' Pa was
trying to explain how the book came to be there, when the minister and the
deacons started out, and then I poured the two quart tin pail full of soft
soap on the front step. It was this white soap, just the color of the
step, and when I got it spread I went down in the basement. The visitors
came out and Pa was trying to explain to them, about Hoyle, when one of
the deacons stepped on the soap and his feet flew up and he struck on his
pants and slid down the steps. The minister said 'great heavens, deacon,
are you hurt? let me assist you,' and he took two quick steps, and you
have seen these fellows in a nigger show that kick each other head over
heels and fall on their ears, and stand on their heads and turn around
like a top. The minister's feet slipped and the next I saw he was standing
on his head in his hat, and his legs were sort of wilted and fell limp by
his side, and he fell over on his stomach. You talk about spreading the
gospel in heathen lands. It is nothing to the way you can spread it with
two quarts of soft soap. The minister didn't look pious a bit, when he was
trying to catch the railing he looked as though he wanted to
murder every man on earth, but it may be he was tired.
"Well, Pa he was paralyzed, and he and the other deacon rushed out to pick
up the minister and the first old man, and when they struck the steps they
went kiting.
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