Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-03-08

ton b ha Sariinw Il con ccture a to the.
mum lber OF times she packed, unpacHcd
ant rcparhcd my hand-tr nix, or hv di-
vul@ing her cNs a. to the number of
night and day shirts. white ties and
troai-lpz"ngcs required for Il week, :
minIst rial campaign. How to get
such an unlimited quantity into q limited
Space was = problem Solyable only hy
fem nine ingenuity.
| confess to a feeling Of relief when
the huor came to Kiss Eo:cas GOOD by
and lake my place in the coach.
i,aif ;tu h pt;r had elapsed. an had
just gotten comfortably settled down in
corner of tie ba.h seat. when all of
which ! was being gently io!tcd.
Wasn't like the man ), no went shoot
ing and forgot his gun? Hadn't | let
my .rmon behind? / icmrmb red lay
ing ii out before starting. but re nllrct-
C nothing fur. her. began 4 hurried
search. and ,olldn't help an cXclama-
tion of rcl:c: aS rly hand encountered
the precious document III my lneId"
breast pocket.
The Journey vas without incident till
the last day. which WI saturday. V hen
suddenly Wc collapsed 4 wheel. Fortu-
natcIv the accident occurred at the en-
trance %: Il popu!ous village, where the
pa myers could he made comfortable
prn,lin- the repairs.
\ whcciWrirht WAS >ent or, who. af-
ter a careful iii tmnus:s. declare that i
would take N least half-a dav to ret he
We .clr OH lis lcgS. | mu-t either, then.
remain where was ill Monday, or con-
nue. nv iourncr on the sabbath, which
was against my prime pie. had re-
Gently mad the sin OF s-unda travel
inm tie Snhic,i of a let discourse. and
fc,t OBLIGED 10 practice my own teach
in.~ a, well for C n>;st"ncy. ~ for con
science sake.
was ii.watdIv dcpioring the u"ccS-
Sitv oi :, ending tn" coming ~ bath IN
tie prom S,.uoi!S society of u village
tn crn, when u mrand looking gentle
man arco>tcd me:
II presume, by y"ur ~arb, he said.
that you are Il clergyman, and beng
of thai calling IN self. 4 ,i coni iccturng
your avrlS on to pro rcciin@ on a .oIrncy
under circumstances which may carry
Il into the Sabbath, permit me To tender
YOU lie hospitality Of my To Il TIL Mon
daV.
Thankfully accepted the cilcr: and
shorty :f;cr myself and hand-trunk
wee ~nu.ly bcStoAcd i'll frpther and
Si>tc" Gu~hin-good'~ best room.
though an crtirc stranger To both. |
could scarcely have b en- more hoSrit;,-
hly received had enjoyed their int
ma y for wears. In the course - tn.
evening Brot!.rr G. ; .inmguod and dis
covered tha. our views completely har-
muEizrd Oh certain inn o tant quest dnS
then actively mUotct; lni before the
ho T. of retiring he prc>-in@ly invited
me To oc -lipy his pulpit on the morrow.
\ Il
though had rou~nt bat single sei--
mon - it'll III =, and should lie obliged to
repeat /. II the protracted meeting, the
two plac-.s were sufficiently distant 20
insure lii / the audiences would be
wholly different.
Erfurr living down took out the er-
mon to run it over, =, was my custom
"f Il Saturday night. Every broth 7
knows that to read mon crrdita ly.
one can not 1t. too familiar with it.
1t the lirst glance | started with sur
prise. Il wasn't my sermon IT all,
must have forgotten the latter Is | had
feared. and this must be one Of the dead
III mister lett in his coat pocket.
| glanced it over and founi it Il we'll
compac:ed d;sc"ur-. ona popular topic.
WHY not us. it2 1t was am excellent
rroduc. on and might ,ln great good. of
which rhr world WAS mol to b. drpr we'd
merely because the author was dead.
Ecs;d :. ii hal fallen into my hands aS
a sort If Pruvi,!eut Il; treasure rove, i'll
VIII. II | felt possessed III least 4
u-utructllarY title.
i;ut must harry on to the poin at
which rose MIR Gu>hin~mr rod' : pull
pit ncNt morning with the urwlv-di>coy-
cred sermon carefully sm 'othcd ont ana
neatly dcpo-i ed between the Old AID
New Testament i'll the biz Bs lie on the
reading desk.
| bean in my best manner. BY re-
pcatcd rcru>al> | had % famiiar,zcd
myself With the manuscript tina, with
the aid of an occaS onal prompting
glance. | was abe In clothc the words
VITA the fr, .Shnc~S If apparently ext M
poTan"nu> delivery.
Ihc opening Scntcnc' = We're rec e:yod
with respectful attention; b"t pretty
soon queer looks hcran to hr cN hanged,
and one scIate io"kin. gentleman Il
tuallv w.nkcd a. ann her at the close of
cnr of the b">t-round"d rc.;odS. The
most pathet C. passages, instead of
clicitinm tear. cited >m les: and the
pcroration. which Was highly ! Il hct Z.
WAS received with Il broad grin. and
more than one tlaI..ty handkerchief was
stiIlr II litter
AT down indignant. and left Broth
cr Gush:nw.uoi 20 ,ontinuc the exc
els He dill so with Il br'cf paper. de
ridcdly wanting II u"ction. fro.m viii h
the usual comp in"nta"y allu~icn t.
the cNccllr. t Il Scou { t whi h we
have bee priv;l gel t. li~tcn,' wa,
S.udi ~ sly omitted.
Bcfo e the giyinr out # the final
HYMN rNpectcd 20 h ar the cu-to n;ll Y
announcement # Il Election t, be
TAX n up ..f'r the benefit ct the bro her
who has st a'ldr, SS"d Gs.' On the con
trar,. Ni< W, what Bro her G.shil- =
g,.Id aid:
Not long since, when / had occas on
tn make a visit To Il distant town. the
hou at " hich stopped WAS robb d.
Among other arr ;clcS taken was Il coat
o. mine with L sermon in the pocket
To that sermon we have u~t lStrnrd
and observed YOU all recognized it. for
il is not long since | y ca he'd it here
myself. The stolen garment is on that
nuns back. | identity it rs fully a |
do tn" discourse which he has Just had
the ellrontciy to deliver. | believe he
is an impo>ter and thief. who has as
: med his pre>ynt charact = for the pur-
pose OF vi tmizing the un>u>pccti ing
port on of the religious community.
Iou will now receive the b red ction.
and At the conclusion Cnnsta lc Haler
will pl 'aSc step this way
VIII ch Constable llalcr very prompt
lv did: and it was III HiS company, fol-
lowed by the body of the congregation.
that left the ch rch.
As the process on passed along the
street W. ME: the Sundav coach cpmiag
in Through one of the windows 1