The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1914-12-11
He SAW THE LIGHT
Conventional Deacon Pegram
Finally Compelled TO Move
With the Times.

Mrs Mary Moreton, widow, were en-
gagged to be- married.
The gossips were a little prema-
ture. The couple had been counting
for a year, but they were not engaged
yet.
Deacon Pegram was q careful.
prudent man. He had learned to be.
He was therefore going slow IN re-
gard to the widow.
He had satisfied himself she could
make the best Of cheap soap.
Her picked peaches were simply
immense.
Her mince pies cured profanity in
one week.
She had no fear Of rats or mice.
and she could milk a kicking COW
while YOU waited.
The widow had some hundreds of
dollars in the bank, and she owned
her house free and clear.
The Widow Moreton hadn't q pain
or an ache-not so much as a soft
corn.
Both the deacon and the widow
were members Of the same church.
but there was a difference in the way
they lived their religions.
The deacon knew that she had lib
eral ideas, but he had let that matter
alone. After marriage 1t could b"
debated and he would put hls foot
down. All being ready at last. he
called to bring about the climax.
At the gate he was almost turned
TO stone. He caught the strains of a
fiddle from within the house. Not a
jewsharp-not a mouth organ not
an accordion, hut a regular fiddle
the thing old Satan invented 10 drag
human souls down to pcrdItion.
The deacon braced against the
shock and Knocked on the door.
The widow opened it. She had the
fiddle in her hand rs bold us brass,
why, good evening, dcavon.'
He gIarrd at her in silence.
81 was just %practicing my eycr.
cise- What's the natter
THAT that fiddle
"Nca. us a fiddle, and am going
To learn 30 play. You seem aston
isnrd."
~ fiddle here in this house" he
cu,pcd. "'Fhc Widow Moreton de-
sccnding tn such deprayity! Why
why
Z II don't see your point, deacon
7 she said ~ she laid the instrument
aside. what is there wrong about
my learning TO play the iddle?"
1T is played at dances :"
p "Ycs?"
"And no true Christian will
. dance"
e But IN some congregations the
e fiddle is played as an accompaniment
to the singing Of the choir"
"Then Satan will get every soul in
= such congregations!
"If you came here this evening to
d kick up a fuss owe n harmless fiddle
g you can go away again :"
81 can End will! Thank heaven
it is not too late! We are not
/. pledgedp'
. And |, too, am thankful fol
" that -
The average mar might he warned
a hundred times over, that in a SCRAP
with 2 woman he loves he is sure {,
get the worst Of it, and vet he vii
persist in blufing. The deacon halt
ed at the gate to give the widow
chance TO call him back. but the doc
remained shut.
Another queer thing about the av
, eragc man is that when he has mad
!. "A fool of himself and knows he h6
\ he won't admit it. He just keep
NJ right on laying the blame to tn
other party. and for a time will dra,
some consolation from it..
The deacon did. but after a wee
he thought to strengthen his positio
by going Ia his pastor and asking
Pastor, doesn't our religion teac
III Us that the fiddle is a thing To n,
ny ware OFF,"
mo, / can hardly say that j.
" does was the reply.
But II a woman learns To pla
az the fiddle =" nsrsistpd the daaeon