he first prair and i said o yes i
know now, he says we will now take up the usual colection and then
Mister Fernald laffed again, then Mister Robinson he asked me how many
sisters i had and i said 4 and he asked if they went to church and i
said Keene and Cele sing in the quire and Georgie goes but Annie and
Frankie and the baby was two little and then he asked if father went to
church and i said not very often, only when Keene and Cele had to sing a
duet, and then he asked me what else he did sundays and i said sometimes
he made viniger down celler and sometimes he went over to see John Adams
hens or down to Gim Melchers shop or up to Hirum Gilmores, and he said
it is very deploorible is it not, brother and Mister Fernald he laffed
again and said he gessed he better not ask me any more questions, and
perhaps my father woodent like to have me tell all about him, and i said
father wasent afrade, and he said he dident give much for ministers
ennyway and then Mister Fernald laffed as hard as he cood and Mister
Robinson looked mad, then we went down stairs and they shook hands with
mother and aunt Sarah and Mister Robinson he set down by aunt Sarah and
asked her about the church and prair meetings and why she dident always
go and lots of things like that and Mister Fernald he got the baby in
his lap and he talked to mother about the children and told us stories
and he was jest buly. then bimeby father he came home and he shook hands
with them and he said he was glad to see them whitch was a auful lie.
then mother said super was ready and we all went in to super and father
kept talking and telling stories until mother said George and looked at
him, and he shet up and turned red and then Mister Robinson began to
pray and all of us kept still but Georgie who began to gigle, and mother
looked scowly at her and she shet up two. then father looked at mother
and winked and i had to put my hand over my mouth. mother she almost
laffed to, and Mister Robinson he kept on praying till bimeby Frankie he
said Mama i wish that man wood stop and Mister Fernald he began to coff
i bet he wanted to laff. well ennyway Mister Robinson he stoped. then
father helped them to chicking and bisket and gelly and coffy and
everything and then he helped us and we all begun to eat and bimeby
Annie said we have got some napkins tonite, and Frankie said we have got
some little plates to put the butter on, and i saw them first, and Annie
said we have got some