Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-02-08


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tee after 4 rs daVs, " hen ia come Judge
lHarrick,s wife aftess some curtin calico
| 4 had Il ham soIne piece, all done off
with roses and tI1ings, put there Tas q
fault IN the weayin' every now and then
s. thin streak. She didn't notice Il, but
| she was pleased With the figures ont
and said she'd take the whole piece
Well, just as he was tWrappin OF It up
that what Mr.. Parkes here said about.
tryin' TO act just as the Lord would in
our place to come me. Why, [ turned as
red as beet, about knew did. 1t
made me all Of d tremble. There was l,
q doorkeeper ih,the tents OF my God. as
David says, really cheatiH', and cbeatlni
q woman. tell ye, brethrin, was all a.
sweat. Mis- Herrick, says 1, I don't be-
lieve you've looked real close at this
| she didn't take it,. but what fetched me
was to think how many times before l
had done such mean, unreliable little
things to turn penny, and thenaH the
time sayin' and prayin' that wanted to
be like Christ. T KEEP trippin' of my.
self up all day jes' IN the ordinary bus
mess, and was q peg lower down when
night come than I was Thursday. PG
rather, as far as hard work is concerned
lay a mile Of four-fces stone wall than
undertake to do mas's livin' Christiass
duty twelve hours; aaa tbe heft of that
| is, it's because l amt used to 1t, and l.
ought to be.
$50 shis mornin' conc round. sand i
felt Eoite more cheek. Twas mission
ary mornin', and seemed: as if twas o.
/ I thought Id begin to old Mis- Vedder's.
So I pua Testament in my pocket
and knccked to her door. Says l..
"Good mornin', ma'an,' and then I.
stopped. Words seemed to'stop some,
how. didn't want to pop right out
that come to trv'n convert her folks,
hemmed and swallowed a little, and
fn'Ily l said, says /, we don't see you;
out to nleetin' very frequent, Mis- We'd
der"
"No, you don'tv ses she, as quick as
a wink. L stay at home and mind my
business
"Well, we should like to hev You
come along with us and do ye good,'
says I, sort of ccnciliatory.
"'Look a here, deacon!' she sn pped,
'l'v lived alongside of you fifteen years,
and you know l never went to meetin';
we amt pious lot. and you knowed it;
we're poorer'n death AMI ugier'n SID
Jim he drinks and swears and Malviny,
dono her letters. She knows a heap
she hadn't ought to besides. Now what
are you comm here to-day for, I'd like
to know, and talking so glib about
meetin'? Go to meetin'. I'll go
and come just when darn please, for
all you. Now get out O this Why, she
come at me with broomstick, There
wasn't no need ont; what she said was
enough. I hadn't never asked her nor
her'n to SO much as think Of goodness
before. Then I 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 'ern and the
man half drunk. He give it to me. too,
and don't wonder. I'd said coEsidera~
bic about the, heathen IN foreign parts,
and give some little for to convert 'em,
and I had looked right over the heads
Of them that WIS next door. Seemed as
if could hear him say, These ye ought
to have done. and not have lett the 9TH.
er undone.' I couldn't face another soul
to-day, my brethren; cone, and here Il
be. I have been searching through and
through and found wantin'. God be mer-
ciful to me sinner. "-Examiner.