The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-28
Palnting The meetlng-d -dOuSe.
BY M. QUAD.


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 "uua. As ,ue I.4a..er or you tvniSn@ pa! asAeu tne soVu "ne oL Sa"sSs r.arper, ol n~ivers Corners. as no su. one evenlns wIln ms Iee. sLeretcu- GU out to Lne nlcAvry ire, ms nanus loeneu peuInu ms neelu, anu ms eJ os nxeu on tue oeLn 1noLias cioch on tne mailLeA suelL III d Vacatit way.
 n m JesL a-tninhIn auouI our meet- in-nvuse, ne repiieu aLter nedVihs " long slsn.
 'Ina. meetin'- mouse has worried yv- 'tiIi ainivsL wisn il nau never uee-. buiIL why can they Iet IL So as i' is!
 rnree years previously. a dozen U. so oL d cerLain reiIsI Ivus uenoniindtio.- nvIng III anu aDouL lue nainiet oL na4 per corners Aad set out 10 Dulio q meeting -nvuse, as our toreLatnefs useu to caII IT, Ine UuIioins nao peeh con- pIeLeu anu QeoLcateu al last, ana Lne appvInLeu pastor would urIve out Irom honesuaie every SAooaGn ALtefnoon to hoiu serVlces, put alas! the pam | hau not been taken lnto tnelr cdIcu- laLions. All were agreed that the edl- hce ought to nave two good coats out sIue, even II the InlerIur ndd to Oe IeI for three or four years 10 come, put as every man hau gwen all ne Ieit ape to 1t was a puzzIe to ngure out now anything turIner was to be accom- plIsned.
 "Ies, 1t has sorter worried all of uS," repiIed Moses as he induIged in another long sIgh.
 wal, 1 spose the building would look better If painted.' unused the wlte as sne began to narrow on the heel of the SOCK ln her own hands, but you ain't lookin' for any miracle to hap pen, are you?"
 Not skassly, ma. Some tin peddler or chicken buyer may come along and hand out a hundred dollars to do the paintin', but 1 ain't look1n' for it."
 No, l guess not, However. don't be glum over it. We've all done what we could, and the rest must be left to Providence
 Farmer Harper moved over to the table and the lamp and picked up hls county paper, to which he subscribed by the year and paid in stove wood. He hadn't been reading ten minutes before he suddenly burst out with:
 Wall. by, jingo!" @. Moses Harper, do you know what you are sayin'" sharply reprimanded the wife as she almost let her knit ting fall to the floor in her astonish- ment.
 T didn't mean to swear. Tanner but-but-"
 But what? Have any of our nay burs' cows died or their barns been burned
 "N-o. I wish Lucy was home. What time did she say she'd be back from the frolic "
 About midnight, she guessed, but you can never tell when those young people will break up. They are goin' to pop corn, pull lasses candy and play on the melodeon, and it may be 2 o'clock in the mornin before she gets home. Why. Moses?"
 TT dunno" he lame1y replied. n. jest struck me to inquire. No, she probably won't be home before 2 O clock. It beats all creation how many folks are killing each other this win ter. Here's as many as six places about it"
 Yes. it's dreadful and don't 'spose we hear half of 'em. If this world is goin' to come to an end through wickedness it won't be very long now. If the end comes before spring we shan't want no paint for our meetin'- house"
 Mebbe we'd better wait and see"
 The husband had found somethfnx in the paper to wiring an exclamation