The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-01-11

"Some things that they do amt
accordin' to rule anyway. amt got
nothin' special against the 'Piscopa-
lians, except Miss Hodges, an she's
the only one of that congregation that
1 know. If she's sample I guess
they ain t overburdened with religion.
Miss Hodges went away to board
in school after her family thought
that she knew about all that she could
know here, an ez she had some
money an our new minister, Mr.
Pickins, wasn't married, I just
thought I'd bring them together, So
ciable like, an see what would hap
pen.
"Mr. Pickins amt exactly ham
some man, but he's that earnest that
you can't help admire him. Thinks
1 to myself, thinks L, 'supposin'
Mr.. Pickins should marry Mis- S
Hodges after meetin' her first in my
house?'
81 just asked Miss Hodges to come
in at q P. NJ. to see new photograph
that my brother sent, an 1 asked Mr..
Pickins to come in, too. I set out all
the Hawkins china an some cake an
l was ready to make tea for them
when they came. I declare I was
that nervous.
"Mr. Pickins didn't do himself
justice an I never see a person more
fighty'n Miss Hodges was. Mr..
Pickins said he didn't approve of
girls boardin' schools an he liked
the oldfashioned way of bringin' up
girls.
"'I would have guessed so, says
Miss Hodges, an this kinder riled
Mr.. Pickins. an he said some pretty
severe things about the Piscopalians.
Miss Hodges is awful techy an she
says:
"'I suppose you are deep student
of the Bible?'
"'I profess to be, says Mr.. Pick
ms, drawin' himself up in way that
always reminds me of that picture of
Dan'l Webster addressin' Congress.
I always admire Mr.. Pickins when he
looks that way, an / couldn't help
wonderin' what Miss Hodges was
thinkin'.
"'W Well, p'r'aps, says she, then
you can answer a question tibet has
puzzled me-
"'Ill try says Mr.. Pickins, an
when Mr.. Pickins tries it means some
thin.
"I could see too that Miss Hodges
askin' his judgment pleased him, for
ministers have their little vanities
just like other people.
Well, then, says Miss Hodges,
lookin' ez if butter wouldn't melt in
her mouth, why do the heathen
rage?'
'Why-er-why, because they
are heather, says Mr.. Pickins, an 1
could see that he didn't like the
question.
Thank you very much, Mr.. Pick
ins,' says Miss Hodges. I wonder
that it didn't occur to me. It's so
simple an plain now you We told me,
an then she looked out of the win
dow an says, what a funny dog
an she laughed SOS she most had
Mysteries.
II didn't see anythin' funny in the
dog, an Mr.. Pickins didn't, an when
Miss Hodges went away Mr.. Pickins
said he was afraid that she was high-
ty. When thought of that 1 was
glad that she wasn't goin' to marry
Mr.. Pickins, for a flighty wife for
minister amt no comfort for him an
she's thorn in the congregation.
"That's all / know about the Pts
copalians, an when you come to think
of it it ain much to their credit. I'd
just like to make resolutions for them
ez we'll ez for the Methodists, an I
don't know but will.
If wasn't so upset about Elvira
Davis 1 could turn my mind to it.
Ez it is, I can't think of any likely
man whose been courtin' her notice
able.
Il guess I'll go over to the Davises
tomorrow an ask Elvira mother for
her receipt for maxim angel cake,
an ez the Hawkinses always have
had the reputation of bein' the best
cake makers in town it will tickle her
to death to have me ask her how she
makes it.
If happen to think of it I'll ask
her who Elvira calculates to marry,
but 1 amt partic'l lar curious about it.