"She said 't Mr. Fisher felt jus' 's she did too, 'cause he'd never
been so happy 's he's been since he's had John Bunyan to teach the
fancy principles o' plain things to. Mr. Fisher come up jus' 's she
got through, 'n' he said whatever she'd said he'd stand to, for
although John Bunyan was nothin' but a darn fool now, he had the
makin' of a man in him, 'n' he--Mr. Fisher--was jus' the one to bring
him out.
"The crowd was gettin' so big 't folks began to climb up on things to
see over, 'n' the horse was some restless, so Mr. Kimball got up on
the edge o' the waterin'-trough an' said, 'Three cheers for the
minister, 'n' may he never know how glad the town is to see him back,'
'n' then every one cheered, 'n' Mr. Kimball begin to shake, 'n' jus'
's the minister drove off he missed his hold 'n' fell into the
waterin'-trough, 'n' I didn't feel no kind o' interest in lookin' on
at his fishin' out, so I come away."
"I hope--" began Mrs. Lathrop.
"I do too," rejoined her friend, "but there ain't no danger. It was
the edge bein' so slippery 't let him fall in, 'n' I don't wish to
seem revengeful, but I mus' say, Mrs. Lathrop, that if anythin' could
'a' made a nice end to the minister's vacation, it was the seein' Mr.
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