Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-12-07
TIE EVANGELlsT'S VISIT.
BI HELEN EvEBIsoN SMITH.

say Ouo Hylu
amt a goin' to, but will say thet'
mans bein' minister, ur 'vangelIst
ur coalporter, don't nary one on 'em
nur the hull on 'em. make no reason VIII,
he shuld think he owns the hull arth.
Having expressed her mind thu
freely, Ann Eliza Parsons finish &c
knitting of her needle, gave the stock
ing turn SO that the needle next il
order might fit into the little plaid
eilk-and-goose quill knitting sheath
always pinned on the right hand side
of her dress waist, gave the yarn
fresh TWIST around the little finger o.
her right hand, and began a new click
ing of needles, accompanied by a new
series Of vigorous rockIngs back anc
forth In a low-seated, high backed
chair over the rough rag carpeted
floor, looking the while AS il her com
pressed lips should never be induced
to retyact the sentiments they had just
uttered.
IVY Ann Ehza, gently renonstrat
ed Mrs Dilliver, looking up from her
sewing with much amusement and q
little Feproot in her soft brown eyes
IVY nybody at didn't know ye very
well might a most think ye was a.
aghtln' The gospil Watts the
troubiey"
''Trouble2 Well, uothin' in par
tic'laT, answered Mrs. Parsons. rock
ipR and knitting harder than ever, not
noticing that her ball Of yarn had fall
en- to the hoOr and the grey and white
kitten VRs playing with it in the sun
shine under her rocking chair.
Ell 'twant at suthin' 'ad happen cd
We W'u'd mt be talkln' so, Ann Eliza
Wat is it,"
well it's Jest this. 'Taint mnoh t
COmplsin on in one way o loOkin' at it,
an then IN another It's. Every body
thet lives in Skipperteown knows thet
there amt moTe'n three, ur mebbe four
families, III it thet keeps help in the
winter time. but that don't signify thet
they hRiut got right to their own
kitchens TO work ID, 'thout hevIn'
folks thet amt got uothin' else t. du
comm reound an actin sif the teown
bIonged tn EN-. They say t accord
IN { law a mans heouse s his castle,
an l guess "A womsn's kitchens herD.
If 'tsint he'd oughter be. My sskes"
giving her yarn so violent Jerk that
1t broke short off "Where abeouts is
that yarn? Wy jest look, ef there amt
that kItty all weound up in Itl Kitty
kitty -kitty-Here, yeOu little tOrmentl"
AT the same time laughing and stoop-
ing 70 pick up the unreluctant kitten,
who evidently thought the process of
unwindlng the yarn from her supple
body 10 be a new form of amusement
devised for her special benefit. Meow
you little midget, Setting the Olsen
tangled kitten gently on the o r..
"Te'l see ef veOu git chance at that
yarn sgin!
'Lemme see, where was 1? On,
hednt begun. Twas this thet started
me of 30. Yeou know heou t is when
I happens so t bakin' an ironin' day
comes all in one, and the children not
belE' able tn git tu school on account o.
the fresbits a csrryin' the bridges often
the erik: an mother not able to help
herself with the rheumatics, an me
hevin' every thin tu du tn get vIct'als
ready fur the thrSshers the mex day,
an 'levep big, fOrty-quart cans o. milk
on hand to skim cause they c'u'dn't
get Ia the train along o them same
ireshi.s.
well how would yeou feel, I'd lest
AXE tn know, ef Jest tnen, when yer
kltchln was full o traps, an the floor
was all muddied up, cause men folks
won't always RENE nber to wipe their
feet If there's ever 50 many mats IN the
way, Gn' yer bread was all ready fur
the oven, sn yer oven want ready fur
the bread, yer kitchen door sh'd open
'Ithout so much as g knock, an yeOH,
q thinkiH' twas one o. yer folks, sh'd
call eout from Jest where ye was a
settin' deOwn on tn yer feet a look in
inter the oven, a kinder wRutin tn git
q sort oy iedgment abeout when twas
gOiu' II be ready, sh'd call eout
kinder sharp like, an purity loud,
'Jest ysOu 20 straight of an bring me
IL some kindln' This woods tn green
fur nothin' Scat nsOwl An then some
one sh'd say kinder oily an soft. i
think yeOU've ma le a mistake ma'am,
I've come III call.
Meow w'u'dn't yeou be mad? l
was any how, an 1 bounced up as red
SIS FIRE, an there | see that 'Piscopal
'Yangelist man thet's ben prowlin'
sreOuud sIch q spell tryin' ia git folks
enough tn say they II help him start
church IN Skipperteown, when the land
knows tn ole Congregation an the
Methodisses hes used up all the folks
there IS, an Of he gifts his new church
he'll hev tu make it by coaIin' away
the fOlss from the others, cause there
amt no more.
Il Jest stood up an looked at i'm.
Ef he hedu't ben made O. brass he'd
ha felt SO mean with me a glancin' at
i'm like tbet he'dSha' said, Good
mornin' ma'am, twas me made the
mistake, and heV took 'Imself of. But
not he' He only drew up a cheer, an
> settin 'imself IN It be pulled open
that oven door an set his feet inside
on 1t tn warn 'em. du b'lieve | Guild
hR' killed that man fur as much as a
second ur tul But then | remember
ed tbet he was Il gospil preacher, an
though 'twant very good news tu me
to lose any heat cont q my oven, thet
was bard enough tn heat anyway, |
sort o swsllered my feelIn's an said:
Mister yeou'll please to oblige me
by shettng up that oven door an
warm yer feet on II sup stun.
Il arrays keeps one handy SO then
he did, but he didn't look As if he
liked it very we'll. An now, says I,
keepIn' my temper as we'll as [ c'uld,
yeouu CbIgs me by walkin' tn the
settin room. An with that l picked
up the sup stun an kerried it ahead ov
lm ~ ter the other room, he all the
While a smilin' an rubbin' his white
hands, an "a sayin':
But madam, ] assure yeou that
DO not IN the least mind settin' with
yeou IN the kitchen; not in the least
msdHm.
II du then, says |, I'm not in the
habit ov havin' comp'ny in the
kitclin, an 1 aiut never agoin' tn !
gIt Iutu no sIch habit. An an
other thin. says ], / amt got no time |
ia set with yeou uur nobody else this |
moruiE'. An | ler i'm stan'in' right !
there, an shet the door on i'm, an |
went back tn my work mRdder an a |
settlu hen when somebody 5 g tryin |
tu bro k up er nest.
m ebbe neou yeOu spose that man |
stayed ont? Well he didn't In abeout |
ten mlnits. his feet hevin' got warmed |
up on that sup stun I s'DCse. out he |