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Show "Well, you just come home vrlth me," said the teamster, and, seizins Florence by the hand, he dragged her through the crowd to the wagon, helped her up on the high seat and drove away. "Hoor-a-y!" shouted the pretty girl. But there was no response from Flor- Services Suddenly Ended Irate Father Brcalx Up Religious "Revival" on Street Meeting Was a Pronounced Success Until Interrupted. tHOOP-E-E! Hallelu-A Hallelu-A slender maiden with very large eyes thus expressed her feelings feel-ings in State street last Sunday. With her were four other women. One (PT of them carried a guitar, gui-tar, but in the events that followed she was not seen to play It. She seemed to be what circus people peo-ple call a "filler in the noisy" that is, her mission was to pretend she was playing the instrument, while as a matter of fact she didn't know one string from another. The shouts delivered by the slender "We will all feel better when we repent," sang the tall, pretty girl, and the others joined her in the song. The woman with the guitar moved her lips and worked her fingers, but no sign of a tune came from the instrument. "Whe-ew!" suddenly shrieked the brunette. "Oh, it's such a pleasure to know your soul is saved!" "Yes, and the Lord gives you that feeling," said one of the others. The brunette's shout brought in a batch of about fifty additional spectators. specta-tors. She smiled as she saw them running toward the gathering, and then said: "Come on! Come from all sides. We want you to hear us, for the Lord wants your souls!" At this juncture the little woman in hlnpL- knolf- flnwn Helped Her Up on the High Seat. ence. Her face was buried in a handkerchief. hand-kerchief. Chicago Inter Ocean. Wwwr and began praying. The crowd listened lis-tened in respectful silence, half a dozen men taking off their hats. One of the women started up a hymn. When this had been finished the. slender slen-der girl began jumping up and down. "Ump-tiddle ump-tiddle ump-tiddle dee. Hooray. My! How happy I feel," she shouted. The singing and shouting continued for about five minutes, and then came a lull. The missionaries had evidently" exhausted ex-hausted their repertoire of songs. Tho slender maiden looked at the tall maiden and both of them blushed. The girl with the guitar suddenly discovered dis-covered that it needed tuning. The brunette began tying her handkerchief into all kinds of knots. It was plain that the enthusiasm of the workers was In danger of dying out. But right at this point the little woman in black saved the day. Ad- "Whoop-e-e! Hallelujah!" girl caused something bordering oa a panic in State street. Men who had been walking quietly n.long two blocks from the scene of the queer revival turned upon hearing the yell and ran as though they wer-5 following a fire engine. Within half a minute after the slender girl had expressed her feelings fully 200 persons were around the little missionary band, pushing for more room, treading upon one another's anoth-er's feet, and saying tilings not wholly In accord with a religious meeting. It was a queer quintet that attracted attract-ed tha attention of the crowd. No one seemed tc be loading the services. One of them would start up with a song and the others would join in. They stood near tho curbing, three of them in a line, and the other two at right angles. One of those who stood at right angles was a small woman dressed in black. She was not very enthusiastic, but she seemed to take a keen delight in the shouting and dancing that was done by the others, for she smiled and clapped her hands whenever a particularly loud yell waa uttered or a difficult gymnastic feat performed. The Little Woman in Black Saved the day. vancing to the front of the line she raised her hand. "Friends, it was not always thus The girl who stood next to her was ather tail and very pretty. Next In line was the slender girl; then the woman with the guitar and at the foot of the line was an attractive looking brunette. "Praise the Lord, I feel so good that with me," she began. "Once I was poor, and I suffered. Then I became rich and had all that the world could supply me with. Finally I found the Lord, and now I am happier than ever before in my life." "Hoor-a-y!" shouted the slender girl. A horse that was passing the crowd reared up on its haunches when she screamed. Three men who were eating eat-ing in a cafe across the street ran outside with their napkins around their necks. Even the little woman in black involuntarily caught her breath as the yell was uttered. Just then a red-faced teamster drove toward the crowd and stopped his wagon back of the girl. He gazed at her intently for several seconds, and with an exclamation sprang from the vehicle. "Now that I have been converted I want you all to know " "What on earth are you doing out here on the street, Florence?" It waB the teamster, and he was very angry. Tears began welling into the large eyes of Florence as she turned upon the man. "I just wanted to do some missionary mission-ary work, pa," she sobbed. The Brunette's Shout Brought in a Batch of About Fifty Additional Spectators. I wouldn't give up religion If I was threatened with eternal damnation for keeping it!" exclaimed the slender girL Then she smiled happily at the crowd and began dancing. |