Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-06-11
THOSE CHURCH
SPIRES
By NJ. QUAD
By NJ QUAD
Copyright 1870 by Associated Lit
erary Press.

hung bell there. The Baptist edlhce
was also TO have cupola and bell,
but the funds ran short Mt the roof. IL
was the intention TO wait year or SO
and then finish up. but five years had
passed and nothing more had been
done. Meanwhile one bell pealcd for
al, and both scots dwelt together in
unity. There was mo envy, no jealousy,
no criticism.
Then the blow fell. IL came like
thunderbolt. Deacon Wheeler OF the
Methodist church and Deacon Ames OF
the Baptist leased ten acres OF land I'm
partnership and planted It 10 corn.
Each furnished half the seed and was
70 do half the work. One day when
the corn was tall enough for the first
hoeing and the two deacons were
working side by side Deacon Wheeler
pointed to a patch OF grass aud oh.
served:
Deacon. It strikes me that that is a
good place for a bumblebces' nest"
YES. kinder looks that way" was
the reply.
"Bumblebees orter DO rooted out"
WAL, l dunno. The Lord made
'em."
But they are pesky things. We
shall be blowing this corn with a horse
next time. and s'pose they pitch into
him? reckon IN root 'em out"
But don't kill any more'n need be.
It's wicked TO take lifo IL you don't
have to-"
Deacon Wheeler found bumblebees
there. They also found him. They re-
sented his intrusion at once. They
likewise resented the near presence OF
Deacon Ames. They went for the two
men hot foot and got In their work
and chased them from the field. IL
was after the bees had given up the
pursuit that Deacon Ames turned to
the other and exclaimed:
Now see what we've got by your
meddling. IL you wasn't an old fool
you'd have let them BUNDLES alonew
"old fool? why. Deacon Ames, you
are six years older'n l bew
but told you TO let 'em alone"
"Say. Deacon Ames,, you are talk
Ing mighty sassyw
But I've got n right to-"
Yes. talking mighty sassy for
Baptist"
And what about the BaptistsY
WAL you can SEQ your meeting
house from here. Does It look like n
meeting house or a cooper shop? /
guess more'n one stranger has had TO
ask to find out"
Are you digging ut me because we
hain't got cupola or a bellY"
I'm a-saylng that IL more humble
bees had been stirred up mebbe your
! folks would have finished the build
ing"
1t was all over between tho deacons
Deacon Wheeler went homo to tell his
wife about II, and Deacon Ames
walked straight TO the parsonage and
said TO the minister:
PEARSON Jones, something has rot
to be did. I've been insultcd, our old
building has been inSulted. and now
II we can't go at It Ind finish II up
I'll sell out and move away.
I'VE don't want no cuDola nor bell.
Cupolas are for schools and bells are
for factories What we want and
what we are going to have is n spiro
ii thing shooting up IN the mr about
sixty feet-somothing that can be
seen for five miles around. Cooper
shop! Wen show the Wheeler crowd
whether we've got cooper shop or a
church. That ere spre shall pierce
the clouds OH the Que hand and tie
hearts or the Mcthodists on the other.
ltH be before their eyes night and
a..
shadder TO get to their own church.
Cupolas ana bells2 Why, they hnlnt
had nothing OF the kind In Now York
city for fifty years past. Our build
ing is going to be right up to date,
even II we have TO put In bathtubs
and electric bells"
or course Deacon Wheeler and his
sect heard OF these things, and the
deacon wlDked with his left eye and
replied
Going 60 have a spire, chi Going
TO be seen for Eve miles around. IL tn
WAL, you Jest wait little. Mebbe
thereIl be two spires TO be seen"
And so there was The Baptsts
had no sooner begun work On theirs
than the other sect started I'm and
sold the bell. demolished the cupola
and began on a spirc Then 10 was
race to see which spire should be the
highest Each ono jealousy guarded
its secret. As matter Of fact. sq
measurements Gfterward proved. the
Baptist spiro was just three quarters
OF an inch the longest. but one rubber
necklng from the earth could not have
been sure
After six months tho spires were
completed, and each church planned
for a fcstival to be held the same
night. Two hours bofopo night fierce
storm OF thunder, lightning, rain and
wind set in IL had been raging half
nm hour when n great crash was
heard. Ten minutes later there was
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