United States or Martinique ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Elmer proposed that they should organize a Sunday-school, to be held in the church every Sunday, and that they should make a beginning that very day. To this the Bevils gladly consented, and two servants were immediately sent out one to open the church and ring the bell, and the other to invite all the colored people of the place to meet there in an hour.
Joe was fully satisfied with this, and when the boat reached the other side, hurried off to find new admirers for this first piece of actual property he had ever owned, and to tell them that "Misto Frank March, who know all about oxes, say dis yere ok de han'somes' he ebber seed." Of course the Bevils and Carters came over to the picnic.
Then the Elmers and Bevils went together to the house of Mr. Carter, the other white man of the village. Here were two children, a girl and a boy, both younger than Ruth; and Mr. and Mrs. Carter readily agreed to help establish the Sunday-school, and promised to be at the church at the appointed time.
Elmer, and apologized for not having called; and Ruth was delighted to find that the eldest of the three Bevil children was a girl of about her own age, named Grace. In reply to Mr. Elmer's inquiries, the Bevils said that no regular services were held in the church, and that it was only opened when some preacher happened to visit them. Mr.
Word Of The Day