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Suspicion, meanness, cruelty, are the natural offspring of small intelligences and narrow environment and they flourish in a town like Prouty." "I don't believe it!" she had cried, shocked by his cynicism. He had shrugged a shoulder and replied solemnly: "I hope to God you'll never know how true it is, Katie. I hope no combination of circumstances will ever place you at their mercy.
During her whole wandering though blameless life, in her girlish days, when she charmed snakes at Meddibemps, or through her brief time of service as plain Car'line Prouty at the Biddeford mills, or when she ran away from her step-mother and took refuge among the Indians at Orono, or later, since she had joined her fate with that of De Marsan, she had never been so severely tried.
"I took out naturalization papers myself," replied the Major good-humoredly. "My name is Prouty Stephen Douglas Prouty. You'll prob'ly hear of me if you stay in the country. The fact is, I'm thinkin' of startin' a town and namin' it Prouty." "Shoo you don't say so!" In polite inquiry, "Whur?" "Thur!" Mr. Teeters looked a little blank as he stared at the town site indicated.
Oh, yes the wind was beginning to blow from a new direction, undoubtedly. She stopped in front of the bank, where she kept an account only sufficiently large to pay her current expenses. She had set the brake and was wrapping the lines about them when a curious sound attracted her attention. Looking up she saw approaching the first automobile in Prouty, driven by Mrs. Abram Pantin.
I fear I am a little severe, sir, but your attitude showed that you came to me with appetite for a quarrel." "I'll see to it," declared Mr. Prouty, hotly, "that five hundred ministers in this State denounce you from their pulpits as an enemy to temperance." "You don't know what temperance is!" General Waymouth brushed past them. "Your definition slanders the word.
But when you get to talking that way you represent it about as much as Parson Prouty represents the real temperance sentiment. There's quite a bunch of us who are not in the ramrodding business. General Waymouth is the nominee of our convention. No one has delegated to you the job of deciding on his qualifications. It's your job to go ahead and elect him.
It did not for a moment occur to Toomey that Prentiss was in Prouty for any other purpose than to see him. Roused from a slight reverie, Prentiss turned and responded vaguely: "Why, how are you Mr. er " "Toomey," supplied that person, taken somewhat aback. "Ah, to be sure!" with instant cordiality. "And your wife?" "She will be delighted to learn you are here. I wish you had come direct to us."
She was red-and-white-complected, and her hair curled natural, and she'd never done anything but keep school, and her hands was jest as soft and white, and a man's feelin's ain't like a woman's, anyhow: if Ephrum had been hump-backed, or all scarred up so's't he'd scare folks, like old Mr. Prouty, it wouldn't 'a' made any difference to me, so long as he was Ephrum.
"Nothing nothing at all. How should I know what she would do?" "Then you ought to have kept still an' held yer tongue," said Pat. "But it seems to me as if we'd ought to investigate this thing a little," ventured Prouty. "We ain't got anythin' here but this 'ere young 'ooman's word for what's happened.
The citizens of Prouty were still deeply impressed by each other's pretensions, as the reputations the majority had left in their "home towns" had not yet caught up with them. Therefore, being greatly concerned about what his neighbor thought of him, no one would have dared be friendly to the ostracized couple even if he had the disposition.
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