Wasn't David a fine feller?
I liked all about the kid and the corn and the ten cheeses, and killin' the lion and bear, and slingin' old Goliath dead first shot.

I want to know about Joseph next time, for I saw a gang of robbers puttin' him in a hole, and it looked real interesting." Miss Celia could not help smiling at Ben's way of telling things; but she was pleased to see that he was attracted by the music and the stories, and resolved to make church-going so pleasant that he would learn to love it for its own sake.
"Now, you have tried my way this morning, and we will try yours this afternoon.

Come over about four and help me roll Thorny down to the grove.

I am going to put one of the hammocks there, because the smell of the pines is good for him, and you can talk or read or amuse yourselves in any quiet way you like." "Can I take Sanch along?
He doesn't like to be left, and felt real bad because I shut him up, for fear he'd follow and come walkin' into meetin' to find me." "Yes, indeed; let the clever Bow-wow have a good time and enjoy Sunday as much as I want my boys to." Quite content with this arrangement, Ben went home to dinner, which he made very lively by recounting Billy Barton's ingenious devices to beguile the tedium of sermon time.

He said nothing of his conversation with Miss Celia, because he had not quite made up his mind whether he liked it or not; it was so new and serious, he felt as if he had better lay it by, to think over a good deal before he could understand all about it.