For many a poorly-paid pastor thi£ will prove
a Godsend, and he will look forward eagerly
for the coming of the time when he can get away
for a little while from the grind of the pastorate.’’
Mountain homes for the weary preachers,
with volunteer white-lady cooks and house
keepers whose guest he will be while taking
his vacation! Glorious thought!
Wouldn’t you like to happen along at the
home of John Smith, some broiling day of
summer, during the week that his wife has
been duly elected, deputized and commis
sioned to go up into the mountains and keep
house for our beloved pastor?
Wouldn’t John Smith rear? But what
could he do? The Bealers and the women
would have settled it among themselves and
Smith would have to keep “bachelor’s hall,”
on canned meat, cove oysters, sardines and
soda crackers, until his enthusiastic helpmeet
had served out her time cooking, sweeping
and house-keeping for our beloved pastor.
