The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-11-10
Ghenemorrat- ST.,
FOR THE PROMISED LAM

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1t was in a cove Of the crn
Mountains that sat on the doo' , a,a
OF Il mountalneeI's cabin in ~ S'ep
light of Il summers evening ~" |" W.
tened to the following: "'u lis
"fo' see stranger" said tho NO..
taInecr's wife as she drew \ loOn 'u "
from her corn cob pipe and gav" "a nar
Of the dogs a kick with her b,,o oae
"A Mormon elder he cum up ve, ~, !.
lead we uns to the promised lana 's'e@
war way out West sumwhar. hn, H. !
I'm mad been sent ty the Lawd 70 p.' us
us through the wilderness. Po. t''
yove met upwith them Mormon,, ;"
"Ycs.n o"S:
Got long tongues good on n.
Git everybody stirred IN in No s'0'
People all around yerc got sim ,'lc'
u go the promised land. He n"
promised every man four Or five w
and the wimmin was to sit and .
the praises Of the Lawd from m,vn;.'
till night. First | knowcd nv oro
was hankerin' to go. Then he m n.
BllI Raynor and Sam Bcbce and jn,
Taylor a-itchin' fur to dwell in ,nn
tents OF the Lawd, as he called ,0n' ""
Lucy" says my ole man rs ho-
right ycre one light, 'the Lava T.
a-callin' of me T. 90, and wor'
them nevis
sam, is the Lawd a~,caIlin' Of m.
too?' "'
Reckon not. Yo' Is too ole ia b.
called"
Has the Lawd dun called Ny
Bcbcc or Mrs. Taylor?
Reckon not. they is too pd and
humbly to be called to the promised
land"
And how about Mrs. Scott aua
Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Bartlettm
TOO ole an humbly. Lawd dmit
want EN- out thar"
10
stranger" said the woman, rs ,he
uttered Il chucklc Of satisfaction. 81
reckon yo' dun see the rabbit in tho
boiler log?"
"According to the elder the Lord
only wanted your husbands, chr
"io's hit 1t. They all was pacEln'
up to go when sumtlin' happened
The elder was stoppin' up ycre At
Tom Whites. Toms wife was ono
of the ole and humbly oncs the Lawa
didn't want. Thar was fo'rteenofw Us,
Ticy all met ycrc bout &c o'clwS
See that brcsh over THAR"
Yes"
"Mighty fine place to cut switches.
had fifty cut and ready. Wet s
marched up to Toms and took the
elder outer bed aud ped himup inthe
back yard wn'Q at othcs line. Pow.
crful scarf, he ">o,yas, while TONY as
away. Did 20 ever see a messenger
from the promised land gt d
switchin' ~
"'Thcy unS heard him heller fma
mile and il nalf, but thought it was
mcwclS brayin'. We used up thirty
switches. lie done lafIcd and cried
and hollcred and Cusscd. llecallcd@
the Lawd. lie promised It's 70 hus
bands apiece in the promised laOd.
We marched him down to the forks,
turned him to the left. and everybody
give him cut. He I'm never did cum
back fur his clothes. Reckon he uns
stu on the canter."
And what did the mcn-yOur lus
bandS-Sav ~
''lIc-hc-he. Ny ole Sam sits right
down ycrc the next day and smokes
and smokes and smokes. Blmcby he
nm says:
"'Lucy, | dun found out about that
call. thought it was the Lawl
a-callin' Of me alone to the promised
land, but | was miSt00k. 1t was Sam
Bcbcc a-callin' of us both to cum over
and eat green corn and coon meat lf
dinner. Git on yer bonnet, Lucy
"'l'm too Ole an humbly, sam
"'No, yer hain't, Luey-nO yer
hain't, | was Jest a-lookin' and abe
germ. Yo' hain't a day over foly
and yo's the best lookin' womnn Oh
all this ycre Cumberland tumbllNca'
ton of hills an3 holIcrs, Cum 'n'
Lucy"
And so?" / inquired after lO's
pause.
THAT'S Jest ALL" she replied aS'V
reached for some more tobacco, "yS'
all, except that when my Sam gls'
little high handed | jest says Tfour