The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-08-22

ANtih l1fCultt4ttl A14E 4-tNA-
knew il, aBd stood in awe Of IL .-Gness
you're seared,'1 one Of them said, en-
eouragingly.
Hope the parsons all right though
Hunfingford had is-en twelve months
in his shaniy Ca the prairies- His
youth, clear blue eye-, and esrtsin
open-hearIedne=s had won their way
amang the cowboys They admired
his grit Ia trying 10 live down his home
sickness, and not giving way II iir-t
ihey had pcoll-Pooied his notion q
'-Sarvioe reg'lar On sunday which
had lseen proposed Iilodestiy 10 Diek
always his staunehest admirer- Dick
had gone the first sunday, taking back
70 the others glowing accounts He
loved nansie. aud wa considered quite
an expert in camp, where he sang love
lorn ballads in a has voice like d young
bulls, and he found HuRIingford sang
Ike sn angel. .sThe sarvice' had con
sisted Of morning prayer, and a many
hyInns a. they ehoSe, after which there
had been dinner for Dick and himself
and the two hounds. such was the fame
Huntingf0r,i won through Dick that the
following Sunday eight horsemen aI-
psared to hear .-the parsOn" sing. They
looked rather shs,epish bandits, when
afier dism0unfing and tying their hors-
g in the shade. Dick marshalled them
up 10 shake hands with ms friend
Guess / amt shook hands for the
Lord knows how long one Of them
mumbied. There were only two ehsirs
in the shaufy, bat by pulling a trunk
and kerosene box into the front room
every one was provided with a seat
.'The bows fidgeied and felt self-oon-
scioJz and out Of place, and broke into
nervous giggies when Dick presented
them with two hyInnals, and told them
70 be Cd quick and find the num-
bern But Hantingford's easy uneon-
seiousnes- made them feel lev shy pre-
entity lie was doing a. well n posi-
bic what he had done every sunday q
his life al home A. he sang. one by
one Of the men stoPPed gazing about
the shanfy snd pinned their eyes On
him. Dick Was doing himself proud, y
roaring out the hymn II the top Of his
powerful voice, hut above il, beyond IT,
leading il ly the force of clear sweet
ns.ss. rO-e Huntingfori's, and SCARED
away 10 realms unknown bat WIKI
- much magnetism in il that he drew
his listeners with him until they forgot
thai they we're sitting on wooden boxes
in prairie shauty-
Al the end Of the first ver~e Dick was
requested sof,e rocs 20 shUs ~, and
lei's hear the little parson alone'-he
shut up willingly. HHniingfurd was
his -elaiIn. and he wanted u prove II
a good one. - the parson' began the
second verse alone, and surg hali-way
through IL; then iss si..i,Itsd. hacked At
Dick amiably bat firmly, aud sslia,
'.Y-ou aren1 singing. You'd better all
sing" he added ..its good far year
/ lungs He began the ver-- over again.
and one by one the men joinf-i in shy
I IL ~ first. bui towards the end with 5
volume Of sound b-Vildering u any
one more conscious than ''the parson- .
- -'sarvioe Al the parsons beeanle
regular institution, and the hays learnt
HYMNS in plenty, and u raar ont the
tug of war Till il rolled away over the
prairies. amazing the rahbits and 60
votes One 4 clergymsn, hearing of
] Huniinrfori'- ''msefings,' had =ps1i
sunday with him. bat '.the bos-"
I heard 81 il, and fought shy, only Dick
turning up at the appointed time, IN
/ rather surly frame Of mind % the
amusement of both --the plrson" and
/ hi- guest. who counted the visit hOli-
day "a his hard-worked life The Sun-
day following they all came again,
rather sbeepish, when HunfingfoTd
chaff.,d them on their non-attendanee-
Dick rode up 10 the hack uf the shan
II. arhere the shed was, hailooed, buf
got no Response. His heart sank a liz
tie. but he dismounied tied his horse
out Of the binding sun, Patted '-the
parson'sr hound, who met him with
friendly Kags Of his tail, and went
around 70 the door, followed by the
dog. who watched him eIriously n he
bent over his master, and, picking him
up. carried him into the shanfy and
puf him 70 bed. Where Hunfingford
had droppsd the night bsfore he hal
lain ever sine, for nothing rouses 4
man the first day Of '.the fever.r Dick
knew from much experience with fever
patients that the exposure Wa the worsi
thing that could have happened
s-Ciusss il amt much use, bgi I'll m
fur il, - he said 10 himself, a. he hunted
up Hunfingford's brandy, and poures
il nav down the boys throat II wa
OF no use, and he lay unconscious unit
evening, when the fever 81 in H
opened his eyes and began to talk in ;
high unnatural voice, and 10 toss abou
restless, his cheeks flaming and his eye
brilliant. OF course he did not reeos
nize the c0w-puneher-
Dick had once seen physician ri
alcohol on patients and wrists whel
Ill with .'the fever and although b.
had not fafhomed the reason for il, hi
hunted up the bottle he knew '-th
parson'i kept, and bathed his head viii
il until il wa all Used up The feve
was horrible. Huntingford's rambl
excited talk worse II was sometilne
about meadow with pond near il
when he begged invisible people 10 b
Quiet moment and let him listen I
the frogs. SAYING, with break in hi
voice: 1T l. "a long since l nav
heard them. II you could only d
. auiet just one moment Then IA
!, would break in with a moan, and sol
1 II the cattle would only not hook al m
So To think that il was who kep
the rain sway, o Lord, did ne
mean to- He had caught the ide
that the drought was a punishment f.
him. and that the cattle knew and n
pruached him with il
Dick nursed him a. carefully a /
knew how for the next TIVE days
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