The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-04
the wall, and in its place was a framed

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 HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET oT
 THOSE WHO PREACH THE GOSPEL" On the other side hung another motto which had been placed there as bait fol the Yankee clergyman. thread: "FERD THE LAMBS" Alex looked at 1t with hungry eyes and said:
 Look, pa, we are going to have mutton for dinner. l like mutton. Whoopla r
 Unobserved by the other people in the room, gave him a kick on the sly, which caused him 10 resume his former silence. think hurt his sly little. In spite of the notices on the wall, the clergyman and his wife departed withou, accepting Mrs. Measly's proposition, her terms being too high. There were no half rates for clergymen at the Measly entertainment. They had to pay full price like other people, or stay outside in the cold.
 Mrs. Measly then introduced US to her daughter, Mrs. Meddlescamp, who was sitting on the sofa with a little freckled- faced boy, presumably her son.
 Alter what old Kate had said about Mrs. Measly assuming bogus relationship over boarders in order to defraud the New York revenue officers, did not feel sure that Mrs. Meddlescamp was her bona fde offspring, although her appear ance was suggestive of bona 6de. She was very bony and tall, just the reverse of Mrs. Measly.
 My darter is quite literary in her tastes. She has composed great deal. Do you ever compose P
 "Never-l only edit. We hire men competitors when there is any composing to be dope," replied, with dread that the darter was going to run in lot of spring poetry on Texas SIfings.
 The appearance of the darter was not suggestive of spring, but of more son. bre season of the year. never before saw so much black crape piled upon one woman. She might have been an adver- Using dummy for the unmitigated af1ic. ton department ofsome Broadway whole sale dry goods store. Judging by the dis play of crape she must have lost at least two husbands, and both of them at once
 "Yes," said Mrs. Measly, with her usual hilarity, "my darter composed the celebrated halleluiah anthem you have hearn so much about"
 All had ever heard about the cele- brate6 anthem was what Mrs. Measly had just said, but my experience as journalist enabled me to say with a per fectly straight face that it was one of the most wonderful musical productions of the age.
 Mrs. Measly produced book of music and showed me the anthem, with Mrs. Meddlescamp's name under it. Between the bars of music read: Halielujah, hallelujah. halle-halle -hallelu -hallelu --lujah, lujah, ah, nh, jah."
 It occurred to me to say that it might sound fine on banjo, particularly the lujah, lujah part of it, but fortunately l did not.
 (" also wrote," said Mrs. Meddlescamp, sadly, a piece about Texas. It was called The battle hymn of the Alamo"
 :" beg your pardon-the battle hymn of which ?"
 "The Alamo, the Thermopy'e of Texas"
 stated that l had lived most of my life within sight of the Alamo, and that the accent was on the first syllable, but as Sam Houston was Sam Howston in New York, perhaps A-lam.o as right.
 Mrs. Meddlescamp said that the accent would never do on the first syllable, as it would then interfere with the rythm of the poem. Each verse, so she said ended:
 "The dying Mexican shrieked, Ca-ram- bo When he fell at the Alamo"
 So Alamo goes. Remember this if you should ever have occasion to write any poetry on the subject.
 It occurred to me that Mrs. Measly ac- quired the habit of giqgling by the {" dar- ter " reading tragic poetry to her.
 Mrs. Meddlescamp was going to say something very important, when the din- ner-bell rang. Alex gave utterance to such a yell of delight that he almost created a panic. So please excuse me, as we must join Mrs. Measly in the re- factory.