The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-15

speak, long and weary was the time she |
kept the devout sisters on their aching |
knees.
She had been storing up a good deal to |
say while the others were praying, and |
now she said it. For church and town and |
commonwealth, for missions at home and |
abroad, her shrill cry went up. Lastly !
she prayed, with emphatic quavers, for /
old Mrs. Dill. 80 Lord" pleaded she, 're- |
member, we pray Thee, this aged hand |
maiden at my side. May she long enjoy |
what blessin's are left to her in her age an |
decrepitood. Sanctify her trials unto her, |
an enable her to look away from the |
feebleness an want of strength which is |
now her lot on this airth, to that better
country where the wicked cease from
troubling an the weary air at rest"
When the prayer was ended, Mrs. Dill |
rose softly from her knees and sat down.
Her face was absolutely immovable as she
met Mrs. Wheat's glance when the meet |
ing broke up.
The two old ladies were left in the best
room alone for little while. Mrs. Thomas,
who was Mrs. DIPS daughter, wanted to
see Becca about something, SO she called
her out into the Sitting-room.
"You an Mis- Wheat can visit little
while, while Becca an 1 are out here"
said she.
Mrs. Din looked at her daughter when
she said this, as if inclined to decline the
proposal. Then an expression of stubborn
III bar,oIF ,,III, hor
Tbn ' two ion,od ~ rrir mi at zach otbar
,,l,ar ti,o,, ,,,,,o 10 n ,iIrIa
GLOW is Mis- Thomas?" said Mrs. Wheat;
can how is Adoniram?"
81 s'3oS. ' donira ,'' is sit to ,H6yr5gy
"Hcvin,1
81 thought l ketched glimps. of him in
the field over thar when | come in. Adon-
IRAN crows oil. don,t he5,,
81 56,,t I,,,o,,- },
~ g "%n Ioo 1io" a. hin, j., ,oo+i,,4 eb
bath. an, thinl,in, how drotfnlIv bo ,To.
altered hone hon no snorad 10 Won &C
long as Won i've Mis-, nm H. co,sid or,I' ,i
boffor on vour account. tbat behoin;tra,a
cot married, ain,t ~,
Mrs. Din ro,ldened and stifrapod ber oh ",
q Little. "Tbor,s . lrood many foIIrs danjt
grit m9I.riod Mis-, Wheat. Ina;I on; ryorr7o,,
loo. somrrimns, ),
"Rnrca could >, crot ro.,,,iad do-.D. &c
ti,,,os if sba,J r,.,,tod "a Nis; nm ,, -
81 s,noea sS ;,
"Spe here. Mis-, Dn1 s,noso wa Gonna 10
tbe mint. You,ra olIcrs kinder ninCrin, a.
mo ON, I,,,,,, ,,,oII r,,,, 81, ~ - 80
Von,Te ,iiers hI1nnJ ,mo ' 49,. ,S means '
+bnI,obt no,,o gu
hI,7i,, , 81 10y i $3.50 "n Jul
40 ,l ,,',,,i 'i9 on'
81 ,. ~ ~ iI; r "a NJ, r,.Io,,
s.yo i,t ' fL - ~, us IN:
-, ~: ',ii ~ ~ no" H,'ouII1il COMO
-, ,,a, ~, 60. Us UIiIo
81 Jo,,jt i',,,,, ,,,l, w v['
,JrC Mn 'N',t t','. ~ ,lit'.'
+ii-j Vim I,' III e.tIi an,
err wfnkrd ll0'
s.JasT about this fine in tho -, ftorr,oo,, on,
this time O, ,-car jIont forf,I ,IcoI o o.,
AdoniraIn come home from yogr 'i boI,eo'
TLo,r,d got thu ba,- ~ H., ,~ t lg,Cse'
'.J ''NA't - /
an, he won't ,.i,rbt ovar +b.r I |
Iyuoyvad yvLera be,i coma VOL a,o,,,rl,
tbougb he made w, an err,n+ of+o,. % |
rake 10 Deacon Wink ,no,yoJ Ma g+o,, |
to Becca's before he DOT home Sbo,d bea11 |
or visitin, an, ba hadn't ssan bor fo,.
yyooI,, She'd lest c,ot ban,a that r,o,.ni,,;
We'll Adnnirsm cont m, he co,1o bn l'rll
I was a-goin, tbrou~h the front ont,,v |
when he come in fbromrb tba sattin,-roo+;y
He was Jest asn ,Iaas iastb Tosi-od bil,
what the matter was AMI he vyoTIJ,,t saI+
notbin' Tbe door stood oman iT bnro o,,,
he come in an, dronned irtn a cbao,. b,I tba
table. am mt hi. head down on 4
c0a xed an, coz we'd an, fnaIIy oot il ~ ont
of him He,d baen ovar 70 Raooo,l - ou ~,
vou'd tre,t-d him 60 he conIdn,t ov.r -" 20
agin. He said Won didn't like hin. animal
was the end ont. Becca conIdn't 90 agin
her mothers wishes, an, he wasn't ever
poin' to ask her to. Adonir,m had lest
Joined tba church that snri1~ an, bo;d iast
as soon cut his hand off As to lead Becca TO
disobnv her n,rents Ha,s .iiars bad =
strong fecIinj that marriages. mada that
wav want blessed. T,vo beard him saw
so a Good manv fines. So
ss,d Iil,o 70 l,,o1,, ,ybot 7 did 70 ,,is+,.o.+
hddrira ~, Mn ~ '''O ''' " hi''Oi o''U
III I ".' u IA I'M, +h h,u 4o,
III, ,t,I+ 'oI IA D
ttTor ror,e+,i.r ;T,,,o;,,!t cti,,,
o+i,irj a. nI w.. e." u l?yi!IIi
,.o,,lnrr,,. ia,+ LII ,o,Io az ~ SiIIy
1o,- Sdoainn 90 W, - r. "S was
ai in front Of thu boso Poc onO im ' 10
"a az u ~ II2liy o. Cle mouse becca had IL
ta,. - f Jv9o "a ~ - now
;a Tbn,y nrt tba, IN tba , I,a ,j
was in the setfin,-room windar Tho, vac
kinder foolin;, an, all of Sudden 6doni-
ram he begun chasin, a hutterGv II was
one Of them rreat hIue-snottaI onas ITo
caurht If MIGHTY snrv an, was ,-civi,,j IL
ia Recc, ,vhan I aaid soD,o+bfn, orf -, +llo
vindnr T don,t l,no,,, ias+ ,tba+ jt,,-o
thouoht twas dretfui silIzy for him 70 waste
his time ketrbin, butterflies. an; Recca had
some sewin,T wanted her TO do s,noee
twas somntbin, ,bout thatu
ssVou didn;t think Adoniror, wac oood
enouuh for Rccca tb,tw aa tho bnIi o,,t,;
.sTbat w,,n,t If Mis-, NH + Jor,t $40
how Won come to think sach a tbin,r y
ssYou,d il a. act ,,ouI, hart On bay-f,,, bo,.
oit ths rich Arms feIler. Won [now Iloi,
had. Rnt She didn't. sha didn't Oft am
bodv y 81
Mrs. Dills thin voice quavered and