The Washington herald., 1909-07-04

same ez she used ter do: bet we couldn Z
tempt her acrost tn do sill, she were so
/ Altered ter be seen
Pappy's long silence was prolonged so
l far beyond the usual rhetorical pause that
( the stranger. glancing Up al the resplen-
/ dent face OF the woman above them, said
But that was not the end"
'Ef hit had been I couldn't b'Iieve thar
were er God IN heaven
While Mary Frances We're so low. we
never called on IN neighbOrs fer help, be
cause we didn't want 'en ter hear what
III pore ga} teIle6 outen her head. At
last we took notice theJ none Of 'em come
ter oner therselves. Bet we never rightly
understood what war meant till one day
1 heered AZ IN pOst-Office thet thar were
talk OF churchin' me an Martha fer har-
borin' er bad woman IN our house.
Well sir, mer dander riz at thet.
had III witness Of mer speret ter light in
an fan out tn whole crowd, bet I come
on home an lay fer EN- whar 7 knowed
L could get tn under holt. Tn next sun
day I were al church. settin' IN the amen
corner ez usual. Bet low thar want no
gospel look on mer face Anyhow. th
folks Ground were keerful 20 speak per
lite arfter meeun'-
Air 20 wantin' ter know how Mary
Frances is Miss Jeeter?' sez I ter Tom
Jeeter's meddlesome wife when she ast
erbOut Marthy
'Marthy.' sez /. continuin'. air mid
dim bet Mary Frances air mighty pore
ly. She hain't able ter see company yft,
so yO' needn't come over tin we git her
Peertened up.
she glared at me fit ter kill, bet know
whar ter hit them old gals that hev more
contrary virtues an they have kind char
ity- Ho want ter ketch 'em by tn fore
lock. so TO speak. an not give EN- er
chance ter sho' on
'Still, we mout as well been quaran-
tined: an hit went on thet way TIN time
fer III next experience meetin' at church.
made eT pint OF bein' on hand. fer
aimed ter give in n experience thet would
scarify them Scribes and Pharisees. An
be blamed ef I didn't do HIT
haint no hand ter aggervate tn Lord
with astin. bet I let out an prayed one
prayer afOre I went inter tn meetin'
house thet night. I want arfter no reg
lar call ter preach; I jest ast for one
short gift OF words suited ter tn occa-
sion. An ef I do say hit ez I shouldn't,
III Lord heerd mer prayer. He spilled
me abundant with tn wrath Of heaven,
so 'twa'n't no soft soap gosepl 7 gin EN-
tust one then tOther riz up ter tell
how they'd been gittin' on in tn speretuaI
life: an ter hear EN- yod hev thought
they were jest spiling' fer glory. Old Miss
Jeeter shouted some. Partheny wet clean
through her mournin' veil with her tears,
an two er three deacons stepped round
shakin' hands tn haIlelujah way church
Christians hev.
I set thar watchin' EN- carry on till
they sarter settled; then spit out mer
Quld O. tobaccer an prepared fer bizness.
Brethren an sisteren, sex I. gittin'
up an lookin' EN- hard in IN face. I hev
heered yo'r experiences with intrUst. an
I'm obleeged ter confess thet I haint so
fer erlong in grace I hain't moved by
meT speret ter shout ike Sister Jeeter.
an afore I gin mer hand ter them holy
deacons over thar some things hev got
ter change. Still. tn Lord hav blessed
me erbOve mer deserts. He hev ans cred
mer long. long prayer. an sent tn little
gal back home ter me an Marthy- An I'd
ruther hev her back 'en ter be sanctihed
merself She hain't tn same. She hev
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