Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 34 December 1886 to May 1887 . ude sends up a subdued wailthat is wonderfully touching. The preach-ing was not less interesting than the sing-ing. One of the worthy ministers seemedto me of a type perfectly suited to thescene. He was a patriarch in years, infatherly kindness, in serenity and simpli-city. His cherubic face, set in a frame ofgray hair and beard, seemed to be madefor smiling; but some interior power hadwon half of him over to severity—at leastit seemed so at times when one brow, oneeye, one side of the mouth, all contractedwith an expression o
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 34 December 1886 to May 1887 . ude sends up a subdued wailthat is wonderfully touching. The preach-ing was not less interesting than the sing-ing. One of the worthy ministers seemedto me of a type perfectly suited to thescene. He was a patriarch in years, infatherly kindness, in serenity and simpli-city. His cherubic face, set in a frame ofgray hair and beard, seemed to be madefor smiling; but some interior power hadwon half of him over to severity—at leastit seemed so at times when one brow, oneeye, one side of the mouth, all contractedwith an expression of gloom. Standingup in the little sentry-box with his handsclasped over his rotundity, he waited insilence for some moments, until he hadestablished himself in a slow swaying mo-tion from side to side: this swinging seem-ed essential to all these Cape Breton speak-ers and singers. Soon he started, in avery low voice, a hemming, a word, and ahesitation all together, and the hesitationoften triumphed, made him wait again un-til more swinging had evolved a sugges-. CROOKED SPADK. 624 HARPERS NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
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