Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-20


vas ter be big church opened up
next Sunday, she wanted her ter come
| on Saturday. as she knowcd 1 .Dulda't
| stay long. she asked me ter come an
stay TIL Monday. Sallc ditln'; say
much. but | inowcd from tho expires.
sion If her eyes that she wanted ter
so.
SEE l. "Sallic, what kind of
church is that?" Episcopal" sez she.
Now" scz l. You reckcn your
preacher tSallc was deep water
| Baptis) will think it wrong fer you
ter go do you?"
She didn't think he'd mind.
| We'll" SEE l. "I'll think about it,
fer forty miles is n right smart stretch
| This weather, an you know I've never
! been thar"
She didn't say anything else, but left
| it fer me ter think out. An when
did think of it, il appeared ter me that
Sallie want lookin' SO well, an she
had been mighty hard at work all the
| year: hadn't been nowhercs, an the
trip would do her good Then agin eff
| ever thar WAS anybody that did thar
| duty by man, Sallic was that one
| Twas true that sometimes her talk
was little sharp, but back Of il all
| was heart as true, as warm an as
| good as ever beat in human body
| That sometimes when things didn't
| seem ter go right an felt way down
III the mouth. then her words of en-
| couragcmcnt an sympathy, an tho
gentle tech Of her soft hand. seemed
| to drive it all away, the same as II did
from my forehead at times when was
rackcd with pain. The more | thought,
! the more | knowcd how that she must
4 fl,f frfta n1f 4, l. n
most embarrassing time fer me. an
! hadn't never been ter I.ittlctown, an
| knowcd how green Id be- I'd have
ruther paid fifty dollars than go, hut
fer her sake | was yon', an do the
| best could
| at supper that night. SCI, sortcr
careless like; We'll. Sallic, | has been
| thinkin' about that trip, and the fust
thing I'm going ter do tomOrrcr, is ter
take the buggy ter the shop ter git it
liked i'll time fer Saturday, an" but
| about this time she got up an felt
two soft arms about my neck, an she
| give me a crate big kiss. an upstairs
she went; tell you il almost paid nc,
fer the awkward sortcr time knowcd
] was goin' ter have.
| Bright an carly The next mornin'
she wont ter see ole Miss Simmons.
| about some work, an told her about
the trip. an by dinner everybody In the
| place knowcd; all you had ter do was
ter tell ole Miss Simmons, Can thar is
an ole Miss Simmons pears ter lives
in most cvty place).
| When the sun riz on Saturday morn.
In. We was we'll on our way. On the
journey Sallic tried ter give me some
| good advice, SO that wouldn't seem
| so green. Specially about goin' ter
that church, said as how they had a
| invested choir-(which didn't know
what she mcanO an The preacher
wore n surplus; tried ter take it all
in. but am afcarcd forgot it all.
! When we driv inter the town,
thought that thar must be a circus or
fair goin' on; all the stores pcarcd
to have banners ont, all shapes an all
colors When | got nigh enough ter
read what was on them il did look like
| tho place WAS Il ,iyin'. an everybody
"as scllin out as fast as they cc..ld,
har was bargain Sale" Wonderful
sale "'rakc-ulf Sale" (Which Sallie
said meant they was takin' of half
he price, Clean Sweep Sale" with
1rcoms hanging ont, an all sorts Of
| hali-ycarly sales" notice: that
|
ellis womcn's flXin's, an thcy seems
/! or pay-frcm what Sallic told me
| afterwards said that most women
| would leave a store whar they had ter
ray fifty cents for thing, an walk
| half Il mile ter git it fer forty-ninc
| / bought Il suit Of clothes from one
store, an from what happened ter
| hem afterwards. that OIgh. ter have
! jcrn Il "takc-on sale" =
| All was mighty glad ter sec us at
| Sallic'S cousin MirandyS, an us il was
such homc-likc sortcr place. an such
'ociahlc people. got along all right
up ter dinner time, so Sallic said
At dinner saw little glass jar
full of plums | thought, which some
] folks seemed mighty fond of, an when
it come my way. let them help me ter
some. but when put it in my, mouth,
| found it wasn't plum by long sight !!
| didn't know what 1t was, Ind tho
! most curious taste ever in my mouth
| jest didn't know what ter do, was n
feared ter swallow it, an Il asnt take
1t out; thar was, an thar sot. I
give Sallic pitiful look, she knowcd
something was the matter, but she
: didn't know what the matter was, nor
{, how ter help me- | saw one of the
little chaps looliin' at me mighty close
as Of he spicioncd somcthin', an then
, an thar | made up my mind that
! was goin' ter cat that thing eff ii
choked me, an dill, Talk about
qulnine, it didn't touch that spilled
plum, but ] found out artcrward that
| it was stuffed olive; bet I'll never put
another one In my mouth SO long as
f! | has my sober senses about me. Sal
/ lie nigh bout had a laughin' fit when
told her about 1t, but was mighty
| glad Isgot along so well.