Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-07-30

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minister uneasy reached his cara He
heard Of family quarrels and gossip
with an edge to It and at length ascer-
tanned that he himself was being
talked about He made one :.or two
efforts to pin certain persons down to
certain things and then called for an
evening meeting Of the entire cOngre-
CATION. They came to the last one In
response, and some Of them refused to
rub elbows with each other. In
plain way and in plain language the
good man wanted to know all about
It and called on one Of his deaepns to
lead of. * ~! 4 goa ls' A. So 81
"well l. can tell you what ans he"
replied the deacon as he arose My
wife paid 10 cents to have her fortune
told. and the. woman told her thatsl
had pizen III the house to Kill her Oh,
SOS / could get another. It's an infer
nal lie, but my wife seems to believe
it and won't eat at the table with me-
The other deaeon was then, called
upon. and he said that bis wife had
also had her fortune told. she. Was
told that he had committed a i1dr1er
before their marriage and would sboi
be arrested and hanged for it She
was groaning all day and walking the
floor all night. and every time she saw
a constable pass she had faintilg
spell. 49, = ,...'- 49, y ''.f"E
Miss Jackson, the spinster. was Ne.
luctant to take the floor. she said, aud
still more reluctant to repeat the words
Of the prophecies. She felt it her du-
ty. however. and she must say that
she was told that the minister was se-
cretly In love with her and would pro
pose within three months. z SHE never
had believed in fortune: telling and:
never should, but-but--you know
And she sat down amid a painful III.
lence. n. - F as - . - '' ts5s
Elder Todd, who hadn't been an
elder for twenty years, but had ven.
cradle look and had passed his seven:
tieth birthday, arose to say that IFS
wife had had her fortune told. He bad !;
given her q dime. and she had gone
into the tent with a smile on her face
but had come out with buzzsaw .ex.5
preston to tell him that II he didn,ts
take her right home she would muir.
der him. After reaching home, she:
charged him with having kissed the
Widow Scott on the bridge one night b
week before and her loud talk had.
probably been overheard by the neigh
bors. He wanted to deny the kissing
In toto. He was getting ready for the
grave instead OF frolicking around ats
bis age. His wife still stuck to 1t: that
he was guilty wretch. but that was
one Of the crosses he must bear. s
The Widow. Scott was waiting for
him to finish. She had had her for.
tune told. Nothing had been said
about her being kissed on bridge inS
the dark OF the moon BY a man with.
venerable whiskers u What she had
been told was that Mr. Taylor, q neigh.
boz. had STOLEN cucumbers from her
garden. She had charged him with
i, and he had threatened .to begin az
lawsuit. LEI him begin and be hanged
to 81 him! 58 She was at woman thar
couldn't be blurred.
sS Then there was the case or the
Widow Clymer. ~ She had always had
4 contempt for fortune telling, but
what could she say when told the ex.
act date Of her poor husband's death.
the color of his hair and the age Of
the cow TINT stoye his ribs ia with AZ
kick Then she had been told that
three different sisters on tthe church
were gossipfng about her and saying
she used powder and dyed lei: Id Ii n
and she wanted them and an others
20 nndersta ma that she was 10 such
woman. Others were wal ting To speak
but the my stery had now become
clear TO the min ana h,e said d
he money that Ne raised viii W
40 the heather instead $of Tor pat lit.
and in future our i1iurc li fest vais WIN
consist only Ia Tee cream all cake ara
spelling school services WIN
Hba held merit SUNDAY III tsgnoonS To: sas III
caIf gett osir common sense
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