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"No more honest skipper in the trade than Eli," said the clerk. "I would lippen to Eli's word ay, if it was the Chevalier, or Appin himsel'," he added. "And it was him that brought the doctor, wasnae't?" asked the master. "He was the very man," said the clerk. "And I think he took the doctor back?" says Stewart. "Ay, with his sporran full!" cried Robin. "And Eli kent of that!"
If we would be guarded against it, we must be continually where Samuel was, and we must not sleep in the Temple, but 'watch and be sober. Eli's perception that it was God who spoke must have had a pang in it. It is not easy for the old to recognise that the young hear God's voice more clearly than they, nor for the superior to be glad when he is passed over and new truth dawns on the inferior.
"And therefore have I sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering forever." Unto parents God has committed the child, in utter helplessness, and weakness, and ignorance, an unformed being.
No one seemed disposed to sleep, though the day's work had been hard and all needed a night's rest. Ezra sat silent, thinking of old Eli's words and scarce hearing the conversation that went on about him. Suddenly the old shepherd grasped Ezra's arm. One of the younger men was speaking. "The night has grown so still," said he. His voice ended on a trembling note.
Satisfied that there was none, he replaced the things as he had found them, and was grinning amiably when he rejoined Eli upon the bank. "Come 'long up to camp," he invited, quite as though Eli were a most welcome guest. "Give me that silver fox!" Eli's anger had mastered his surprise. "I won't give un to you, but don't be mad, Eli," Indian Jake grinned in vast enjoyment. "You stole un!"
Says I to myself, 'Sith he has let me go out of his door quarrelled, he shall see me drowned next, and then he will change his key. I had got a new gown a making, for one thing, and hard upon finished. So I went home instead, and what was Eli's first word, 'Let yon flea stick i' the wall, my lass, says he.
Marched up to Eli's door a pageant brave to the eye of sense, and to the vulgar judgment noble, but to the philosophic, pitiable more or less. It looked one animal, a centaur; but on severe analysis proved two.
Instead of sewing any more on the sail, she got out some of her own clothes to see if they needed anything done to them. The next morning Mrs. Trimmer went to Captain Eli's house, and finding Captain Cephas there, they all set to work at the Christmas tree, which was a very fine one, and had been planted in a box.
The opening words of this passage are substantially repeated from 1 Samuel ii. 11,18. They come as a kind of refrain, contrasting the quiet, continuous growth and holy service of the child Samuel with the black narrative of Eli's riotous sons.
"There, father!" she cried. "There 'tis!" But Eli's eyes were fixed on the dashboard in front of him. He looked pale. "Why, father," said she, impatiently, "ain't you goin' to look? It's the sea!" "Yes, yes," said Eli, quietly; "byme-by. I'm goin' to put the horses up fust." "Well, I never!" said Mrs.
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