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I find lies in politics and lies in religion, lies in the pulpit, 'nail't wi' Scripture, lies in the counting room railed with false entries, religious lies, told by Deacon Longface, for the advancement of what the Deacon calls 'the gospel, and irreligious lies told by Bill Snooks, and clenched with an oath, lies in good books, and lies in bad ones, lies written, and printed in the newspapers, and lies whispered in the ear, and any number of lies sent by telegraph!
For she was told she would be married within two years, and to a neighboring minister; but now it was twenty-six months since, and the only single minister around lately got married to Miss Longface, a very ignorant and unamiable person. But there was no taste, or judgment, or discernment nowadays in men, as this fact clearly proved. "Thunderation on them!" said she, in a rage.
What a pity, Mr. Longface, that God made horses as they are, and gave them such grandeur of appearance and action, and put such an eaglelike spirit between their ribs, so that, quitting the plodding motions of the ox, they can fly like that noble bird and come sweeping down the course as on wings of the wind.
This was the chief point; and here is just where she failed. What was the cause of it? She was not too old not near so old as Miss Longface, whom the youthful parson Barker lately wedded. "And besides," said she, in a soliloquy, "when I was young, it was just the same bad luck. Is it that men are less numerous than ladies?
"'Was it you who answered my call, you longface? he exclaimed. "Upon this the latter growled and said: "'You had better be careful how you address me, or you may be sorry for what you say! "'Who cares for you, you red-eyes, you ugly thing! the boy replied; whereupon the grizzly immediately set upon him.
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