Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-03-21

l,"poble whether there had
Sseu any such meeting had
y she She been likely to attend
80 n dispense with the minis
|. 81 sister humphreys was its OBJ ,.
Nd s'' the sister was a woman OF no. o.
~ PAT she had gone to the store
4 !, sa sem settlement of ac-
y therefore, the disaffected IN
,.I.ed their heads, percelvlng
,tsr hour was come.
D s'.barch.house" (of a weekday
,,oolbouse) crowned a gentle
,$rOund on the outskirts OF an
s,as plantation. 1t was basked
- neat gum forests, where the
80 while on one side, winding
y tbe reddening evening skies.
nnrsss slash had eaten its way
y Inc brown clay to the Black
/. Tpll Of mystery and uncanny
was the slash, its sluggish
/" d water creeping darkly under
m expresses and monstrous hack
|mtrses, tinseled with cow-lilies in
~, shattered with blood-red ber-
4 winter, green with delicate
r. when the cypress is in leaf, or
,,d softly brown when it's short
n foliage falls. Did one care to
mystical analogy, one might
4 the slash suggestions of the
|Fns undeveloped soul, where
4 end child still battle for mas
|fFg school-house for children of
Ehksr race only and only negroes
\ in the little band whose hymns
kated the wide sweep of cotton
h the weird African cadences
|E and more mournful than the
tVvls oboe keening in the forest.
Esht the house was but sparsely
h by the regular worshipers, Zion
Hc9gation proper. Brother Zubaeel
TIF presided, because he. had once
tHded a district Republican con-
EioI where he had imbibed parlia-
Har lore.
BIS meetin' will please come to
th,' he announced; lis you-all
" 70 de question:"
VI are question, Bruddah Nor
" called out a brother in the
r&ats.
SHddah Carroll, you is out of or
Whenst git in dis cheer an
} dis gabble'-he extended the
ad used, before its promotion, to
J kidding take notice, | is de
Mr. yOu-all is to dress me as Mist
ainan.' You is akin bout de ques-
! de question is, Shall Sist' Ehme-
7 humphreys continner to usu'p
lights Of we-all's pastor? Amt
1e onderstandin' of dis here aw-
NJ
AS Of approval and assent came
HE audience. The chairman,
Y tOOk the attitude of the white
iIeF whom he had admired most
y convention, plunging one hand
Ae bosom of his CONDITIONED
lal purpose-and gazing solemnly
nm All the colored population
countryside were proud of the
@aOuse, which was painted a
Rad color as to woodwork and
y as TO walls; with red lettering
10y a member who had followed
'.a'eFs trade (although not very
oeclaring piously on the west
Inc Lord will provide" and
" requesting on the east wall,
y 20 not spit on the floor" A
blackboard behind the teach
.tSA showed her excellent moral
-el's and penmanship. There
y carpet on the floor, but it was
'au the windows glistened.
! we're school-house, dis yere
slouSe, are a credit to de cullud
sl genl'men of Zion Baptis'
/, !, declared Brother Morrow, So
~, an VEAL had orter have a
WHO Wud-w'u'd correspond. /
- ''N one word of diSparage-
- uuf late diseased pastor. He
eOod, pious man" ("Amen!"
w, aau-grown lads in the rear),
Wv terrible sight of losses an
!, ioSln' all of his chillen like
y an him sick such a spell
~, ~ Aawd called him f'om grace
~ y, Mabbe he didn't BEN elo-
pg,' ny the supply we had, but Ell
To naa mare right to git Sist'
). -pAins to run way wild i'm,
:. sooa' kim, respectable hus-
,i..s ".lie crumpled, elderly ne
w MS head with an air of
-, u : an he done borry two
i ~ nifty cents of de cheer dat
a.. sApee nothin' of ontwel de
j., gay! So Wen our pastor
way VEAL was like sheep
sa pherd; an Wen Sist' Hum
s aoue offah to keep de church
\ 'V 81. an cyah on de services
a" ~ make no cha'ges. veal
I'M re ' grizzled negro
cb olack held up q finger
NY Finan, was hit Sist' Hum
|. ' ee dis 'Ouse dis away?"
pOoa uuah Moore; she are q
lso serubber," admitted the
ii ;, While the congregation
ban !; Speaker, the richest col
.int, !, the county, who had
Inc , me neighborhood recently,