Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23
DAN AND THE SINNERS.
Liza with an Ox-Yoke Broke Tn the Re-
vival Meeting.

Liza with an Ox-Yoke Broke Up the Re-
vival Meeting.
Old Liza, as Woodworking woman as
ever lived, married Guinea Niger
Dan, the evangelist. Liza was not
handsome. Her nose, at q distance. re-
sembled a fat-iron, and her mouth was
not encircled by lines of Grecian grace.
She married Dan, she said, on account
Of the high church standing such an al
lance would give her. Dan, however,
wa not drawn to the altar by a motive
SO enrolling, but suffered himself to
be married in view of the fact that the
woman owned a cabin and q few acres
of scrub-oak land.
Nov, honey" said the bridegroom,
Ills u o o ez 1 gifts through 'vangel-
lin down at de bayou I'll help yer wild
yer duties 'roun' de house. It STAINS us
nightly in han ter gitdis lam cleared
up, an l wishes ter goodness dar want
so many sinners in dis yere curmunity.
Tole de bredren luther day dat [
wished da would send erway an git err
nuther preacher an let me rest erwhile,
but da tole me dat I ought ter be willin'
ter do de Lawd's wuck, so I couldn't
hab no mo- ter say in 'siderin' O. Cat
TACK"
"Dan, de Lawd knows dat 1 doan
min clearin' up de groun', hut I would
like ter so ter preachin' some time wild
yer"
"Yas, honey, yes; iis' ez soon ez we
sorter git things in shape. I wouldn't
lack fur yer ter come down dar now an
see how yer POI husban' haster scramble
ter keep ole Satan frum stickin' his
fork in dem sinners. Jis' wait erwhile,
honey, an eberythingM be sw eeter'n er
pie. Will, sho's yer born'd ter 'herit
de kingdom O. de heaben an war de
crown an bar de cross.
Liza went about her work, signing
deeply when she thought of the pleas
ure she was compelled to forego.
Dan, after putting on his best clothes
purchased with money acquired BY
the sale of Liza's cow-hurried to the
place where sinners stood in such great
danger. Thus, day after day the wo-
man worked until the land was nearly
all cleared. She could not attend
church on Sundays, for then she had to
stay at home and prepare and extra
dinner.
"How are the sinners getting along?"
she one day asked, sitting down with a
sigh of WEAKNESS.
"Sorter poly, honey; sorter poly"
II wuz in hopes dat I could soon go
'roun' 'vangelizin' wild yer"
$50 wuz merse'f, an de diserp'int-
ment O. hit hez cheated yer po' husbun'
outen er mighty heap O. sleep. I doan
think it will be laung now, fur in de
las day I'LL two rs been putin in some
monstrous fine ticks. Da KANT stand
it much launger, fur I sees many pear
arces O de glo'us fack dat ole Satan
has gunter weaken an lose bis awful
holt"
Dan, de groun's nearly all cleared
up, so couldn't yer let me go ober ter
dc bayou wild yer ter-day?"
Honey, femme tell yer, I would be
de happes' pusson in de worl' ter do dat
TACK, but de truf is, eff yerse'f wuz ter
go laung I would halter pay SO much
ertention ter yerse'f dat I'd neglect de
sinners, an den old Satan would spit
on his hans, take er fresh holt an ruin
dem po' pussons whut de Lawd has tole
me ter look arter. Let us bar up un'er
dis ~'hickshun, honey, fur de clouds
gwine ter roll erway AFTER while an de
sun gwine ter shine out"
I'D u dun been er shinin' mighty
hot, too, out dar in dat new groun'."
Honey, yer mustn't fling 'proach at
er fgger O de speech what de Lawd
hab erp'inted."
Ode Lawd peers ter be dom er heep
fur dem sinners" she replied, "but He
doan peer ter be dom much fur me-"
Gracious er libe, Liza, yer mus'n
blassfe dat er way. De Lawd know
whut it am bes' ter do"
"Dat mout be, Dan, but rs tired O.
workin' heah by myself. I wants ter
60 out an Joy myself er little"
Oar yer goes wild yer family. Doan
yer know dat we's both workin' tergeder
an dat cherry time de Lawd puts down
one mark fur me He puts one down fur
yersef?"
"Ain't seed none."
Oar yer goes er gin. I tell you dat
de Lawd gwine ter rub all dem marks
out Of yer keeps on er blassfe'in' dis
way"
when I marid yer I thought dat I
gwine ter git some standin' in de
church,"
"Wall, yer has. Wy, de elders an
de scribes an Republicans talks erbout
yer at cherry meetin'."
"W'y'n't some O dem folks 'suade yer
ter bring me DEM"
"Dar yer goes er gin, I tells yere. I
hopes dat de Lawd won't r%ecolleck all
er gin yer; hopes dat ez sho's yer's
born'd I does, but I tell yer whut's err
fack, yer's in a far way ter ruin all dis
fine work eff yer keeps on. Wall,
dem sinners is er waitin' fur me,
an it's time I wuz gwine. Well range
matter putty soon, now"
Shortly after Dan had left the house,
Liza set out for the bayou, some four
miles distant. A drilling rain was
but she paid no attention to it.
As she neared the church she heard
loud talking and laughter. Turning
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