The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-25

he summoned his voice by one mighty and be-
to taIk-scarcely conscious of theme rhetoric
hoped earnestly reviewing the situation after
ward. that recited Mother Goose's Rhymes
in that painful interval Whatever the sentiments he
expressed they to make him calner and grad
ually. talked. the forgotten words returned
him
Then without acquainting his listeners with the
process of reasoning by which he suddenly arrived
at totally different theme. he launched his
sermon No seemed surprised. The choir
trying decide the closing hymn. of the
congregation lost the speaker; he felt
the curtain of their Indifference gradually shutting him
off entirely but he plodded and ont was a long
sermon
Far back in the congregation. almost behind the
door, was face which. scarcely realizing his
action. the preacher turned the close of every
tence. 1t the face of old negrsss. black and
wrnkled under the faded red of great bandanna.
The morning on-he may have been preaching two
hours ten minutes-he could tell. felt with
strange sensation of ease that the Of his
mon was drawing nearhe hurried meet 1.-THE last
sentence was confused tumble and he down
Almost Immediately a young a great
deal of scarlet in her tall and SLIM sang
Rock of Ages" in a thin high soprano while two
round little baskets pervaded the congregation.
companied by intermittent jingle of dimes PEN
gay dresses and dark coats filed slowly out
great many backward glances curious and not
unkindy. fell the tall figure by pulpit desk-yet
up to the minister. usually the
custom, and extended the comforting hand brother
hood. No one except one little grl-she have
been than years old-and he pressed her small
hand more tightly than he knew. She out.
smiling back him timdly till one-aunt or
mother-caled her
Then Joe. out of breath with organ pumping closed
the doors and the minister alone
"Marsah-" He had started toward the little pull
pit room. and he turned suddenly. 1t the old
negress who sat by doorway She stood at
the rostrum steps her face but dimly outlined for
the shades had been drawn.
"Marsah, where is yo' gwine dinnerT
Dinner" he repeated. vaguely.
'Yissah sho'. Preachahs dey alters my day
ITO be The full sense of the congregations
slight just dawning him. ITO be aunty
I-I-cant where I'm going"
There a pause. Outside. in the street
r-anoped by. and the of his hoofs lost be-
fore the spoke again, quaveringly: viii yo'
long wild me- marsah-honey?"
Miss Bry. leaning her front gate.
was engaged in apparently tender conversation with
a short young man who carried hymn book An old
negress accompanied by erect though shabby form
of strange minister. around the corner and
passed on.
ITS Clemma." she said, glancing down at the
man from under her flaming hat And their poorly
suppressed mirth overlook the pair
It's merry little world you have here" observed
the minister. Aunt Clemma favored her mirthful
Iow-citizen with prolonged scowl.
'Yissah" she said length. DE young folks am
alters joysome"
The cabin where they paused tiny thing of
two rooms a porch, the last swathed in clematis
vine, amid whose plumy fragrance a hooking bird
perched high in a great rickety cage. warbled and
dozed by turns.
In the little patch of ground few tiny shoots of
green gave signs of a garden be1ated by the long
rains. Here a few hens scratched with Industrious
disregard of the Sabbath day. Clemma off
her black sunbonnet and "shoo-ed" them vigorously.
"Dey am de obstropolus fowls in dis hyah
town." she explained. closing the front gate "Dey
tes' lack some niggahs-can't nebber dey place"
A half later of these decorators
graced draped table which, the preachers
especial honor, had been kitchen to
the bedroom The young laid the snowy damask
napkin across his knee, polite wonder in his eyes
de ole missus glib me my linen." explained Aunt
CIemma, lowering her guest with all the we'll
bred soIcitude of a Fifth avenue hostess 1.-TWO
kins a tableclon" Then she smiled, and quaver
infinite pathos her voice. "Dey amt neb
onfolded since de day TO Ill miss married.
when she ct dinner wild her ole brack nanny"
She turned with sudden wrathful execration as a
sound Of shutting feet came from the next
You joe" she cried, "doan you dare pertrube 20
dis hyah roomI Deys white folks eatin' dey
dinner in hyah" She half-closed the door, adding
"Yo' jes' set down de back do'stePs and walt
"Joes my gran'sOn" she explained returning Law.
sub, yous out gravy-scuse me, sub" And hob
bling and fro. she served her guest and chatted
voubly.
The little meal dantiness itself and the soii-
tary diner with industry of which he half
ashamed.
1t hour later that Joe with the horse
little animal had been housed and fed and Joe
zes he her h. shi n1,rtt Of doll