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His son, the only boy he had left, had been over to Rixford, and had done something dreadful, folks said, he did not exactly know what, and the deacon had gone over to see about it. Deacon Sterne was Janet's favourite among the men in office, and apart from her regret that he should not be present on an occasion so important, she was greatly concerned for him on his own account.
The residence of the proprietor, the store and the distillery, with a few log cabins inhabited by negroes and white employees, made up the establishment of Rixford. The Crackers and negroes came from long distances to see the paper boat.
There ain't a great many better preachers in our part of the world, whatever they may be where you live. To be sure, if you leave to-night after tea, you can catch the night cars for Boston, and stay there over Sunday, and have your pick of some pretty smart men. But you'd better stay. Not but what I could have you over to Rixford in time, as well as not, if it is an object to you.
He did not accept her invitation to enter, but seated himself on the doorstep. "Your folks are all gone, are they?" asked he. "The minister is in his study, and Miss Graeme and the bairns are out by, some way or other. Your Emily's with them." "Yes, I reckoned so. I've just got home from Rixford. It wouldn't amount to much, all I could do to-night, so I thought I'd come along up a spell."
"Miss Jones is to be a teacher, in the new seminary at Rixford. They are going to live there, and it cannot be very long before they go." "To her uncle?" "No, Celestia thinks her mother would not be happy there. They will live by themselves, with the children." "How sorry Celestia will be to go away," said Graeme, sadly. "She will not be persuaded to stay," said Mr Greenleaf.
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