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I hope if you see your father to-day you will tell him that the good work that he began is progressing finely, and that you saw me in search to-day of Judge Prency to help him on with his efforts down at the church." And then, with another bow, Bartram left the room.
"That won't get Mrs. Prency her shoes," said Sam. "Go home an' go to bed, an' let me finish that shoe in your hand, an' if she comes here it'll be ready for her, an' if she don't you won't have anything on your conscience, not so far as she's concerned." The cobbler took possession of himself with a tremendous effort, and looked sharply from his bleared eyes for an instant as he said,
His folks have been in this county a longtime, from what I've heerd, off an' on." "Very true," replied Mrs. Prency; "but he has peculiar views, and when he hears of any one who believes believes in religion as you do, he is quite likely to visit him and to ask a great many questions."
"Well, ma'am, if he comes in on me anywhere, an' asks any questions, an' they're on the subject I talked about that night at the church meetin', why, I'll say anythin' I know an' everythin' I believe, an' if he says anythin' on the other side, why, all I've got to say is, he can't change my mind the least bit." "I'm very glad to hear you say so," said Mrs. Prency.
"Mis' Prency was talkin' to me the other day about dad," said Billy, "an' she asked me whether he wasn't workin' awful hard at home after he left the shop, an' I said, 'Yes, an' she said, 'I hope you all do all you can to help him? an' I kind o' felt ashamed, an' all I could say was that I didn't see nothin' I could help him about, an' she said she guessed if I'd think a little while I could find out.
She supposed all such women regarded her as part of the scum of the earth, yet here they were speaking pleasantly to her, Mrs. Prency, a woman who naturally would fill the eye of an impulsive animal like Jane, Eleanor, the belle of the town, two women whom no one could look at without admiration. No one but them to talk to!
Prency!" said the cobbler, dropping the shoe and looking up incredulously. "He's got a thousand times as much head-piece as I have, an' if he can't learn what he wants to from other people there ain't the slightest likelihood of my ever learnin' him anythin'." "Sam," said Mrs.
Judge Prency frequently spoke of it; so did his wife; and, as the Prencys were leaders of village society, whatever interested them became the fashion. People with shoes which needed repairing visited the new cobbler in great numbers, each prompted as much by curiosity as by business, for they seldom haggled about prices. Sam's family, too, began to receive some attention. Mrs.
A change of opinion somewhere was necessary: so it must occur in the Prency family, and as soon as it could be brought about. This was Bartram's first conclusion, after an hour of deep thought. He had started upon a love-making enterprise, and he objected to a complication of interests.
Sam began work upon the bit of repairing which he had taken from the shoemaker's hands, and although it was not of the routine nature which all of his jail-work had placed in his hands, he knew enough of the requirements of an ordinary shoe to do what was necessary. While he was working, the room suddenly darkened, and as he looked up he saw Mrs. Judge Prency herself. "Why it's Mr. Kimper!
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