The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-01-19
HEPN SLOCUM TRAVELS WEST.
She Encounters some interesting
TyPes-thc Preacher who was
Opposed to Hop rowling.

kiah, tibet IL my husband, sec tn me
one mornin': "Hepzy, I've q PROPOSE.
ton tn make. Next month bein' the
twenty-fiith anniversary Of our weddin'
day, what du you say to trip west a. 9
celebration?" "Why, Kiah," 1 SEE,
"you hev struck it jist right this time an
no mistake. I've allus he'd q hankerin
fur tn see more Of this sphere before tax
in my flight fur the next" Thet settled
it, so in du time we started fur the wild
an the woody west. On the way
out l did see sum beautiful and sum won
derful things, an others not 80 much 80.
What l did enjoy, tibet il after / got over
feelin' smaller, wuz the night travel in the
sleeper. At first it did seem tn absurd
fur an ole woman like me tn turn out Nv
her comfortable bed an 60 galivantin'
over the country tn indulge an insane de-
sire tn see whut this world IL like before
leavin' it. Yer see it never occurred tn
me till after we he'd started, tibet in all
probability should hev an opportunity
to ketch a birds eye view ov the hull
world az / riz upwards to the better
sphere. Never min, it is dun an can't
be undun, an | did enjoy night travel in
the sleeper immensely; it wuz SO outen
the common to be lynn cozily in bed ar
peepin out through the fringe Nv the cur
tain, which I'd riz jist leetle, as the
train run into some brilliantly lighted
station, an watch the passengers board
or leave the train.
Things looked jist erbout az they du
tn hum till after We left Chicago, then I
begun to realize tibet wuz goin' tn see
different characteristics ov country, an I
did hope different types ov humanity,
thet's what interests me most; an the
further west we went the more varied an
interestin' became the types. When we
reached pint where indications pinted
tn sum very interestin' types, among
them the original possessors ov the Amer
lean soil, we concluded tibet wsz the
place in which we would sojourn for a
time, an study the modified types Of the
American Injun, an other interestin' Gu
riosities. We reached the town on Mon
day an all the rest ov the week We waz
seem an enjoyin' things new an strange
until Sunday came. Then, accordin' tn
our eastern custom, we concluded tn 60
tn meetin'. Somehow l allus feel as tho
one gets truer idea ov the life ov people
from their church affiliations than any
other way. Howsumever, We started,
pickin' out what appeared tn be coy
little meetin' house, an entered. The
meetin' house waz small an We waz ear.
ly, an ov course looked around inter
ested like. Az looked around it set me
tn thinkin' some. and presently voiced
my thoughts. "Kiah," sed, "it seems
to me the worshipers here hev META very
high idea Of the Savior's presence an
purity, else they would clean this meetin'
house up little, or else they don't be-
leve that he means what he says
"Where two or three are gathered in my
name, there shall l be In the midst OF
them" There waz SIGH funny little
quirk about Kiah's mouth as he glanced
at the very dirty floor and the dirtier
stove. "The pastor of this flock ia in the
real estate business, handles earth, you
know, and don't mind dirt. In fact, the
more there il ov it the more value it rep
resents. Immediate value, you know.
Cultivatin' the ideal and spiritual per-
ceptions OF flock is like datin' bills for
collection long ways ahead" Il see,
Kiah, see." An from that moment
waz eager to see that pastor. Presently
he came in. an very sleek looking pas
tor be waz. think it waz little wicked
ov Kiah to lean over an whisper,
Hasn't tugged hard enough to reduce
his flesh any tryin' to raise his flock up
to heights spiritual. has her" just
gave Kiah an adm onitory look, fur the
pastor he'd begun to speak an l wanted
tn listen. The pastor read an excellent
selection from the Scriptures, and from
the lesson contained therein, exhorted
hiz hearers to be ov good conscience an
tn du it no violence. Az it waz the be-
ginnin' OF the new year, he exhorted to
good resolutions. He had resolved to be
better husband, pastor, and so on. An
the good man spoke SO feelingly that it
almost brought tears to my eyes. An l
believed him an thought there will be
one happy wife in the west this year,
even il the beans bean't cooked jist right,
or the bread is jest leetle mite tough
an sour, or the coffee not az clear az am
Der, or the potatoes not thoroughly
cooked, mashed an nicely creamed, not
one word will that good man say. With
charity toward all, malice toward none,
he'll make the new year blessed one.
Then the pastor wrestled with hix breth-
rem in the flesh, because there wax in the