stallded

Updated: May 10, 2025

Is de salvation train done stallded right in front o' Claybank chu'ch, an' we can't raise wheels ter sen' it on? "Lord have mussy, I say! I tell yer, my brers an' sisters, you's a-treatin' de kyar o' glory wuss'n you'd treat a ole cotton mule wagon! You is, fur a fac'!

Ruth McEnery Stuart - Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches

An' heah de salvation train is stuck deep in de mud, an' yer know Arkansas mud hit's mud; hit ain't b'iled custard; no, it ain't, an' hit sticks like glue! Heah de glory kyar is stallded in dis tar-colored Arkansas glue-mud, I say, an' I can't raise wheels enough out'n dis congergation ter sen' it on!

Ruth McEnery Stuart - Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches

Heah it come f'om a ole 'oman, too! Shame on you, boys, ter let po' ole Aunt Charity Pettigrew, wha' nussed yo' mammies, an' is half-blin' an' deef at dat shame on yer ter let 'er lif' dis train out'n de mud! An' yer know she kyant heah me nuther. She des brung a wheel 'caze she felt de yearth trimble, an' knowed de train was stallded!

Ruth McEnery Stuart - Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches

"Ef air ole mule wagon ur a donkey-kyart was stallded out in de road in front o' dis chu'ch don' keer ef it was loaded up wid pippy chickens, much less'n de Lord's own freight dey ain't one o' yer but 'd raise a wheel ter sen' it on! You know yer would!

Ruth McEnery Stuart - Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches