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"Matt," said Cappy approvingly, "you're a born business man, and it will be strange indeed if you don't pick up a nice little piece of money on this Unicorn deal." He glanced at his watch and then turned to his daughter. "Florry, my dear," he said, "would you like to go up-town with your daddy and Captain Peasley for luncheon?"
"Come, Matt! Come, Jimmie! Get the shovels now! Get the picks!" he heard him shout. "Bring some sand here! Bring some stone! Where's the cement now? Where's the cement? Jasus Christ! I must have some cement. What arre ye all doing? Hurry now, hurry! Bring the cement." "Well, he knows how to give orders," commented Eugene to Big John, who was standing near. "He certainly does," replied the latter.
I selected for my text Matt. xvi. 24: "Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me." I went into the pulpit alone, "introduced," as the saying is, for myself, and then spoke for forty minutes.
It is ever possible that dumb lips may be opened to welcome Him, though long rejected; and His withdrawals are His efforts to bring about that opening. When it takes place, how gladly does He return to the heart which is now His temple, and unveil His beauty to the long-darkened eyes! 'He that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved. Matt. xxiv. 13, R.V.
The chief priests and scribes were greatly displeased, when they heard it, and "said unto him, hearest thou what these say? and Jesus said unto them, yea: have ye never read, out of the mouths of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?" Matt, xxi: 15, 16. And there was one other occasion on which Jesus spoke about the children, and showed his interest in them.
When she did get back to the farm she could only report from the Northwicks that she had said pretty much what she thought she would like to say to Suzette concerning her wilfulness and obstinacy in wishing to give up her property; but Matt inferred that she had at the same time been able to infuse so much motherly comfort into her scolding that it had left the girl consoled and encouraged.
"You shot him enough, poor devil," Van interrupted quietly. "He's dead in my tent on the hill." The sheriff paused with one hand held in the air. "Dead! Crawled all the way to Goldite!" He started for the door. "Hold on," said the horseman, blocking his path. "I told you Matt can't get away. We're going out to get Lawrence first, and then McCoppet and his friend." McCoppet was in town.
Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. MATT. xiii. 24-30. The first four parables contained in this chapter were spoken to a miscellaneous crowd on the beach, the last three to the disciples in the house.
And when the ceremony was over, and Matt had entered the waiting limousine with his bride, Cappy Ricks stood on the church steps among a dozen of his young friends from the wholesale lumber and shipping trade and made a brief oration. "Take a good look at him, boys," he said proudly.
"Let's hurry and get there so we can eat our lunch at the water's edge," suggested Joy. "That's an idea!" replied Matt with a sly glance at Kit. "We'll try and get there by lunch time." "And look at the lovely trees!" cried Joy. "It's like an oasis in the desert, isn't it?" But half an hour later they were no nearer the lake than when they had first seen it.
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