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We sec, he tainted, = tux 1T, Z suthin least.
ways the felleu was skccrcd enough, an spent
more strength a tpin' ter ioich him 70 after
le,iin' him down. than they he'd laid out ter GIT
him in the hN he was, For the iarson had
ir'en's an them fellcrs would ha' swung Cor
shire ef they he'll a slunglcd him An they
knowed It 80 they laborcd ter ioich him 20 (;
an finally he come ruini. But he didn't
promise nuthin, muffin 'eepi what they
didn't an him, an that was ter forgive EN- all
The rough handln, an ,er pray i5r ihat souls
as bong as God gave him breath
Wish you he'd a been thar Twoulint a
done you no good, stranger Two agn iy
don't COUNT specially when one is that pi6us
he wont turn over hi. hand 90 defend himself
/ low 'tsouldnt ha done no COOL cf you had
been Thar Ne Sc twas iiit piece OF the
little Parsons hard luck No he never
made no complaint. lie never told ont.
Didn't come uui tin many day after i, hap.
rencl, an then Big Jim jiued mec,in' alorg %
the other Teller, that tuk a hand in the hangin':
an they rif up in the mectin' an Ji,, out with
he hull thing. I tell ye, stranger, the, was a
me,un. Hall dozen rough men come down
ON thcr kncss an aScd icr pn'r, the women
an gihs cried an the rirsou jos went aroun
among en- alt, a comforlin an a eonsolin', an
acNhouin, an lookin TT all the wor' like
one Of the holy angels. | say fer'i stranger,
YOU mout a.w,hed you'd a been thar. But |
douh, as thct would a.dune yer any good and
more'n bein at t'oihcr place. we've been
lucky, an Parson hcsn't. The luck mou,
hey left ye, e ye'd hes turned pious an jined
mectin.
Was thar YES, stranger, | was thar, No,
didn't jnc mectin. Held Of count o. the
luck did You remark ? Well, no, sachly.
Parson an me he'd Differences o doctrine, ye
see. Nary one on US wouldn't give up our
strong pint an thet wan't never no com.
promise 'fected Mout you az what them
pntS o doctrine was consamin' which the
Parsons views differed from mine Sar,in,
sattn
We see, stranger, it fell out along o Pason',
sweetheart, Squire Marsden's Nelly, the pref.
ties, gal, an the kindcSthcaued cretur tibet
ever hunted wild Strawberries or fcld.nowcrs
in Bascom's medder parson went to Squire's
twice, 4 week to teach Miss Nelly Latin ye
see the Squire held to heyin gals dedicated is
the same As boys, an Their warnt no Latin an
SIGH teached in the dccs,rck school Well,
twasn't long fore everybody see how it was
plrSon an Nelly jest dead in love with each
other Most was downright pleased about it,
but some grumbled them las was jis the
Widder Flibkins an two old.maid gals o.
GriggSes, an everybody knowed why they was
sot agin it, but lor, they mout a saved ther
gredgn'. All Parson could say an do, Nelly
couldn't seem to git religion-ye see she
want pericSser-an' the Parsons conscience
wouldn't uphold him in takin' a wife that
wa'n't pious.
Well, after a spell, seems Parson n me was
on main good terms, made 50 bold as ter
tackle him bout the change sec a comm
over some folks. | asked him, sprang out, if
he was willin' for that sprig OF lawyer for
Hopper,own that now an agin visited at
SGuire's should cut an court Miss Nelly, and
ge, her, too, all along o his dwadlin'2 Well,
ye see, parson never took nothin i'll o me,
seems he knowed was his frien' fust an last,
an he answered up like a man, an SCI he.
&" II its Gods will, seq he, "tha, Miss Nelly
is to become tina, mans wife, my best wishes
shall go with her and him. seq he. An he
meant it, But it jis cut me up to see how it
hurt him, and ser |, " Parson, any fool can
see tina, you hev Nelly Marsden for the akin
Efy you stand of and lie, the, snippeIkin steal
a march on We, ef do say it, tibet aint no
pcTfesSer, it don't become You Ter Ter go ter
THROWN the blyme on God Almighty" And
he said, far be it from him to blame the Al.
mighty, he was only obSsin' his holy law.
Well, We argyed it, stranger we argycd it
up an down, an back and forth. Scripter
enough held both on us to back us, hut no
good come Of the argyfying. Hey Don't
quite see the pint O doctrin involved ? Well
now, stranger, amt that the doc,rin' of
lection An amt the, the docttin' o. mau's
tree will Don't see wha, nary one on en- her
tel do with mans love affairs Mout make
50 bold to AK you ef you air married man ?
o, you ali 2 Well, did you court your wife
and marry her cordin' ter the doctrine Of
lection Did, hey : Free will hedn't noihin'
ter do with neither one nor toiher Of you, |
low o, You rather think il he'd ? Well, now,
mout ~ you ei you low you'd ever a got
your wife ef you hedn't a exercised your own
free will in the matter o. akin her to hey YOU ?
Don't s'posd you would. Well, stranger, you
an me is greed on the Doctrines
Hut ,hct's jest whar the parson an me
couldni never jine hands. We see, he held
ouI that ef the Lord had 'pinted fer him 10
hey Nelly Marslen fer his helpmee,, he would
hey sent His speri,, an'--well, sink me,
stranger, ct ever did &c, it elar through my
head precisely what the Parson 'specied
the Lord Almighty 10 do in the matter. Con.
Ver, her soul' ilm Wen, which the same
he done--,he Lord done--but he took his
own good time ter do It; an thar, say, the
Parson was onreasoniu. lie looked fer the
Lofd to do his (which, in his own good
time, he acne-an,' moreover, his'n, which
the Lord never ye, hct done; seein', no dosbt,
as he though, the Parson was amply able 10
do !, hi'sclf ef he 30 see TT. but tibet was
how !, was, an the, brought up the doctrines
aIween us, matter o more'en ten years ago.
an them din'renees hcz KEEP me from per.
iessi n any pie,y. whether y no they hes KEEP
me IRON prae,isin' any, Which aint ler me Ter
say.
Ever many the gal Never, Stranger les
slipped apart, them two did, an'-wcll, Par.
soo, he's laid yonder m the bone. yard this two
year. sarini IN 20 over with Sc, n show
ye the spot. An Nelly Marsdcn--well, she
aint never MANNED. an .he ne, incl ,,,..,t