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And I thought then, and think now, that the meetin' house wuz too hard on Metilda Henn. She did titter right out in protracted meetin', Sister Henn don't deny it, and she felt dretful bad about it, and so did I. But Metilda said, and stuck to it, that she couldn't have helped laughin' if it had been to save her life.
And so it went on for some time she a-tellin' out ever and anon loud and firm, "that she wanted to be found " and then bustin' into tears. "Oh, that will be joyful!" And Sister Lum sot down. Wall, that wuz what made Metilda Henn titter. And that was what made me bring forward that verse of scripter.
And I thought then, and think now, that the meetin' house wuz too hard on Metilda Henn. She did titter right out in protracted meetin', Sister Henn don't deny it, and she felt dretful bad about it, and so did I. But Metilda said, and stuck to it, that she couldn't have helped laughin' if it had been to save her life.
That the Bible said "'there wuz a time to laugh, and I didn't know when it wuz unless it wuz when you couldn't help it " But I didn't say it to uphold Metilda no, indeed. I only said it because they wuz so bitter on her, and laid the rules of the meetin' house down on her so heavy. But Josiah said, "What would become of the meetin' house if it didn't punish its unruly members?"
I tell you it looked dark. The men all said they couldn't see no way out of the trouble, and some of the wimmen felt about so. And old Miss Henn, one of our most able sisters, she had gi'n out, she wuz as mad as her own sirname about how her Metilda had been used. The meetin' house had just hauled her up for levity.
I wuz jest a turnin' this over in my mind, and a carryin' away their things, when I glanced out of the settin' room winder, and lo, and behold! there wuz Abi Adsit a comin' up to the front door, and right behind her wuz her Pa and Ma Adsit, and Deacon Henzy and his wife, and Miss Henn and Metilda, and Lute Pitkins and his wife, and Miss Petengill, and Deacon Sypher and Drusilly, and Submit Tewksbury a hull string of 'em as long as a procession.
I tell you it looked dark. The men all said they couldn't see no way out of the trouble, and some of the wimmen felt about so. And old Miss Henn, one of our most able sisters, she had gi'n out, she wuz as mad as her own sirname about how her Metilda had been used. The meetin' house had just hauled her up for levity.
I have been a-tryin' to explain it to you that the word laymen always means woman when she can help men in any way, but not when he can help her, or in any other sense." Sez I, "It seemed to mean wimmen when Metilda Henn wuz turned out of the meetin' house."
That the Bible said "'there wuz a time to laugh, and I didn't know when it wuz unless it wuz when you couldn't help it " But I didn't say it to uphold Metilda no, indeed. I only said it because they wuz so bitter on her, and laid the rules of the meetin' house down on her so heavy. But Josiah said, "What would become of the meetin' house if it didn't punish its unruly members?"
I have been a-tryin' to explain it to you that the word laymen always means woman when she can help men in any way, but not when he can help her, or in any other sense." Sez I, "It seemed to mean wimmen when Metilda Henn wuz turned out of the meetin' house."
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