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"Yes, he said that also."
"And by jingo, he was right, too," and the captain brought his stick
down upon the road with a bang. "I've tried it, and it has turned out
just as the missionary said it would."
"You have!" and the clergyman looked his astonishment. "I am so glad,
captain, to know that you have come to view things in a different
light. I was pleased to see you at the missionary meeting, and I am so
thankful that you were benefited by what you heard. Won't you tell me
how you proved Mr. Dicer's words to be true?"
"Would ye like to know, parson?" and a sly twinkle shone in the
captain's eyes as he asked the question.
"Certainly. Go ahead."
"And ye won't feel hurt?"
"Feel hurt! Why should I?"
"Well, ye see, it concerns yer cow, and no matter how a man might feel
about the welfare of others, when it comes to himself and his own
personal property, it makes a great difference."
"I do not understand your meaning, captain," and the clergyman's voice
had a note of sharpness. "What has the missionary meeting to do with
my cow?"
"Considerable, parson, considerable. When I went home from that
meetin', sez I to my wife, 'Betsey, I have learned a new wrinkle
to-night, which may be of much use to us.
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