Frank Erne was a ghost of his old self, through with workin', through with preachin', almost through with livin', an' Milly was gone!...

It was a long time before I got the story.

Father had no mind left, an' Frank Erne was afraid to talk.

So I had to pick up whet 'd happened from different people.
"It 'pears that soon after I left home another preacher come to the little town.

An' he an' Frank become rivals.