
comprises a large extent Of territory
and people residing but ten miles from
each other. are esteemed near neigh
bOrS.
She learned moreover, that he and his
old wife lived alone in little log cabin
not more than half as large as that oc-
cuped by the La Vergne family; and
she learned that also which at first
caused her no little trepidatiOn, namely
that not more than six miles away, lived
remnant Of the once powerful tribe OF
Huron Indians, comprising about TWEEN
| ty male Indians and about the same
number of squaws, who had achlef and
a sort of government of their own
and obtained their livelihood by hunt
ing or fishing: but when assured that
they were not hostile but friendly to the
whites who treated them with kindness
her fears vanished and she thought she
would like to visit the place where they
dwelt and see their mode of life.
BY the time she had dinner prepared
she heard the men coming from then
work. AS they entered they were made
acquainted with their guest, and all
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