And then Josiah made so light of them errents I felt that he would be a
drawback instead of a help, for how could I keep a calm and noble frame of
mind befittin' them lofty errents, and how could I carry 'em stiddy with a
pardner by my side pokin' fun at 'em, and at me for carryin' 'em, jarrin'
my sperit with his scorfin' and onbelievin' talk?
And as I sot off alone in the trolley I thought of how they must have felt
in old times a-carryin' the Urim and Thumim. And though I hadn't no idee
what them wuz, yet I always felt that the carriers of 'em must have felt
solemn and high-strung. Yes, my feelin's wuz such as I felt of the heft
and importance of them errents not alone to Serepta Pester, but to the
hull race of wimmen that it kep' my mental head rained up so high that I
couldn't half see and enjoy the sight of the most beautiful city in the
world, and still I spoze its grandeur and glory sort o' filtered down
through my conscientiousness, as cloth grows white under the sun's rays
onbeknown to it.
Anon I left the trolley and walked some ways afoot. It wuz a lovely day,
the sun shone down in golden splendor upon the splendor beneath it. Broad,
beautiful clean streets, little fresh green parks, everywhere you could
turn about, and big ones full of flowers and fountains, and trees and
statutes.
And anon or oftener I passed noble big stun buildings, where everything is
made for the nation's good and profit.
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