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Samuel Hart, Hartford; J. G. Jacocks, New Haven; E. S. Lines, New Haven; R. W. Micou, Waterbury; S. O. Seymour, Litchfield; James Stoddard, Watertown; Hiram Stone, Bantam Falls; Elisha Whittlesey, Hartford; Alex. Mackay-Smith, New York City. On the twelfth day of June, 1883, the annual Convention of the Diocese met in Trinity Church, New Haven.
"And then you came home and told mother that yarn!" interrupted Amos; "and mother went and told Mrs. Stoddard, and so Anne got punished and didn't know what for. You're a nice sister to have!" and the boy's face expressed his disgust. "But, Amos, I didn't s'pose Anne would run away," pleaded Amanda. "Hmph!" muttered Amos. "Well, she has, and whatever happens to her will be your fault."
"He said if I thought he was an invalid any longer I had another guess coming. Says he'll be up and into his clothes by to-morrow, and is going to take care of me. Says I'm pale and need a highball, whatever that is." "Never heard of it," said Sallie. "He's a good young man, if he did get pitched overboard," went on Mrs. Stoddard.
Buckheath stood gazing at her sarcastically. "Come on," he ordered, as she held back, lingering. "They ain't no good in you hangin' 'round here. That was Mr. Gray Stoddard, and the lady he's beauin' is Miss Lydia Sessions, Mr. Hardwick's sister-in-law. He's for such as her not for you. He's the boss of the bosses down at Cottonville. No use of you lookin' at him."
"I am John Nelson's daughter, who is at sea on the 'Yankee Hero, and I live with Uncle Enos and Aunt Martha Stoddard in Province Town, but now I am going with Rose Freeman for a visit in Boston," explained Anne, who could hardly realize that these men were now kindly disposed toward her, and that Bill Mains was sadly ashamed to have so ill treated his unexpected guests.
She was thinking of Rimrock Jones, and she was watching Rimrock's proxy. Like a criminal on trial L. W. sat glowering, his dead cigar still in his teeth; and before the end of the report was reached the sweat was beading his face. "Well, I, for one," began Stoddard diplomatically, "most heartily approve of this plan.
"You're an old man, Mr. Himes," he said coldly, "and you are excited; but you don't want to say any more that's quite enough of that sort of thing." Then he loosened the rein on Roan Sultan, and moved away down the street. Gideon Himes stood and gazed after him with bulging eyes. Gray Stoddard married to Johnnie!
Uncle Enos nodded, and made a motion for Anne to be silent, and Anne drew quickly back into the room. "Uncle Enos will find out," she whispered to the little wooden doll, "Martha Stoddard," that her father had made for her when she was a very small girl, and which was still one of her greatest treasures. But the July afternoon faded into the long twilight and no one called to Anne to come down.
The 23d of January was set apart by the mission as a day for private fasting and prayer. On the preceding evening, as the people were assembling for a religious service, Mr. Stoddard observed signs of deep feeling in different groups, and was convinced that a revival had begun.
"But please, Mrs. Stoddard, will you not reconsider your decision? It is not for myself I ask, but for another one who is suffering." Mrs. Stoddard's gaze went past Agatha and rested on the white cross with the inscription, "Brother." She slowly shook her head, saying again, "No, that work is not for me. The Lord does not call me there."
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