. History of Missouri in words of one syllable . byyoung Mar-vin must have made some of them stare,though the brave soul gave it not a thought. Hispants were of home-spun, home cut and made, cot-ton, that once had been blue, but the wear and tearof time, and a fond, clean moth-ers use of soap andwa-ter had done its full work on the bright tint ofthe dye. That it was bright could be seen by thepatch of new stuff set on each knee. His ser-mon and the way he laid down hisviews on the text did not scare those who heard him,and one of the men said to a friend, when churchwas out, I think that vouno
. History of Missouri in words of one syllable . byyoung Mar-vin must have made some of them stare,though the brave soul gave it not a thought. Hispants were of home-spun, home cut and made, cot-ton, that once had been blue, but the wear and tearof time, and a fond, clean moth-ers use of soap andwa-ter had done its full work on the bright tint ofthe dye. That it was bright could be seen by thepatch of new stuff set on each knee. His ser-mon and the way he laid down hisviews on the text did not scare those who heard him,and one of the men said to a friend, when churchwas out, I think that vounor rnan would do well to mback and stick to his farm. Well, now, who knows, he may be a Bish-opyet, said John B. Al-len. Mar-vin had come a long way from home, topreach here, so he thought some one would ask himto dine. But folks went on their way and left thesome-day-to-be-Bish-op to find his own meat. BisJiop Marvin. 89 He had done the Lords work for them andhe did not mean to starve. When one of thelast men left the church, Mar-vin rode up to. KAN-SAS CI-TY CLUB-HOUSE, him and said : Broth-er, do you live far fromhere ? Mr. War-ren Walk-er was the *broth-er; hetold him where his home was. 90 History of Missouri. ** Well, said young Mar-vin, I shall join you atyour noon meal if I may. Why of course, said Mr. War-ren. I thoughtyou were to go home with some of the rest. When next he came to Beth-le-hem to preachthere was such a rush at him for the first chance toget the Bish-op to dine, that he did not knowwho to say yes to. But then who could have read Bish-op on the knee-patch of a young mans pants ? Some queer tales are told of those men of theMeth-o-dist or Bap-tist faith, and most all the firstfolks to build up homes in the wilds of the Statewere Meth-o-dist or Bap-tist. Once the Mr. Ham I have told you of held church in a house where a strange man wasguest. He was no doubt of a faith not like He was from Vir-gin-ia, and wore a suit offine broad cloth that, in the
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