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THE DRUM LAKE EASTER SERVICE. 
A story of the Michigan Pine Woods. 
BY HERBERT W. COLLINGWOOD, 
Copyrighted by the Rural New-Yorker. 
(ALE RIGHTS RESERVED.) 
tume for a dying woman! Her hair was 
caught up behind in a great coil of gold, 
while her face was as pale as death, and her 
eyes glittered with a fearful and unnatural 
light. Little Mamie held her hand, and tried 
to steady her as she staggered to the seat. A 
whisper of horrified wonder ran through the 
congregation. “ Sarcy Sal!” 
(TO BE CONTINUED.) 
Pt.$rdta»cou.$' gUmtisinij. 
<T W, and Pants. 
M ISS MARY was evidently the speaker 
of the choir. To give the minister 
some idea of their musical ability she brought 
out a well-worn copy of “ Gospel Hymns,” 
with the assurance that they could “ sing all 
the tunes betwixt the leds of that book.” She 
added that she sang the “air” while Miss 
Lucy sang the “counter.” 
The Parson looked dismally at the little 
hook, for, like most ministers of his class, he 
had a sort of mild horror of the ringing tunes 
in that remarkable publication. 
“ As we have music of our own, I have 
never used the book you mention,” he said 
slowly. 
“ But we’re agoin’ tor sing ’em to lay,” said 
Miss Mary with an emphasis that left other 
discussion out of the question. 
Miss Mary quickly made herself mistress of 
the situation. She walked about the room in¬ 
specting the decorations, her crutch beating 
a spiteful accompaniment to her sharp criti¬ 
cism. 
- What’s this fer?” she asked stopping in 
front of the green bower. 
“ I had expected that the choir would select 
that for their place,” said the minister 
timidly. 
“ Think I’m gonter set In there?” asked the 
sharp-tongued “air” quickly, “Not much; I 
ain’t no hen,” and she raised her crutch, and 
with a few well-directed blows utterly demol¬ 
ished the rustic structure. 
“ We’ll set right here, an’ when you wants 
any singin’. jest wink at us an’ we’ll sing fer 
ye.” 
Argument was useless, for at this moment 
Mr. McKelvey, or rather his voice, was heard 
cabiug Drum Lake to worship. The minister 
had hardly time to run to his room and put 
on his white surplice before the audience ar¬ 
rived. 
It was a most punctual congregation. In 
ten minutes from the time of “McKelvey's 
holler,” the religious portion of Drum Lake 
had assembled, and the little minister from 
his seat on the platform looked down with a 
queer feeling upon his congregation. 
Just before him sat the “ Chase gals,”with 
Gospel Hymns open all ready for the signal 
to plunge iuto melody. Mr. McKelvey as 
usher, stood just before them, where his coat 
could show to advantage. On the first two 
seats sat some half dozen or more women, 
each one holding a baby. Several small child¬ 
ren played about the floor, and one of them 
bad toddled to the front, and grasped Miss 
Mary’s crutch. Mrs. McKelvey sat with the 
group of women, with her baby on her arm, 
and an old copy of the service in her hand. 
Back of the “ reserved seats,” sat a crowd of 
men drawn there by curiosity, and the Par¬ 
son’s reputation as a fool. They all wore 
their every day clothing, bright-colored shirts, 
overalls, and heavy boots. 
A nod from the minister, he could not bring 
himself to wink, started the “ Chase gals” in¬ 
to song. They sang “Only an Armor-Bearer” 
in a way that fairly captured the audience, 
and their voices blended so sweetly that even 
Mr. Grayling himself forgot the dreary 
poetry of the song as he listened. 
Then the Parson rose to conduct the usual 
service, but there was nothing exciting about 
this. Mr. McKelvey was great on the 
responses. Not beiug a classical scholar, some 
of the longer words bothered him somewhat, 
but by shouting the difficult words in a louder 
tone than the rest, he got along bravely. The 
larger part of the audience soon became 
tired of rising as often as the service demand¬ 
ed, and after a time, Mr. McKelvey was 
obliged to do all the extra work himself, and 
he did his duty nobly. 
When the Parson paused for the beautiful 
“As It Was In The Begining”—he was 
somewhat surprised to hear the choir, in re¬ 
sponse to his nod, begin, “ Pull For The 
Shore.” As the greater part of the congrega¬ 
tion joint d in with the chorus, the change 
was not so very bad after all. 
The service w ent slowly on. The Parson had 
taken out his sermon and signalled the “ Chase 
gals" for another song, when a woman came 
slowly in at the door, and staggered feebly 
to one of the rear seats. 
She was dressed in a gaudy blue dress, and 
a wide flashy hat with a drooping white 
feather—her only clothes, and what a cos- 
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