loud crack
and fell in two pieces on the floor, to the great discomfiture of those
whose weight added to the strain. For some moments there was
considerable confusion in the room, as may be supposed, and the praying
was brought to a sudden halt, when Abe's voice was heard above all,
"Ne'er moind, lad, go at it! My Father's got plenty o' timber, and
He'll send thee a new seat," whereon the meeting went on, as lively as
before. Abe wouldn't allow any such trifles to interfere with the
happy flow of feeling in his meetings; indeed, such incidents served
rather to stimulate than abate the exuberance of his spirits. He knew
that all things belonged to the Lord, and that He would make good all
that was lost in His service, and therefore "he took joyfully the
spoiling of his goods," and other folk's too. It is needless to say
that the old seat was replaced by a new one.

"MY FATHER 'LL GIE THE' THIS HAASE" (House).

When Abe had been conducting his class for some years in the cottage
before named, an event transpired which greatly disturbed his mind, and
led him to fear he might have to remove his meeting to some other
place. Now this was a sore trouble ta him and to every one of his
members; they had got accustomed to going there, and some of them had
never met anywhere else, so that they could not bear the thought of
being obliged to leave, yet there was some ground for the fear.

The person who owned the cottage was mother-in-law to the man by whom
it was occupied; she died and left her property, which consisted
chiefly of cottages, to be divided equally among her children. Soon
after the funeral the family met in this very house to arrange the
division of the estate. The plan adopted was to draw lots for houses,
and as they were nearly of the same value, this seemed equitable. So
the lots were all prepared and placed together, and each person was to
draw one, and take the house named on the lot; the drawing was to
commence with the eldest, and go down to the youngest. Now the wife of
the man in whose house the class met was the youngest member of the
family, and therefore must take what all the others left. When
everything was ready for the drawing to begin, the proceedings were
interrupted by a knock at the door. The man of the house opened it,
and found, to his surprise, "Little Abe" there. "Come aat a minute,"
said he, "I want to spaike to the'." On getting outside Abe resumed,
"I knaw what ye are baa