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Updated: June 28, 2025
The cures had come "kinder gradual-like an' took the folks mabbe forty years to get around to believin' in him real serious," as Hiram Higgins put it; and then, as the Hermit grew old, and the local reverence for him had become more deep-seated, they had changed his name to the Patriarch. That was about all but it seemed to suit Madison, for his smile broadened.
I've watched 'er a gittin' hold of 'erself gradual-like, an' I knew there'd be an end of his bossin' some day. Gosh! I'm glad she got th' money! Noland was some fond of her." Jake stole a sidelong glance at Luther as he said it and waited to see if he would elicit an answer. When Luther did not reply, he added: "I'm dog'on glad I've been here.
"All you've got to do," he said reassuringly to Betty, "is to hold on to this second rope and let me down, gradual-like. When I say 'Pull, draw up I'll help, hand over hand, up this first rope. Simple enough! and I shan't go too far." Nevertheless, he exhausted the full length of both ropes, and it seemed a long time before they heard anything of him.
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