The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-10-31
Prosecuted Man.

A Prosecuted Man.
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The Rev. Angus Downs. a Of the
mos noted preachers ia the south, while
ON a recent yisitto his plantation, became
acquainted with old Mortimer Kingvood
n nero divine who has famed many q
oamp meeting into q fame %. enthusiasm.
one morning while Mr.. Downs ia us
library feeding lis grasping mind with
rare old bits Of religious Thought, old
Mortimer tapped on The facing Of the
door.
seated. he added, Ehen the OLD man en-
tered the room.
Thankee. sab; thankee. dropping
his old white hai on the floor and seat
inc himself -Glad t. weckum you down
to our part O. de kenty.
~Ithank Won, responded the white
man. An, my co-workers, it Is q good
sign when a neighb3rho5i welcomes a
Deed il l.. sab deed it is far ioun
it dat way. Wy, sah, whar had been er
iibin' da want kine ter me an didn't gan
me no weckum. Ia tried ter hedge me
erbout. sab. an da sinoted me IMP an
thigh. da did,
You don't say 50 the white man
exclaimed.
"Yas. / does say so; says 4" night on
de present e~rcasion.
Il did not suppose that there vas a
community in this broad land Of civila-
zation where an honest m and aged toll
or in Masters fields WAS abused ] will
t~reaching over and writing a few words
on a piece O fpapcrl make a note Of this
and embody it in my next letter 70 our
church paper. DO You mean 70 say that
any one actually struck sou, or was your
remark the sudden bursting Of a bud on a
twiE Of an over vigorous imagination
@Doan know nuthin' eibout de Dustin
o. de binds, an all dat but la bused me
Not because you we're a preacher,
surely
"Yas, sab. jet on dat ersount jest on
ercount O. my Hgion.
~Oh, monsirous outrage oh, satan IN
spired deed Of un~regeneratcd man
Where is the neishborhood p"
"'Boui twenty miles frum we're, on de
Harlin PLANTATION.
@Oh, %accursed community, Oh. iniquit-
Gus neighborhOod,'
ats all o. dat an mo, too, sab. ! was
ober OAR. sab, preachin' de best I knowed
how, when de trouble come up. J tuck
or mighty intrust 10 my work. tried to
break up gamblin-
And that caused You 10 fall under
their unrighteous wrath? Oh, hellbe-
logged community
"Yas. sab, an at las says ter myseE
An right eff you's bound to play kyards,
jes' 20 ahead, Gaze 1 doan blebe dat de
Lawd has called upon ms ter 'spose my
pusson ter de fury o. no sich er sto'm-.
Den, sab, I wuz gittin' ready TO leave
when ia come ter my house wider buck
ct o. tar an some feathers DIT ia got
whar de buzzands been roostin. an made
ue look like CT young blackhird TO la
rot throuulit Wild me. an / tell vou now
dat / doan like ter be treated dat way
when II dom De best ken. ] ken tell
YOU dat no mo erbout 1t, fur any bizness
ier-day Is O. er higher natur. / wants
yer to come oi'er ter de bayou naiNi SIM
day an preach wild me-.
Most willingly BAT tell me something
more Of these e~vil-doers, for ] shall be
compelled to expose them. 50 you tried
TO break up gambling
Yes, sab, struck some officers O. de
law. an guided EN- ter lie house whar er
Teller wuz er mnnin er game"
"Ah, in your Jealous watching you
had previously discovered the place.
~Yes. sab, an ! had il in fur de scoen'
rel. I went dar seb'rAl nights befo. bein'
sorter tired Wiz my work, an | doan
know hardly how it happened, bat some
how / los all de money ia, De oongrega-
ton had paid me, an den I lowed ter
merser DAT ef ia wouldn't gin er preacher
no better chance den dat Ia break up de
establishment an
eGei outof my house, you old wretch
exclaimed the white man. "What Won
come and want me TO preach Will YOU %
"whuis de matter, bass? Mad Gaze
los de money? An has it come Ter
dis, dat you amt got no resPeck fur DO
man DAT hab los his all oh, IN gi
out, sab. ef OATS whut you means. Huh.
dcan biebe you Is much better den dem
raskils dat put de buzzani feathers on
me, nohoW. doan kere whu her YOU
breaches fur me ur not. I ken preach all
erroUn' you cher fifteen minntes in &c
twenty-fo' hours. Good day sab r-Nsa
lori Mcrcary.
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