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He said that it was not a fit place to send any man, and that the people were most ignorant and uncouth." "They were too much for Dr. Rannage, though," Douglas replied. He then told them in detail about the meeting that night at the Corner. "Dr. Rannage made a fool of himself," he said in conclusion. "He was not the proper person to send there." "Won't you tell me something about Rixton?" Mrs.
"They are supposed to help the Bishop, so I understand." "Help him, eh? Well, I guess that feller didn't help much in settlin' matters in this parish. Why, he made a mess of the hull affair." "In what way?" "Why, don't ye remember how riled he got when he was asked questions? He put his foot in it, too, when he said that a parson would do fer Rixton who had been kicked out of St.
He was beginning to realise that Rixton, no matter what others might say, was becoming a most interesting place. To encounter in one day a wrestler like Jake Jukes, and a violinist such as he was now hearing, made his coming to the parish really worth while. Looking along the shore from whence the music came, Douglas could see nothing but trees.
He had expected at the outset of his address that he would say something which would arouse the anger of the people of Rixton, and so was not surprised at his tactless remarks. He noted the feeling of indignation which was pervading the room, and the whispered conversations which were going on. "So the new parson was pitched out of St. Margaret's, was he?" a man questioned.
Ye were altogether too fresh an' there was no livin' in the parish with ye. This is jist a warnin' to you an' all connected with ye, that the men of Rixton won't stand no more tom-foolery. We're going to take things in our own hands after this, an' we're not goin' to allow you nor ye'r father nor anybody else to treat us like a bunch of damn curs. Isn't that so, boys?"
It was only when he and Mr. Garton were comfortably ensconced in big chairs in the library, enjoying a quiet smoke, that Douglas referred to the subject which had been abruptly dropped. "Do you know much about Rixton?" he asked. "Quite a bit, from hearsay. It's a queer community, so I understand, and the Church has had a mighty hard struggle there." "What's wrong with it, anyway?"
Perhaps he was already engaged to some girl, and he may have been with her during his absence from Rixton. She had no guarantee that he loved her, although she believed that he liked to be with her. She recalled how he had held her hand in his and had looked into her eyes in a way that had thrilled her whole being.
Here was a chance, perhaps, to get even for his harsh treatment at Simon Stubbles' hands. "That is the trouble which has been perplexing me all day," Garton replied. "Before you came I had about made up my mind to do so. I did not know anything about that reckless son of his then. Neither had I any idea that he is such a tyrant at Rixton, nor how he has treated the clergymen who have been there.
But, there, what is the use of my talking to you or any one else, when you attribute my feeling to jealousy?" Douglas had risen, and stood with his hat in his hand ready to depart. "So you don't feel inclined to try Rixton, then?" Dr. Rannage asked. He was quite amused at his curate's words, and considered them merely the outburst of a hot-headed youth.
It was his local renown which had appealed to her when she was teaching school in Rixton, and had enabled Jake to capture her from his rivals, for Susie Perkins had been greatly admired and sought after by the young men of the place. "Do you know anything about farm work?" she asked. "I was brought up on a farm, and should know something about it," Douglas replied.
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