[Up the Hill and Over by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay]@TWC D-Link bookUp the Hill and Over CHAPTER III 6/34
Tumble fond of experiments is Alviry--hi! giddap!" He slapped his horse more forcibly with the loose reins and settled into, mournful silence. "Going to put up at the Imperial ?" he asked after a long and peaceful pause. "I want to put up somewhere where I can get a good meal and get it quickly." The mournful Jehu shook his head gloomily. "You won't get that at the Imperial." "Where had I better go ?" "There ain't any other place to go--not to speak of." The doctor let fall a fiery exclamation. "What say ?" "I said that it must be a queer town." "I'm a little hard of hearing, now and agin.
But I gather you're not a church-going man.
It's a great church-going place, is Coombe.
Old Doc. Simmonds was a Methody.
We were kind of hoping the next one might be a change.
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