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When, however, the attending deacon went on to inform his absentee brother that Bartram had attributed his awakening and conversion to the influence of Sam Kimper, Deacon Quickset lost his temper, and exclaimed, "It's all a confounded lie! It's a put-up job!" "Brother Quickset!" exclaimed the astonished associate, with a most reproving look.
He resolutely waived all compliments which his clerical brethren of other denominations offered him on what they were pleased to call the results of his ministrations, and honestly insisted that the good work was begun by the example set by Sam Kimper, the ex-convict. Dr.
Prency stopped, extended her neatly gloved hand, and said, with a pleasant smile, "How these girls do grow! You were little Jane only a year or two ago, Miss Kimper." Never before had Jane Kimper been addressed as "Miss." The appellation sent color flying into her face and brightness into her eyes as she stammered out something about growing being natural.
I can stick to it if you'll back me up, Nan." "There ain't much to me nowaday," said Mrs. Kimper, after a moment or two of blank staring as she held her chin in her hands and rested her elbows on her knees. "Once I had an idee I was about as lively as they make 'em, but things has knocked it out of me, a good many kind of things."
"We can't let 'em starve," said the wife; "an' if what you're believin' is goin' to keep you from pickin' up a livin' for 'em when you get a chance, what are we goin' to do?" "I'm goin' to work," said Sam. "Sho! You never done three days' work hand-runnin' in your life." Then Mrs. Kimper gave a hard laugh. "I've done it over two years now, an' I guess I can keep on, if I get the chance.
Kimper," said she after leaving a dainty boot with some instructions about repairs, "Reynolds Bartram came to see you, I suppose, as I warned you he would?" "Yes, ma'am, he came," said the cobbler, selecting some buttons from a box and beginning to affix them to one of the lady's boots. "Did he talk with you on the subject that I supposed he would." "Yes," said Sam, "he did; quite a long time."
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