The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-04

Iuo young n6lloT. w hat young
heifer?' says l, never thinkin' of moth
in; and says he, kind O. sharp like,
The calf and says 1, jumping up,
What, my calfa' and says he, mighty
scornful, Your calfl' It's my calf I'd
have you know and then he went
out to the man ag'in.
81 sot right down and burst out
cryin'. My husband is awful sot,
when he is sot, and l knew it wasn't
no use to say nothing, and l just
cried like baby; and with tears all
runnin' down, I watched the man
drive away my Parkie, and she a.
hangin back, and he awhippin' her
and she never struck before in her
life. And just then my husband
came in, and says he, as if he was a.
maxim up for all, You can have $40
of the money,if you want it.; and
that made me mad. didn't say
nothin', but I just looked at him; and
he didn't have no call to stay in that
kitchen the rest of that day, tell you.
And | took on two or three days all
by myself, and got mad every time
he spoke or came a'near. And one
day as | sot by the kitchen table,
with my work done up and clean
apron, he walked in and threw a $40
piece into my lap, and says he,
There is the money l promised you;'
when l caught it and threw it right
back at him just as hard as l could,
and it hit him and fell on the floor;
and he laughed and went out milk
in.
'By that time l got to be awful
wicked, and l sot thinkin' to myself
about st. Paul, and how he says
Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him
lord; and l hain't had no patience
with st. Paul ever since. We get on
the other side of the story in the Old
Testament, which is pretty easy to
see how Abraham had to give up to
Sarah, and let her have her own way;
and what would she have said if he
had gone and sold her pet camel, l
would like to know?
"Wall, the money, laid on the floor
three days, and me sweepin' around
it. Which at last l made myself go
and pick it up, and put it with the
rest of my parquisite money, and me
blubberin' while l did it. And
maybe it won't do no good to the
missionaries, on account of not behav-
in'-which l did ask the Lords par
don for gettin' mad over it, and hope
to be forgiven. But all along OF that
calf shall always believe in woman's
wrongs-and all the old bachelors may
preach until they are black and blue.
And ST. Paul never was married
woman, and never had no idea of
what they have to put up with-and
never brought up calf neither, not
as | ever heard Odd you?" And
a smile spread over the worn, rugged
face.
"No, l cannot say that ever did,"
| replied, smiling back.
card here is the money" said she,
suddenly producing her purse; "and
l hope you won't refuse it because |
acted so. And if you have mind to
make ne life member with it there
will be some to spare" And she
placed in my hands thirty dollars, in
three shining gold pieces-the fruit
of how much toll, self-denial and
painl and" said she, sinking her
voice, and swiftly lifting up and I'M
covering hei basket, II want to know
whether missionaries likes hard
boiled eggs | have brought some
down, and if you think them three
lady missionaries would like 'em, /
want you to send 'em to 'em. They'll
keep, for I billed 'em myself fifteen
minutes by the clock. And it would
please Jap and Turkey most particu
lar if they could understand, and l
shall tell 'em, and they're all l got
now to talk to, butter not being alive
like, and Parkie bein' took away.
And if / should tell 'em that their
own eggs which they've cackled over
is hard billed and sent to the lady
missionaries, it would encourage 'em
like, maybe. Which, if you can't
send IN to heather lands, p'r'aps the
Board would like 'em-leastways the
yolks, as many does who won't eat
the whites"
As she spoke, she rapidly emptied
her basket on the table near, and
hurried away, leaving me gazing in a
half dazed condition at the hard
boiled eggs, while I held the shin
ing eagles, her generous donation
clasped stupidity in my hand.-The
Pacific.
Japanese Kindness.