The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-08-11

grow longer, seemed to nod trium-
phantly at me as she said; Eyes,
indeed, Mis- Carroll | jist tell you
the righteous is never fersaken. I've
took a heap an never said anything
about it jist because had started
out on the narrer way, an | didn't
want to be gettin sidetracked."
Cintilda's sudden piety amused me,
but | renamed silent. knowing there
was more to follow. After what
seemed on her part to be an embar-
raised silence, she said
81 b'lieve I'll tell you all about it,
Miss Carol, an hope you won't
think done wrong" Here she be-
came more spirited. 81 tore the
mask offan that yaller Ann Eliza
Jones las night. don think she
will be talkin' again soon to Bro
Simmons about havin that long,hair
of hern cut off cause it give her the
headache. Headache, indeed' with
a sniff of an exceedingly broad pug
nose.
"You know, Mis- Carol, that l
toll you what was suspicionin'.
Well, thought | would resk chances
sink or swim, as | heerd somebody
say one time in a speech. If l sunk,
I'd sink a-pertectin my rights, an if
| well-I'd be on the top
wave, anyhow.
when we all got to the meetin
Yesterday we was all mighty friend
" an, havin good time; but | was
friendlier with Ann Eliza than usual,
an we set down together on one of
the front seats in the amen corner.
She was dressed in the dress she had
on when Ebenezer was laid away;
she said that black seemed to be
more sutiabler to her feelin's; an she
set there an sighed like she was in
distress. Bro Simmons was agoin
aroun' a-speakin' to all the members
an when he come to us she said she
was so afraid that he would never
get to preach another farewell SER
mon in Bethel church; an for fear he
would forgit her she had fixed him
love-chain out of her hair for him to
take with him. an had tied it with
| blue, because blue meant true. An
she jist had the wool 50 pulled over
i his eyes that he looked like he thought
she had done him big favor. 1t jist
made me mad to sit there an hear
all that, an me rememberin' all the
time what he used to say to me be-
fore that woman got him under her
thumb.
"Why, when Ebenezer tones was
alive, she was a member of Mount
Zion Church over on Lick Branch.
She said that the reason she moved
her membership after she was wilder
was because Bro Simmons was so
sperityal. The preacher over at
Mount Zion was a married man
with a house full of children, an |
reck'n couldn't be as sperityal as a
single man.
"Well, Bro Simmons took his text,
an it was somethin' about goin
away to prepare place tor you, an
he looked at Ann Eliza as he was
a-repeatin' it, an she nudged me an
said she wondered if he was a-mean-
in anything an that jist made me
more set than ever to take that
woman down a peg or two. | didn't
pay much 'tention to the sermon, |
was so busy thinkin', but Ann Eliza
set there with her Handkerchief to
her eyes an cried, or pretended to
cry
After while when Bro Simmons
call d on her to lead in prayer, she
srself purity well worked up
to what she calls rasslin' state.
I'll do Ann Eliza the jestice to say
that she can put up about as nice a
prayer TO hear as most any of the
sisters.
81 reck'n it was the ole un that
put it inter my head, fer while we
was all down a-prayin' pulled all
the hairpins that could get out of
her hair right easy. Directly she
raised a-shoutin' an Bro Simm ons
riz up an begun to sing How happy
are they who the SAVIOR obey
II perfessed by the song, an I've
alters dubbed it, an it went to my
Aconscience like a knife. | felt like
las the meanest niger in the world.
wNome ober me even if Ann Eliza
!" treated me so, that was dom
n"u too, by holdin, a prudpel
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