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"Don't be a monkey," Gordon scowled. "Why not? You propose to go back to forest life." "I propose to make human society a vast brotherhood," the preacher cried, with a wave of his arm. "Well, don't forget that Cain killed his brother Abel for less than a woman's smile."
Abel, a staid farmer of forty, obeyed his mother's order regarding the "men folks;" and Phebe, a buxom girl of sixteen, led Sylvia to her own room, eagerly offering her best. As she dried and redressed herself Sylvia made sundry discoveries, which added to the romance and the enjoyment of the adventure.
As if my thought of Abel Halsey had brought him, the beat of hoofs won toward me from the village; and presently Major Mary overtook me, and there was Abel, driving with his eyes shut. I hailed him, laughed at him, let him pick me up, and we went on through door after door of the fog, with now a lintel of boughs and now a wall of wild roses.
I was feared on her, Gearge, I can tell 'ee; but I tried my luck again. 'What's a molar, Dame? says I. ''Tis a wus word than t'other, says she; 'and, if 'ee axes me any more voolish questions, I'll break thee yead for 'ee. Do 'ee think 'tis a very bad word, Gearge?" added Abel, with a rather indefensible curiosity. "I never heard un," said George.
She was not the first of Snarley's would-be benefactors who had formed the same resolve. Now this extraordinary conduct on Snarley's part was by no means due to any transcendental contempt for money. I have myself offered him many a half-crown, which has never been refused; and Mrs. Abel, unless I am much mistaken, has given him many a pound.
"You gwine git right soakin' wet, Marse Dan," said Big Abel, anxiously. "Oh, I'll not melt," responded Dan, and bowing to the thin lady he stepped upon the wheel and mounted lightly to the box. "There's no end to this eternal drizzle," he called down, as he tucked the waterproof robe about him and took up the reins.
When she had been restored, Mr Abel launched off into a glowing oration, in the course of which he referred to John Marrot's long services, to his faithful and unwearied attention to his arduous duties, and to the numerous instances wherein he had shown personal courage and daring, amounting almost to heroism, in saving the lives of comrades in danger, and in preventing accidents on the line by coolness and presence of mind.
It must also be noticed that Abel, who found favor with God, was "a keeper of sheep," while Cain, whose offering was contemned, was "a tiller of the ground." This accords with the strongest traditional instincts of the Jews. The Persian religion decidedly favors agriculture, which it regards as a kind of divine service.
Abel continued while the girl's eyes saw how well he looked upon that lawn the clustering black hair the rich eyes the dark complexion the light of intelligence playing upon his face his dress careful but graceful and the port-folio which showed this interview to be no design or expectation, but a mere chance
"Don't do that," he said, "we'd better destroy them outright." "How?" queried Abel. "Burn 'em, I should say," Mr. Bradby answered. "You make a good job of it, and you don't leave anything behind. If you throw them away someone's sure to find them just when it's most awkward for you. No, Abel, burn them and hurry up about it."
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