Telegram-herald., 1890-09-21


"THEv ALL COVE BACK TO sEE THE
DEACON
when she come into the wilderness -
hive and paid her little old s. a week
JUST as regular as Saturday night come
round
These bows picked ora mine al summer
because my boys was plain hSlle fellers
with no underwear. but good impulses
ana general desire 70 lay low and
eventually cit there. understand. Aiy
bows IS considerable bleached rs regards
hair, and freckled IS 10 features. and they
arc no. ready IL conversation like town
boy, but they would 40 more drive
a dumb animal through the woods til
it was al het up. or take new milch
COW and scare tho dayhgnts ont Of her
and yen 40 her and pull out her tail g1d
send her home with her pores an open.
than they'd be sent to the legislature
without q crime.
y neighbor - mine that see these
boys when they was scarin' NY cow 70
death said if they'd Of been hisn he'd
rather foller EN- 70 their grave than zee
en- GO that That's putting Of it rather
strong. but believe | would myself
I'VE had nice old man that como
ont here 70 attend church. he said.
lie belonged to 4 biz church IN
town. where it cost him 50 much
that he could hardly look his maker
in tho face, he said. Last winter,
he said. they sold the pews at aS~ion,
and be had an affection for one. specially
cause he and his wife had set III it all
their lives, and now that she was dead he
wanted it, rs he wanted the roof that had
been over them al their married lives.
So he went down when they auctioned
'em Of. rs It seems they do in those big
churches. and the bidding started NODE
ate. bat run up till they put preIuum
c. hisn that froze him ont, and he bad
to take \ cheap one where he couldn't
hear very wen y IL made him sort of
bitter Then y, he SAYS. the Pales-
tine rash bro,,- ~. among the preachers
in New York. and most of 'em had to go
t. the Holy Land 10 get over it, because
tbs. is the only thing you can do with
t,e -2icst.ue rash when il gets q hold
or a pastor. 50 he says TO me, 4 come
out here mostly TO see if could get any
late information from the Throne of
Grace
HE was q rattlin' fine old feller, and
told me a good deal aboas one thing and
another. Re said he'd seen II stated IN
the paper that salvation wes free, bat in
New York he said it was pretty well
protected for al old established industry.
He knew Deacon Decker pretty well.
Deacon Decker was an Old playmate Of
Jay Goulds, but didn't 90 SO well as
JAY did. he went once TO New York
after he got along in years. and Gould
knew him. but he couldn't seem to place
Coull. why. Decker says Gould.
'don'tyou know me- Decker says, That's
az right You bet know ye. You're
one Of these fellers that knows every
body. There's another fellcr around the
corner tha. helps you to remember folks.
1 know We. Tread the papers. Git ont.
Scat. Torment Sc. aia't in here to-
day buyiu' green goods. nor yet - lift .
freight bin Tor sc. So avaant before /
sick the police oc ye-
Finally Jcy identified himself. and
shook dice with the deacon to see which
should buy the lunch as the dairy
kitchen.
Deacon Decker once II church discov-
cred loose lsn0t IN his pew seat. and
+ while considering the plan Of redemp-
tiou th0urhfla iy pushed with consider
/ able force on tnis knot with his thumb.
At first SC resisted the pressure. bot
drally it slipped ous and was succeel
hy tie deacons thumb No one saw r..
I'D the deacon. slightly fushed gova It q
s.ealthy wrench. brt the l5lot hole had
sharp conicsl bottom. nn3 the edge
soon caught All secured Che rapidly
swelling thumb of Dea@o1 Decker.
During tie closing prayer be worked
90 it with great diligence and ali tie
saliva he ca'i spare. but it resisted. Is
vas ssl sight. Finally he gave it up.
oal sai 10 himself tbe st-lrgis was gse-
Ises Ee tried t3 ~ RS l eE1 wai'
tl al had Eoaa Be toos hs ss8d
when t,.s plate was passed Co him. aBl
cu'v bowed when tes brethren pessed
him ca the way cut. Some thorgat cha.
mar he De was cursed with 5catts tut
rsrso-el thaf thev woulsi PASS away.
raav ts was missed o1e II,
WIS generally so c,l5nFer aa5 81 eseorv.
- hia .-ifsuas aske.l about hin why.
fshrs insi1s Tn 90 aai rs hm
rr imew tn to miss shar bands
wi-a aii she efs
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