The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-08-30
A GEORGIA CAMP MEETING.
The Young Woman Who &Ot
GTp to Sunrise Prayer NEecsEn'.

The Young Woman WbO iOt
Up to SmRrise Prayer Mecssm'.
81 must tell you about weuns all a
gwine to Union camp ground here
tother week, and what happened to
Caledony while we was thar, hadn't |
been to camp meeting afore sence l |
was knee high to pap, and all could
fetch to mind about it was the smell |
of wheat straw and red apples, and Il
gitten my eyes full of SNAKE whar
they was cooking under shelter, and
hearin' the mules and critters holler
that was hitched to swingin' limbs all
over the woods, and seeing two dogs
fight, and little boy fall into a spring
and his nanny wear hickory bar
daciously our ON him. Some folks
haint got one grain OF sense about
whippin' of chile. She had let him
RIM off and hadn't paid no 'tention to
him, and when somebody axed her if
she knowed whar her young one was
she lowed: 5t.-
Ono, I've lett him in the hands OF
Providence but when she found the
found the little teller all wet and mud
dy and letin on. him: with that hicko4,
ry switch, I KNOWN reason he thought
he was in the hands or the old
Nick
"But must tell you about cal. Me
and her had perused around and got
acquainted with right smart chance
Of boys. We stayed thar O. week, and
one night, one of the preachers, good
old gray-headed man; axed all the
young folks to see how many of
them as could gitup to sunrise prayer
meetin
"The gals all sot in to whisperin'
and bettin' which would be the fust
one up-the one that riz fust was to
run all round and wake up tothers.
Oaledony never would be outdone in
nothin' if she could help it, and she is
the banginest gal to git into scrapes
ever wuz seed. She riz next mornin'
fore enybody else, and went over to
the RQbersons tent to wake up the
girls Last year the gals had all stay
ed in the left hand side and tho boys
in the right, and moose she thought
the gals was in there now, 30 she
crept along easy and pulled aside the
curtain and stuck her head in and
said peep
And bless your life,' says Cal, i
couldn't hardly git my head out to
save my life. felt that / was plum
perry-lizcd to the spot. The long bed
agin the wall was chock full Of boys
some sound asleep, some awakin' NV
and two ar three had riz and was a
shucklin' into their cloths hard az
they could stave, and thar / stood
like a crazy goose and couldn't move
hand nor foot-peared like / jist coult
not git my head out afore they coult
see who / was to save my life; bu
when did git it out l axed foot t.
help body, and lowed I'd run anC
hide whar thep couldn't look out anC
see who it was
II said peep, peep all the way ant
made for the session room like a skeer
cd bird flynn in outin' the storm.
was shore it was empty Ike il was lae
year, but We never know what yea
will bring forth
4 fell up the steps, showed tn
door open and fell sprawlin' in tn
middle OF the floor saying peep, peer
peep and peep was was all coul
say you have come TO tho wron
place Peep, peep, peep says
What's the matter?" says he. "Peer
peep" says l, and know in reason
was as pale and white as piller sir
"Well, what are you peein' in her
forY' says he. peep, peep" says
"them, boys, peep, them boys, what
they think of me?" "Why2s says h,
shave you Beeti a peeping at tn
boys3'
"No, no,asog ea,aI I, yes nc, YES
did-na, ] didn't, yes, did," says
tryin' 70 scramble up, but my knee
give'a%ay and Hell agn. The goo
cid man had shuckled into his cloth
and lifted me upon my feet Tothe