West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-09-11
MRS. DoLBY's TALKS.
She has Things 10 say TO the Deacon
but he Takes them Calmly

bench 10 rest his back when Mrs. Dolby
quietly appeared with lap full of earpe,
rags 10 be rolled into ball aud settled her.
self beside him aud said
deacon Dolby. | should like to have a
few words with yoo this afternoon IL you
don, mind. I, will be painful to me but |
am woman who knows her duty and does
II. Las, Tuesday you went up to the grave
yard along with others TO see abou, fixing
the fence. While you were there man
caue along ON bike and dased you to ride
il. Instead of turning yuur back ON that
man with dignity, what did you dop I
know. It's all over town. You made n
spectacle OF yourself you spent halt an
hour iiiphopping around. rha, bike threw
you on Your back, on your head and on your
ear bu, you wouldn't give up trying to ride
1t until you were almost dead. When you
can,e home that evening you were white as
chalk and could hardly scufi your fee, and /
doetored you for cholera morbus Deacon
Dolby ON bike. Deacon Dolby being
pitched head over heels and landing ON his
ear. Deacon Dolby making show of him
self Tor the Amusement, II dozen men,
What have you got to say for yourself 2"
The deacon picked UP the bung of the
vinegar barrel thai had been left on the
bench by accident aud become deeply inter.
ested in It's structure aud although Mrs.
Dolby awaited full two minutes he made
no answer to her question.
There was man putting up lightning
rods on the school house last week. she
| continued. 'and the day sent you 10 the
store for spool OF rcd thread YOU went
| around by the school house and stopped
there for an hour to listen to the man. lie
was telling a crowd OF idlets that hc didn't
believe the world was created in six DAYS
and tina, IL was all nonsense about the gar
den OF Eden aud Noahs ark. You knew
from the first that he was an atheist and "A
bad. bad man aud yet jou hung on and
hung on and listened TO his talk. Folks
who saw you there said you looked as II
you enjoyed II aud know that when you
finally came back with the thread YOU
didn't look at all as II you believed that IL
rained Tor forty days and nights II any.
body had told me that you would listen 10
an atheist should have tainted away but
its true that you did. Have you got any
excuses for your conduct
The deacon had a dozen. The chief one
being that the lightning rod man was a
good talker but he laid down the bung 10
pick up an old case knife and wonder how
the handle got off and became so absorbed
In his thoughts that he forgot to reply
Mrs. Dolby wound up about fifty feet OF the
cloths strips and then stopped TO say:
II wanted quart OF molasscs a few days
ago to make some molassos cake You
took the jug and went down 60 the store
On the way back the handle oflhe jug
came OF aud the jug fell on the sidewalk
and broke in two aud wasted all the con.
tents. ! don't say anything about the acci.
dent. We all know that jug handles are
liable to come OF any day Ia the year.
don't say anything about the moiossas be.
ing wasted. u the jug busted IL was bound
10 waste But what do say Deacon Dolby
and what can prove by Mrs. Gaylor who
stood at her gate is that when that jug
dropped you kicked the pieces on the side
walk and yelled cut something She
wouldn't tell me what il was and dasn't
try to imagine Bat you can't blame me II
go to bed at night wondering IL will be
spared to see daylight. Its just possible
that you didn't say anything but sugar
or Pshaw' and that Mrs. Gaylor didn't
hear Alright but you must look me In the
eyes " you want rIc TO believe you
The deacou's eyes didn'i seek hers On
the contrary he kept his fastened on b lue.
jay that was hopping about on the branch.
es Of a cherry tree and grim smile passed
over his face as some recollection came 10
his mind
Then Mrs. Gaylor was right" continued
Mrs Dolby after painful silence. and
am justified IN my fears that may be muir
dered in my bed. Swearing and murder
always go together Captain Kidd never
turned pirate until after lie learned 10
swear. These things may seem enough
deacon bu, I've got more TO tell When
you was shingigg the smoke house three
W eks ago went over 10 sec Mrs Hopkins
one afternoon. While ! was gone you slid
of the roof and fetched up On an old bar.
rel with crash. You was stunned and
didn'i say anything for Eve minutes Then
you got up aud kicked the smoke house
Nb't Ou hH HinhtH dUN tdlu you q HIOft n j.
but can't repeat H. You was heard by
three innocent boys and though they told
me what the word was they didn't know
the meaning OF ". Yes YOU kicked and
yelled aud kicked and " bad been home
I know should have had one OF MY faint.
ing SELLS Deacon Dolby is Il possible
that after being shining example for the
last th'rty'iye years you are going 10 break
loose and do some awful damsgeS DO YOU
feel Satan is egging you on and getting the
best OF your Has that liver invigofafor
made you wicked and recklcSsy
The deacon laid down the knife and took
up the bung again and he left of watching
the biuejay 20 watch hen pick the bugs
OF the tomato plant IN his interest in
these things he neglected 10 make plain
what he really did say as he kicked the
smoke house door. Mrs Dolby gave him
az least two minutes and Then said.
Only yesterday you were splitting wood
out here heard the az going and all Of
= sudden heard sou yell out When I
got TO The door your ear WAS bleeding and
YOU was starting TO wash the blood of
Three Of my biggest hollyhocks had been
kicked up by the roots and do declare
that there was smell Of sulphur in fhc
air Deacon did you say anything when
that stick Of wood few up7 II so what was
~ am not going 90 say YOU did or you
didn'i bot leave it al to you You've be-
come awful reckless Of late and don't
know what the end will be but doa't
think you will lio about a. Tell me II you
said anything and fell me why you jumped
around and upfooted the hollyhocks
For hall . minute the deacon seemed in.
clincd to make an explanation but on
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