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"I is berry busy dis marning," cried Primus, struggling to get free; "Missa Pownal want my sarvices; de doctor is anxious to insult wid me; and de 'Piscopal minister hab someting 'portant to communicate." "I inspect he want you to write the Thanksgiving sermon," said Felix, grinning. "But, General, I have really an invite for you.
Biggs could reply there was a step outside, and, tiptoeing to the window, she exclaimed, in a whisper, "If I won't give it up, there's the 'Piscopal minister, Mr. Mason, come to call on you! Ruby Ann must of told him you belonged to 'em." She dropped her knitting, and, hurrying to the door, admitted the Rev.
Wife, she's got some 'Piscopal relations thet she sort o' looks up to, though she don't own it, but she was raised Methodist an' I was raised a true-blue Presbyterian. But when we professed after Sonny come we went up together at Methodist meetin'. What we was after was righteous livin', an' we didn't keer much which denomination helped us to it.
I prayed some, when the boat stood on its head and piled us all up in the front end, but a chair struck me on the place where Fitzsimmons hit Corbett, and knocked the prayer all out of me, and when the boat stood on her butt end and we all slid back the whole length of the cabin, and I brought up under the piano, I tried to sing a hymn, such as I used to in the 'Piscopal choir, before my voice changed, but the passengers who were alive yelled for some one to choke me, and I didn't sing any more.
The Bishop took the infant tenderly and said: "Sister Scruggs, which church shall I put him into?" "'Piscopal," whispered the good Mrs. Scruggs. The Bishop looked the red-headed young candidate over solemnly. There was a howl of protest from the lusty Scruggs.
Dere nebber was much uniform in de army, but what dere was, de regulars is entitle to it. I nebber tink de soger look just de ting widout de regimental. Now, look at de 'Piscopal minister in de pulpit, in de lily-white and de black gown. De fust is for white folks, and de oder out of respec' for us colored pussons. Dey is his regimental. He look like a regular soger ob de Lord.
How pretty she was in her wedding garb, and how like a bird her voice rang out as she responded to the solemn question: "Will you have this man to be thy wedded husband?" etc. Upon Uncle Ephraim devolved the duty of giving her away, a thing which Aunt Betsy denounced as a "'Piscopal quirk," classing it in the same category with dancing.
She had wondered at Helen's going, but then she was a 'Piscopal, and them 'Piscopals had queer notions about usin' the world and not abusin' it.
"Yes, sir," says he; "nex' time I'll be christened like a good boy." Then, of co'se, I explained to him thet it couldn't never be did no mo', 'cause it had been did, an' did 'Piscopal, which is secure. An' then what you reckon the little feller said? Says he, "Yes, daddy, but S'POS'IN' MINE DON'T TAKE. How 'bout that?" An' I didn't try to explain no further. What was the use?
But he thinks the church prospers just the same, and I never've told him the attendance dropped off when they put up that 'Piscopal building over to Sudleigh. You 'ain't lived here long enough to hear much about that, but it's been a real trial to him.
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